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Epic and proggy. An oft overlooked later era Flaming Lips gem....

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:55 -0400

Epic and proggy. An oft overlooked later era Flaming Lips gem. I’m surprised, of the handful of songs from this album that were used in advertising/movies that this song was never whored out.

Leonardetta’s ass musta been cold…

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:03 -0400

Leonardetta’s ass musta been cold…

Camper Van Beethoven - “Come Down The Coast” (by...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:47:20 -0400

Camper Van Beethoven - “Come Down The Coast” (by jonathan segel)

Hell, they made a video for it! Wonderful!

This song has been stuck in my head for a day or two now. Sadly, it is one of only a few really great songs off their new album (in my humble opinion, of course).

On the beach. (at Edgewater State Park)

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:23:55 -0400

On the beach. (at Edgewater State Park)

At the end of the map… (at Edgewater State Park)

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:32:30 -0400

At the end of the map… (at Edgewater State Park)

I appreciate that the big blister on my hand that busted looks...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:59:36 -0400

I appreciate that the big blister on my hand that busted looks like a heart!

As long as I’m shilling for the fabulous Dead Milkmen...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:01:00 -0400

As long as I’m shilling for the fabulous Dead Milkmen tonight, I might as well mention that you can go here to check out an interview with Joe Jack Talcum concerning Philly punk culture. There are also interviews with other luminaries of the Philadelphia scene.

I will be checking it out after Rodney’s show is over.

Just got a shout out from Rodney Anonymous on his radio show!

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:43:48 -0400

Not gonna lie, it totally made my night!

I want to make a montage video using this song. I also think I...

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:57:00 -0400

I want to make a montage video using this song. I also think I want to cover this some time. Maybe I’ll cover it and make a montage video?

The context of this ad is rather crude in my mind.

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:19:00 -0400

The context of this ad is rather crude in my mind.

Hands down my favorite Brenda Lee song! And I’m not sorry!

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:45:38 -0400

Hands down my favorite Brenda Lee song! And I’m not sorry!

I’m pretty sure this is my favorite Van Halen song.

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:07:00 -0400

I’m pretty sure this is my favorite Van Halen song.

For the faithful readers of this blog, it may be noticed that I...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:57:00 -0400

For the faithful readers of this blog, it may be noticed that I already posted this stupid picture recently… but as it is a photo of where all Coventry Climax songs were recorded, it is suitable for use again, as I was just recently informed by Last.fm that they’ve got a hold of those old songs me & my friends recorded on a 4-track in my parent’s basement between 2000-04.

So do me a favor, and go check out the little Last.fm page for Coventry Climax and listen to “It’s The Water”, as I really like that one myself.

Go here if you like The Dead Milkmen and free, high quality live...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:11:00 -0400

Go here if you like The Dead Milkmen and free, high quality live shows!

They will provide you with The Milkmen’s full set from 4/21/13 at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC

This song would have been used had there been a lovelorn suicide...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:50:00 -0400

This song would have been used had there been a lovelorn suicide in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”.

This song pretty much is me right now! Hey, it is 513am. I have...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:22:00 -0400

This song pretty much is me right now!

Hey, it is 513am. I have shit to do that I was supposed to wake up in the morning to accomplish… so I think I’m just going to NOT attempt any sleep and start shoving coffee down my mouth hole.

Harry really liked the night time. He had a song from 1972 called “Daybreak” which shares similar sentiment to this song, which was released in 1976.

This was one of the last great songs by Nilsson, in my opinion, and is the second to last song in my giant 51 track Nilsson playlist that I’ve been listening to all night which spans from his first album from 1966 thru 1977’s “Knnillssonn”, which I pretty much consider to be Harry’s last album.

A very interesting read about Kim Gordon via Elle. I’ve...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:19:00 -0400

A very interesting read about Kim Gordon via Elle.

I’ve always had a strained relationship with Sonic Youth & Kim Gordon (I’m not going to lie, I don’t like her vocals).

When I first heard “100%” back in 1993, I was in 6’th grade. That song introduced me to a whole new brand of rock that I’d never been exposed to. I found some rock n roll that had been missing from my life. I still have a very soft spot in my heart for “Dirty”. I think it is an incredibly fine album.

However, I never got into Sonic Youth worship. I love their albums “Sister” thru “Dirty” (“Goo” being my least favorite of that era) and I dutifully bought all the albums they put out up till “Sonic Nurse”. In the late 1990’s I started noticing that all the qua kids would wax poetic about the brilliance of Sonic Youth in the douchiest of ways. In such smarmy ways that I actually found it off putting.

While I’ve looked up to Kim Gordon as a role model since I was a kid, I have never been attracted to her and always been amazed at how quick indie rock guys who are normally PC to a fault would all of a sudden objectify her in a sexual manner at a drop of a hat.

With all of that said, I haven’t really listened to them much in the past 10 years. Instead, I have chose to retain the fond memories I have from when I was a kid and they opened up and stretched my ears in new and exciting ways, right before they became an institution that could do no wrong.

A time when they were still capable of putting out albums that got shitty reviews.

But yeah, an interesting read, for sure. Makes me appreciate Kim Gordon all the more.

The Monkees- “Circle Sky” [Live] - 1968 I love it...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:48:00 -0400

The Monkees- “Circle Sky” [Live] - 1968

I love it when Mike Nesmith would write originals and make The Monkees a bitchin’ garage band as opposed to a brilliant pop-rock machine.

This is one of those songs that is kind of close to perfection,...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:42:00 -0400

This is one of those songs that is kind of close to perfection, but would still be respectable if used in a soup commercial. If that makes any sense.

This is the version from Nilsson’s “Aerial Pandemonium Ballet” from 1971, which is purportedly one of the first remix albums known to man. The album is an amalgamation of his first two LP’s; “Pandemonium Shadow Show” (1967) and “Aerial Ballet” (1968).

While his first two albums were praised by The Beatles and critics, they didn’t sell well and with his recent uptick in popularity via his cover of Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” which was featured in the film “Midnight Cowboy” it was proposed to reissue those first two albums but Nilsson felt they already sounded dated a few years after the fact so he decided to trim the fat off those first two LP’s, twiddle with elements from the cream of the crop and to make a new, supreme one.

Personally, it is my favorite Nilsson album as a whole. I love the sound, the sequencing, the production. Everything. It even has a version of “River Deep, Mountain High” that I’m not sick of hearing and I feel is as enjoyable as the original (I deplore covers of that particular song for some reason).

Supposedly people either love this album or hate it. As a great admirer of Harry as a vocalist and a songwriter/arranger I feel you have to kind of be an asshole not to appreciate what he did with this album. On top of that, if you do a side by side of just this song, I do feel that the original sounds less timeless than this “remix” from just a few years after, which itself is now 42 years old.

Somebody get this man and his lady friends some crazy straws!

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:53:24 -0400

Somebody get this man and his lady friends some crazy straws!