I'd go see the penguin bands. They sound awesome.
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
If I ruled out bands by name I would never have enjoyed The Butthole Surfers.
Just heard on the radio -- HBO is going to make a movie bio of Phil Spector. Al Pacino to play Spector.
RIP, Ari Up of The Slits.
Very sad. As in - she is too young because she is younger than I am. Saw an article in which it says that John Lydon's website had a press release that said she died after a long illness.
Belle & Sebastian related blogpost.
My tribute to Lux Interior on his birthday is up at HiLo.
This is kind of awesome: 2NE1
While you were sleeping, K-Pop morphed into this. Zoetica of Coilhouse, from whose tweets I found this, asks:
"How can I simultaneously hate and love one thing this much?"
The one I've embedded below contains dancing Stormtroopers. And, yes, more auto-tune. The styling in both videos is kind of incredible.
The video is just... fun, and the song ("Follow Me") is catchy.
Stephen Merritt documentary: [link]
Strange Powers, a documentary which took directors Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara ten years to make, provides an intimate look at both Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields. While the focus is on Merritt’s relationship with longtime pal Claudia Gonson (Magnetic Fields manager and keyboardist), the film also chronicles his music-making process, with observations from well-known fans such as Peter Gabriel, Neil Gaiman, Carrie Brownstein, and Sarah Silverman.
For fans of the Magnetic Fields, highlights include footage from the band’s early years, rare firsthand stories from Merritt (a rather reclusive songwriter), and plenty of screen-time for his beloved chihuahua, Irving Berlin.
The link has a three-minute clip, and links to screenings, etc. Damn, I gotta see this!