Here’s the winning playlists. I’d like to note that my list including at least one song from almost every list here. Does that make me more mainstream, less eclectic, or all three? And how the hell can one dance to Ray Charles’s “I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town?” and how is Britney Spear’s […]
SF Jones in the New Jorker is hosting a contest, til 10/1, asking for the best dance playlist directly referencing the collapse and bailout of investment banks. I emailed this entry today. I could have been ultra-obscure, and considered throwing in an Ui record (because Jones was in that band) for brownie points, but this […]
“Levi? Can you please hold the baby while I pump? I have to take Trig to the doctor.”“Levi?”“Levi?”“Levi!” “Huh?” “I have to pump. Please hold your [son/daughter]?” “What did I tell you, Bristol?” “What?” “Never … interrupt … me … during … Grand Theft Auto 3! Oh, and by the way, my friends are all […]
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 […]
M83Saturdays=YouthI’m happily eating crow with a mint chutney and sweet potato fries. I hate (read: hate) previous M83 releases, but I’m kablooey for this ventriloqiusm (me being the dummy) of good 80s euro-pop. Who cares about the (are they?) songs – he gets the tones right, from small touches like electric piano pinched from Bryan […]
Dear Joe Tangari, today’s Pitchfork reviewer of re-mastered 2XCD deluxe versions of U2’s Boy, October, and War: First, a disclaimer: I believe U2 deserved a Lynryd Skynryd-style plane ride following Achtung Baby. And that’s being generous to Achtung Baby. Now: Please tell me you didn’t write this review before you heard these reissues? On the […]
Stop Loving Everything 