The Sonics—“Louie Louie” (Etiquette 1965, 2:57) The Kinks invented Power Chord Rock in 1964 in the UK, and lo, it was good. We Yanks (via Link Wray’s “Rumble” in 1958) had already provided the world with Distorted Dread Rock, but it remained for this Pacific Northwest teen dance combo to match The Kinks’ achievement Stateside. …
Month: February 2011
“Or is it the clothes you wear?”
Kids, don’t try this at home: .
Just discovered this. Very nice. . Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions, by Jacob Slichter, Celebrity Guest Blogger Miles Davis and John Coltrane – So What?, by John Munson, Celebrity Guest Blogger .
Louis CK asks Donald Rumsfeld if he’s a lizard who has tasted human flesh. Rumsfeld refuses to deny this. From a radio interview on the Opie and Anthony show. He also asks if former Vice President Dick Cheney is a lizard. No response there either. Generally painful to listen to. Rumsfeld is pretty tough.
. And here’s the same launch, viewed from the window of a commercial plane flying out of Orlando. .
My Scandophile family will enjoy this. It’s a comedy sketch from Swedish TV. In it, Swedes are mocking American stereotypes in comic English. The line that haunts me is “How come we’re not home with our mammals watching raceball?” It just seems so deliciously apropo of comic mistranslations in any language. At one point the …
I was accosted at the Old Blue by a local London couple, one of whom had seen New York band, Lion Of Ido, at Hoboken and were mad for it to see them again. I can totally see why. They had a great rock sound, loads of punch, and Ido himself (is that his real …
Adele’s British invasion of the US continues. Today’s performance of Someone Like You on Ellen is trending big. Unfortunately, her spirited, melismatic, soul-inspired, neo-Americanisms seem more forced here than usual. . .
Listening to Prince’s music is like discovering the Kama Sutra and Erotic City would be your favorite position. The groove is mesmerizing, funky and sexy. Prince is pound for pound the greatest songwriter/musician/performer combination ever. “Erotic City” still fills the floor and is a hit today in dance clubs. Many of today’s top R&B and …
We Are Wisconsin from Finn Ryan on Vimeo.
In The Hangover, they went to Vegas, in Hangover Part II, they go to Bangkok (bachelor party jokes write themselves in Bangkok). Watch out Brazil, can Hangover a Trois, Rio Carnival, be far behind? Starring Liam Neeson, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Chung, Ed Helms, Juliette Lewis and a cast of millions.