Kinda makes me happy that the only Pumpkins I have is a burned CD I got for free from a friend at work. Thanks, Cesar!
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
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.
Laga - Jun 23, 2007 11:36:14 am PDT #5957 of 10003
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hayden - Jun 23, 2007 9:49:49 pm PDT #5958 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jim Eno from Spoon was at our gig tonight. I was talking with Erik from Benko (who were absurdly awesome, btw) at closing time when Eno stopped to tell Erik how great they were. Then he nodded mildly to me and took off. Wow!
Actually, Erik and the vibraphone player from Benko are a wee bit famous, too, having been rotoscoped into Waking Life as part of their other gigs in Tosca and the Golden Arm Trio.
Sean K - Jun 24, 2007 10:57:02 am PDT #5959 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just heard the band Carolina Chocolate Drops on Prairie Home Companion. If you're at all a fan of bluegrass, you must check these three kids out. They are smoking hot.
flea - Jun 24, 2007 11:46:26 am PDT #5960 of 10003
information libertarian
Heh. mr. flea was all, "I just listened to this band on Prairie Home Companions..." and I told him they were FROM here, which he didn't realize. They play locally a lot.
Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2007 9:27:50 am PDT #5961 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
New Pixies album unlikely to happen: [link]
DavidS - Jun 25, 2007 1:30:50 pm PDT #5962 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mods and VU fans take note: Andy Warhol Pop Art Banana Watch.
Glamcookie - Jun 26, 2007 5:41:12 pm PDT #5963 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
New Pixies album unlikely to happen
Sad now.
tina f. - Jun 28, 2007 4:51:50 am PDT #5964 of 10003
Happy Birthday, Hec!! (And happy belated birthday to your lovely wife.) May your year be full of finished books, excited editors and indicators of excellent sales!
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And a selfish request for some bigassraise-ma sent toward Chicago. I have my two-year review today and I am looking for some big money or I have to look for a new job (booo!).
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Music-wise my two obsessions of the moment are Parts & Labor - kinda hardcore but skronkier band from NYC. Both albums, Stay Afraid (older) and Mapmaker (newer) are excellent and available on emusic.
And - emusic peeps - go RIGHT NOW and download "Sirens" from the new Dizzee Rascal album. It is a certified Jam to End All Jams. You heard it hear first (maybe, well, probably not).
joe boucher - Jun 28, 2007 10:23:06 am PDT #5965 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Happy birthday, David! I'm glad tina posted that because it prompted me finally to get around to sending you something I've intended to send for a while: a 1970 Van Morrison bootleg called "Spring in Berkeley 1970". I uploaded it to... not yousendme, some other place whose name I can't remember. Anyway, I encourage you & any other Van fans to go to B'rawk2, grab the link, & then grab the album. "Caravan" and "Cyprus Avenue" are especially killer. Love the carnivalesque organ as he goes walking down by the railroad in the latter. Also, the "tongue gets tied" shtick hadn't hardened into a tired gimmick yet; it's really effective here.
Long time, no write (but a bit of lurking). The short version: overworked followed by under the weather. Work has calmed down a little, although that won't last long, and I'm definitely healthier (knock on wood), so I'll try to be less of a stranger.
Quick hits:
1) Went to see Television in Central Park & Richard Thompson in Prospect Park and got rained on both times - drenched at the RT show. Richard Lloyd was not at the former so it remains to be seen if there will be another "final" TV show. He's a bit of a wacko so I took his "this is the last one" with a grain of salt. Ollabelle opened for RT, which I found interesting because they were the opener the time I saw Linda.
2) I can't stop listening to Tinariwen. Heard them on All Songs Considered, was struck by their sound, and decided to give the album a shot when my emusic downloads reloaded. And I'm so knocked out that I think I'll buy the CD, partly to support them & partly because I really want a lyric sheet/translation. I also hope it will give more details about who plays what. Allmusic was no help. Wikipedia lists basically everyone as a guitarist except the percussionist and the woman singing. Corwood & other guitar fans MUST check this out.
Atropa - Jun 29, 2007 8:33:06 am PDT #5966 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So while toodling around the iTunes store last night, I discovered the Vitamin Strings Quartet tribute to My Chemical Romance.
blink blink
Being morbidly curious, I listened to some samples. And then I bought the album. I am shocked at how well the songs work as orchestral arrangements for a string quartet. I bought it as kind of a novelty, but I suspect I'm going to end up listening to it a lot.