Anya ,'Storyteller'
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.
God, Hec, did you think we'd take your Music Geek card away...
What? For changing my mind about the Girl Group box? Nah, I'm the kind of geek that's always re-evaluating. Nobody wants to hang around with a geek who Knows It All. Much more fun to talk to somebody who Knows A Lot, but is open to changing their mind or discovering something new.
Okay, just checking, bunk.The High Fidelity guys might get discouraged, though and spread rumors you like Simple Minds or something.
"Going Against Your Mind": the first new Built To Spill track in FIVE years. Leading up to a new album to be released in April. Hoorah!
The Iggy Pop Biopic starring Elijah Wood seems to be a go. It's all over the internets.
Damn. Wilson Pickett died
I am poking around on iTunes right now and just found "New York House" under exclusives, except no tracks are up. 38 people have taken the time to write "reviews" about the album that wasn't. kinda funny, but also people with too much time. And how does iTunes not fix this or take it down at least.
Nice Richard Thompson interview in today's Guardian.
Rhino is closing shop. Or at least "the shop." Doesn't say how the label is doing. My brother-in-law got me a gift certificate & took me to Rhino a few years ago. (I usually spend Xmas on the West coast.)
Hi, all. Yes, I'm still alive. The back is improving but I'm still on work disability. Not a lot of pain anymore unless I do something I know will aggravate the condition -- like sit at a computer & type. Hence the radio silence. I check posts every few days, but when the computer ate a post that was too long to rewrite I gave up. Also, I was so taken aback by David's assertion that Lipstick Traces was Greil Marcus's best that... that... that I still can't respond adequately. All I can say is... MYSTERY TRAIN! It's like someone saying that S6 was Buffy's peak. I lose capacity for rational thought. Actually, that's not true. In fact I'll give you a ratio:
Greil's Rolling Stone Illustrated History essay on punk:Lipstick Traces::"Lovers Walk":pussywhipped Spike's S5/S6 arc
Which is to say that a terrific short version sometimes becomes bloated and enervating when expanded. I think late Spike was a less promising idea than Lipstick Traces, but in each case I think the main problem was execution. And to be fair to Greil, I don't yell, "Oh, for God's sake just kill it already!" when I see a copy of Lipstick Traces.
Doesn't say how the label is doing.
The label's been reduced to a reissue arm for Warners for some time now.
Good to hear from you, Joe. I've been worried.