In music-y news, the clips of the Triplets of Belleville soundtrack that I've heard are exceedingly cool. I wants it.
I heard it over the weekend, and it's fab. I still haven't made it to the movie yet. Stupid end of the school year papers.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Sue - Mar 30, 2004 5:29:43 pm PST #1913 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Steph L. - Mar 30, 2004 5:32:41 pm PST #1914 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Then I am totally coming. Is it 21-over?
I'll check on that.
Do you need to prebuy tickets, or will there be some at the door?
And I'll check on that, too.
Have you bought your ticket to DC yet?
Not yet.
Kate P. - Mar 30, 2004 5:33:14 pm PST #1915 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The Magnetic Fields are coming to Northampton! Whee!
Fred Pete - Mar 31, 2004 3:58:40 am PST #1916 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yeah, iTunes is slowly getting more comprehensive, but indie stuff and some big names aren't giving up the goods.
And their oldies selection is quite weak.
Michele T. - Mar 31, 2004 5:36:30 am PST #1917 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Bloodshot rekkids are available on iTunes. Go forth! Spread the gospel of the honky-skronk!
Also, CDBaby.com, an indie distributor, is having a big ol' clearance sale.
Lyra Jane - Mar 31, 2004 6:25:06 am PST #1918 of 10003
Up with the sun
I got more new CDs on half.com and Amazon last night. (I'm on a Must Diversify! Now! trip.) The CDs I bought were:
- "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," Public Enemy
- "Blacklisted," Neko Case
- "In Search Of...", N.E.R.D.
- "Three Feet High And Rising," De La Soul
- "Fragments From a Rainy Season," John Cale
- "Things Fall Apart," The Roots
- "Pleased to Meet Me," the Replacements (I had it on cassette, which I can't find anymore. I am slowly duplicating the good parts of my high school record collection on CD. The next purchase in this vein should be Sonic Youth's "Sister".)
Between that and an LJ mix trade I'm participating in, I expect to be in New! music! heaven! for quite a while.
bicyclops - Mar 31, 2004 7:29:25 am PST #1919 of 10003
"Fragments From a Rainy Season," John Cale
For some musicians (Neil Young is one), my rules are:
1. Live beats studio
2. Acoustic beats electric
3. Solo beats band
And those rules certainly work for me in this case. A bunch of Cale's best songs (and one of Cohen's) performed simply and minimally. I love this album.
YMMV - some people get bored with Cale's piano playing.
bicyclops - Mar 31, 2004 7:34:32 am PST #1920 of 10003
One more thing: moonlit's Bonus Australian disk - LOVE it.
Michele T. - Mar 31, 2004 7:52:25 am PST #1921 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Not quite music-related, but: HEY! JOE! Marc Maron is listed as the primary host for the new progressive Air America's morning show, "Morning Sedition" on their website. AM 1190 in NYC, 6-9 AM.
joe boucher - Mar 31, 2004 8:02:10 am PST #1922 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Interesting Neil Young interview on Fresh Air yesterday. I'll take him electric, preferably with Crazy Horse, over acoustic any day.
It Takes a Nation of Millions... is astonishing, probably one of my "Desert Island Discs". Took a while for me to get into, but once it clicked it was mind blowing. Unbelievably dense. I'm tempted to advocate its status as Greatest Production Ever. The Bomb Squad (Chuck, Hank & Keith Shocklee, Bill Stephney, Eric Sadler) are the real stars. "Louder Than a Bomb", "Rebel Without a Pause" and "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos" are favorites, although, the whole thing is great. Adore the back to back clips of Malcolm X ("It is time for us to do whatever is necessary to defend ourselves") and George Clinton ("Ain't nuthin' but a party, y'all!"); who says agitprop can't be fun?