Over the 8/23 weekend, drummer and car salesman Steve Foley died. Although he spent 22 minutes as the Replacements’ drummer, he was in the band long enough to appear in this video, both in person and in claymation. Betcha Mr. Mars was finally jealous, at least a little. Despite his short tenure, Mr. Foley gifted […]
http://youtube.com/v/RvcXhuE_cIk “Gun-toting, jewelerized foul mouth” “another myth in Melanin” Fantastic song about race and film and about songwriter/novelist Luke Sutherland’s fish-out-of-water-waking-nightmare in Scotland. I had no idea the video existed. I’ve written about them here (and here) but find all three records and keep them close. Sutherland is (sometimes?) Mogwai’s violinist. If that helps you […]
http://youtube.com/v/ILpq6LDrUWQ Fifteen-years-ago hit me, today, like an anvil
http://youtube.com/v/dMhA3Emut44 “Movin’ up the neck of my guitar” might be one of my favorite lyrics of all time. And hey ED – where’s the Lovey reissue?
Dig it: Brian Eno & David Byrne’s new rekkid drops soon, and the first single is good. Download it here. Blatant promotion, and unpaid, too. But – I have history: 1988! I bought the cassette of B&E’s My Life in the Bush With Ghosts (1981), I’m guessing from the dollar castoff bin at Sam Goody’s […]
Stop Loving Everything 