The first single off Kate Bush's new album Aerial is now in KEXP's rotation.
It's very... Kate Bush. Back to basics sound for her.
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.
The first single off Kate Bush's new album Aerial is now in KEXP's rotation.
It's very... Kate Bush. Back to basics sound for her.
The newest Dar Williams album has a cover of "Comfortably Numb" from Pink Floyd's *The Wall*. I love it; it's a duet with Ani deFranco.
the release today of Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
That sound you just heard? The resounding THUD? Was me hitting the floor as I expired from sheer joy.
Judd Apatow's story of pitching a movie to the Stones with Ben Stiller.
Anyway, before that happened, Ben and I had to fly to Canada to pitch the story to the entire band. Ben was to do the main pitch, and I would fill in the holes. When we sat down with them in a girl's school where they were rehearsing for the tour, I choked and did not say one word. I am not exaggerating. I was silent.
Ben, however, was magnificent. I sat in awe as he told Mick what he would do as director, writer, and actor. At one point Ben said he wanted the movie to have the look of Gimme Shelter, to which Keith Richards replied, "Well, this time let's do it without the murder" and laughed his ass off. They all did. It was like being in the den with the devil.
NYistas should try to see the Shaggs musical this week: [link]
I knew the show had played in Chicago for a while, but I was unaware of this bit:
the band pit included some exciting players: LeRoy Bach of Wilco and David Hilliard from David Byrne's touring band. Musical director was Rick Sims of the Didjits and the Gaza Strippers.
D'oh! I don't think I can. I would have loved to, though. Did you read the great article on them in the New Yorker a few years back? I'm sure we discussed it at the time, but my brain is old and fried.
Oh yeah. Susan Orleans' article. Isn't that what got optioned into a movie?
It's very... Kate Bush. Back to basics sound for her.
"Hounds of Love" basic or "The Dreaming" basic? Or earlier?