HTTP/2 200 cross-origin-resource-policy: cross-origin etag: W/"83903608d5f268204dbaf4f1e6fa71c1e4433de2169d1419ac7285b8faa775c3" date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:54:57 GMT content-type: application/atom+xml; charset=UTF-8 server: blogger-renderd expires: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:54:58 GMT cache-control: public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=1 x-content-type-options: nosniff x-xss-protection: 0 last-modified: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:20:54 GMT content-encoding: gzip content-length: 14049 x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186183002024-03-26T05:20:54.308-04:00a Rockateria for Triadidians, Cackalackians, and all the kids beyondUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1146631065421152362006-05-03T00:27:00.000-04:002006-05-03T00:37:45.423-04:00<a href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/image13.0.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/image13.0.gif" border="0" /></a> One of the things I have been listening to is the most recent Low album, "The Great Destroyer." I listened to Low some when I was in college and have a few of their LPs, but never really got that into them. I don't have much of a tolerance for slow music, which of course can be a problem if you want to listen to Low. "TGD" came out last year and is differnt than their previous records. Obviously the tempos are brisker and the sound is full and loud (the album was produced by David Friedmann. The production is closer to the new Sleater-Kinny record than the Flaming Lips--very overdriven and harsh rather than warlby and wispy.) but there is something else that separatest he album from its predecessors. The songs are more upbeat and melodic but the album as a whole seems much darker. Whereas their prior LPs sounded dark and brooding, the minimal arrangements and the slow tempos gave the songs some room for the light to shine through, but here every nook is filled with a rumbling sound. The speakers seem to be blowing out constantly. On the first song they sing, "We'll never make the light/but that's alright" and somehow rather than sounding mundane and innocuous the line rings with tension--the spirit of teenage alienation and self-destruction; the sound of an unhappy couple driving themselves into the ground; the detached air of someone who doesn't care whether their life is in danger or not. I think Pitchfork panned the song "California" in their little singles reviewing column, but it is the best one on the album--beautiful, catchy and heartbreaking.<br /><br />I like this record alot.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1146630372105501742006-05-03T00:12:00.000-04:002006-05-03T00:26:12.133-04:00Well, the boss has <a href="https://backwardscity.blogspot.com/2006/05/bcrs-getting-rock-crazy.html">dissed</a> us in the mainstream media--but I have a reason for the lack of posting in the last few weeks--one that does not include reference to finals or papers.<br /><br />Back at the beginning of April I went to a show here in Chapel Hill and afterwards I decided that I don't think I like music anymore. I don't know why. It wasn't a bad show--one of the bands was really great--but for some reason I left with a feeling that I wouldn't ever care about music again. Unfortunate since music has been the centerpiece of my life since I was in middle school. I decided that I don't really care to stay up late, in dark places that are full of smoke to have mediocre bands wear down my hearing. I'm just kind of tired of it. <br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span>I think part of this feeling is attributable to stress from school. Another portion is that there haven't been any new things that have really caught my ear. I have been listening a lot to some LPs that I already had but didn't really listen to when I first got them--which I will write about later. But over all, I don't know what to say. Maybe I don't believe in Rock-n-Roll anymore.<br /><br />Or maybe I need a nap.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1144243121789213512006-04-05T09:18:00.000-04:002006-04-05T09:18:42.863-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/story.pitney.1965.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/story.pitney.1965.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1143662457706664172006-03-29T14:55:00.000-05:002006-03-29T15:00:57.726-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/498321117_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/498321117_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.myspace.com/razzle2004">Razzle</a> was one of the best Chapel Hill bands ever. Heavy, harmonized guitar; nimble drums and a bass that sounded as though it was strung with cement. They oft discribed themselves as Thin Lizzy+Big Black--and that's probably right. In any case, they were four of the most talented musicians I have ever seen. They broke up two years ago, but are having a reunion show at the Resivoir in Chapel Hill for a Katrina benefit. A couple members of the band have family in Louisiana. In addition to raising money, people are encouraged to bring old instruments they don't want for the musicians of LA who lost everything.<br /><br />For us, we get a short return of mighty, real rock-n-roll--in all of it peacock like grandure.<br /><br />Saturday, April 1, 2006. No lies. The show is free. Bring a donation or an instrument.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1143570271820473852006-03-28T13:20:00.000-05:002006-03-28T13:24:31.840-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/48eb1fbad03e2c6f57f28528977620a8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/48eb1fbad03e2c6f57f28528977620a8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.thenein.com">The Nein</a> have just gotten back from a long tour (and visit to SXSW). It was outrageous. <span style="font-size:78%;">(That's Finn from the Nein in the green shirt, about a foot from MF Doom, watching him grab his dick.)<br /></span><br /><a href="https://audubonpark.blogspot.com/2006/03/texas-burn-nein-takes-middle-america.html">Pt. One</a><br /><a href="https://audubonpark.blogspot.com/2006/03/texas-burn-ii-reburn.html">Pt. Two</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1143064635461516422006-03-22T16:47:00.000-05:002006-03-22T16:57:15.480-05:00<a href="https://www.schoonermusic.com/">Schooner</a> are a great Chapel Hill band. Here is a great song by them, called "<a href="https://www.schoonermusic.com/mp3s/Indian%20Sunburn2.mp3">Indian Sunburn</a>." It is off of a new 4 band split cd put out by<a href="https://poxworldempire.com/"> Pox World Empire</a> called <span style="font-style: italic;">3X4</span>. The other bands--<a href="https://www.eriechoir.com">Erie Choir</a>, <a href="https://www.thesames.com">The Sames</a> and <a href="https://www.summersetworld.com">Summer Set</a>--are also great and it is worth checking out. Here is another great song of thiers: "<a href="https://www.schoonermusic.com/mp3s/stunts%20and%20showmanship%20and%20codes.mp3">Stunts, Showmanship and Codes</a>."<br /><br />Trying to say what makes Schooner so good is difficult. At first they seem good, but fairly normal, but after a while you notice that there is something lurking below the surface: similar to, say, an early Sebadoh song--it is simple and beautiful and seems, at first, sweet, but after a while you sense the sour below the surface. Live, this really comes through. They could be the most crowd pleasing band in the world--and I use this phrase as a negative, meaning, pandering to the crowd, playing it easy, going soft--but there is a subtle oddness, a strain in them that resists. It is hard to describe: Like an attractive kid in school who grows his hair long to hide it; a beautiful girl who wears clothes to large to hide herself. They could just strum and strum and make us sing, but they stop half-way through the song, put their hand over the mic and wait until the good feeling has passed. <br /><br />This is a very good thing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1142908958540399292006-03-20T21:42:00.000-05:002006-03-20T21:42:38.553-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/dT_LvYQC3s4"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/dT_LvYQC3s4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1141849535896180682006-03-08T15:23:00.000-05:002006-03-08T15:25:35.913-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/qKlsnDjv-EM"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/qKlsnDjv-EM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Mr. Scott Walker has a new LP coming out on 4AD. It is called <em>The Drift</em>. Here is a clip of him playing a song--"Rosary"--off of the incredible album <em>TILT</em>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1141761491250142712006-03-07T14:49:00.000-05:002006-03-07T14:58:11.283-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/KZ-pmxDA4u0"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/KZ-pmxDA4u0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />"Touch the Night," from Neil Young's great 1986 LP,<em>Landing on Water</em>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1141312783541851292006-03-02T10:13:00.000-05:002006-03-02T10:19:43.556-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/442040415_l.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/442040415_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I don't know who <a href="https://www.myspace.com/crixcraxcrux">Crix Crax Crux</a> is, but his/their song "Radio On" is pretty damn tight in the Tight Science Dept. All that I have been able to determine is that CCC have recently moved to Durham from Florida and they make some great David Bowie/Sebadoh-esque pop music. "Moth" has muffled sound like Spoon being drowned in a nasty lake by 4-track. There are some syths, some drum machines, and lots of fuzzy acoustic guitars. Pop-Jandek? I don't know.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1141058159378384022006-02-27T11:26:00.000-05:002006-02-27T11:35:59.393-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/promo03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/promo03.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Second Story Man are a great band from Lousiville, KY--one of my favorite Louisville bands (second only to <a href="https://www.parlour.net/crain/index.html">CRAIN</a>, but most things are second to CRAIN, even CRAIN). They formed in 1998 or so and are releasing an excellent new EP called <span style="font-style: italic;">Red Glows Brighter</span>. I have heard a few songs on "internet" and heard a few songs "live at a show" and have to say, "Oh, Crap! That's Good!"<br /><br />SSM are refreshing becuase they are a) excellent musicians who know how to play but don't care much for showing off--in this respect they are perhaps similar to the Band--they're just tight, the arrangements are complex without being intrusive, and they don't make mistakes; b) their four-part, boy/girl vocal harmonies are the jam; and c) they are one of the few bands that can play simple, catch, relaxing pop music without sounding boring. Overall, a very exciting band.<br /><br />Check out their songs on their <a href="https://www.myspace.com/secondstoryman">Myspace </a>or their <a href="https://www.secondstoryman.com">website </a>and if you are in KY, buy thier new EP or go to a show.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140622217852406742006-02-22T10:27:00.000-05:002006-02-22T10:31:31.326-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/zkbHlPl-Mz0"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/zkbHlPl-Mz0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ladies and Gentlemen: Ornette Coleman (and Milton Berle).<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140552086099497122006-02-21T14:57:00.000-05:002006-02-21T15:01:26.610-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/image2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/image2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="https://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/32961">Robot </a>songs? I nominate, and miss, <a href="https://www.bullfightparty.org/graflex/movies/Monochrome_DSL.ram">Randy Ward</a>.<br /><br />(via <a href="https://www.metafilter.com">MetaFilter</a>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140460077235940572006-02-20T13:14:00.000-05:002006-02-20T13:27:58.133-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/snowmo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/snowmo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="https://shedding.org/">Connor Bell</a> is a Lousiville musician--and member of <a href="https://www.parlour.net/parlourset.html">Parlour</a>--who has been putting out interesting music in a number of contexts for the past 8 years or so. Currently, his main project is called <a href="https://www.shedding.org/shedding/index.html">Shedding</a>--a one man, electro-acoustic group. <a href="https://www.shedding.org/shedding/live_040104.mp3">Live</a>, Shedding takes the form of Mr. Bell and his laptop, sans vocals, but on record, the songs are more open and organic--and very lovely. Try "<a href="https://www.shedding.org/shedding/daylight_fades.mp3">Daylight Fades</a>." I am reminded of Flying Saucer Attack--but with less squall and more lull.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.shedding.org/paden/">Paden</a>, one of Mr. Bell's older groups was an interesting mixture of live elements--drums, guitar, vocals--and pre-recorded electronics. Try "<a href="https://www.shedding.org/paden/ache.mp3">Ache</a>" or "<a href="https://www.shedding.org/paden/for_friendship.mp3">For Friendship</a>." Both really great songs.<br /><br />He's got half a dozen other musical projects worth checking out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140190540750084172006-02-17T10:24:00.000-05:002006-02-17T10:35:41.290-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/Andreacatlady.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/Andreacatlady.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Filth Friday? Yes, yes! Oh, the exclamation point is so wrong.<br /><br />But, why? I read<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/17/people.kidrock.reut/index.html"> this</a>: a Kid Rock and Scott Stapp sex tape (CNN does explain that at no point do either have sex with each other--would that have redeemed it?). There are so many uncomfortable feelings inside: Rock and Stapp getting it on with groupies on a bus, filmed by multiple people-- what a sour scene. But you know what is the worst part to think about? Kid Rock and Creed toured together? The thought makes my mouth feel like I licked a public bathroom floor that Brit has just walked across barefoot. Additionally, CNN also titles the article "Rock, Stapp Sex Tape Due," as though this were some Hollywood project that had been simmering for years and was finally ready for the eyes of the world to see. My faith in everything is shaken. I can't go on.<br /><br />And I thought I was depressed yesterday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140123388243832172006-02-16T15:44:00.000-05:002006-02-16T15:56:28.256-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/Buddhamachine%21.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/Buddhamachine%21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The mysterious <a href="https://www.fm3.com.cn/buddhamachine.htm">Buddha Machine</a>, from <a href="https://www.fm3.com.cn">MF3</a>, is a small box, of various colors, with an actual buddha inside, that plays short electronic music loops. I've not heard one, but from what I hear, those that have them, love them. I can't help but imagine, without basis, that it might be more fun/interesting if there was some way to manipulate the sound, or at least access it so that you could manipulate it. Also, the above links are not in a language that I know how to read or speak, so they are probably of limited probative value to the general readership of this institution of music criticism.<br /><br />Reviewed in <a href="https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/fm3/buddha-machine.shtml">Pitchfork</a> and <a href="https://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/10/buddha-machine-23-digital-music-box.html">elsewhere </a>on the <a href="https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/fm3-buddhamachine.shtml">internet</a>. <br /><br />An <a href="https://www.disquiet.com/fm3buddha.html">interview </a>with one of the creators.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1140031904465968522006-02-15T14:25:00.000-05:002006-02-15T14:31:44.476-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/021206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/320/021206.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />One of my favorite music resources is <a href="https://www.cocaineblunts.com/new/">Cociane Blunts and Hip-Hop Tapes</a>. CB is a blog that specializes in rare hip-hop tracks--from long lost 12" records and old cassette singles--and is an outgrowth of an old radio show on <a href="https://www.gwradio.com/">WRGW</a>. Though the site covers hip-hop from all eras, it seems to focus alot on the late 80's/early 90's, which I love since that is when I grew up and started listening to music. Hearing the songs on CB is like stepping back in time to an awesome middle school dance I never got to go to. Too much good stuff to highlight any one thing (and it should be noted that songs only stay up on the site for a little while)--just click over and start exploring. Well, I will highlight this <a href="https://www.cocaineblunts.com/blog/2006/02/camron-vigilante-pedophile-justice.html">report </a>on Cam'ron's new career as child advocate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139962198247746542006-02-14T19:01:00.000-05:002006-02-14T19:09:58.263-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/80315433_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/320/80315433_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.myspace.com/crashkills">Crash</a> is a young MC from Durham, NC. I've seen him live a few times--the first being a the <a href="https://nightlight.dyss.net">Nightlight</a>, where Crash and his DJ played from behind the record bins--on the opposite side of the room from the stage. He prowled back and fourth with his hat cocked on his head, on top of a couch that had been pushed out of the way. It was a rock show and the bands had taken up all of the room on the stage. Before he started, we all looked at each other with looks of, "He's so young." Afterwards, we walked out quiet, with our asses in our hands. <br /><br />"Rock for the People" sounds like a mid-ninties hip-hop classic that just came to light--soft saxes bleating, rounded beats tumbling over themselves. The young man has a future.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139859113505766422006-02-13T14:18:00.000-05:002006-02-13T14:31:55.423-05:00In 1987, after the release of what would be their last LP, <span style="font-style: italic;">Warehouse: Songs and Stories</span>, <a href="https://world.std.com/%7Ethirdave/hd.html">Husker Du</a> went onto the Joan Rivers Show and played "Could You Be the One." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/w/Husker-Du-on-Joan-Rivers-Show?v=udxDyhKwEJA&search=husker%20du">Great song, painful interview</a>. Rivers asks them if they've gone soft and who is the party animal of the band. <br /><br />I think the only thing that keeps <span style="font-style: italic;">Warehouse: Songs and Stories</span> from being the best Husker Du LP is the production, which is kind of weak on the drums. Maybe it will get a re-mix/re-master someday. As it stands that prize goes to <span style="font-style: italic;">Candy Apple Grey</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">New Day Rising</span>. I love the 1980's underground music work ethic: keep cranking out album after album of brilliant, ragged music rather than taking years and years.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139552043936729102006-02-10T00:53:00.000-05:002006-02-10T01:14:03.956-05:00<span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/PIL_-_Metal_Box_original.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/PIL_-_Metal_Box_original.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">There is a great post up at the </span><a href="https://nationsack.blogspot.com"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Nation Sack </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">about the 1980 appearance of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Image_Ltd"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Public Image Ltd.</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> on American Bandstand. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/w/PiL---Careering-/-Poptones---American-Bandstand?v=TIwCHNUazzE&search=lydon"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Here</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">'s what it looked like (thanks to <a href="https://www.youtube.com">You Tube</a>). Stark Pimp writes:<br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And at so many points Lydon looks so eerily like a young and newly electric Bob Dylan, jubilant like a man who has discovered the delights of a nice suit of clothes made just for you, and screw all that slumming bohemian costumery I had so stupidly stuck myself with up til now.</span></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It is a pretty amazing performance. Lydon lipsyncs--or doesn't--and the band mimes their instruments, but instead of being weak it is totally riveting and invigorating. What band could make lipsyncing this vital? PIL tears it apart. I've never seen a band make not playing a song so wonderfully meaningful. By the end everyone has engulfed the band and are helping Lydon beat on the drums. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">My favorite moment is in between their two songs, Dick Clark talks to the band and to Lydon, who has spirited himself up to the top of one of the dance towers. He reminds me of a freightened possum--unsure of what he has done and scared to take the hand offered to him.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139502527863005042006-02-09T10:58:00.000-05:002006-02-09T11:30:30.793-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/arielpink-grp5-0105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/400/arielpink-grp5-0105.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://www.pitchforkmedia.com">Pitchfork </a>reports that for his upcoming tour, <a href="https://www.arielpink.com/">Ariel Pink</a> will be selecting a different local band each night to be his back up band. These bands won't know his songs or have ever played with him before. He is playing in Durham at the <a href="https://www.duke.edu/web/coffeehouse/">Duke Coffeehouse</a> on February 27th with <a href="https://www.myspace.com/boyszone">Boyzone</a><a href="https://www.silbermedia.com/clangquartet/">The Clang Quartet</a>. Boyzone are the Nightlight's house band--and by band I mean pile of writhing bodies--and the Clang Quartet are God's favorite one man percussion/destruction artist. It should be an intense show.<br /><br />I am really looking forward to the release/re-release of <span style="font-style: italic;">House Arrest</span>, the new/old AP album. I really loved <a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://www.angelfire.com/la3/zanna/doldrums.html">Doldrums</a> (I haven't heard <span style="font-style: italic;">Worn Copy</span>, but have it on good authority that it is good). "<a href="https://www.paw-tracks.com/media/arielpink.mp3">For Kate I Wait"</a> is a brilliant song--the type of song that I can listen to over and over without getting tired of it--and has a brilliant--and discomforting--<a href="https://www.paw-tracks.com/media/arielpinkvideo.mov">video</a> as well. "For Kate I Wait" is a 70's soft rock ode to love filtered through 30 years of rotting speakers, disintegrating magnetic tape and drug nightmares. There is nothing that sounds like Ariel Pink. <span style="font-style: italic;">Doldrums </span>isn't perfect--each song is about 2 minutes longer than it needs to be and the album just goes and goes--but perfection isn't the point. Ariel Pink creates his own world and lives in it as its king and only subject.<br /><br />Ariel Pink returns some of the strangeness and weirdness to underground music that has disappeared since the rise of the internet. Now, bands are easily found, their songs are readily available. You can see their webpage, their blog, their myspace. Everyone has pictures of themselves. Anyone can make a nice looking site, record on their computer, put their songs online. The challenge to the music consumer is removed. This is good, but sometimes I miss the mystery. I am reminded of the early days of <a href="https://www.sebadoh-and-suchlike.com/index.html">=seBADoh=</a> obsession--hunting far and wide for all those cassette and vinyl only releases. Ariel Pink gets back to some of that. He has dozens of cassette only releases, he records alone, the songs are woozy and unstable. I think it is great that he is having bands that haven't played with him before and don't know his songs play as his band. Too long we have traded in creativity for quality.<br /><br />Boyzone and the Clang Quartet have no problem with either and should be seen to be believed. February 27th looks to be a Fucked Up Night. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139428722644400602006-02-08T14:35:00.000-05:002006-02-08T14:58:42.776-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3844/750/1600/cantewell%20bunny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3844/750/1600/cantewell%20bunny.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;">On Thursday Night at the <a href="https://nightlight.dyss.net">Nightlight</a> in Chapel Hill is <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Recess</span>. Recess is a more-or-less monthly evening of electronic/avant/experimental/weird music overseen by <a href="https://myspace.com/rbiggers">Robert Biggers</a> (from <a href="https://www.thenein.com">the Nein</a>, <a href="https://www.eriechoir.com">Erie Choir</a>, <a href="https://www.frequenc.net">Cold Sides</a>). This edition will feature:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">DAVE CANTWELL</span> (from <a href="https://www.cantwellgomezandjordan.com">Cantwell, Gomez and Jordan</a>; <a href="https://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=14112409">The Whole World Laughing</a>; <a href="https://thewusses.com/">The Wusses</a>) performing a computer music piece he composed about 12 years ago (or that is the word on the street.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">CHRIS EUBANK</span> (from <a href="https://www.mergerecords.com">Sharkquest</a> and a million other avant projects) doing something that is no doubt be awesome.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">PHON </span>are an electronic duo from Raleigh. No computers I don't think, just circuits and sounds. Recently they have been playing as part of Raleigh's <a href="https://www.thisisstrange.com">STRANGE</a>, a pairing that has been really nice sonding.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">CHRIS ROSSI</span> runs a <a href="https://spacelabstudio.com/">studio</a> and is also in the Wusses. Last time he played, a month ago, it was rock harpsichord. The time before that is lost in the mists of time.<br /><br />Recess is insanely good and successful--musically that is. Robert has been running it for roughly two years (maybe a little longer) and each show has been either really, really good or oddly interesting in a way such that you are happy that you saw it at least. It is a nice way to get out and hear music that you usually can't hear because of the economics of the rock world.<br /><br />The acts each play about 20 minutes each with little breaks in between, with DJs often spinning dance music in between. Though the music is often very out-there, the short sets makes it all go down nice and smooth. Additionally, there is a high premium put on fun and entertainment as opposed to self-seriousness. The Nightlight is a sandwich shop and bookstore so the environment for the show is really great.<br /><br />Thursday is the new October.</span><tt> <br /><br /></tt>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18618300.post-1139354410427677542006-02-07T18:06:00.000-05:002006-02-07T18:20:11.866-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/1600/fader.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3034/755/320/fader.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />First, thanks to PC and JT for letting me play.<br /><br />Today, <a href="https://www.mergerecords.com">Merge</a> posted the new <a href="https://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=29&">Destroyer</a> LP--<a href="https://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=29&amp;">Destroyer's Rubies</a>--for streaming. I am only halfway through the first song--9+ minutes--but it is pretty great already. But I am a Destroyer geek, so don't take my word for it.<br /><br />Merge also has a Destroyer <a href="https://www.mergerecords.com/ecard.php">e-card</a> you can send to your honey for Valentine's Day. (via <a href="https://wordnerdy.blogspot.com">Word Nerdy</a>)<br /><br />Speaking of Destroyer Geeks--there is now a <a href="https://www.deftone.com/destroyer/index.php?title=Main_Page">Destroyer Wiki</a> set up for the annotation of Dan Bejar's lyics. It is still in its infancy, but I think this will be a really cool resource--at least for those of us that obsess about this sort of stuff.<br /><br />I've <a href="https://audubonpark.blogspot.com/2005/11/destroyers-rubies-michael-chabon-and.html">tried</a> a few <a href="https://audubonpark.blogspot.com/2005/12/bob-dylan-can-be-really-funny.html">times</a> to speak eloquently about what I think is great and important about Destroyer, and failed, so just listen to the record and see for yourself--and go see them on March 30th at the <a href="https://www.catscradle.com">Cat's Cradle</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0