John Darnielle on the eternal question "who can indie boys crush on, now that Scarlett Johanssen has gone mainstream?" [link]
(ETA: link is to Nerve.com, which some companies do block. Forewarned, etc.)
'Ariel'
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.
John Darnielle on the eternal question "who can indie boys crush on, now that Scarlett Johanssen has gone mainstream?" [link]
(ETA: link is to Nerve.com, which some companies do block. Forewarned, etc.)
My indie cred is non-existent, and I don't know what a "nu-emo boy" is, but I'll nominate Eleanor Friedberger.
David, do you know about this?. (I would say what "this" is, but I hope it's a surprise and I don't want to ruin it.)
That link reminds me: how can I set my default so that websites with music or other sounds don't play unless I tell them to? Drives me absolutely buggy, esp. at work. IE 6.0 at work, Firefox at home. Home is less of a problem since I have headphones, but I listen to streaming radio all day at work & I hate hate hate opening a website that starts blaring past the radio. Thanks in advance for the help.
David, do you know about this?. (I would say what "this" is, but I hope it's a surprise and I don't want to ruin it.)
Right the fuck on! I'd heard they were shooting it before he died, but I didn't know it was going to be finished. Looks like have a lot of old Dolls footage which makes me reach for my drool bib.
Hey, good news from New Orleans!
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Any of you listened to the whole Bettye LaVette album yet? KEXP is playing a couple of tracks. It sounds very interesting.
I found a source for The T.A.M.I. Show and The Big T.N.T. Show even though they're both out of print and tied up in legal wrangling.
Bo Diddley rocked so hard in T.N.T., and damn but the Duchess is cool in an evening gown, towering beehive and electric guitar. Of course, James Brown deservedly gets best in show, but The Ronnettes and Ike & Tina were also really spectacular. Plus Ray Charles with go-go dancers.
Note on Lead Singer Performing Styles of the 60s: It was required during the early through mid sixties for the lead singer (if he didn't have a guitar) to have some kind of percussion instrument in his hand while singing. Gene Clark is the coolest tambourine wielder, Keith Relf gets points for bongo work during "For Your Love" and Mick Jagger is a bit of a spazz with maracas.
Bo Diddley rocked so hard in T.N.T., and damn but the Duchess is cool in an evening gown, towering beehive and electric guitar.
"Hey, Duch, whadda you think about these guys doin' our, uh, material?"
"I don't know. I just came over here to see the changing of the guard and all that jazz."
"Jerome, what do you think of these guys doin' our material?"
"Uh, where's the bar, man? Please show me to the bar!"
And of course Mick was a spaz. The joint was rockin', goin' 'round and around.
I still can't figure out the goofy phyrigian cap thingie that Tina Turner is wearing, though.
Who wouldn't wear a Phrygian cap, given the chance?
Our own Jon B. is namechecked by Alex Ross of the New Yorker on his excellent blog, The Rest Is Noise. We knew him when!
Free Rudolph Hess! [link]