April 17, 2007
So Hey, Some Content!
Believe it or not, I do more than take photos. I am busy at work preparing for my trip to Europe (departure one week away and counting!) so apologies for the dearth of actual content around these parts. To make it up to you, here's a tune for your iTunesing pleasure.
[MP3] - Paul Weller | Wild Wood (Portishead Remix)
I was thinking about what artists it would take to make me head to Chicago and take in Lollapalooza, and these two, Weller and Portishead, immediately sprung to mind. So here's their collaboration. Very stark and sparse. The Modfather does trip hop! Brilliant. I prefer this version to the album cut.
Slightly related: RSS Headline of the day - Subterranean Homesick Allen.
Nice! And well deserved if I do say so myself. The Globe is really good at keeping their readers up on the Beantown blog scene.
Yes, please. Don't forget the tour.
Worst commercial ever. [via Catpita]
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April 5, 2007
I Hear You Knocking Down My Door
I'm bringing back a well intentioned but poorly executed feature I use to run every week around these parts called "My Forgotten Favorite" in which I gush about an oldie but goodie that needs more plays my iPod.
Today I'm all about "I Am The Resurrection" by the Stone Roses. I heard this song for the first time in ages at DC9 when I met Amanda and Mike for a drink before The Good, The Band & The Queen's gig at the 9:30 Club. And I'm not talking about the wimpy (and kinda disappointing) album version, this was the full on eight minute and 17 second funk workout. When the original "song" ends around the 3:40 mark and the band gradually lets go and gives John Squire room do his thing, it's pure Madchester bliss.
I get kinda mad whenever I think about all the music we've been deprived of from Squire over the years due to his ego and drug use. I don't play air guitar to many songs, but if I do, I'm usually imitating John Squire. Don't even get me started on "Driving South." Pure shredding, that.
[MP3] The Stone Roses | I Am The Resurrection (Original Version)
A quick aside - I met Squire once, when I was interning at Epic and on the road with Mansun while they were supporting The Seahorses, Squire's post-Roses group. I was with some friends and we'd been scheming on how to meet Squire for a few gigs (it's not like he was hanging out with everyone) and we finally blagged our way into the group's dressing room in Boston and he was a total and complete dick. I can honestly say that I've never met a more rude and arrogant prick in my life (and I've met Stephan Jenkins). I was crushed. Lead singer Chris Helme on the other hand, could not have been nicer. I guess that's what busking will do for your ego. But I digress...
Anyways, I love this song, in all it's pre-Britpop, jamming glory. As you may have read, Ian Brown and Mani played this very tune earlier this week at the Manchester Charity gig, so good timing. I wish I could have been there.
Here's the second of a two part Youtube clip of a live version from the mid-90's. This is latter half of the song with all the jammy goodness.
The first part is here.
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December 9, 2005
Soap Opera
Today on "As The Red Sox Turn"
This kid Marte is apparently pretty damn good. Someone in the Braves front office said "he’s the best player we've ever traded". Yes, he said BEST EVER.
But it gets better. Is Theo making these moves? Like Woah.
Even if Marte starts the year in AAA, the Sox figure to have an entirely new infield, with Mike Lowell at third, Mark (aka Adam) Loretta at second and Kevin Youkilis at first. Who will play short? How about Miguel Tejada? Umm.....wow.
Related: The Top 20 Red Sox prospects.
The World Cup draw is today/tonight!
Quoth the Peabs: Whatevs is the new Retrobuzz.
So I was at Best Buy the other night looking for the new Rogue Wave CD and that live Pulp DVD (yes, I am aware of how incredibly stupid that statement sounds) and even though I didn't find either of those, I did buy this!
Blur are about to go back into the studio, but there is still something missing from this picture. Not to be outdone, Graham drops the knowledge on his next solo joint.
Today's Forgotten Favorite:
Pink Floyd : Fearless (MP3) - Not a huge Floyd fan by any means (although it's all you hear on classic rock stations in North Carolina) but this song is a favorite of mine, if only for the backwards soccer chants that are looped at both ends of this song. Best.
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November 4, 2005
No Thanks to the Feds
Not in a good mood today. I had the November playlist ready to unveil (or so I thought), but when I logged in today to hit "publish", the entry wasn't there. Argh. So that will be revealed on Monday I guess.
Luckily I already uploaded the MP3's for the entry, so I can at least do My Forgotten Favorite today. I have three songs for you, all from the Super Furry Animals. I'm actually posting these for my friend Randi, who trusts my music tastes so much that she bought a ticket to see the Super Furries on my recommendation alone, even though she has never heard a note of their music. Well, we're about to change that.
Super Furry Animals | Ohio Heat (live) (MP3) - This is an acoustic version from a session the band did at Maida Vale back in August of this year. The tambourine in this song is just sublime, I love it. But not as much as Bunf's backing vocals that come in just after the three minute mark. Can't wait to hear this on Tuesday.
Super Furry Animals | Ice Hockey Hair (MP3) - Taken from the band's famous EP of the same name. This track features one of my favorite guitar riffs from Bunf and contains the classic lyric Table tennis rules / They're so confusing, it's not played by fools. Indeed. According to L Boogie, the band added this song back into the set after not playing it on these shores for roughly four years. w00t!
Super Furry Animals | Dacw Hi (MP3) - This is a track taken off of MWNG, which, in many ways, is the best album the Super Furry Animals have ever released. The album is sung entirely in Welsh and was recorded in roughly two weeks for about 6,000 pounds. It reached number 11 in the UK charts and warranted the band a mention in Welsh Congress(Parliment?) for their work in spreading the Welsh culture to the rest of the world. I wanted to pick a song for Randi that would encapsulate what I like love about the Super Furries and their sound (which any fan can tell you, would be very hard with their catalog) and this track immediately sprung to mind. Much like the rest of MWNG, it's bouncey and breezy. And it doesn't matter that it's sung in a foreign language, in fact, I think it enhances the song. A great guitar riff, timely drum fills and a killer melody work in any language. Here are the lyrics (in Welsh and English) if you want to sing along.
Buy MWNG at Amazon.
Keeping with the bad news theme, the Super Furries cancelled their Sunday show in NYC due to poor ticket sales, so there will be just one show in NYC, on Saturday at Webster Hall. Glad I don't live there anymore, I'd be gutted. All Sunday tickets are good for Saturday though, so it's all good.
I'm rolling to the DC show on Tuesday with a posse, so if you want to come, grab a ticket and holler at me.
Here are some pics from the Super Furries Toronto gig.
The Modern Age went to the Elbow gig in NYC last night and has pictures and a setlist.
Here's the video (in Quicktime) for "Forever Lost" by the Magic Numbers.
Here's the trailer for the new video game True Crime:New York City.
Celtics v. Pistons tonight!
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