Sweet. Paul Westerberg's piece on Alex Chilton.
Excellent piece by Chuck Prophet on Chilton.
Buffy: Dancing with you is way better than trying to hook up with some good-looking guy. Xander: I think I liked it more when you were kicking me in my puffy groin.
'Get It Done'
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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.
DavidS - Mar 20, 2010 3:15:38 pm PDT #2744 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tom Scola - Mar 21, 2010 3:20:44 am PDT #2745 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jon B. - Mar 21, 2010 7:09:06 am PDT #2746 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
From the Chuck Prophet piece:
all the while looking at his bass player and drummer (Rene Coman and Doug Garrison).
I saw Chilton on that '86 tour, and Rene MADE that band. What an amazing bass player! He had (has?) a swinging jazz style that brought Chilton's songs to life. A year or two later, I saw Chilton again, but with a different bassist, and the songs plodded. It's amazing what a difference a single player can make.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2010 9:42:53 am PDT #2747 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now Playing: Kate Bush's The Kick Inside.
Have you listened to some Kate Bush today?
Maybe you should.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2010 9:45:05 am PDT #2748 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Have you listened to some Kate Bush today?
Funny, I was just earworming myself with some of her stuff in my head. Oh, and plate o' shrimp.
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2010 9:51:25 am PDT #2749 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damn. The last Kate Bush album I acquired was The Sensual World, which came out in '89. Then I just stopped paying attention. She's only had two studio albums since?
I have The Kick Inside and Lionheart on LP and cassette, which means I haven't listened to them in decades. OTOH, Hounds of Love and The Dreaming are two of my favorite albums, and I still listen to them regularly.
Maybe you should.
Maybe I will. Maybe I'll download The Kick Inside and Lionheart from iTunes or eMusic and listen to them next.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2010 9:54:21 am PDT #2750 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
She's only had two studio albums since?
One of them was a disc set, but yeah. She's very slow (one of the many traits she shares with Peter Gabriel). Too slow, I think, although I think she was also raising a family during that period.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2010 9:56:23 am PDT #2751 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, she was raising her son.
Her two disc set was interesting. There was a song about Pi. In fact, the lyrics were just the number of Pi as I recall.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 23, 2010 10:02:29 am PDT #2752 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Her two disc set was interesting.
I've only given it a cursory spin or two, and I really need to get back to it, because I remember enjoying it quite a bit.
sumi - Mar 23, 2010 10:06:06 am PDT #2753 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
NPR story on the Alex Chilton Memorial show with clips from the concert.