What's a mudd club?
It was the rock and roll disco downtown. They only played danceable R&R.
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
DavidS - Oct 16, 2006 4:47:12 pm PDT #4216 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
bon bon - Oct 16, 2006 4:50:37 pm PDT #4217 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The CBGBs closing has been talked to death, at least locally, and many other clubs have shuttered without somehow preventing the 1970s from happening.
DavidS - Oct 16, 2006 4:59:28 pm PDT #4218 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I never went to the Mudd Club in the early eighties. But I did go to Danceteria, The Ritz and the Peppermint Lounge.
esse - Oct 16, 2006 11:49:56 pm PDT #4219 of 10003
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The most interesting thing about the CBGB closing (other than Trudy and Victor got to go) was simply that it marked the last in a long line of famous clubs closing in NY. I read an article that detailed their rise and fall, and how some of them tried to survive and others couldn't. Sad and interesting.
evil jimi - Oct 17, 2006 12:19:35 am PDT #4220 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
IMDB
Lost In Translation star Scarlett Johansson has signed a deal to make her first record, Scarlett Sings Tom Waits, according to media reports in the US. The album is being recorded at the moment and sessions will continue through the winter, with a possible release next spring from Rhino Records' currently re-activated Atco label. According to Fox News, the 21-year-old is recording a whole album of songs by premier singer/songwriter Waits. Sources says the eventual release date will be coordinated to coincide with Johansson's movie schedule.
esse - Oct 17, 2006 1:08:20 am PDT #4221 of 10003
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...huh.
Jon B. - Oct 17, 2006 2:25:58 am PDT #4222 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Has anyone not mentioned the passing of CBGB? Seems a real shame that it has to go.
Isn't it moving to Vegas? C'mon, it'll be exactly the same, just... more Vegasy.
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joe boucher - Oct 17, 2006 11:05:14 am PDT #4223 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Today on Soundcheck The Sound That Shook Brazil:
Sex, samba and rebellion came together to form Tropicalia, an aggressive modern arts movement born in late-60's Brazil and now being celebrated in an exhibit at the Bronx Museum of Art. Today, a look at Tropicalia's vibrant musical legacy with guitarist and composer Arto Lindsay, and with scholar Christopher Dunn.
Info about the Tropicalia exhibition at the Bronx Museum.
Freddy Fender, R.I.P. He died of lung cancer last weekend. Emusic has a few of his albums, mostly Spanish language stuff from the early sixties. The two big hits, "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights," are on compilations, but they're all rerecordings.
There's also the Texas Tornados' (Freddy, Doug Sahm & his Sir Douglas cohort Augie Meyers, & accordion whiz Flaco Jimenez) Austin City Limits CD, which features a song called "Mathilda". Know anyone who'd be interested in that? (Yeah, I know it's not the same spelling.) I only listened to the snippet, but I'm pretty sure that's Augie singing. After listening to some other snippets I've added it to my "save for later" list. Excellent versions all. My only real complaint is that my favorite song of theirs, "Guacamole," isn't included. "She reached for my pepper. I grabbed her tomatoes. I knew it wouldn't be very long.... We'd be makin' guacamole all night long!"
DavidS - Oct 17, 2006 3:28:20 pm PDT #4224 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scarlett Sings Tom Waits
Huh. She's got an okay voice. I've heard a few of her recordings. And she's hardly alone in doing an all-Waits album.
I was just watching Scarlett today in The Black Dahlia. Excellent period hair! Plus, as Joe will confirm, nice rack.
Everybody in New York should go see the Tropicalia exhibit! It's the coolest!
esse - Oct 18, 2006 7:26:37 am PDT #4225 of 10003
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It was very good period hair! Actually, great period everything all around.