Login HereAlright People! I am thrilled to be joining the agitators here at FDL. I'd like to thank you for the warm welcome wagon in the comments section after Jane's gracious announcement the other day. Now I happen to know that Jane is quite the music aficionado, so I am honored that she has asked me to put in my two cents on a subject that is so near and dear to both of us....music.
I really enjoyed all of the YouTube links in the comments section as well. A special thanks goes out to FDL commenter "Eli" whose Boney M in the comments from Late Night FDL Monday night's announcement of this column has sent me into a Boney M/ YouTube orgasmatron for the last 48 hours. I fear a brick through my window from my neighbor if I play "Gotta Go Home" one more time.
I too got hooked on YouTube a few months ago through a friend who insisted on showing me the above clip by The Dormitory Boys (aka Two Chinese Boys). Digging in a little deeper, it seems these kids are quite prolific and from what I can gather have gotten rather famous in their native China. Anyway, I think they are hilarious and creative (they even include "out-takes" at the end of the song). The strange thing is I've really grown to like this Backstreet Boys song that they're lip-syncing to. I don't even know what the Backstreet Boys look like, but the Dormitory Boys will now forever be the visual cuz..... I Want It That Way.
So now the RIAA takes the T-bird away.
"That has led to a recent spate of cease-and-desist notices from the music trade group directed at some users of YouTube. Despite the fact that the recordings are generally of poor quality-especially where the audio is concerned-the RIAA is moving to rid the Internet of the scourge of amateur Solid Gold dancers."
- ArsTechnica.com
This just seems like a big waste of gas to me. If these kinds of video shenanigans can get ME to dig a Backstreet Boys song, I'd say that this is some pretty amazing promotion going on. I can't confirm these "cease and desist" letters, but I can tell you that my little homage to one of my faves got rejected by YouTube yesterday (but did manage to get on to Google Video)
Just a couple of remarks regarding The Spin I'm In playlist: Cheem is an unsigned wonder. I saw them in LA. There were eight people watching them at a loft party downtown. They are my favorite new band. Her voice is so cool and strange. Killer production too. Check out "Lover" on their site as well.
Mr. Loco's song is in the movie Nacho Libre. Strangely, there is no soundtrack album for this movie. What the???? Really great music throughout the film.
I turned my 26 year old friend on to Etta after he played Frank's version of "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)". He bought the entire "Essential Collection". Let's get turned on People!! I'd love to hear The Spin You're In in the comments section.
The Spin I'm In
1. Cheem "Kitty" [Cheemmusic.com]
2. A Band Of Bees "Chicken Payback" (video available at thebees.info )
3. Eagles Of Death Metal "Speaking In Tongues " [iTunes]
4. Mr. Loco "Hombre Religiouso" [MySpace]
5. Boney M "Gotta Go Home" [YouTube]
6. Jacques Dutronc "Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi " [Yahoo Audio Search]
7. Etta James "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) " [iTunes]
8. Buck Owens "Above And Beyond" [Artist Direct]
9. Opal "She''s A Diamond" [Artist Direct]
10. The Isley Brothers "Fight The Power " [iTunes]
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ROOTZ!
oh, wow, is this OT: Newsweek online Top Story today is the Lamont-Lieberman debate.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/
I’ll go back to read it now.
Welcome, Donita!
I frigging love that Isley Brothers song. And the last mix tape I made had that Jacques Dutronc…it’s from the 60s, isn’t it?
Do you know how friggin hard it is to find 60s French pop stars on these here Internets?!?!? Someone get Ted Stevens on the phone and tell him about this!
One of the funniest things about the viddy above is the guy in the background. Imperturbable!
Oh man. This is clearly going to be my favorite thing about Fridays now. I’m sensing a YouTube addiction in the works. (Damn you, Jane!)
Oh, and welcome Donita! Etta James — awesome pick!
Oh my, our little Eli from Eschaton, all grown up and hangin’ with the talented folks…*snif* Uncle Duncan would be SO proud….
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;-) Oh, and welcome, Donita!
Welcome Donita.
The Isley Bros. song reminds me just how vital pop music was in the 70s. I know its still out there, but h*ll, in 1977, my lily-white suburban swim team in Beaverton, OR grooved to the Isleys. I don’t think Kanye West provokes quite the same reaction today.
On a different note, Johnny Cash’s cover of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” from American V sends shivers down my spine.
Careful, Christy. You can while away entire days searching the YouTube archives.
And cheers, Donita! You find that FDL is one terrific family.
Dude — am I the only one who is wondering what the deal is with Chinese Guy #1 and his cast?
Christy at 7 - I personally blame Jane for the loss of about 40 hours to YouTube this past month. I am like a heroin addict with them and she’s the one that got me started with it from here.
In fact here’s some from my YouTube favorites of The Spin I’m (currently) In myself:
Art of Noise - Beatbox
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
Christy @ 13,
The entire video is a case study in “WTF?!”
But in a good way.
What Christy said. *g*
At #7, that is.
Christy
I’m sensing a YouTube addiction in the works. (Damn you, Jane!)
YouTube is a gateway blog. it’s a struggle, but speaking from direct experience, it can be resisted. not that that’s a good thing, necessarily. maybe it’s better to just succumb.
welcome to Donita.
Welcome Donita…WELCOME!
Donita I’m sure you’ll be a great addition to the FDL community.
Quick OT - There’s a ChiTrib reporter in desperate need of a Kool-Aid transfusion:
omg we want to adopt The Dormitory Boyz at my house! in a JC General kind of way (NOT). outtakes!
Thanks Donita — worth staying home from the office for, this morning. You are so welcome here at fdl, and I am particularly musically-impaired…..
Beck: “Guero” and the little remixes, “Guerolito”.
Still waiting for Radiohead to recapture the brilliance of “OK Computer” and “Kid A”.
This is great and very cool, welcome Donita.
I was just saying the other day I need some new music for my iPod, and wa la, I’ve rediscovered the Isley Brothers.
chs 13 I wondered about the cast but decided it would be in VERY poor taste to mention my theories on it….
Teddy’s casting aspersions
I’ve got Donita on the phone with me and her computer is crashola’d due to kitty komedy on the wifi box at her house. I will be taking care of comments for her and she says thank you very much for all the love in this thread so far.
From Donita for Teddy @ 22
We’re all impaired at something, I’m here to help. I think the Dormitory Boyz already have nice CLEAN families.
PUNAAAAEEEEEEZZZZe in da house! What up?
That is hilarious (and contagious)! And what was up with that kid in the background?
Art of Noise!
We are all anti-Thatcherites now….
Seriously, Etta James needs to get a West Coast tour date…
ETTA JAMES and the Roots Band-Hey Pach!
http://www.etta-james.com/tourdates.html
yo, Bustedknucks! I’m supposed to be working. Go figure….
anybody else into G. Love and Special Sauce?
Soul Coughing?
NEW YORK A new Gallup poll finds that roughly 2 in 3 Americans urge a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, with 31% wanting this to start immediately. But it also found that while 64% feel they “understand” the Bush administraton’s argument for staying in Iraq, only 54% understand the Democrats’ view–whatever that is.
Gallup’s director, Frank Newport, sums up the results today: “Taken together, it is perhaps fair to say that a significant majority of Americans would like the United States to either withdraw troops from Iraq or make specific plans to do so, although there is no majority demand that troops be withdrawn immediately.”
The poll was unusual in that rather than give respondents a list of options, it allowed them to respond in their own words. Gallup then grouped the varied responses and labelled them with a common theme.
Results showed that almost 1 in 3 want to “pull the troops out and come home,” as soon as possible. About the same number seem to wish for a gradual pullout. The remaining one-third back the present course or want to “finish what we started.” Only 2% want to send more troops.
As usual, the poll showed liberals and Democrats strongly backing a pullout and conservatives/Republicans urging stay-the-course. Newport writes: “Suggestions that the United States engage in some type of gradual withdrawal increase significantly as educational level increases.”
The survey was conducted in late June and polled 1,002 adults.
I am waiting my download of the Aleksander Glazunov Symphony #8 to finish up — I’ve never heard it. For a reactionary, he can be fun !
Fini Finito — thanks so much for doing all the heavy lifting on the tech end of things for this post.
BTW I’ll be on Colin McEnroe’s show today at 3:40 pm EDT talking about the Lamont/Lieberman race. You can stream it here.
Teddy @ 31
If you dig that check this one out
Art of Noise W/ Duane Eddy at Montreaux in 1986
Just watched the vid - too funny! Love the outtakes. (Background guy gets all perturbable then, doesn’t he?)
Hi Jane, hi Fini Finito, hi Donita !
There’s a cure for CLEAN….
Still waiting for Radiohead to recapture the brilliance of “OK Computer” and “Kid A”.
Based on what I’ve heard from the current tour, where they’re previewing the new stuff, your wait will soon be over. Brilliant stuff.
Donita for Punaise @ 34
I love Soul Coughing, they’re on my list next week because I am obsessed with Soundtrack to Mary! Very cool!
Donita for Teddy @ 40
What’s your cure for CLEAN? More cowbell?
Fini for Jane @ 37
Thanks for the shoutout, I love working with Donita, we’re on the phone right now cracking up about her cat puking on her wifi box.
Otto man 41 - that’ll be music to my ears. I hear they’re playing a bunch of stuff from Thom Yorke’s new solo album. Kicking myself for missing their recent gig at the Greek Theater in Berkeley - literally walking distance from my house. duh….
This so cool, I gave in a clicked on the Art of Noise link supplied by Fini Finito and discoved the Bronski Beat and Eartha Kit doing Cha Cha Heels.
Thank you!!!
I’m offically hooked.
Hi Donita! Etta James nearly always shows up at the Long Beach Blues Festival.
Sam Seder just gave a plug for his appearance at the FDL book salon.
Donita for Jane @ 4
So glad to be here, keep giving em hell on FDL! That should be a tshirt slogan dont you think?
Ooh…thank you for the selections; I look forward to checking them out later this evening. Those 2 guys are hilarious; check out their Chinese Opera video. They graduated from art school and as a final exam sculpted themselves, lifesized. Good stuff!
fiance’. cannot. stop. dancing. around. house. to. AoN.
Donita… here’s the spin I’m in:
1. I’m just not ready for love - Erma Franklin (Aretha’s sister on an absolute screamer… this song was also covered by the Ikettes).
2. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child - Clarence Smith (wow. from an album that came out on the stax label Gospel Truth.)
3. Walk away from Love - Bitty McLean and the Supersonics (motown cover by the Jamaican singer - SO NECESSARY - it’s on the LP “from Bond St.”)
4. Operation Statchback - Bambouche of the Vanguard Squad (Oakland hip-hop bomb by The Coup, remixed by Bambouche. check the vgs site www.vanguardsquad.com - “pullin’ ammunition out the Pinto Hatchback/refer to this as Operation Statchback”)
5. Maps - Ghetto Ark promo (this is a dancehall version of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s song… “Big up the champagne movement… yes, love”)
6. (FDL BONUS BEATS EDITION) Funky President, People it’s bad - James Brown… that photoshop mugshot mash-up of James Brown and Tom Delay should have come with a spew warning. “we got to get over before we go under.”
Old school for me! This is arguably one of the best live albums ever recorded.I know I have worn out two double live albums. Time to go digital and get the C.D..
UFO, Strangers in the night. 1979. Recorded while on tour with Blue Oyster Cult. (another fave).
http://www.google.com/musicl?l.....;ct=result
Soul Coughing - quirky but often excellent. that rhythm section: wow. too bad they only lasted three albums. 6 degrees moment: a colleague of mine is a buddy of the keyboardist.
Donita for Angie @ 46
Thanks for the heads up re: Long Beach Blues Festival, do you know when that is happening?
Donita for Dru @ 48
Wow that is so cool, I saw those photos but didnt know it was their final exam!
Pitbabies have an annoying prediliction for gnawing on those wifi stub antennas …
pardon me: #4 is “Operation Snatchback.” Typo x2.
sheesh.
There is a touch of cognitive dissonance on finding a bj (’blog jockey’ not the other kind of bj) on FDL, ordinarily a super serious, “I think deep” kind of place. However, watching the Dorm Boys was fun, and the myth of Chinese “above-it-allness” is dispelled, if just a little bit. The cultural Wall of China is not as high as it used to be.
For the those who didn’t notice the tee’s, they are wearing Yao Ming’s (Houston Rockets) number. I have no idea what has happened to Yao lately except he did not finish the season (broken wrist or something) and last I heard he owns half of Houston. Talk about assimilation.
Would I be the first to suggest that FDL my soon be reaching the point where it may want to go to a multiple-thread format, since it seems to be branching out and taking on new commenters? The serial (”long thread”) format can only take you so far. Anyway Jane and Christy might start giving it some thought. TPMCafe is a nice model, HuffPo overdone and overwrought.
Anyway, welcome Donita!
welcome donita! what a great friday treat…
i love opal so much, brings me back to days gone by…dream syndicate,rain parade, etc.
the spin i’m in: i can’t stop listening to the notwist right now…
Whoo hoo! Music column! Hi Donita. :)
The RIAA…Still stuck in the ‘bad old days’ when the major label caste system had some ‘relevance’ to both new bands and, by enforced default, the music consumer…Dinosaurs looking for a comfy tar pit.
NP: The Coop, Welcome To My Nightmare
Stephen Stills, Manassas
Motorhead, Another Perfect Day
…and an old Angels mix CD, with ‘Face The Day’ and ‘No Secrets’ among other tracks.
John Casper - I respond in the last thread.
Thoughts on last night…
At one point in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Senator Payne attacks Jefferson Smith and then hurries off the floor. Taylor, the big boss, tells the Senator to go back in there and keep giving it to him, but Payne says” I hit him with all that I’ve got” and Smith did not fold. That’s what we saw last night. Holy Joe hit Ned with all that he’s got and Ned did not fold. In order for Joe to have won last night he needed a big win and anything less was a lost. Joe knew he did not get that and the reality of losing the primary and the general election chased him out the door. Once he loses the primary and all of his old friends and supporters ($$$) start to hedge their bets and some have already started, he has lost. He knows it and as events unfold he realizes more and more that his last chapter is not going to be pretty. The headline will be a heartbreaker for him and his family but he did more than anyone in writing his story.
We Americans don’t like War and the cheerleaders for this War have to pay a price. Joe Lieberman is the first of many governmental officials that took this country to War that will pay a small price compare to the price that is being paid everyday by the soldiers and their families, and the future generations of Americans that will have to fix the mess that this War with Iraq has caused.
The War on those that attack us on 9/11, The USSN Cole, and all the other attacks should go on but Iraq is not about that War and for Joe to continue to try to include Iraq into that War speaks of his dishonesty and complicity in taking us into this Iraq War.
The Washington club that Jefferson Smith discovered when he went to DC still exists and they should learn from this fight here in Connecticut or they too will have to pay a similar price that Joe is now and will forever pay if they don’t start listening to US.
Spinnin’ right now:
Citizen King - Better Days
It goes a little something like this
In my shoes my toes are busted,
My kitchen says my bread is molded,
Got a good job at the dollar store,
One foot in the hole, one foot gettin’ deeper,
with a broken mirror and a blown out speaker
And I ain’t got much else to lose.
I’m faded, flat busted;
I’ve been jaded I’ve been dusted.
I know that I’ve seen better days.
One foot in the hole, one foot gettin’ deeper,
Crank it to eleven, blow another speaker and
I ain’t got, I ain’t got much to loose
‘Cause
I’ve seen better days I’ve been star of many plays
I’ve seen better days and the bottom drops out.
I’ve seen better days I’ve been star of many plays
I’ve seen better days and the bottom drops out.
Tribute to Joementum’s campaign.
:-)
LBBF is the 2& 3rd of September no listing for her yet– she is usually there.
She was at Doheny in May.
linky to CA blues fests:
http://www.sonomatunes.com/blues_festivals.htm
Donita for Sticky @ 50
I have just messed my pants and officially resign as music writer for FDL. Unless you will be my ghostwriter! I will definitely check out your whole playlist later when I am back on. Sounds fantastic!
Fini for Darkblack @ 58
The RIAA truly are “Dinosaurs looking for a comfy tarpit” and I am now going to refer to them in that manner whenever I speak of the RIAA from now on. You sir are a friggin genius!
THAT is hysterical!
Welcome, Donita!
Donita for Angie 61
Thank you so much for the recon on that LBBF and Etta info!
Me and my partner love Etta and are so pissed we missed her local tour date. Please don’t rub it in.
OfT: wondering what Ned Lamont’s official website traffic is today, after Lieberman repeated OVER and OVER: “Who is Ned Lamont?”
Dumbest debate strategy by an eighteen-year incumbent EVER.
Teddy: go to http://www.WhoIsNedLamont.com to find out
OT, but where else am I going to post this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07.....wanted=all
Algerian alleges torture during rendition from Tanzania and imprisonment in Afghanistan.
Welcome aboard Donita! What a great addition to the FDL family! (but the youtube addiction that Jane is encouraging is wrecking my sleep!)
and FDL friends - I’m off to the airport for a week at our office in the UK - will check in as much as possible, got the office to move my hotel to one with better net access and maybe I’ll even get to have dinner with our wonderful YKOS video pro from Ten Alt/Brook Lapping!
*ilson at 68 — HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That’s the best laugh I have had all day! Sweeeet!
Over the weekend I introduced my conservative friends to youtube and a very special screening of Numa Numa– they thought me nuts until they dug into it. Now, he’s hooked on youtube.
Wait til I introduce them to The Dormitory Boys :>)!!!
Thanks, Donita.
Bush sr. covers queen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDR9RckfEU
angie at 62, thanks for the link!
safe travels, siun! “see” you soon.
Finifinito @ 63:
Generally, I prefer not to frig while I geniusify (owing to the two-hamfisted style that I attempt to deploy), but thank you for the compliment.
;>)
From the Larry King interview with Pres. Bush, concerning Joe Lieberman:
LARRY KING: I know you like him.
G. BUSH: You’re trying to get me to give him a political kiss, which may be his death.
http://nedlamont.com/blog/509/.....for-senate
And G. Bush does not want Joe Lieberman’s political “death.”
In other words, Bush is taking actions (such as refusing to answer questions) that are calculated to help Joe Lieberman.
‘Nuff said?
what’s so clever about that www.whoisnedlamont.com address is that one of Neds supporters bought it during the debate — Rayne from here tried to buy it afterwards but it had just gotten sold … Joe’s web folk just aren’t all that swift …
Dubya covers U2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ost%2F3597
Donita had to go get her wifi box fixed and is off the phone with me now. She wanted me to thank everyone for the love shown to her in the comments and she looks forward to posting next Friday!
Oh Donita that was fall out of the chair funny. I just cheered up my coworker by having her come and watch that.
I’m going to adore Fridays. I used to do something similar with friends on another message board prior to YouTube becoming available. The best we could do were wav or MP3 files.
YouTube really rocks and so you do.
John C - I respond again last thread.
TeddyInSanFran
Not to send anyone in your house into a tizzy or anything, but if you all liked the AoN stuff you’re gonna need plastic on the floors and plenty of dry towels for this one:
Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
It’s the rarely seen, hard as hell to find video that launched AoN in the first place. Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse was the project that brought Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn and JJ Jezcalik together, which led to the collaboration on the Frankie Goes to Hollywood stuff and finally the Art of Noise project. I lived on a steady diet of Art of Noise in the 80s which made all the Hoosiers around me suspect that I was from another planet back then.
This is my favorite new group, Muse, aptly named. The lead is absoluting freakin’ amazing…voice, guitar and piano, plus a combination of hard rock, new rock, and classical. This is one of my favorites from their album “Absolution.” You must listen to the whole thing to hear the full unfolding.
The lyrics below should be our rallying call:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....earch=muse
change everything you are
and everything you were
your number has been called
fights and battles have begun
revenge will surely come
your hard times are ahead
best, you’ve got to be the best
you’ve got to change the world
and use this chance to be heard
your time is now
don’t let yourself down
and don’t let yourself go
your last chance has arrived
Fortunately, to fully
become addicted, err, appreciate YouTube, one must have high-speed ‘net, which (except for work) I am still a few months (and a fatter bank account) away from acquiring…Semi-related: who wants to prop up a local band that deserves it, IYHO? You NY and LA types are special cases; don’t know how to deal with them, but hey–here at FDL, we’ll tackle *anything*!!
As for my humble contri, here are some props for The Hi-Frequencies!
*ilson 2 #38,
Glazunov’s 8th Symphony is one of his best. My favorite is #7. I’ve got them all and especially enjoy listening to ‘em on long road trips. I’d rate his Violin Concerto among the top three or four of the late Romantic period. Myaskovsky is my other secret favorite Russian composer. I still play his Piano Sonatina.
This is something I stumbled across on YouTube: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appearing with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The video quality if awful, and the sound isn’t much better, but it is worth sticking with long enough to experience the true oddity that is Yoko Ono.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ch=mothers of invention john lennon
yeah bustedknuckles! completely agree with UFO Strangers as best hard rock live album. When you finally go digital, be sure to get the EMI 1999 CD reissue version. It has two bonus tracks and lists the songs in the actual order in which they were played. It takes a little getting used to, but it’s a new way to listen to an old classic. There’s also some additional banter from Phil in between songs.
Prof, 69: “OT, but where else am I going to post this?”
See my comment on a possible multi-thread FDL(#56).
It’s great watching Lieberman self-destruct. I was never a big fan of his, and couldn’t believe it when Gore tapped him for VP in 2000. In retrospect it was all downhill from there.
So hopefully we’ll get rid of Lieberman this year. That still doesn’t get us a majority, though; we need to find some way of getting rid of the Frists and McConnells and Hatches (the Santorums seem to weed themselves out eventually). Until we can do that, and even more importantly get the American people educated and aware enough that those kinds of people aren’t elected again, I feel we haven’t accomplished much.
The Chinese guy with the cast was hysterical!
Best laugh all day…
Love G Love and Soul Coughing (Mike Doughty’s solo stuff is also good), but also Beck, Cake and I gotta say the new Chili Peppers is great.
John C - I respond once again again.
Prof @ 77:
Well, we are talking about The Dink With Two Heads, n’est pa?
;>)
DOW down 150 points. Investor confidence is very high in GW Clusterfuck’s masterful management of the economy.
Donita - This is so wonderful! I left the big city and all all of the fine music that comes with the life about three years ago. A link to what’s happening via FDL is perfect. I must say my favorite - Etta James with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson 2 disc. First disc The Early Show, Second Late Show are fantastic. If folks out there like Etta at all don’t let this set pass you by. Oh, I love Opal ! Welcome to the Puppy Pool.
Donita: Wish I could Post a good list of songs I am currently listening to, but I really don’t listen to that much music anymore…ever since the RIAA decided to continue to piss me off with their lunacy.
But…the talk of Soul Coughing reminded me that I always confused them with the title of a The The album “Soul Mining” (Which is one of my favorites). Unfortunately, I could not find my favorite The The songs “Uncertain Smile”, But I did find this one for their song
The Angels of Deception on YouTube.
Also, drving home I heard that the Pet Shop Boys were going to be playing in Detroit soon, and decided to go look up Two Tribes and of course they had a version of it on YouTube.
On a different note, being a fan of WWII flight simulators, I wanted to pass along some videos that were made using IL-2 Sturmovic:
Requiem (with some classical background music)
Come with Me (a bit more rockin’)
BTW: Props for using an Ars Technica quote. I have made way too many front page posts on Ars dealing with the idiots at the RIAA/MPAA myself.
for Donita @ 63
starting the FDL music blog with those chinese cats is what’s up… I think I watched that like twenty times when it came out… as you say, it made me like a BSB song!
get at me to get an mp3 of Maps — swervemagazine at earthlink
Welcome Donita - hope you see a comment down this far. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for introducing me to the Dormitory Boyz - I can’t stop playing that video! And I love Etta James and the Isley Brothers (brings back memories of my youth) - glad you’ll be here on Fridays!
Now, excuse me, I have to go watch the boyz again….
Otto man 41 - that’ll be music to my ears. I hear they’re playing a bunch of stuff from Thom Yorke’s new solo album.
Punaise — I’ve come across Yorke’s Eraser CD myself, and I can say for sure that they didn’t play anything off that in New York. (Or in similar concerts I’ve downloaded of them in Boston, Toronto or Amsterdam.) They’ve played 7-8 songs off the new album at each of those shows, and never the same group.
I wrote a post about the MSG show here, and it has links to sites where you can download a few shows. The Boston link is already dead, but hopefully the Toronto or Amsterdam one is still live.
Be sure to check out “Videotape,” “15 Steps,” “Open Pick” and “Arpeggi.” Especially “Videotape.” That one’s a keeper.
TeddySanFran,
I planted a new comment on your GiveEmHellHarry blog, answering the question Joe Leaverman so helpfully asked last night, “Who is Ned Lamont?” Still waiting to hear back from Harry…
Zamboni @ 94
I will pass your comment along to Donita, she is having wifi issues today. She actually asked me to find a credible source regarding the YouTube/RIAA controversy for this piece and I found that article on Ars Technica which I read all the time.
What byline do you publish under there? I love that site so much and if you’re the guy I am thinking of you have been all over those RIAA/MPAA goons for a while now and deserve major kudos for the light you shed on their antics.
The Toronto one is fine, and probably the best of the lot. The Amsterdam one is a little odd — you have to wait 45 seconds for it to begin. Enjoy.
I hate to sound like the 77 year-old old geezer that I am but that’s the first music I’ve heard in the last 10 years that I’ve really enjoyed and/or understood. One exception: Willie’s “Cowboys are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other”. Oh, and a straight 77 year-old.
twolf1 THAT was amazing. I can’t imagine the time that was spent in putting that together. Wow. Bush doing Sunday Bloody Sunday is more than ironic.
Attention FDL Shoppers –
There is a Blue Light Special on www.WhoIsJoeLieberman.com — there is only one of this snarkarific URLs; don’t miss this opportunity!!!
Otto Man - thanks!
-ck- linky no worky
-ck-
bad linky?
and, -ck-, may I add that your new look is very dashing.
Dr. Bong
Citizen King - Better Days
yes! just rediscovered that CD while cleaning out some boxes. Lotsa other good stuff on it.
-ck-, I can’t get through on your link, which I hope means too many FDL’ers beat me to it.
Jane on the radio at 3:40 edt? Did I miss it?
linky no worky because linky not belong to anybody — dig?
Donita,
Welcome. Looking forward to your posts!
Band of Bees rule.
I second your love of Buck and The Isley Brothers, too. If you haven’t, check out their earlier, UA and MCA work. Less funk, more stone-cold soul.
At the moment I’m obsessed with King Khan & BBQ Show’s “Waddlin’ Around.” I don’t know a whole lot about them, but they’re firmly trenched in the Bomp/Goner Records/Oblivians camp. BBQ used to be in a great band called The Sultans.
The song’s kinda like trashy one-man swamp blues meets sunny cajun doo wop. Very cool and very raw. The video is amazing. You can still find it on YouTube (can’t link - I’m at work). There’s two - be sure to find the one with the PUPPETS! (Yay, puppets.)
-ck- pulls the wool over this lamb’s eyes….