TiVo alert for Hec: The New York Dolls are on Conan O'Brien tonight.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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.
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.
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?
Jon B. - Jul 20, 2006 6:32:34 am PDT #3668 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Johansen & Sylvain are the only ones still alive. They are both in the "reunited" band.
edited to note that Arthur Kane was in the reunited band's first performance at Meltdown in 2004 before he died shortly afterwards.
tina f. - Jul 20, 2006 7:53:40 am PDT #3669 of 10003
Over the past few years, I have posted about Split Lip Rayfield about forty krazillion times. Here I go again.
Late last year, Kirk Rundstrom, the guitarist, was diagnosed with cancer and started intensive treatment. Very sadly, that treatment was not as effective as hoped, and Kirk has been given 4-6 months to live.
To keep his spirits up and make some money to pay off medical bills, all four members of SLR (so Wayne, the mandolin player that left the band two years ago, will join them) will tour through August in the cities and venues that have loved them the most. Outside of a bunch of shows all over KS and MO, they will be playing two shows in Austin and one in Chicago.
I just bought my tickets to the show here with a heavy heart but the same sense of excitiment I have had every time I know I am going to see them live.
If you live someplace near where they are playing and love crazy punked out bluegrassy rock - you should go.
Hayden - Jul 20, 2006 9:17:17 am PDT #3670 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Jesus, that poor guy.
Jon B. - Jul 20, 2006 9:44:35 am PDT #3671 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How sad. I'm reminded of Dom from "Ed's Redeeming Qualities." When his hair fell out due to chemo, the rest of the band (Carrie included)shaved their heads in solidarity.
tina f. - Jul 20, 2006 10:22:35 am PDT #3672 of 10003
Yeah - it sucks. There have been benefits across the country for Kirk which have helped immensely (he has two young daughters to provide for in addition to medical expenses with no health insurance).
SLR has been a part of Lawrence life and Winfield for a long long time. It's all just really sad. I am really conflicted about the show - it is always great to see them but their shows are all about hootin', hollerin' and getting drunk and that seems both perfectly fitting in this situation and unbelievably wrong. I don't know.
In vastly vastly other news, I bought myself Pirate Radio - the Pretenders boxset for my birthday. Man I am so in the thrall of Ms. Hynde right now. It's a great great collection.
Also, Waits tickets sold out here in like two seconds. I found some for $170 yesterday, but I just couldn't even think about that.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2006 12:20:47 pm PDT #3673 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I bought myself Pirate Radio - the Pretenders boxset for my birthday. Man I am so in the thrall of Ms. Hynde right now. It's a great great collection.
Heh. I was just listening to Pretenders II yesterday. I hadn't listened to it in forever, because I've got a bit of bias against that record. I had loved their EP Extended Play and was disinclined to get the album because it didn't even have "Cuban Slide" and "Porcelin" - two of my favorite tracks. I saw the original lineup of The Pretenders play and they were just an utterly awe-inspiring rock band. I still have the souveneir tour book from that show. I should scan some pictures - they were so fucking cool, and rock and roll stylish. Somehow they managed to pull together elements of rockabilly and mod and new wave style into a swanky whole.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 21, 2006 2:31:19 am PDT #3674 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My PRETENDERS story:
I saw them in Portland ( Learning to Crawl tour), and SIMPLE MINDS ( Sparkle in the Rain ) opened for them (back when Chrissie and Jim Kerr were married). Not a whole lot of people in Maine knew a thing about SM at that point (it was pre-BREAKFAST CLUB). During the PRETENDERS set, Chrissie announced from stage that she wanted to "congratulate Jim Kerr of SIMPLE MINDS; his wife is pregnant.") I think I was one of about 5% of the audience that actually understood the significance/joke of it.
The end.
P.S. PRETENDERS rocked the house. SIMPLE MINDS weren't bad either. I got to see a bunch of good shows in Portland (my very first concert: TALKING HEADS; I also saw Stevie Ray Vaughn open for, of all people, the MOODY BLUES - I only knew who he was because of LET'S DANCE at that point).