( continues...) Japanese pop stylings. This is the catchiest Deerhoof album ever. I hated it at first, but found myself unable to sleep at night without getting a small fix. It's a gateway album.
8. Will Johnson – Vultures Await. With too much piano for a proper Centro-Matic release, this sleepy, pointed album had to come out under Will Johnson's own name. Beautiful stuff.
9. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free. Q: Why is this here and not Madvillainy? A: I am a goober and like the same. Awkward delivery and stiff beats can't keep the narrative force of this album down. Nice stuff and thanks to Jim for the tip.
10. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youths, Bloodthirsty Babes. Freakin' great. TVOTR sing about existential crises as if they were at a Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting with passionate, insistent musical backing.
Best album of 1967 that I never expected to hear in my lifetime: Brian Wilson - SMiLE. What an amazing time to be alive, when this can see the light of day. Yeah, it's stiffer than the fragments from the original sessions, but good lord. It's like Bach deciding that he couldn't finish his Brandenburg Concertos, so he just sat on them for 40 years. If I were ranking this as a 2004 album, it would be #2 on that list above. But I'm not; this is a special case.
Other albums I considered: Mekons - Punk Rock, Iron & Wine - Endless Numbered Days, Madvillain - Madvillainy, Shearwater – Winged Life. I need to digest the Oneida, Comets on Fire, Panda Bear, and Cul de Sac/Damo Suzuki albums before really considering them for the purposes of this list.
Does Joe Boucher or anyone else have the tracklisting for his mix?
I can't find the file. I'll rewrite them this weekend. Tried doing it, but can't remember a lot of tracks without the CD as reference.
I'm not much of a Kevin Spacey or a Bobby Darin fan, but if anyone is Leonard Lopate is interviewing him about the Darin biopic. So far they've been talking about music. Why am I listening if I don't like interviewee or subject? Because I'm at work. Duh!
Heather - what was it?
The Duran Duran Tour? It was the 1987 Strange Behavior world tour. Usually there will be a trademark or copyright or something very small on the logo with the year, and I can go from there, but ugh. I had to go through every tour starting in 81 and try to match cities. See if something is autographed and has a date or a name, one of the ways to verify is to make sure they are possible. So say I have a tour program page or a tour shirt autographed by Duran Duran and the thing is signed "Simon- 1984" but it's from a tour in 87, I can be pretty sure the thing is faked.
Also? You guys should totally try to listen to this on the web. It's on right now
GLEN MITCHELL SHOW 90.1 KERA
FIRST HOUR
Topic -Anything You Ever Wanted to Know ® - Special Holiday Edition
Description-We're Broadcasting Live from the Downtown Dallas Public Library Today! C'mon down!
Anything You Ever Wanted to Know ® - Special Holiday Edition
SECOND HOUR
Topic-Brave Combo will perform live!
Guest-Brave Combo
Description- Join us at the downtown Dallas Public Library for a great conversation and live performance from North Texas polka heroes BRAVE COMBO. They're in town for a full-on show at the Sons of Hermann Hall tonight.
Joe - No need to rewrite your liner notes. I've got 'em and can scan them in, if necessary.
Hec! I found an artist I think you'd like! Nicki Jaine (warning, website FILLED with annoying Flash effects, drat it).
She sounds like the love child of Nico and Jill Tracy. My pet DJ handed me the CD at this week's Goth Night, and I really like it.
I've got 'em and can scan them in, if necessary.
Thanks, Jon! Whew. Sue, I promise I'll send the mix this weekend. Hayden, send me your address & I'll send you the mix and all the other stuff I've been meaning to send you for months.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Jon--that would be great if you could scan Joe's notes, thanks.
Current line-up for the 2005 Big Day Out festival across Australia and NZ.
Full tour
Artists appearing at all shows
BEASTIE BOYS
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
CHEMICAL BROTHERS
THE MUSIC
THE STREETS
SLIPKNOT
CARL COX
POWDERFINGER
GRINSPOON
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
CONCORD DAWN
THE DONNAS
THE D4
BLUES EXPLOSION
REGURGITATOR
SCRIBE and P MONEY
FREESTYLERS
LE TIGRE
KID 606
DECEPTIKONZ
ATMOSPHERE
HATEBREED
but if anyone is Leonard Lopate is interviewing him about the Darin biopic.
See, I'm looking forward to this. But I had a huge crush on Bobby Darin when I was younger.
PS Angus, I syndicated your blog to livejournal so I could read it there. The feed is at: [link] if you want to note it on your site or something.
