Do me a favor. If you own Grizzly Bear’s debut album, Horn of Plenty (2004), pull it out and listen to track 3, “Alligator.” (If you can access it in some other way, you can do that too, though I encourage you to buy it at some point. The only free way I can find [...]
Archive for the ‘Sounds’ category
Thursday Playlist: Calculated negligence and everyday noise
1. Psychedelic Horseshit - Both Sides Now
2. Blues Control - Mashpotato
3. Maximum Awesome - German Loser
4. Pink Reason - By A Thread
5. Immortal Technique - The 4th Branch (EXPLICIT LYRICS)
6. Roy Smeck - Steel Guitar Rag
7. Les Reines Prochaines - Opfer Dieses Liedes (Wicked Game)
8. Pascal Comelade - Prime Of Life
9. Christian Clozier - Lettre [...]
Favorite band, part I: It was 20 years ago today …
I have a confession to make.
Twenty years ago, when I was in the middle of my senior year in high school, I built a shrine to my favorite band, right there in my bedroom. I had concert posters, magazine cut-outs, liner notes, record store promo album covers, handwritten lyrics, all pinned up on the wall [...]
Ex-Patsy
A couple years ago, at a dinner party in the East Village, a friend told me he was looking for a bass player for his band, a Patsy Cline covers outfit with a German lead singer. They were hoping to pull together a line-up for Performa 05, a big performance art biennial that fall. They’d [...]
Al de Lory Plays “Midnight Cowboy” and other highlights from the 2007 WFMU Record Fair
What do you get when you cross the aimless pleasures of vinyl browsing with the ecclectic sensibilities of the biggest, baddest, most ragtag freeform music station on earth?
You get over 200 vendors peddling everything from Beatles 7″ singles to bins and bins full of super cheap albums, which to a more discriminating listener might seem [...]
Thursday playlist: A music hall at the end of the world
1. La javanaise - Jane Birkin
2. You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie (Live) - Tim Hardin
3. Can’t Take My Eyes off of You - Bobby Darin
4. Le Chanson de Jacky - Jacques Brel
5. What Keeps Mankind Alive - Tom Waits
6. Song of Sexual Slavery - Cathy Berberian
7. Jezebel - Frankie Laine
8. Peter [...]
Thursday playlist: My(space) friends
The Hair PUddle is a project based on questioning the culture industry’s domination over how we experience art and music. The idea is simple: anyone in the world can receive a free Hair PUddle CD wrapped in original artwork – all one has to do is ask and supply the project’s overseer, Mr. H. [...]
Four from 4 at 40
In 1967, BBC Radio ended the Home Service and the Light Programme to launch four radio stations to meet the needs of contemporary Britons. Radio 1 brought pop for the kids, Radio 2 easy listening for the parents, Radio 3 for the classical fans, and Radio 4 to be a British speech radio station [...]
Three reviews and a video: What I did last week
[ A note to readers: There is no central theme to this post, besides what I've been enjoying aurally, visually and intellectually in the last few weeks. I hope you enjoy these short reviews as much as I enjoyed consuming the subject of the reviews.]
1. Radiohead: In Rainbows
There’s been a ton of press on [...]
Recipe for an Indian Summer holiday weekend*
In the spirit of holiday posts past, I offer up recipes — one for the perfect weekend, the other for something to eat throughout it.
The weekend, first:
1. When you realize it’s going to be 87 degrees on Saturday, stop thinking “October” and head for the beach. You may have to drag your kids away from [...]
