Blog: Sweet Static

The new Drive-By Truckers album is amazing. I've been listening to it non-stop for a couple of weeks and now you can share in the goodness of A Blessing and A Curse out April 18. Enjoy. (Between this and the Clerks II post maybe I am being a bit of a whore, but I'm an unpaid whore, shilling for stuff I love)

Well here it is, at long last the final part of my posts of the final performances of Johnny Cash. Well it was supposed to be the final series but I did mess up the files and got them confused. I never ended up posting Johnny and June's final public performance but more on that in a minute. This, like the other two sets was performed at the Carter Family Fold in Hilton, Virginia. This show is

But I love Kevin Smith and have to support my man. Clerks 2 is coming. Get ready for the motion picture event of all time. Forget Titanic (proud to say I've never seen it). Forget Lord of the Rings. Forget Spice World. Enjoy...

Since I am a college radio DJ the charts are something that interests me. Basically up here there are two different charts. One is compiled by Chart Magazine . The other is compiled by the the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) and is part of their effort called Earshot , which has it's own website (an excellent web zine really) and also is in the print edition of Exclaim Magazine . The charts vary a bit and are timed differently but interesting to see [...]

-Well hopefully as I mentioned in my last post, sometime in the next week I'll be able to post a couple of "mix cd" zip files up of songs for my last radio show. However my stupid computer is acting up it seems, not wanting to find my cd drive since I was trying to rip a song off for someone. It does this sometimes so hopefully won't be too major of a piss off. -Also going to start putting up the Canadian college radio charts soon since Sweet Static is related to that and the [...]

One of the best things about being involved in campus radio is when an album just hits you out of nowhere. Back a few years ok I spent a lot of time at the station, hanging out, listening to the new stuff that got in, etc. as well as doing my show. One of those albums that hit me was Lohio by Ass Ponys way back in 2001. I even named it my album of the year. Now over time the album hasn't stuck with me so [...]

Well back again with the free download from Zunior Records . This week former member of The Super Friendz, Charles Austin, releases his first solo record under the name of Lost Wax Guild . You can download "Sleep Will Come For You" here. With word of a new record coming the year from The Super Friendz this is a great way to get ready for it. The song is a really nice, mellow number. Coming up next in Sweet Static, thoughts on my radio show, the [...]

second last show. you can listen to tupelo blue whiskey, every tuesday from 8am to 10am on 91.5 fm in windsor/detroit. or on the internet at cjam.ca under the archives section. as always... cc-canadian content *-in rotation r-request josh rouse-his majestry rides from subtitulo (bedroom classics-2006) * the two-minute miracles-another quicksand voice from volume III: the silence of animals (teenage usa-2003) cc teenage fanclub-the ballad of john and yoko from instant karma: a tribute to john lennon (uncut magazine-2002) the barmitzvah brothers-somewhat conceivable's evil twin from the [...]

Yes another covers post. Why you ask? Why not I say. I love covers, always have, always will. Good or bad I'm always searching for them. So I'll reach into my collection every so often to spread some around. 1- Rheostatics-"My Generation" The Rheostatics are my favorite band ever. No question about it. Anybody who knows me can tell you this. Anyways they've been at it for over twenty years and this is from their first ever release. A 45 in which [...]

As usual here is my rundown of John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List . A weekly top ten of songs you may not normally know about. In this week's Anti-Hit List is pretty low key. He points the way to new stuff from The Wreckers (Michelle Branch's new country group, didn't do much for me), new Dixie Chicks (produced by Rick Rubin and not actually sounding half bad. Never thought I'd say that but it's a good song) and of course a mash-up of Boston, Skynyrd and Warren Zevon. [...]

On my way out to see The Old Soul as I talked about yesteray but wanted to say a couple of random things. - Chart Magazine has an interview with The Flaming Lips for their upcoming show in Toronto. I only listened to the new album once but I liked it. Looking forward to getting it this week. -Spent the last week obsessively watching Sports Night on dvd. Picked it up last weekend and so far I've watched 3 full discs in about 4 sittings. The show [...]

A couple of things today -So yesterday I posted that Architecture in Helsinki had recorded a track for a Pet Sounds tribute album. Well today Pitchfork had a full listing for the album in a news story . Here's a full listing for the album. 01 Oldham Brothers: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" 02 Vic Chesnutt: "You Still Believe in Me" 03 Nobody and the Mystic Chords of Memory with Farmer Dave: "That's Not Me" 04 Centro-Matic: "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" 05 Micah P. Hinson: "I'm Waiting [...]

So I got the Architecture in Helsinki email today and it had a couple of interesting things in it. First is that they're on their last major tour in support of In Case We Die, their excellent record from last year. More interestingly (at least to myself) is that they recorded a cover of "Pet Sounds" for a "...Pet Sounds tribute album to come out on Spanish Label Houston Party in May, the comp also features Daniel Johnston, Will Oldham, Iron and Wine, Patrick Wolf & Vic Chesnutt amongst other winning contributors." [...]

Last week I put up the last public performance of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Today I bring you part two. From Dime-a-dozen site last year I got a bootleg of the above show, Cash's final show and this, the first show Cash performed after the death of June. This is from June 21, 2005 at the Carter Family Fold in Hilton, Virginia. Like I said before the sound quality isn't the best but historically I think it's something. [...]