Scientists have just discovered a lost transmission from Planet 1975:
Mood Swings is an animated online series about mom’s life when the kid’s aren’t around. In this clip, Janise, mother of Clementine and wife to Mathias, reconnects with her college days in a zany flashback.
Last summer, Gordon Voidwell and his production crew created a music video which pays homage to Whitney Houston’s mid-80s “How Will I Know” video. He had been keeping it under wraps until the right moment, which unfortunately arose this week with the untimely passing of the legendary singer. Video director Steve Pristin says “Gordon Voidwell’s …
Forgot to mention that I recently made a nice score at our (admittedly odious) Best Buy store up at Northgate, where I will occasionally buy TV shows on dvd when the “loss-leading” spotlight happens to shine on some portion of my Personal Pantheon! On the most recent visit, in addition to the hernia-inducing 57-disc 24: THE COMPLETE SERIES (list …
Neoconservatives accuse Barack Obama of leading the United States down the road to communism. In reality, mainstream Democrats have become more fiscally conservative since the Cold War era. Obama is no more economically radical than Richard Nixon, whose presidency produced the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, increased spending on social programs, …
How many weeks does Rolling Stone, the magazine, have left? I hadn’t seen a copy in six years (which says something in itself) and now, perusing the 3/1 issue with Paul McCartney on the cover I’m shocked at how small and ad-less the zine is these days. How can they possibly be making any money? …
[LISTEN, WHITEY! author Pat Thomas will be reading / presenting / playing music from the book and companion album on Sunday, April 22nd at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland.] Over a five year period in Oakland, CA, archivist Pat Thomas befriended key leaders of the seminal Black Power Movement, dug through Huey Newton’s archives at Stanford University, …
The Presidents of the United Sates of America Rock The Showbox Market, 2/17 and 2/18, By Holly Homan
This Friday and Saturday nights Seattle will witness the return of local icons, The Presidents of the United States of America (Presidents for short). The Presidents, fronted by the charismatic Chris Ballew came onto the national scene back in 1995 with catchy, poppy tunes like Kitty, Peaches and Lump (the latter of which was parodied …
Ducky – Like Rain from Bicephaly Pictures on Vimeo. From Ducky’s press materials: “Ducky, aka Morgan Neiman, has a producer’s instinct and a powerful voice. She has been making music since she was 13 years old, and has played alongside the likes of Japanther, Ninjasonik, Roxy Cottontail, Trouble Andrew and Action Bronson. Her latest release, …
From the Spring Standards’ press materials: “In yellow//gold, The Spring Standards deliver 2 EPs that can be described as a set of fraternal twins, metamorphic stages, or acts in a drama. yellow is a nostalgic meandering through the trio’s shared childhoods—they started playing folk music together as teenagers in the rural landscapes of the Pennsylvania/Delaware …
One Direction is a UK boy band which was formed on UK X-Factor at the suggestion of Nicole Scherzinger. This video with the babies is enormously popular across the globe:
I wrote a rather lengthy comment tonight for a friend’s largely critical thread re: the departed Whitney Houston, but, just as I was about to post it, it FUCKIN’ DISAPPEARED and I was far too pissed to attempt to re-create it from scratch. Anyhow, one aspect I’d included was the fact that there is a little-known, spare, very beautiful, and …
From Japan with love. Kaleidoscopically dense, this is a sweet little Pee Wee’s playhouse-like miracle.
Tantalizingly wondrous. This is the Egg McMuffin of mashups:
Bobby B! I can’t imagine what Maya Rudolph, daughter of the late, great Minnie Riperton, is thinking and feeling right now. Her admiration for Whitney Houston showed through her iconic, over-the-top impersonations of Houston. Rudolph will host SNL 2/18/2012. – Steve Stav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgrEhIovaM
Publicists for Whitney Houston have confirmed that the legendary singer died Saturday at age 48. While there are no immediate signs of criminal intent, police are continuing to investigate the singer’s death, which took place in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. TMZ is speculating that a combination of alcohol and …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAlqbpWWGj0 There have been many of these lists. This is the official one. 1. Van Morrison – It’s Too Late to Stop Now (I’ve Been Working) 2. Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus (Fat Man in the Bathtub) 3. The Band – second Album (Whisperin’ Pines – Album Documentary) 4. Bob Dylan – Blood on …
Holey Moley, they talk about chemical castration… this is like musical castration – just hearing it will dissolve your naddies. Outdoes anything Dan Fogelberg could’ve dreamed up. – Steve Stav http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H7JmtAAFEw&feature=related
Two days ago, a Zippy cartoon titled, “Shoe In” mentioned The Holy Modal Rounders, Peter Stampfel‘s band of the last 40 or so years. Peter has contributed to EPB, thus, this was the first mention of any EPB contributor in Bill Griffiths’ Zippy cartoons, or in any iconic cartoon for that matter: Go here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJjHiFPGgk
On January 16, 2012, Mitt Romney tweeted that, “More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history.” I am so tired of hearing GOP Presidential candidates bash President Obama’s alleged folly. Instead, let’s focus on the last decade. First, according to the Wall Street Journal, the eight years of …
MIA flips the bird, and it’s a step for feminism (I tacitly agree). But a lot of the artistic side is T&A, still, backed by huge media conglomerates. When 50% of the media companies are owned by women, I’ll call that a victory for feminism. Not when you have to be young and pretty and …
Story time: I live in Everett, Wa. Right before the Iraq war started my Auntie & I, along w/ others were protesting the war…my Auntie & I had a corner…we got many honks, but of course some comments that were not pretty. Well, Vern Fonk drove by, one of his offices is in Everett & …