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Thursday, November 26, 2009
15+ musical things I'm thankful for, to be expanded on (and more links added) later...
(i just added a few link updates; more to come, as previously threatened...)
- The Beatles
- The Hair Soundtrack (Original Off-Broadway cast)
- The Chad Mitchell Trio a few songs: Lizzie Borden, Rum By Gum, and Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
- Hearing Highway 61 Revisited at the right time
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (that record I can't find anymore)
- Rolling Stone Magazine's 1988 "Top 100 albums of the last 20 Years" (and various other mags)
- Oingo Boingo
- Tom Waits
- Mahavishnu John McLaughlin (esp. My Goals Beyond)
- The Fall
- The Blank Generation
- The Richmond, VA music scene (circa 1994)
- Dub
- Steve Albini
- Ninja Tune
- Califone
- John Peel
- Radiohead
- Wire
- Bad Religion
- The Saints
- Future Primitive Sound Sesssions
- Mille Plateaux record label (R.I.P)
- Loscil
- The Tied & Tickled Trio
- Mark Lanegan
- Venetian Snares
- All Songs Considered podcast
Okay, that's more than 25, right? I'll get back to this, just wanted to belt these out, while I had my mind on it. You'll see each of these get a link. And eventually at least a mini-essay.
Happy Holidays. And shit.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Pixies and the 20th Anniversary of Doolittle
It's the 20th anniversary of The Pixies' classic album Doolittle
I saw them live last night at The Fox Theater in Oakland; they played Doolittle all the way through, plus a bunch of tracks off Surfer Rosa. Really great. Big sound. Cool videos (short films really) for all the songs on the album.
They played 3 shows at The Fox, and they are still on tour through December (then they head down under in 2010).
I also found out that they have some free tunes for download on their site. I thought you might be interested....
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Forget the Balloon Boy, now it's the Balloon Goal!
The inflationary theme continues to be a hot issue. Saturday in England, a Liverpool fan cost his own team a goal by introducing his loosely held breath into the sphere of play...
via Soccer Insider
Also here's a list of other odd goals in history.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Trader Joe's Song--a delightful fake commercial
I mention this video in a recent post that I did on LaughingSquid as the same director also directed a few cool commercials with the Mythbusters guys in them.
But it felt off-topic and like too many videos to put in one post, so I excluded this amazingly catchy parody of the TJ-reality. So I decided to share it here instead.
Two posts in one day, this could portend grave happenings.
Labels: ads video comedy local sf grocery food
Daily Show skewers CNN's weak, leaving-it-there coverage
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This must be one of my favorite Daily Show segments ever. They could stop a couple times along the way, but thankfully they see the satire all the way through. And there is a lot of damning evidence: CNN is a weak weak choice for news.
Those who celebrate goat *ucking will be particularly excited.
Labels: dailyshow comedy news media cnn jonstewart video
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Political Pranksters: Billionaires for Wealthcare on the Rachel Maddow Show
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On Monday night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show did a feature on "Billionaires for Wealthcare", a small group of pranksters who crashed Glen Beck's 9/12 protest in Washington DC this past weekend.
Their slogans include Let them eat Advil and Let's save the status quo!, and they wore tuxedos, drank champagne, and smoked cigars. And they put it all together with a song that they set to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Definitely political pranksterism in the spirit of Improv Everywhere and the Cacophony Society.
Here's their full music video
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bolt puts his own World Record in Rearview Mirror
]What a personality, and what a roadrunner. Makes running in a straight line a lot of fun. That's pretty amazing.