Angel ,'Sleeper'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I passed along pointers to bootlegs, MG audience anecdotes, shared dorkishness and news of Mod Lang's continued open-ness to S. He is now officially curious about my cross-coastal blinvisible friends. Ooops.
On the recent Jandek tribute, Darnielle's contribution was pretty much the best, combining a love of the original material with a brave attempt to make it more accessible. I'd be happy to post that to buffistarawk for the interested.
Please!
I'm on it, this evening.
He is now officially curious about my cross-coastal blinvisible friends. Ooops.
Tell him I spent Way Too Much Money on a CD single at Mod Lang of the Tindersticks cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Kathleen."
I am wicked excited to dl this stuff tonight. In the meantime, my office is mostly empty this afternoon, so I'm blasting girl group classics. Now playing: "Angel of the Morning," by PP Arnold. whee!
so I'm blasting girl group classics
Oh, are you now? I was planning on putting up a couple Girl Group mixes. One for Big Hits, and then another for Other Hits, then maybe a Lost Gems.
Ooh! I'll be your best friend!
eta: Now playing, "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne. I love this song.
eta: Now playing, "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne. I love this song.
IIRC, that's the Motown house band backing her on a freelance gig.
I can't pick a favorite GbV song - I love so many of them. Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes are pretty much perfect all the way through. My favorite right now would probably be Echoes Myron. Or maybe Motor Away. See???
Let's Do This has the scoop on an impromptu Arcade Fire gig that took place down the street from Stereogum HQ late last night. (Via Brooklyn Vegan.)
We're walking up the stairs from the N,R at Union Square, bout 2a.m. Sat night. Couple street musicians are banging out some tune when we get up to the park.
Holy fucking shit.
It’s Arcade Fire.
Covering New Order. Win and Will on guitars. Regine on guitar-case-as-percussion. Why the fuck not?
From Slate, rock snobism simplified:
A vulgar snob—someone wearing Sergio Tachini and flashing his million-gig iPod—would prefer the Steely Dan version [of "Dr. Wu"]. A faux Rock Snob—someone ready in the instant to introduce you to what you don't know—would reflexively prefer the Minutemen [version]; but a true representative of the type Rock Snob would throw both versions on a mixed tape, along with Grenadine's "Steely Daniel" and a boot of the Mountain Goats performing "Doctor Wu" live. Now, that, my friends, is a Rock Snob.