Wednesday Linkage
Stream The Kooks track "Eddie's Gun" in Windoze Media.
New DJ Shadow material:
"Enuff" stream it in Windoze Media
"You Made It" stream it in Windoze Media
The Bronx are streaming their new record over at MySpace. It's shouty and fun.
Speaking of shouty and fun, I got a copy of the Be Your Own Pet album late last week ansd spent some time with it over the weekend. It's much like their live show, it runs together in most places and is very loud and in your face, but at least with the CD I can pick out the riffs and lyrics. It's not something I'd sit around and listen to, but it's fun for long drives. If you're into thrashy punk, you could do alot worse.
32 shows in 30 days. By a 65 year old. Because he's doesn't get most of today's guitar bands. So he went to check them out. Respect.
The Smiths, on first listen. Sounds like she was predisposed to hating them.
Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger (touring soon!) and John Roderick from The Long Winters interview each other. Great stuff, if only because Sean and John were each in each others bands. [via LHB]
The Chicagoist Guide to the Pitchfork Music Festival: Part One
Not even close. Bruce Bowen (6.5 ppg for his career, never averaging double digits once!) is nowhere near the player future Hall of Famer Chris Mullin (18.2 ppg for his career, All NBA once, second team All NBA twice and four time All Star) was. Talk about insulting. Kids today...wow. And Amare has a game similar to Patrick Ewing? Maybe post-surgery he'll turn into a soft, whiney jump shooter with a knack for coming up short in the clutch, but right now, not so much. And don't even get me started on the 'Melo and Bird comparison. USA Today's attempt is a little better. I can live with the 'Melo and Mullin comparison and I'm (somehow) less offended by the Joe Johnson to Bird comparison. But only just.
ugh...don't even get me started on basketball comparisons. They drive me crazy. Why can't a player just be a player anymore? Before bron or kobe even came into the league, it was already "the next jordan". If you follow the game, you know Amare, you've seen Bruce Bowen, and you know what a legend Mullin is. Why insult anyone by making lame comparisons? Players are who they are, and real fans know that. As for Mullin....Warrior pride...