The lovable eccentric, Robyn Hitchcock, returns with another album backed by The Venus 3, featuring members of R.E.M.
Aurora Bridge photo from Sean2112's flickr On Sunday I was in Silver Platters down in Lower Queen Anne perusing the used cds. I ended up with a handful cds including Ian Hunter 's You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, Toots and Maytals ' Reggae Greats, and the Young Fresh Fellows ' The Men who Loved Music. When I got home and took a look at them, I noticed they all had been signed by Mike Cox, who must have been their previous owner. Apparently Mike [...]
Here's something I never expected to find on YouTube: Someone found and uploaded an entire set from Seattle's Young Fresh Fellows , dated November 23, 1985. (This is old Cicero's, judging from the bricks, yes?) The info included with one says, "Video by Eric Donaldson, sound by Conrad Uno." Ring a bell to anyone? View the whole set here . The YFFs, incidentally, were one of the unheralded '80s quirk-pop groups. Its '60s-inspired jangle-rock never found a wide audience, but its sensibilities and songcraft aligned with Robyn Hitchcock, R.E.M. and They [...]
"Yes, I detect the distinct aroma of a chemical engineer's approximation of wildflowers...or a burning whitewall tire." Celebrate the natural while embracing the artificial -- just one of the litany of paradoxes collectively known as "the 1970s." From the simulated wood-grain paneling used to convey an informal "rustic" touch in a split-level ranch home, to the earth-toned (or Mardras and other "old-timey" and nativesque print) polyester fashions, to the plethora of dubiously "natural" aromas hatched in labs and unleashed by a host of household vectors -- there is no shortage of [...]
Gerard Cosloy is Co-President of Matador Records , and ran Homestead Records before that. (My cassette of Homestead's seminal 1988 compilation Human Music still gets play when I visit the parents.) When he's not busy doing those things, he blogs about baseball . I pulled him aside after the Blog Factor panel at SXSW to talk, ever so briefly, about food. I was a little nervous, as the last time I'd spoken to Cosloy (on the phone as a college radio MD trying to get Matador to send [...]
Somehow, someway, I made it all the way to my 27th year of life without ever seeing the fantastic documentary of the meteoric rise of all things Seattle, Hype! -- and this from an admittedly huge fan of what was called "the Seattle sound." I remember wanting to attend a screening when Hype! first came out in 1996, but the club must have been 18+ or something, because I ended up not going -- and in the days before Netflix, never noticed it at a local video store. I finally watched it [...]
Twelve Girls Band "All I Want for Christmas (Is You)" (Mariah Carey cover) A few years back I posted My Chemical Romance's version of this, which is still my reigning favorite, but I like this version as well. For different reasons. Dan Bryk "Hard Candy Christmas" (Dolly Parton cover, from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ) Innocence Mission "Edelweiss" (comp. Rodgers & Hammerstein, from The Sound of Music ) [...]
This is a post I've been wanting to do for a while. A few months back as I was listening to "Beer for Breakfast" by the Replacements, I realized that there are a lot of wonderfully stupid songs out there ¬– songs whose subject matter is so crass, juvenile, and/or moronic that they induce guffaws and/or grins. Below are some that I found. If any one of you can think of others, let me know and I'll try to post 'em. STUPID SONG INSIGHT!!! Note that [...]
Debra Beck Midnite Vultures Interscope : 1999 [ Listen ] [ Buy ] Wig The B-52's Bouncing off the Satellites Reprise : 1986 [ Listen ] [ Buy ] Stuart The Dead Milkmen Beelzebubba Restless : 1988 [ Listen ] [ Buy ] My Drum Set The Young Fresh Fellows Because We Hate You/Let the War Against Music Begin Hollywood Records : 2001 [ [...]
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