For the Mountain Goats fans among us, John Darnielle's latest blog post contains two things that made me very happy: news about the next MG album (due Oct. 2nd) and a link to his wife's (partner's? I can't recall if they're married) website, with photos of their super adorable chunk of a baby. LOVE.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
That is one cute chunk of a baby. And it looks like he's about two months older than my guy. Play date!
In hello, I am a teenage goth girl news: tickets for the Seattle date of the next Emilie Autumn tour go on sale in 40 minutes! (I did check with her manager to see if I could be put on the list for the VIP pass, but no. Which, fine, I'll buy a ticket, they've already arranged for me to do another interview with her and be sent the new album for review. Whee!
I'm supposed to believe Nas is holding Kelis's wedding dress here: [link] Nuh uh.
He talked about it on Colbert, but I don't think it was from her wedding dress. In any case, he said it was part of a dress left behind in the closet when she moved out.
He's claiming it's her wedding dress. I think it's odd no one points out that that's not even a dress, let alone the wedding dress in their photos.
Random: I just downloaded The Blue Aeroplanes' Huh! The Best Of... 1987-1992. I didn't own anything by The Blue Aeroplanes before, but a friend of mine was into them. And I had completely forgotten how much I love the song "You (Are Loved)". I had it on a compilation tape I made about 23 years ago.
So, um... another example of online music stores enabling me to easily find stuff I was into decades ago.
So, um... another example of online music stores enabling me to easily find stuff I was into decades ago.
It's the Long Tail, baby!
That's an interesting period in British music with all the indie rock going on before Brit Pop.
My personal fav from that era would be "Hey Now" by the Perfect Disaster. A hot rocking slab of VU two chord riffage.
eta: In my mind this is part of a sub-genre of songs I think of as Children of Sister Ray, which includes things like Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner" and Vulgar Boatmen's "Drive Somewhere." Might be more apt to call them Son of "Foggy Notion" as that's an even more exact VU reference for that kind of song.
Ha! I looked up "Foggy Notion" on YouTube and there are covers there by the Vulgar Boatmen and Modern Lovers.
It's the Long Tail, baby!
I luvs me some Long Tail!
Wait, that doesn't sound right....
I'll have to listen to that link after I finish this album.
Anyone have any opinions on Kitchens of Distinction?
eta:
Ha! I looked up "Foggy Notion" on YouTube and there are covers there by the Vulgar Boatmen and Modern Lovers.
Awesome!
Oh, did I mention here that it was my love of VU and "Sister Ray" that got me into Joy Division? Back in '85 a DJ friend of mine knew how much I was into VU and he said, "You gotta hear this cover of 'Sister Ray' that Joy Division does."
It was about two years later when I finally heard "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Which I also love to death.