Of the Deerhunter I have, I think I like their ep Fluorescent Grey more than their album Cryptograms. It's more up-tempo and catchy. Only four songs, so $3.96 on iTunes (also available on eMusic).
Xander ,'Lessons'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
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.
Bo Diddley has stroke while performing in concert, in hospital.
Damn, sorry to hear that. I'm not entirely suprised, except maybe that he was still performing. I saw him over a decade ago, and he was older than God then.
According to the article, he's 78. I can only hope to reach 78 in good enough shape to perform on stage.
Damn. I love Bo.
Then again I'm kind of surprised he's gotten as far as 78.
Just hate to think of him helpless after a stroke.
You know, for a second I thought you meant the Face of Bo, and had some cognitive dissonance there. ::facepalm::
So sorry to hear, he is a treasure indeed.
Joy Division biopic is getting raves at Cannes: [link]
There was an AP story about the Joy Division flick yesterday as well. It's funny: I just saw (finally) 24 Hour Party People last weekend, and the Guardian article has this:
He also appeared as Mark E Smith of the Fall in Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, giving rise to a small irony in Control. When Curtis recovers from his first epileptic fit, his manager tells him: "It could be worse - at least you're not the lead singer of the Fall."
I remember Mark E. Smith himself in the film, but not anyone playing Mark E. Smith. When did the character appear?
Heh. In Rip It Up And Start Again there's a funny discussion about how Ian Curtis and Mark E. Smith studiously ignored each other because they both knew there was this other really cool guy in Manchester. Like they were set up as rivals years before they actually made any music.