The songs our parents gave us | Music | The Guardian The Warm Thrill of Confusion - NYTimes.com Articles: The Return of the Replacements | Features | Pitchfork Bob Dylan: Another Self Portrait Vs. The Basement Box | Popdose And two new laudable-recent sets from parallel worlds: the … [Read more...]
BADASS: JUSTIFIED VS BREAKING BAD
Nick Searcy as Raylan Givens' boss Chief Deputy Art Mullen gave the climactic speech in last season's finale (hint: Erica Tazel delivers the scene-stealer under her breath: "I had panties just like that"): The "Alphabet Street" soundtrack proved too tempting: Related … [Read more...]
Harry Nilsson Answers Lennon-McCartney Conundrum
LEAD OF THE MONTH: If Lennon-McCartney was the question, the answer was: this guy. What happens, in other words, if you combine in one person, in one talent, in a single opus, the whimsical facility of Paul and the howlingness and perversity of John? On June 5, 1941, Mother Nature—in antic … [Read more...]
A Guide to Finding the Right Music Streaming Service
A Guide to Finding the Right Music Streaming Service via … [Read more...]
Is Spotify bad for music?
Is Spotify bad for music? | Comment is free | The Observer Something unsettling about agreeing with Yorke in principle even though I respect his music more than admire or listen to it, and have a reflexive aversion to millionaires who complain about getting bad deals from the … [Read more...]
Frank Sings Tramp for Ringo’s Mo
via International Business Times Related articles Ringo Starr: I like to think the Beatles would have had a reunion VIDEO: Ringo Starr's unseen photos Top 10 Rock 'n Roll Muses … [Read more...]
McCartney, Spector, Wings and Now
"The Long and Winding Road" Here's my nit to pick with McCartney: He notoriously hated Phil Spector's overblown production on this ballad, and the spare "Let It Be … Naked" version was released as a corrective, yet when he plays the song live, he has Wix synthesize the Spector orchestrations. At … [Read more...]
FATHER’S DAY RERUNS
[via: eventbrite.com] A relative of my wife's worked on this documentary, which proved both thoughtfully nostalgic and psychologically harrowing. File under: Murry Wilson Narcissistic Father Syndrome. Showtime: Family Band: The Cowsills Story. MORE FAMILY DIRT: Sly Stone's … [Read more...]
Retronaut – Girls in the Window
Girls in the Window, by Ormond Gigli (Retronaut) Related articles Awesome Photos Of Buddy Holly And Waylon Jennings In A Photo Booth Retronaut for Prompts & Inspiration We Dare You to Not Laugh at These Vintage Visions of the Future Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos Show Iconic … [Read more...]
NICK LOWE COUNTRY: “All Men Are Liars,” Ellis and Rose
Robert Ellis and Caitlin Rose, "All Men Are Liars," Lowe Country, No Depression Americana and Roots Music. … [Read more...]
Banksy Coke Bottle
Banksy – Letter on Advertising | Rap Genius Related articles A Solution to Intrusive Advertising The Coke Ad That Could Destroy All Other Products, Especially Coke 'Lost' Banksy mural may fetch £1 million at London auction Banksy's Re-use of the Accidental Napalm … [Read more...]
DETERIORATA XIII:1 BERNSTEIN, 50 SHADES, CLIVE JAMES, EE CUMMINGS, BELUSHI
By far the most influential musicology of my young adulthood, steering me towards specialization. via Open Culture: Leonard Bernstein’s Norton Lectures (1973). See Elitism for Dummies (on Young People's Concerts, 2005) via NYRB: Why So Popular? by Tim Parks Touching yourself” was strictly … [Read more...]
DENK, SCHWARTZ, SEBOK
Jeremy Denk wrote a piece in the current New Yorker about two of his piano teachers, one of whom we shared. A friend wrote to ask about my reaction, so I replied: "Joseph Schwartz was really quite a terrific teacher, and invested in the idea of teaching on an individual level. We were all … [Read more...]
DUCHAMP WAS HERE
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JAGGER, ESCHER, LEIGHTON
Refused at first, then bought three months later. Interview with cartoonist Robert Leighton at Inkspill | Inkspill - New Yorker Cartoonists News. And this: Mick Jagger to MC Escher, Escher demurs. Related articles These hyper-realistic drawings mess with your … [Read more...]