Podcast of a Robyn Hitchcock interview about Syd Barrett.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
sumi - Jul 18, 2006 9:07:39 am PDT #3658 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Hayden - Jul 18, 2006 8:16:38 pm PDT #3659 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
After putting me off for months, Richard Thompson's publicist just emailed me to say that he has no interest in participating in this book. I first asked for an interview in February. Considering that it's mid-July, I'm not exactly surprised, but I wish he'd just let it be, because now I'm worried that the contacts I just got (Pete Zorn, Simon Nichol) this week won't be willing to talk with me.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2006 9:05:53 am PDT #3660 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Another list from The Guardian: 50 albums that changed music
tommyrot - Jul 19, 2006 10:23:15 am PDT #3661 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep, I have to agree - that is a list of 50 albums....
So they're going against conventional wisdom and not naming a Sex Pistols album? Well, I gotta agree that the Stooges, Patti Smith, Ramones, Velvet Underground, The Clash, etc. albums that they named are more influential than anything the Sex Pistols did.
Has there been a critical reasessment of the Sex Pistol's influence (as opposed to their importance) lately, or am I confused?
I suppose I should say that I've never been a big Pistols fan. I got into proto-punk and post-punk before I ever got into punk, and once I got into punk I got into all sorts of punk bands, but I never became a huge Pistols fan (although I do like some of their songs).
Fred Pete - Jul 19, 2006 10:29:05 am PDT #3662 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Curious that without Pet Sounds there's no Sergeant Pepper, and without Otis Blue there's no Aretha's "Respect" (and presumably, I Never Loved...) -- yet in both cases, the original influence is ranked lower than what came after.
And as I type the edit, the radio comes out with -- "Respect."
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2006 10:32:13 am PDT #3663 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wasn't NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS... basically posthumous to the band as a working band? Or was the aborted tour of the US the tour to support the album?
Jon B. - Jul 19, 2006 10:46:52 am PDT #3664 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
NMtB was released Oct. 77. They played their last UK show Christmas 77. The US tour was in January 78 at the end of which they broke up.
Tom Scola - Jul 20, 2006 2:11:39 am PDT #3665 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
TiVo alert for Hec: The New York Dolls are on Conan O'Brien tonight.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2006 6:16:14 am PDT #3666 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The New York Dolls are on Conan O'Brien tonight.
Thanks, Scola! I'm actually interested in getting their new album.
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2006 6:21:12 am PDT #3667 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm too lazy to google - how many of the original Dolls are not in the current band (besides Thunders, of course). Are any other original members dead?