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 & …
Last night, February 4th, 2012, I once again headed to Seattle’s El Corazon where ska legends The Toasters were headlining a show. When I arrived, the opening band, Life Afterlife, was just starting. Life Afterlife is a five-piece from the Tacoma area who play a mix from pure punk pop to some harder core punk …
I was recently asked, “Did the Iraq War foment the Arab spring? Is this even a legitimate question?” To which I responded: Yes, absolutely a legitimate question. Although I would do the professory thing and say, well, do you mean it was the sole and exclusive catalyst/cause? or it was a factor? Maybe because my …
If you haven’t seen this, it might be the funniest skit in Portlandia history. And the Parson Red Heads are in it, the quartet posing around Fred Armisen. – Steve Stav
Glorious fragment o’ PiL’s “Chant”, with definitive Postpunk guitar from Keith Levene in Part I. Then a typically poisonous confrontation and walk-off during hapless intvw segment in Part II… – Tom Kipp
This is just awful. I don’t want to live here anymore. KGW’s lovely Abbey Gibb files an informative news feature on just how Portland’s awful history of human trafficking is revealed in a network of underground tunnels downtown: http://www.kgw.com/entertainment/Sha-138610174.html Thanks to Ben Easher for this 1999 article from Anodyne Magazine Online which includes such tidbits …
Why listen to Neil Young when you’ve got Lou Caruso? 89000 people have viewed this bar band cover of Neil Young’s Powderfinger. It’s a surprisingly good cover: