Some of you have been e-mailing me asking why I haven't been posting for the past month and a half. Here's an answer: Sometimes I like to take a virtual vacation: I don't check my e-mail, pick up the phone, or turn on the television. I've been in need of one lately, and there's no way to pull it off during the semester...so I took a blog break instead. This semester is a bit crazy, but I'll try to get back to posting as often as I can. Everclear - I will buy you [...]
It's Christmas time once again and that means crowded stores, screaming children, horrible looking sweaters and lots of greed. My least favorite holiday has arrived and I'm going to do what I can to survive this season. In the meantime, enjoy the "Surviving Christmas" mix: The Ravenettes - The Christmas Song Fuel - We Three Kings Barenaked Ladies - Do They Know It's Christmas? The Format - Holly Jolly Christmas John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is [...]
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (from 1967 "Blowin' Your Mind !" ) Everclear - Brown Eyed Girl (from 2000 "Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile") Buy Van The Man Buy Everclear
Once in a while, Uncle Jack and I like to watch horrible skateboard-themed movies. Last time it was Deckdogz , a ripe piece of Australian schlock.
In celebration of CMJ week, I have created some Mp3s from the CD that came in The College Music Journal issue no. 51 (Nov. '97). Before the word "blog" was a glimmer in any of our eyes, the CMJ CD was how a very large percentage of people discovered music. And so, in the spirit of brief descriptions and rhetorical questions, I will now share my thoughts in one sentence or more for each song selected. Portishead - "All Mine" This song has some ill-tyme break beats and the horns drop in [...]
Thread : Defend the indefensible: Everclear Just saw a commercial on television for their new greatest hits record. Hearing all their hits back to back like that confirmed the suspicion I always had: the band only ever wrote one song, "Santa Monica," and then just re-recorded it countless times with different lyrics and titles. - Johnny Fever his lyrics are subpar at best like a worn out, threadbare carpet. - jack cole the best-of's title cites the period 1994-2004 and celebrates "Ten Years of Everclear." I'm [...]
A few weeks back, after spending the night at Indie Mom's because we had gone to a concert the night before, I was watching Saturday morning kiddie shows with my grandson, He Might Be Giant. He had made and brought me coffee (he is so going to make someone a good husband one day), and we were staring at Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. A familiar-looking music teacher was telling the main character, a middle-school student, why it is important to practice scales. "Holy cow, that's Art Alexakis!" I said. [...]
This week's unintentional theme seems to be good songs off bad albums. Being an album person rather than a song person, I tend to use bands I like in general and then feature one of their songs here. However a few of the songs in today's episode I really don't like the album they're off. Also this week I've delved back into the unknown a bit. Whereas the last couple of weeks I've been name dropping from my back-catalogue, this week features songs that haven't yet passed the test of time. So don't complain if you don't like them. My [...]
Here is an excerpt from some of albums and their songs that found their way to the current playlist of Radio Petenyi: Loney Dear : Loney Noir Read and listen at Obscure Sound Patrick Wolf : Magic Position Read and listen at The Music Slut or I Guess I'm Floating Harlem Shakes : Carpetbaggers Read and listen at You Aint No Picasso [...]
i drove home yesterday to spend the thanksgiving holiday with my family... it's about a 6 hour drive from orange county to santa cruz, so of course when i make that trip i always prepare a playlist, one for the drive up and one for the drive down. my drive up included camera obscura , jeff tweedy , the lemonheads , the concretes , damien rice , the elected , iron & wine , cat power , and everclear . ...everclear? hadn't thought of them in a while, huh? i [...]
Here's a special little present to start your week off right. In typical fashion, I'm never really "on" the Internet when most bands are playing live sets on radio stations, and even when I am I usually forget to record them. During the times where "in studio" interviews/performances are posted on the web as podcasts, I'm too lazy to actually sit and edit out interview portions to get to the juicy live cuts mixed in. So in the first (and hopefully not the last) ever "in studio" performance post on this site, I'm proud to be bringing you some live [...]
Yes, that's right, I'm blogging about Everclear. And believe it or not, there was a time when they didn't suck. I'm serious. It was a brief moment in time...but there was a time. I swear. Sure, lead singer, Art was about 50 years old....sure, they lied about where they were from...Seatlle, LA, San Diego...sure, they sounded like a knock-off of every grunge band that came before them...but you
Yes, that's right, I'm blogging about Everclear. And believe it or not, there was a time when they didn't suck. I'm serious. It was a brief moment in time...but there was a time. I swear. Sure, lead singer, Art was about 50 years old....sure, they lied about where they were from...Seatlle, LA, San Diego...sure, they sounded like a knock-off of every grunge band that came before them...but
Everclear is not just for “Santa Monica†anymore! This 1990s band is back, with founderl Art Alexakis leading a new crew on a new album that’s been getting good reviews and a nationwide tour. Taste it: Hater-Everclear. Get Steady-Jonny Lives! I’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to give away to the College Park, MD show, and another 2 pairs of tix to any other show. Plus, 5 runner-ups can get
Throughout the entire interview O’Reilly comes off as though he’s, both never seen the “Hater†video or listened to the song (O’Reilly: “The video features a heathen version of Jesus dubbed hater Jesus.†Alexakis: “Heathen, where did you get heathen?â€Â O’Reilly: “Well, this is the description of it.â€) (also: he mentions early in the interview [...]
NYC reached 100 degrees yesterday, and apparently today is supposed to be worse. I've quarantined myself in my bedroom where the AC is cranking on full blast. The second I step outside my room, I'm a puddle of sweat. It's quite gross. Listen to these and try to stay cool. Shout Out Louds - 100 Degrees The Jam - Heatwave Everclear - Santa Monica David Dondero - Summer Suicide No.1 [...]
Everclear’s new album Welcome to the Drama Club is a wasted effort from a nonexistent band past its prime. While such a criticism might be merited, actually listening to the album proves it wrong. What has Art Alexakis done? The band is different, but the music is refreshingly enjoyable. The band [...]
Maybe not the very best...but some of the most solid out there. We'll revisit this list from time to time. So keep an eye (and ear) open. Our Lips Are Sealed â€" Everclear Abracadabra â€" Sugar Ray Renegades of Funk â€" Rage Against The Machine Enjoy The Silence â€" Failure Against All Odds â€" The [...]
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