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Archives
dance go crazy
01 K-Stars - Ghetto Deluxe
02 Secondi
03 Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan
04 Elbow - Forget Myself
05 The Chameleons - Up The Down Escalator
06 Mood - Secret of the Sands (Jay Dee Remix)
07 Schneider TM KPT.Michi.Gan - The Light 3000
08 M83 - Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Boom Bip Remix)
09 Human Television - People Talking
10 Townes Van Zandt - Be Here To Love Me
11 Containe - Shy Song
12 The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me
13 Tap Tap - 100,000 Thoughts
14 Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer
15 Jawbox - Savory
16 Kiss Me Deadly - Dance 4
17 Modest Mouse - Summer
18 Dirty On Purpose - Fake Lakes
19 DeVotchKa - The Last Beat Of My Heart
when i say i’m in love…
You best belive my introduction to The Shangri-Las was The Go-Go’s, but I had always wished it had been a bit later in my years living in the Nation of Ulysses. Instead, I always associated the two through the Go-Go’s cover of “Walking in the Sand.” Later on, when a friend made me a mixtape with N.O.U. on it, they were forever cemented as a retro/punk act to me when I heard the intro to “Today I Met The Girl I’m Going To Marry.”
3 shows, 5 days : The Troubadour
I’m almost embarassed to have basically rented a space on the floor at The Truobadour this past weekend. But really, there was a long lull without many decent shows, so it was a nice change of pace to have so many to go to. The Troubadour is without a doubt my favorite venue in L.A. (though Hotel Cafe was a pretty nice intimate spot), so of all places, I’m glad that they have stepped up their schedule.
but not tonight
01 White Noise - Love Without Sound
02 New Order - Age of Consent (Remix)
03 Velvet Underground - Ride Into the Sun
04 Enon - Rubber Car
05 Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
06 Gene Dreamy + Gary Sincere - Love You
07 Young Marble Giants - Searching For Mr. Right
08 The Pristeens - (To Go The) Whole Wide World
09 Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
10 Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
11 Opti Grab - Jersey Lover
12 Ween - What Deaner Was Talkin’ About
13 Prefuse 73 - Pagina Dos
14 Missing Persons - Words
15 Thompson Twins - If You Were Here
16 The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
17 Sonic Youth - Personality Crisis
18 Tom Waits - Table Top Joe
take that, les savy fav!
Around the time some substance(s), freed & myself became obsessed with Erotic Photo Hunt, I did a google search about it which led to a post by Jin, the manager of Dirty on Purpose, documenting my longtime favorite live band’s prowess at the game. Now, they may have the high score as some podunk bar in Williamsburg, but we happen to be pretty good ourselves, and we immediately went on an Erotic Les Savy Fav Hunt.
get your hands off my cake
When I think of cake and music, I immediately conjure up an image from that disgusting pro-cannibalism Tom Petty video. His grill scares me in general, but the thought of him carving me up or, even worse, smearing parts of me in his newlywed bride’s face to the bemusement of some freeloader relatives that he would otherwise never see is pretty much too much for me to take.
souvenirs
A bit of free assosciation… I stopped back in New York a couple weeks ago and picked up a couple old cd’s from my parents place that were hidden away. I’ve always liked Lois, but mostly in moderation. It’s mostly due to the limited range of her songs, because the repetitive nature of the songs is pretty well countered by her incredible voice. I know Interpol tried an unsuccesful attempt at patenting repetitive guitar chords, but I thought that all 3 of these tracks had a similar sound, which is especially odd considering how different they are in general. The Meeting Places track is my favorite from their first album, though I have to admit that the new one is way better. But I love the title as a lyric, for being odd and long-winded. But its pretty much the only way to explain that emotion.
remichaeling
One last one for the Yacht Rockers.
Human Television
Human Television (myspace) is a hard band to pinpoint. Recommended to me as a “shoegaze” band in the realm of The Meeting Places, they have elements in common, but for the most part are anything but. Much too poppy to be relegated to that sub-genre, their album covers a lot of ground, from The Jesus & Mary Chain (”I’m Moving On”) to R.E.M. (”On and On”) to The Notwist (”Untitled”).
French Kicks on WOXY (7/31/06)
There is a pretty steady stream of quality bands that filter through WOXY’s “Lounge Acts” studio. I usually will check out the podcast at work, and then go to So Much Silence for individual tracks of the bands I like best. For some reason, they didn’t get around to the French Kicks session from a couple weeks ago, so I had to split up the tracks for myself. It was a good set of songs from their new album, even though they skipped my favorites. I do love the shift halfway through “Go On.” Sweet.