I’m lying on a recliner, its’ faint aroma of sweat and mold having long past become an unnoticed fragment of my day. The white sheet draped over it helps to mask the odor, but it still creeps through, like smoke in a clean room. The sleeve of my sweatshirt is covering my eyes and I …
Month: May 2011
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No Woman, No Cry, directed by Christy Turlington Burns, is a documentary which follows women with high risk pregnancies at different locations around the world. The Youtube description says, “”No Woman, No Cry,” Christy Turlington Burns’ directorial debut, is a gripping documentary that tells the personal stories of pregnant women and their caregivers in four …
A year ago, the /mu/ essentials blog posted an interesting graphic listing the essential Kpop albums. They followed that with a graphic of essential Asian pop. Earlier this year, they posted a graphic of essential modern Jpop.
Full story is here. Highlights are below: Video: Highlights: Mosley/Pacquiao
The Youtube description says, “To the folks who asked about the fire… Yes, it was real.”
This is one of the most popular videos in India today:
In a blog entry titled, “A Non-Policy Interruption: Fastbacks’ ‘In America,’” National Review writer Reihan Salam endorses the 90s Fastbacks punk tune embedded below, saying: “Many decades ago, a young Seattle band called Fastbacks released a song called “In America.” The lyrics sound a little petulant and characteristically punkish, the premise being that America is …
This hip hop tune is trending big in Sweden today:
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May 8, 2011 is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson. Below are some internet resources and book suggestions which will give you a better feel for the man and his music. Even though Johnson actually lived, and has only been dead for 73 years, the few known facts …
In 1978 or 1979, roughly concurrent with Cheap Trick’s release of Heaven Tonight and Dream Police, I argued vehemently that Cheap Trick was a combo whose appeal would go on. I predicted their careers would have the longevity of a band like the Rolling Stones, who even by then had been recording and touring for …
In John Canzano’s Oregonian column today, he’s convinced Greg Oden is going to be an even bigger disappointment to Trailblazers fans than in the next year or so than he’s been already. He may leave the Blazers as early as summer 2012. Canzano’s column is here.
Thanks to Revel Smith, who adds, “Wait for it . . . at 2:40 HE GOES FULL STRUT MEGA KASHMIR.”
To my ears this sounds like a soul ballad delivery and structure with bluesy guitar licks. So it doesn’t strike me as especially modern: You could well have heard something like this in the late sixties while driving in your car on a muggy summer’s night. Atmospheric and charming, but will it sound as good …
NPR has a great interview with Booker T. Jones, go here.
In this video for the Psychedelic Furs’ classic “Into You Like A Train,” brothers Tim and Richard Butler recreate the post-punk magic of their early days. In my interview on my website Intermittent Signals, Tim discusses the creation of the Furs’ landmark Talk Talk Talk, the album that spawned “Pretty in Pink.” Here’s the link …