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« Page 28 of 30 »OK. That tears it. I held my tongue as long as I could, but u2 are just a bunch of douchebags. I hate them even more than I did yesterday (if that's at all possible). They played Vertigo dos times during their show in the Meadowlands! Two fucking times!! The height of pretentiousness if you ask me. Are they trying to sell more iPods or something? All my u2 CD's are going on eBay stat. But I will be keeping my vinyl copy of The Unforgettable Fire. I wanna rock Indian Summer Sky at a gig this summer. Bono, you're dead to me! Fuck right off!
Why am I so mad about that?
Waiting (im)patiently for Redboy's thoughts on Revenge of the Sith. What say you?
Sweetness! An idea who's time has come. Way to go guys! [link via Coolfer]
This is kinda old news, but I forgot to mention it at the time. Former Sea Ray keyboardist Jeff Sheinkopf has been added to the Longwave lineup. Congrats buddy! And if that's not enough buzz for you, any album that has the seven magical words "Produced by John Mother-Fucking Leckie, Bitches" on it has my attention.
Interesting. Not sure if I would want one but that would be alot less shit to carry from gig to gig.
MTV Cribs, Joe Pernice steez. [thanks Glamourpuss]
Shout Out Louds on tour very soon. I got an EP of theirs recently and it's good stuff. For some reason I thought they were punky and shouty (don't know where I got that from), but the EP I got was very Old 97's. Me likey.
Albums to Listen to While Reading Overwrought Pitchfork Reviews.
29 thoughts on the apparent sexiness of the iPod. Good stuff. Thanks Aubrey! My fave's:
2. But it is true that iPod culture is getting a little ridiculous. The other day my cat started nagging me about my Sufjan Stevens albums. "Dude," my cat said, "I just got an iPod mini! Hook me up, beeatch!" (Mr. Pink hearts INXS and The Smiths along with Mylo and Bloc Party, obvs.)
7. I'm annoyed at those artists like Madonna who don't put their music on the Apple Music Store because they're holding out for a better deal. Not good enough for the Apple Music Store, Madonna? Well I just burned my friend's copy of "Like a Virgin" for free. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, toots.
11. I don't mind the celebrity playlists on the Apple Music Store. But let's take it easy on whom we call a "celebrity," Apple. Danny Masterson? That's a "semi-recognizable television personality."
The writer also goes on to discuss the merits of using The Garden State Soundtrack for a booty call, which is kinda like Damore's latest entry for the Det News. Only different.
Can you say welcome back if you never really went away?
Funny. Dude, Holly is getting huge!
Woo Hoo! New Super Furry Animals record on August 15th! Let's hope the US see's it the following day. As previously reported, the album will be titled Love Kraft and will be preceded by a single entitled Laser Beam on August 1st. Sweet. For the full tracklisting click here. The band starts a short UK tour this weekend (!!!!) before hitting up the festival circuit this summer. information leafblower is seriously considering a trip to the Isle of Wight Festival in September. Moz, Supergrass, Idlewild, REM and Goldie Lookin' Chain are also on the bill. Safe as fuck!
I haven't waxed poetic about my Divo/Tivo in a few days so prepare to hear me gush. I have it set up to tape all the epidoes of Later...With Jools Holland, which might be my favorite show on TV. I love that it's all set in one big studio and the artists on the show have to stare at each other in between and during their performances. It's a very cool set up.
I've seen some great bands play the show (Travis, Moz, Franzia, Radiohead, Oasis, etc.) but the one that really fucking blew me away was Rufus Wainwright. I was a huge fan of his first record and copped a copy of Poses but just never got into it like I did his previous work. Consequently I have pretty much ignored his output since then but that's about to change. In what was obviously an old episode (I think BBC America is one season behind the UK show) Rufus came on and played Vibrate, just him and his piano, and it was breathtaking. I must have rewound his performance five times. It was incredible. Really reminded me why I liked him so much to begin with. So best. In case you haven't heard the song, here it is:
Best song ever. For today anyways. The recorded version isn't as powerful as the one he did on the show. I'll have to see if I can figure out a way to make it into an MP3.
The Gorillaz are doing all sorts of giveaways (read:PSP's) leading up to the release of their new record on May 24th. Check here to keep on top of everything.
Go here to pre order those Gorillaz action figures.
Stream the new Foo Fighters single.
That's all I got today. Slow news day.
Be there. Cheers to fellow Sox fan William Bragg for the original photo.
Anyone else getting bombarded with German spam?
Too cute. I'm quickly turning into crazy cat guy. Speaking of, is this Mr. Pink's long lost brother?
I want this record. And this one too. And this one (second item) when it finally comes out. Got that?
Anyone go and see Goldie Lookin' Chain in NYC last night?
Best Wishes Kylie.
So I got my federal tax return in the mail two weeks ago. Most of the money went straight to my credit card but I put a little aside to play with. I wanted to buy something I normally wouldn't go out of my way to purchase but I was having a hard time figuring out what that would be. Then it hit me! Art. I have all this wall space in my apartment but not much on the walls. So after looking around a bit (and determining I couldn't afford anything from John Squire or Jamie Hewlett) I found something I liked. So I bought it. It arrived yesterday so I'm going to see if I can get a frame for it tonight. V. exciting!
Oh, and last night I went to my first Nationals game. The trek to and from RFK wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. It was kinda dead b/c it was a Monday night and we were playing the Brewers, but the game was fun and we won! I was very impressed with Brad Wilkerson in center field. He tracked down two balls I thought he had no chance to get. Respect. The best part of RFK? The Blue Moon beer stand on the top level. Sweet!
No Bukowski today, but I've got something just as good for ya! The wise words uttered by the Brothers Gallagher in their recent Mojo Magazine interview:
Liam: "I take time to wonder what makes us do what we do. Call me weird. I don't smoke pot. I don't take mind-bending drugs. I just drink lager and have a cigarette and talk a load of crap."
Liam on Noel: "But love is the same kind of thing. If you love someone you respect someone, you respect someone you love someone. It all comes in the same...sandwich."
More Liam on Noel: "I don't like him. He's a fucking smug cunt. And he don't like me because I'm a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. I embarrass him because I don't take things quite as serious as he does."
Noel on a meeting with an Epic rep from the USA: "We go to a posh restaurant. He's asking 'Why can we not get this record done?' And I'm telling him how it doesn't sound right, and how I'm going to write more songs, and he says 'You know who you sound like? Right now, just sitting there? Do you know who you sound like?' Well, I'm scrolling through the Sony acts thinking, Is he going to say Dylan? I'll go as low as Bruce Springsteen...Anyway, I go Who? He says 'Anastacia!'
"It didn't compute for a minute. Again, I went WHO?, and there it was again,'Anastacia.' So I poured another glass of wine, necked it in one, looked at him and said, I've got to fucking go now, 'cos I've just broken out in a rash. As I was looking at him, I thought, You will never see my face again, and I will never lay eyes on you. Whoever you fucking are, and whatever your fucking name is this is where it finishes for me and you. I walk off, down Knightsbridge, collar up, pissing down with fucking rain. Just when it can't get worse, a black cab pulls up and goes 'All right, Liam!"
Noel on Don't Believe The Truth producer Dave Sardy: "Plus, he kind of explained a few things to me about my songwriting that I had forgotten about. He said 'The thing about your songs is, why write another verse when three choruses will do?' I was going (taken aback) That's correct man. Who listens to verses anyway? Verses are shit. He was also better at massaging Liam's ego, getting the right performance. Every time I say to Liam, You might want to try and back off on that, the words he hears in his head are, "Your two sons are lesbian Nazis.'"
Noel on Liam's attitude: "We were at this awards ceremony and our table was kind of in the middle of the room, so everyone had to circumnavigate our table. So a lot of these people tap me on the shoulder and say hi. And out of the corner of your ear you hear...'Fucking cunt...fucking cunt.' I think he gets himself into a shamanic mantra of the word 'cunt'. That's his mantra: 'He's a cunt and they''re shit." He's not into other people getting nine out of 10 for album reviews, let's put it like that."
Liam on his legacy: "But I don't sit and dwell about it. I tell you for fucking why. I'd rather look back on my career - or whatever the fucking hell it is - in 20 years time and sit next to Bono and Coldplay geezer and all these other fucking lightweights and go, Well you didn't save the world, so you can fuck off...and you-you! - you can wash your hand. I'll be sitting there and I'll know I HAD IT. And maybe you didn't balls it up ever. You might still be fucking Sting or you may be fucking Batman, but I'll be fucking Liam G, man. And I AM STILL HAVING IT."
Owen Morris on Wonderwall: "Wonderwall took about six hours to record. Noel had a more complicated arrangement which we agreed wasn't right. Alan probably took one take to do the drums. I'm convinced we got where the drums come in wrong - it should have been on the word "backbeat" - but there we were. I wrote the cello part, Bonehead insisted on playing it on the Mellotron, Liam sang it in four goes. I did the repeat echo part. It was mixed on MDMA in Rockfield after seeing The Bluetones in Hereford. We did a mx and Liam came in and said turn down the vocal. That was the master mix."
Good stuff! Be sure to pick up the new issue of Mojo with Oasis on the cover. Well worth my $8.99. I downloaded Don't Believe The Truth on Friday, and you know what? It's pretty damn good. One thing about it that has shaken me to my very core is that Noel's three songs are the worst on the record. Scary. I'm interested to hear the b-sides, as that is how I judge every Oasis record. How did the songs that didn't make the record sound?
I'll have more on the new record next week. And if you're a Wonderwall fan, pick up a copy of the version Ryan Adams did. So much awesome.
Trying to get shit done so I can go to the rescheduled Feist in store.
In the meantime (no pun intended) all I have to say is I fucking love this record:
w00t!
Feist in store tomorrow at 12:30 3 PM (grumblegrumblegrumble) at the Tower on Penn Ave!
Thanking She's More Informative Than She Is Bitter for the info.
Who's with me?
I just realized I have a slight man crush on Britt Daniel. Dude is one cool fucker. How did last night's NYC in store go? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I still haven't copped Gimme Fiction, but I'm hitting up Best Buy for that $9.99 goodness before I head into the city for iPod Jukebox.
My iPod just cued up You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side and I'm fighting the urge to stand up and start dancing. Best. Moz. Song. Ever.
Oasis played six new songs at their first tour date of the year last night. That in itself is pretty damn exciting. Also of note in the setlist: Bring It On Down, Headshrinker and Songbird. Looking at the entire setlist I was pretty happy with it, but then it hit me; no Hindu Times! WTF? But mad props for an old B-side. That used to be one of the best things about seeing Oasis on their first few tours. They would break out a gem like (It's Good) To Be Free or Fade Away and it would fit in perfectly with the rest of the set. Still no Be Here Now songs though. C'mon Noel, throw me a It's Getting Better Man when I see you in D-Town!
Video of The Futureheads @ Spin via Brooklyn Vegan.
I want to hear this Tom Vek record everyone is talking about.
Oh Five summer festival guide.
Damore would love this.
Speaking of Damizz, he's back on the internets where he belongs! Yay! Viva la No Buzz List!
Today is the last day to enter my Kasabian contest. Don't sleep on our weekly bluestate contest either.
I finally bought an iPod case. So far, so good.
Chucky P in the NY Times, The Guardian and interviewed by Amazon.
Now my iPod just cued up Champagne Supernova. Nice one.
Cue Nelson: Ha Ha!
Song titles, before editing for language effeciency and clarity . [via Matt and his cool Dad]
Try as I might, I cannot seem to wake up today. Frustrating.
Especially when you look at the week I have coming up:
Wed: iPod Jukebox
Thurs: Feist(!!!!)/British Sea Power @ Black Cat
Fri: Echo & The Bunnymen in Lancaster, PA
Sat: Possibly driving home to NC to see my folks.
Hmmmmmmm...Guess I'm not on Tofu Hut's radar. Anyhoo, lots of links to lots of MP3 blogs.
Yet another show I have to go to.
Secret Machines / Kings Of Leon @ 930 Club on Aug 11th
Wow, Bitchfork gets it right, not once but twice. I'm just glad someone finally called Weezer out for sucking so hard. The Green Album was meh, but the follow up was just horrible. To me Islands In The Sun is the only decent thing they've done post-Pinkerton. Meanwhile, Spoon effing rule.
Time is running out to enter my Kasabian contest.
Everyone at work keeps asking me "What's wrong with the Sox?" I don't get it. The O's are unconscious and only 2.5 games ahead of us. We've used eight different starting pitchers and are still 8-2 in our last 10 games. Kevin Millar finally homered. We're doing just fine. Now then, the Yanks...that's a different story altogether.
I still don't want to talk about the Celtics.
Last night was insanely fun. Just binoculars. Well, as binoculars as it can be sans DCeiver and his better half. It was our biggest DCist Happy Hour and our best bluestate yet. They both just keep getting bigger and better. I'm struggling to put it all into words. I think last night was the most fun I've had since I moved to DC. It was that good.
Here is the visual record of what happened. Not pictured but rumoured to have also happened; the guy out in front of the venue throwing up in a trashcan, the fight that broke out when some guy bit (yep, with his teeth) some girl and she started bleeding everywhere and the drunk girl that knocked over the toilet in the ladies room. Again, all of these are unconfirmed at press time.
On the DJ tip, the night was great. There wasn't much of a crowd for my 7PM set so I got to play a bunch of stuff I've been wanting to play but haven't found time for. By 9PM the joint was a-jumpin' and people started to get their groove on, mostly thanks to JeffC130, bluestate's unoffical Bez (and I mean that in a good way). I thought the Clash/Killers mash up I played was gonna be song of the night (everyone started looking at the booth when the Killers lyrics started over Rock The Casbah) but then stupid Natalya had to go and play Since You Been Gone and that shit brought the house down! :) By the time my 11 PM set came around I was ad libbing everything and just trying to keep everyone dancing. I almost lost them when I insisted on playing Craig David AND Jamiroquai (I know, I know...), but other than that it was all good.
We even started to get a flood or requests. This one really cute girl came up to me and said "We come here every Saturday and they play hip hop all night and it's alot of fun." To which I said, "Awesome! But you do know tonight is Thursday, right?" She didn't quite seem to comprehend what I was getting at.
Full setlist after the jump.
Big thanks to everyone that came out last night and made everything such a success. I met some fellow bloggers, some local bands and a bunch of readers (Cheers Fletcher). Our next bluestate gig is May 24th at Saint Ex. Details very soon.
I can't believe I missed the C's game last night! Jeezy Creezy. Sounds like shit got out of hand real fast. Saturday's Game 7 will be the first ever in the Fleet Center, the first for the C's since Larry Legend's last game in 1992 and the first Game 7 at home in 1998's so much awesome Bird v. 'Nique game. Lots to live up to, no?
Tonight bitches!
Should our rotations hold up, I'm on at 7PM, 9PM, and 11PM. This will be the throwdown to end all throwdowns. But don't take MY pretentious word for it. Just read what noted journalistic institution El Wapo has to say on the matter:
Fresh off another stellar performance at the Black Cat, bloggers-cum-DJs Bluestate provides the indie-rock and '80s love at DCist's Cinco de Mayo party.
Robvs. Thing is, that wasn't the only mention DCist got in El Wapo today. To wit.
Deadlines are tight and I have MILES to go before I sleep tonight so unfortunately content will be light today (and most likely tomorrow) but I did find these treats for you:
Ruh roh. If this is going to be an ongoing thing, can you just go ahead and release the DVD of Season 2? I'm dying for that shit.
Crazy eBay mom! [via The Pita]
What do you think about women in the military?
German Apple users got a sneak preview of the new Oasis album yesterday. Related: The Bruvvers Gallagher to play the Austin City Limits fest. In Austin. Duh.
Since I was totally preoccupied compiling, arranging and rearranging my sets for tonight, I totally forgot to set the effing Divo for tonight's crucial Game 6 between the C's and Pacers! I pray they have it on at the bar. But no matter what happens, Mark Blount is ready!
I need to go through my CD collection more often. Over the weekend, I found a copy of Ivy's first EP which I had no idea I even had(it's awesome BTW). And then last night, I found a copy of the Stars album Heart. I listened to it when I drove to work this morning and it's pretty damn good. Maybe I'll have to revisit my position on them...
Random thought: is it me or is Within Your Reach by The Replacements the most perfect song ever?
See you tonight. Come up and say HI!
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