Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
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.
Thoroughly genius Sly Stone medley from Pee Wee Herman stage show.
Ironically, not only have I already seen that, but I have it on VHS. SBS screened it many, many years ago and it is the only Pee Wee Herman to ever have appeared on Aussie TV (excluding the movies). The whole episode is as funny as the thought of Falwell in hell--which is to say, high-larious.
I had not, dcp. Thanks!
Haven't watched this yet, but I will....
Her Noise: Women in Experimental Music (2007): A video documenting the development of the Her Noise project between 2001 and 2005 and features interviews with artists including Diamanda Galas, Lydia Lunch, Kim Gordon, Jutta Koether, Peaches, Marina Rosenfeld, Kembra Pfhaler, Chicks On Speed, Else Marie Pade, Kaffe Matthews, Emma Hedditch, Christina Kubisch and the show's curators, Lina Dzuverovic and Anne Hilde Neset. The documentary also features excerpts from live performances held during the Her Noise exhibition at South London Gallery by Kim Gordon, Jutta Koether and Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata), Christina Carter, Heather Leigh Murray, Ana Da Silva (The Raincoats), Spider And The Webs, Partyline and Marina Rosenfeld's 'Emotional Orchestra' at Tate Modern. Her Noise celebrates the occasion of Electra, the London-based arts agency, new partnership with UbuWeb.
VH1 Classic is running a documentary about Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett. Very interesting.
On Bloomsday! I wonder if I can get a cheap last-minute ticket to NYC.
So, has anybody else heard the Giant Drag cover of Wicked Game? It's the cover being used for one of the ads for a new FX show. It's pretty awesome.
Tangentially what are people's favorite covers of favorite songs? Or even an instance where you liked the cover of a beloved song better? Or where a cover of a song you hated turned out to be fantastic?
I love Shawn Colvin's cover of "This Must Be the Place" and do not at all like the original Talking Heads version. Which is probably Not Allowed. But Colvin's is quiet and acoustic, and I find it much easier to appreciate the beautiful lyrics and melody.
Oh, not a new FX show - it's for Nip/Tuck.
I thought it sounded good and I heard it - saw the ad and guessed it was for Nip/Tuck before the title card came up. (It really suits the show.)
Television will be playing at Central Park Summerstage in a couple weeks.
ah shoot. I'll be in town the following weekend.