Subject: RE: Ah, those hazy, crazy days of the man called Bill in the White House…From: Tom Kipp Okay, so the other, later, shittier, magazine called Slant bequeaths unto us its "Albums of the Nineties" #61 through #100 today, precisely a decade too late, and I’m not sure there were ten really good albums in the lot. …
“Art triumphs over tragedy, music can heal us, can repair us, can take us to another dimension…” – Kerry Candaele, summarizing the message of Beethoven’s Ninth I found a fascinating documentary project on Kickstarter today. With 11 days left, they’re quite close to securing funding. It’s a feature length film about the impact of Beethoven’s …
This is from Mike Hughes, no puritan himself [obligatory Scarlet Letter tie-in], who says, “here is the video to go with the new single, which is out on Monday. There is some tripe written about how this video examines the relationship between artist and subject. Hesta herself says that it just ‘felt sexy and hot’ …
Sent with love from Mike Hughes, who says, “here is the video, just out, for the new single. It’s directed by Sophie Muller, who cannot put a foot wrong.” . . And here is Tape Song (One Shot Not), of which Mr. Hughes opines, “Looking forward to seeing these two at the end of next …
Here’s the Fresh Air interview with PJ Harvey.
Adele was one of a small glut of female singers that came out of nowhere to huge acclaim since around 2008 (see also Duffy). BRIT (performing arts) school, posted demos on youtube, millions of hits on the internet, next thing she is the BRIT Awards (not the same as the school) Critics Choice, then chart …
Yes, a new album from Radiohead will be available for download Saturday, February 19, 2011, according to the band’s website.
Herbie Hancock – “Imagine” featuring Pink, Seal, India.Arie Wins Grammy Award for Best Collaboration
Herbie Hancock’s cover of the idealistic John Lennon tune, “Imagine,” featured starls such as Pink, Seal and India.Arie won the Grammy for Best Collaboration.
For perhaps the first time in Grammy Award history, the winner of the Best New Artist Grammy is actually an artist. East Portland’s hot, young and talented jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding surprised everyone by beating out Youtube sensation and all around nice guy, Justin Bieber. Immediately after her victory, outraged Bieber fans hacked Esperanza’s Wikipedia …
It also slightly resembled a pod for the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” pod people…
George Jones – Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?
Cake performed this tune recently on Conan:
This won’t be for everyone, but it’s definitely art. Gotta love the Rickenbacher fuzz bass:
Howlin’ Wolf—“Spoonful” (Chess 1960, 2:45) The day before I flew home to Montana from Providence (23 May 1982) I found a very useful, cartoon-jacketed, budget-line blues sampler—America’s Musical Roots—that contained many of the most famous singles ever to appear on Chess Records, this one foremost among them. Nothing about the chundering roar of Cream’s infamous …
There’s something timeless about this. Produced by Pink Floyd’s guitarist, David Gilmour, you’ll hear unmistakeable Floydian guitar at the end of the track.
“Her name is Alexa Wolf, a sexy assassin with a troubled past.” “Watch out bad guys, she’ll bang ya, but then she’ll hang ya…”
Country is EPB’s kind of thing and this song has stuck with me for 20 years. I still hold with the thought that Steve Goodman’s “You Never Even Called me by my Name” is the best country song ever, but this combination of New Orleans (search Jimmy C. Newman) and Nashville is a good one. …
A song which asks the musical question, “How do you like your eggs? Fried or fertilized?” One of his more salacious previous efforts: Lemme Smang It .
New Shakira out recently. Title translates to “The Sun Comes Out.” Tune starts out slow, swells into a solid, surprisingly trad-rock (given the singer’s success with newer dance music formats), pop tune. I’ll admit that when they modulate on the last bridge (2:48, right before she rips her turtleneck apart. Honest.) it’s the oldest cliche …
This is a popular vid from this morning. Some enterprising geek has found a way to make his old school floppy drives play out Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. If this version is not to your liking, here’s a better known version from the Disney Film, Fantasia. Here’s an excellent organ version by …