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.

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VH1 Classic is running a documentary about Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett. Very interesting.

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Television will be playing at Central Park Summerstage in a couple weeks.

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.

Ah! I wondered if it might be Nip/Tuck.

The cover of Wicked Game is stunning. It's a sort of raw, hard edge punk cover of the song, with minimal drums, a very crunchy, dirty guitar, and a female lead singer who can wail like a banshee. That version of it gives me chillls.

Serial:

Nope, I lied. There's also a very minimal bass in the song, but everything but the singer and the dirty guitar seems to fade away under the languid, dream/nightmare qualities of this cover. It's by turns wistful, then sorrowful.