November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
4 posts
Off the Shelf by Patti Smith →
Oh God, this was heartbreaking. I really relate to this since I always coveted encyclopedias when I was growing up in the pre-internet 80s. I imagine that for a lot of us, encyclopedias were tickets to the outside world. My parents seemed to only own religious books, so I was always insanely jealous of friends who had sets of encylopedias in their houses. I couldn’t imagine having that...
September 2011
10 posts
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Video: Radiohead on SNL, 2011 / 2000
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Radiohead returned to Saturday Night Live moments ago for the first time since their 2000 tour de force performance of Kid A’s “Idiotheque” and “The National Anthem.” While Thom Yorke broke out plenty of dance moves for their set over a decade ago, tonight he graced the 30 Rock stage with maracas and a few of those fresh steps we saw in the “Lotus Flower” video back in February....
R.I.P. R.E.M.
I’ve been enjoying reading all the R.E.M. tributes since they officially broke up yesterday. Though I came to R.E.M. relatively late in their career, the early 1990s, they were one of the defining bands of my adolesence. I remember being terrified at the Losing My Religion video and conflicted about the message of the song. Growing up in a religious household, I related to the lyrics on...
A farewell to R.E.M. →
R.E.M. R.I.P.: Thank You for Running It Into the... →
“The way I write songs is, I make them force me to write them. I was going...”
– Jolie Holland, The Rumpus Interview
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy Wolfroy Goes to Town LP...
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As it turns out, our favorite Merle Haggard fan, Will Oldham, does have a new LP on the way after all: Wolfroy Goes to Town, a forthcoming 10-track set features Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s excellent recent touring band of Ben Boye, Van Campbell, Shahzad Ismaily, Emmett Kelly, Danny Kiely, and Angel Olsen. (This lineup put on one of the best intimate shows I’ve ever seen last year at a...
August 2011
8 posts
Apocalypse
I’ve been absolutely obsessed with Bill Callahan’s Apocalypse lately. I don’t think there will be a better album released this year. Part of what I love about it is it feels alive, like it’s happening as you’re listening to it. The way Callahan sings and some of the lyrics indicate that he is figuring this album out as he goes. In the song “America,”...
“All music is an attempt to escape seclusion.”
– Bill Callahan
We're No. 1: Kanye West’s 808s And Heartbreak →
Loved this article about 808s from the AV Club. This album gets more and more fascinating as time goes on.
Bob Dylan, Jack White Complete Hank Williams Songs...
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A set of previously unheard Hank Williams songs recovered from notebooks left behind after his 1953 death at 29 years old have been co-written to completion and recorded by Bob Dylan, Jack White, Jakob Dylan, Levon Helm, and others. News broke tonight (via Rolling Stone) that the long-rumored LP, dubbed The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams, will finally see the light of day on...
July 2011
6 posts
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Couldn't Lose →
Loved this oral history from Grantland. A reminder of what a special show this was.
June 2011
6 posts
WatchJack White and Stephen Colbert comedy duo - part 2
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Video: Jack White & Colbert Interview
In which Stephen Colbert visits Nashville’s Third Man Records for the first part in an awkwardly hilarious interview with Jack White on The Colbert Report. Watch him try to convince Jack (the record executive) that Jack (the former White Stripe)’s hit “Seven Nation Army” could sell yogurt, among other subjects, in tonight’s segment...
WatchJim Leyland on the 28 out perfect game. This is definitive Leyland here getting real choked up at one point, but then going back to his no bullshit attitude. Love this guy.
WatchIt’s the 1 year anniversary of the 28 out perfect game that Armando Galarraga pitched last year. I just had to watch this again and the flood of emotions came back instantly. What an incredible moment in baseball history.
May 2011
4 posts
WatchThe Strokes - Chronicles
WatchThe Walkmen - Chronicles
I just discovered this series on TDK which is pretty great. I could listen to bands talk about influences and mixtapes all day.
Watch/Hear: Jack White & Friends Cover Bob Dylan
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“I’ve got three fathers: my biological dad, God, and Bob Dylan,” said Jack White once of the poet laureate of rock, with whom he has since shared the stage and collaborated on an album of music written for unreleased Hank Williams lyrics that has yet to surface. It’s fitting, then, that Dylan’s songs have been adapted by Jack White and his White Stripes, Dead Weather, and other...
April 2011
16 posts
Jack White Interview with Pamela DesBarres →
Wow best JW interview I’ve read in a long time. He sounds like he’s being himself here rather than the JW character. Great stuff. (via TwentyFourBit)
Watch/Hear Fiona Apple Cover 15 Songs
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She may be one of the best songwriters around, but Fiona Apple also knows her way around a great cover rendition. To wit: Apple has fearlessly taken on classics by the likes of Bill Withers, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles, while — perhaps with a bit of endearing trepidation — performed jazz standards made famous by Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and other legends with ease, not to...
Vh1
For the last decade or so, I’d been missing Vh1 since I always loved their list countdowns, storytellers, and behind the musics. Not that they’re particulary in-depth or revealing or anything, but they always managed to get artists to talk about their art or what they love about other artists. I still have the 100 greatest albums of all time taped on a VHS and have seen it countless...
Will Oldham: The Fogged Clarity Interview →
For some reason I keep coming back to this interview and have read it multiple times. I wish all interviews were this inspiring.
Jane commenting on my sketchbook
Jane: Who's this girl?
Dan: That's Keith Richards
Jane: Are these donuts?
Dan: That's a reel-to-reel tape machine