The Walrus Speaks

Gotta Start Somewhere

2009-11-08T18:19:00.002-05:00

In a recent interview with Xfm Paul McCartney talked about the early days of the Beatles. "We obviously weren't that good," he said. "We were formulating it all. You wouldn't have thought we were that great. You'd have turned us down if you were a record company. And they did - Decca turned us down!"

You be the judge:

Pomplamoose--Beat It

2009-11-08T15:39:00.001-05:00

California duo Pomplamoose do what so many have attempted lately, cover Michael Jackson. Only, they do it well.

Rilo Kiley--So Long

2009-11-06T14:54:00.002-05:00

From the great album, The Execution of All Things.

When Don Draper Visited Stars Hollow

2009-11-06T13:28:00.006-05:00

Not really. Back in 2002, Jon Hamm had a small part in The Gilmore Girls. It's fleeting, but he is very Don Draper. Old school macho meets new school girl power.

Labels I would have Used if Blogger wasn't limiting us to 2,000 labels for no good reason: Jon Hamm, Gilmore Girls, Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham, Don Draper

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard play KCRW

2009-11-06T10:11:00.002-05:00

Last week, the duo of Jay Farrar (Son Volt) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) played a set on KCRW. They also discuss the songs they wrote with lyrics taken from the 1962 Kerouac novel, Big Sur.

Carl Orff--Carmina Burana

2009-11-05T22:12:00.001-05:00

Hilarious misheard lyrics of the song Carmina Burana (h/t Certifiable Wenches).

Madonna - Borderline

2009-11-05T17:54:00.000-05:00

I'm not that much into dance music, but there is a contagious joy in "Borderline."

Borderline - Madonna

Norah Jones--Chasing Pirates

2009-11-05T10:04:00.001-05:00

Congratulations to Norah Jones for knowing exactly when her sound needed to change. I look forward to hearing the rest of this record. She's mixed her organic sound with "Borderline"-era dance pop and the results are fantastic, at least in her initial single from her new album.

Serena Ryder - Racing In The Street

2009-11-05T07:08:00.000-05:00

Station Agent, I believe Ryder has out-Bossed The Boss.

Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul

2009-11-04T17:59:00.001-05:00

Live on BBC radio, probably 1965. That's the legendary Jeff Beck on guitar, trying to make it sound like a sitar.

Jenny Lewis--Cold Jordan

2009-11-04T09:50:00.001-05:00

Jonathan Rice carries this catchy Grateful Dead cover.

More Serena Ryder

2009-11-04T05:54:00.002-05:00

Here's the studio version of "Sweeping The Ashes."

I wish I had been at this show two years ago.

Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

2009-11-03T21:15:00.004-05:00

When I was in Junior High we went around saying "Feed your head." I'll let you figure that one out.

Weezer--I'm Your Daddy

2009-11-03T14:50:00.003-05:00

Weezer continue to confound expectations, and not necessarily for the better, with this collaboration with Kenny G. Set irony phasers to kill.

Claude Levi-Strauss (1908 -2009)

2009-11-03T14:20:00.003-05:00

The anthropologist in his youth

Claude Levi-Strauss is the father of structural anthropology, which studies human culture as if a universal structure could be found in all human thought and society. Read the obituary.

Or read this article.

Claude Levi-Strauss was 100 years old.

Camera Obscura--Tougher Than The Rest

2009-11-03T09:43:00.000-05:00

Camera Obscura covered Bruce Springsteen's Tougher Than The Rest earlier this year on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Beatles LP Countdown - Strawberry Fields Forever

2009-11-03T06:17:00.002-05:00

If nothing is real, what are we doing? Well, that is the question, isn't it? But here's the deal--I know when it's a dream.

Bill Cosby Wins Mark Twain Award

2009-11-02T14:28:00.001-05:00

Congrats to the Great and Powerful Cos.

Metric--Gimme Sympathy

2009-11-02T09:38:00.000-05:00

"Who'd you rather be? The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?"

Darth Cheney's Amnesia

2009-11-02T06:49:00.007-05:00

"WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

On 72 occasions, according to the 28-page FBI summary, Cheney equivocated to the FBI during his lengthy May 2004 interview, saying he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small in the Plame controversy."

Isn't it obvious why Cheney is on the offensive toward the Obama Administration? Well, obviously, offense is the best defense. And he's going to need one. Of course, he has the money to pay for the best defense money can buy.

But you knew that.

Rilo Kiley - A Man/Me/Then Jim

2009-11-02T05:36:00.003-05:00

I can't figure out the lyrics to this song, but it is wonderful.

Serena Ryder - Sweeping The Ashes

2009-11-01T18:20:00.001-05:00

This woman is simply an incredibly gifted artist.

The Weepies - Nobody Knows Me

2009-11-01T14:54:00.003-05:00

Beatles Cartoon - Tomorrow Never Knows

2009-11-01T10:19:00.001-05:00

Here is one I had not seen.

Winterpills--Shameful

2009-11-01T09:35:00.000-05:00

From the 2007 album, The Light Divides.