Artist: Ween

Ween Break Up: Band Is Done, According to Aaron Freeman/Gene Ween

May 29, 2012, 6:27pm Spinner.com

Filed under: News Jason Merritt, Getty Images It appears that Ween have officially called it quits. Speaking to Rolling Stone , Aaron Freeman -- aka Gene Ween -- said he's retiring his alter ego because "it's time to move on." The news comes after Freeman released his first solo album, Marvelous Clouds , just a few weeks ago. Last year, he checked into rehab for substance-abuse issues after several [...]

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Aaron Freeman: "I'm retiring Gene Ween"

May 29, 2012, 6:16pm The NJ Underground

"It's been a long time, 25 years. It was a good run."

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NEWS: Ween Break Up

May 29, 2012, 5:38pm Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

I gotta say, it's been real Ween . Read the full story at Rolling Stone .

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Ween Break Up

May 29, 2012, 5:29pm Stereogum

It may be no surprise, as Aaron Freeman (Gene Ween) has branched into solo territory , but Ween, one of rock's most unusual success stories and most colorful live acts (with a cult fanbase indicative of those labels) is breaking up, according to Freeman himself. Freeman lays it out: Read More...

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Ween Break Up

May 29, 2012, 5:29pm Groove Radio PT

Stereogum It may be no surprise, as Aaron Freeman (Gene Ween) has branched into solo territory , but Ween, one of rock's most unusual success stories and most colorful live acts (with a cult fanbase indicative of those labels) is breaking up, according to Freeman himself. Freeman lays it out: Read More... [...]

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Ween breaks up

May 29, 2012, 5:28pm Consequence Of Sound

Iconic experimental rock outfit Ween has called it quits, according to frontman Aaron Freeman. Speaking with RollingStone.com , Freeman explained that the decision had been contemplated for nearly a decade, even though the band remains on speaking terms. "It's time to move on," Ween said, adding that he was retiring the Gene Ween moniker. "For me it's a closed book. In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open... There's no, 'Goddamn that such and such!' For me, I'd like to think it's a door I can close [...]

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Has Ween Broken Up? Aaron Freeman Retires Gene Ween

May 29, 2012, 4:43pm Hidden Track

Aaron Freeman, known to many of our readers as Gene Ween, dropped a bombshell on Rolling Stone when he told the magazine that he's "retiring Gene Ween." When pressed about whether that meant the end for HT faves Ween , Freeman responded "Pretty much, yeah. It's been a long time, 25 years. It was a good run." [Photo by Allison Taich] Freeman has been battling to stay sober and for Ween's NYE run in Denver, which may go down as the group's last [...]

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High School Reunion: Jack Goldstein and Roo Bhasin of Fixers

May 17, 2012, 11:00am The Owl Mag

Jack Goldstein and Roo Bhasin of UK band, Fixers, share their high school experiences along with their personal playlists during that time.

• Fixers - Another Lost Apache

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5 Albums to Stream for Free This Week: Beach House, Best Coast

May 7, 2012, 1:30pm Flavorwire

Welcome to another edition of our regular Monday stream-a-thon, wherein we hunt down the best and/or most notable records streaming for free over the Internet. This week, there's the new Beach House streaming in full, so if like us you've avoided the leaked version, then the wait to hear it is finally over. Yay! There's also a new record from Best Coast, Danny Elfman's Dark Shadows soundtrack, the return of Garbage, and, perhaps most intriguingly of all, an album of Rod McKuen covers by Dean Ween. Click through and listen to your heart's content! [...]

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Stream Aaron Freeman Marvelous Clouds

May 2, 2012, 10:53am Stereogum

Aaron Freeman, who is best known as Gene Ween, will put out his tribute to poet/songwriter Rod McKuen in a few days, from which we've already heard " Love's Been Good To Me " and " As I Love My Own ." Now, the whole thing is streaming below. Read More...

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White Denim covers Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, the White Stripes + others

Apr 28, 2012, 11:30pm Gorilla Vs. Bear

White Denim 's James Petralli found this old Tascam portastudio in his garage over the weekend, so he took to Facebook to field some requests for covers. Classics from Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, the White Stripes , and a few others made the cut, with some help coming from WD guitarist Austin Jenkins on a couple tracks. Check James' take on Elvis Costello 's "Alison" below, and download the whole bunch here . mp3: James Petralli of White Denim :: Alison

• james petralli of white denim - AliSON

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James Petralli (White Denim) covers Stevie Wonder, Ween, White Stripes

Apr 27, 2012, 9:03pm Citizen Dick

I'm currently finishing up a project for an online graduate-level course on creativity. While the center of the course is focused on pedagogy, the overriding idea is that creative minds are uniquely designed to take known materials (and their associations) and whip them all into something most folks could never imagine possible. If I [...]

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Hoppus on Music: Fishing with Dean Ween

Apr 25, 2012, 4:24pm Hidden Track

For the April 19th episode of the Fuse television show Hoppus on Music , comedian Christian Finnegan shared a five-minute clip of a fishing trip he took with noted fisherman Mickey "Dean Ween" Melchiondo . Deaner, a licensed fishing guide , has been taking customers out on his boat, The Archangel, for guided fishing tours over the past few years. In this five-minute clip from the program, Deaner faces off against Finnegan in a competition to catch the most fish. Along the way, Melchiondo discusses [...]

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Casey Kasem Vs Dick Clark (RIP)

Apr 18, 2012, 6:13pm Review Stalker

I always confused Casey Kasem (1932-present) and Dick Clark(1929-2012) to the detriment of Richard. Banal music personalities who introduced top 40 to America. Eventually Danny Terrio from Dance Fever did a number on the youth but Dick's show held on for a long time. Agreeably Dick Clark America's Oldest Teenager show American Bandstand initially broadcast from Philadelphia then moved to Hollywood lasted from 1957 to 1987 and was more popular but Casey's explosive diarrhea moments made him infamous. Here he is sampled in the U2 [...]

• Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
• Dave Clark Five And The Playbacks - Chicken Fat
• DICK CLARK - The Way Gene Would Groove It
• Left & Right - Teenage Wasteland
• The Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
• The Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer (2011 Remastered Version)
• Ween - Waving My Dick In The Wind

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Artist:	Count Five
Title:	Psychotic Reaction
Link Text:	Psychotic Reaction
File Name:	01-Psychotic-Reaction.mp3
Genre:	17
Year:	2003

Artist:	Dave Clark Five And The Playbacks
Title:	Chicken Fat
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Genre:	Rock
Year:	2006

Artist:	DICK CLARK
Title:	The Way Gene Would Groove It
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Genre:	Jazz
Year:	2006

Artist:	Left & Right
Title:	Teenage Wasteland
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Year:	2010

Artist:	The Ramones
Title:	Teenage Lobotomy
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Genre:	Punk Rock
Year:	1977

Artist:	The Smiths
Title:	Death Of A Disco Dancer (2011 Remastered Version)
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Genre:	Rock
Year:	2008

Artist:	Ween
Title:	Waving My Dick In The Wind
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Genre:	Alternative & Punk
Year:	1997

Album Review: Aaron Freeman – Marvelous Clouds

Apr 12, 2012, 7:58am Consequence Of Sound

Even as part of the brilliantly twisted Ween, Aaron Freeman has an old kind of pop sensibility. What makes Ween so tremendous is that they juxtapose an old-time country track like "Drifter in the Dark" with one of the most fucked-up sounds ever put to record: "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)". Now, Gene Ween has shed his pseudonym and strode out on his own as Aaron Freeman, releasing an album of Rod McKuen covers titled,  Marvelous Clouds . Without any originals, though, it's tough to determine what an Aaron Freeman solo album truly sounds like. Freeman exclusively uses [...]

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The 30 Best Kiss-Offs in Musical History

Apr 11, 2012, 10:32am Flavorwire

Face it, we all like a good lyrical smackdown, and the art of the kiss-off line (or, indeed, entire kiss-off song) is one of the most time-honored and enduring in music. Good kiss-offs can take many forms — they can be subtle and sarcastic, or blunt and brutal, or just flat-out hilarious. Either way, there have been many, many good ones committed to tape over the years, and we've always had an ear for a biting turn of phrase — so we're counting down 30 of the best after the jump. As ever, we're open to suggestions, so let us [...]

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Aaron Freeman (Gene Ween) – “Love’s Been Good To Me” (Stereogum Premiere)

Apr 5, 2012, 9:17am Stereogum

Aaron Freeman, who is best known as Gene Ween, will soon release Marvelous Clouds , his 13-song tribute to the poet and songwriter Rob McKuen. Earlier this year, we heard " As I Love My Own " from that release, and today we have another new track, the cascading "Love's Been Good To Me." Stream it below. Read More...

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Five From the Archive: Ween in 2011

Apr 4, 2012, 2:25pm Glorious Noise

We've covered Ween on Glorious Noise before, back when they played the Royal Oak Music Theater in 2010 ... 1. Ween - "Roses Are Free" . A great song in its own right, but also noteworthy as the Ween cover Phish rolls out pretty regularly. It's from the classic 1994 album Chocolate and Cheese . Full show: April 14, 2011 - War Memorial, Nashville, TN 2. Ween - "The Mollusk" . Some seriously ELP style keyboard action going on in this one. He's using a [...]

• Ween - 06. Bananas and Blow
• Ween - A Tear For Eddie
• Ween - Flutes Of The Chi*
• Ween - Roses Are Free
• Ween - The Mollusk

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Artist:	Ween
Title:	06. Bananas and Blow
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Artist:	Ween
Title:	A Tear For Eddie
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Artist:	Ween
Title:	Flutes Of The Chi*
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Title:	Roses Are Free
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Artist:	Ween
Title:	The Mollusk
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David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time – new video

Apr 2, 2012, 7:22pm Slacker Shack

Here's David Lynch 's self-directed video for his new single, Crazy Clown Time. It's a lovely bit of lo-fi madness from the master surrealist and the tune sounds like a collaboration between Neil Young and Ween - it's brilliant - check out the video below: Don't have nightmares now... Lynch 's Crazy Clown Time album is out now on Sunday [...]

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Album: Human Toilet – Human Toilet

Mar 30, 2012, 11:54am Thrash Hits

Human Toilet Human Toilet Self-Release 20 January 2012 by Hugh Platt There's something about the way the debut record from Human Toilet makes me feel that seems to makes me want to follow up every sentence in this review by typing the short, but succinctly direct two-word sentence epithet of "FUCK YOU". Just how there isn't a [...]

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