say “hi” to sexual harassment panda!
gregor | November 30th, 2007 - 7:13 pm
i was so psyched last evening/early morning for comedy central played like a 6 episode block of insomniac. that was seriously a great show, and i dont think anyone could have pulled that off better than attell. he had the uncanny ability to make people look like total assholes while keeping said asshole completely oblivious. probably cause they were always drunk.
speaking of assholes, i am going to take my kid to see asshole santa tomorrow @ criminal records sometime between the hours of 12 – 6. should be a good time. check out the pics from last year.
the cover art for clear tiger’s brutal could be described as “frightening” or very least “mildly disturbing.” it conjures up a whole bunch of emotions, and really none of them being positive. firstly, i hate animal masks and secondly i dont like horses – i think they are inherently evil creatures. now, knowing that little nugget of information about yours truly, their depiction of an asexual being wearing some kind of fetish-like garment, face covered by an evil cat mask, riding a horse with its shlong in full view and brandishing a gun is purely disturbing, at least to me.
honestly, i went into this listening experience with little to no expectations and actually a little unnerved. to say i was more than pleasantly surprised is an understatement. brutal is a record that is devoid of any kind of pretensions and is simply just a great pop record with unconventional sensibilities. fans of animal collective, panda bear, the elephant 6 collective, oakley hall, talking heads, and probably the arcade fire would definitely dig this.
i have yet to listen to the whole thing, but i have been diggin these two tracks from philadelphian nicole reynolds’ folkie debut this arduous alchemy. check her out..
nicole reynolds site
here is springsteen’s classic nebraska performed live taken from different performances throughout the years. the last three tracks are thrown in just as bonus.
random chance seems to have operated in our favor
gregor | November 29th, 2007 - 5:56 pm
i reposted neutral milk hotel @ the sidedoor over here, for those who missed it the first time around.
here is mr young @ the bottom line in nyc on 5.16.74.
3. greensleeves
5. helpless
7. on the beach
10. pardon my heart
i’ve said it a million times: romance languages lead to premarital sex
gregor | November 28th, 2007 - 6:54 pm
good day all! hey if you are in nyc and not doing much tomorrow evening you should check out the j.a.m. awards and concert at the hammerstein ballroom. the j.a.m. awards and concert are in honor of jam master jay and will include performances by dmc, raekwon, q tip, de la soul, epmd, dead prez, everlast w/ dj muggs, and a host of others. all proceeds raised will benefit jam master jay foundation for music. sounds like it could be a cool evening.
minnesotean dan israel is part of a dying breed of musicians that are able to create records of both substance and style, melding them into one harmonious union. and these gifts are no more apparent than on his most recently and released ninth record, turning. the man keeps good company, too, enlisting members of son volt, the jayhawks, honeydogs, just to name a few to help in the recording process.
israel is a bit of a throwback singer/songwriter/wordsmith who is more in the vein of elvis costello, randy newman and springsteen, than many of what would be considered his modern day counterparts. coming across as a strange blend of newman and former minneapolis brethern craig finn, israel sings with a conviction that stretches beyond his otherwise dead pan delivery. with “turning” israel has created a record that stretches beyond his twin cities zip codes and hopefully the rest of the country will take notice.
turning can be purchased via his site
dan israel site
here is a collection of tweedy songs known as the collected jeff tweedy, lovingly put together by some of the fine folks at via chicago. this is the second part of the collection. i am still trying to locate the first the collection, which will be posted as soon as i can find it.
1. casino queen
5. sugar baby
6. millionaire
8. new madrid
11. gun
12. i got you
13. i am tryin to break your heart
14. bob dylans beard
15. dear employer
16. jesus etc
17. wait up
18. the long cut
19. screen door
22. say you miss me
soon you will be like cheese boy: melty, melty, melty!
gregor | November 27th, 2007 - 7:15 am
sup honkeys? hopefully you all had grand thanksgivings and were all good little consumers and did your part to keep the economy alive. i know i did my part. i bought a new 4 gig sandisk thumbdrive, which was normally $70 and i got it for $20 – pretty sweet deal. yep, i am definitely helping keep that economy train chuggin along.
in other news, if you want to check out captains dead radio you can now do so by clicking here. i dont have all that much streaming as of yet, but within the next week i could have as many as 500 tracks available for your listening pleasure.
kevin dubrow is dead, my friends and it only took a scant 20 years for him to catch up with his career. rip
i dont know who h.w. beaverman is, but it sure would be a cool name to put on a license plate. at least the latter part of the name. anyway, the ghost of of h.w. beaverman is elf power’s jimmy hughes’ full length debut under the folklore moniker. i am a pretty good size elf power fan, so when this hit my email box i was pretty excited and luckily the record is pretty fantastic. jimmy’s got a venerable who’s who of awesomeness and athen’s brethern backing him on the record, including andrew rieger (elf power), amy dykes (i am the world trade center), jon croxton (wee turtles), ren mead (masters of the hemisphere and vetran), ian rickert (bugs eat books), heather mcintosh (the instruments and circulatory system) and scott spillane (gerbils and neutral milk hotel). the ghost of h.w. beaverman is great piece of psychedelic pop that reminds me of uncle bob pollard on his best days - also known as having an editor, and a cool mix of all the bands represented by their respective members. its a concept record, but doesnt feel like one at all as each track could stand alone and you wouldnt feel like you were missing some piece of the puzzle – unlike operation:mindcrime i used to freakin love that record. what makes this record even the cooler, is that its free, which is becoming quite the popular model as of late it woud seem. here are a few of my favorites off beaverman…
download the ghost of h.w. beaverman here
for the unitiated, here are some songs by a few of the willing participants on the ghost of h.w. beaverman
i am the world trade center site
bugs eat books site
coat of arms (world trade remix)
masters of the hemisphere site
joe pernice is my boy, plain and simple. it all started, what seems like ages ago know, after i read some glowing piece in, i think alternative press – it actually used to be a very cool mag – about the scud mountain boys. after reading said article i ventured to my local shop to try and pick up either pine box or dance the night away only to find out that they didnt have it, nor could they even find any record of its existence. not to be deterred, i went back and got the label’s name just to cover all my bases. wouldnt you fuckin know it? the label didnt exist in my local shop’s database, or whatever stoner setup they were using at the time. i then decided i would hit the city cause they just had to have it. i traveled far and wide, well as far and wide as the el and my two feet would take me from quaker goes deaf, to reckless to dr wax to val halla’s to rolling stone records to rose records. i then tried blindly ordering it a rose records on wabash, and still nothing for a very long time. i had pretty much forgotten about it until that fateful day that i got a call stating that they had found dance the night away. it seriously had been probably 8-10 months since i originally ordered it that they actually got it in for me, but i was grateful. i would have to wait for the double disc reissue to actually hear pine box. since then though, everything joe has done has been golden to these ears, that was until i heard live a little, a record i really cant stand. i’m not going to rag on it though, cause he’s still getting in my musical hall of fame on the first ballot. i will say that there was absolutely no need or reason to remake “grudge fuck.” frankly, that just spoiled an already sour experience. with that said, the rest of his catalogue is stellar. my personal favorites are big tobacco, massachusetts and the world wont end.
btw, apparently there was an 8 track of dance the night away or pine box made at one point. if anyone has one i may be willing to purchase it from ya.
here are the brothers pernice performing at the borderline in london, date unknown.
1. bum leg
2. plane story
5. crestfallen
6. monkey suit
10. breakneck speed
13. number two
14. clear spot
15. wait to stop
16. band intros
17. grudge fuck
buy all your scud mountain boys and pernice brothers related merch directly from them, here
you may have been a good smuggler, but now you’re bantha fodder
gregor | November 26th, 2007 - 6:14 am
normal posting will return tomorrow.
in the mean time, here is another archers of loaf show, this time live in nyc at tramps on 11.26.96.
2. audiowhore
10. bacteria
11. nostalgia
13. plumb line
hookers, man! where the hookers?
gregor | November 24th, 2007 - 10:52 am
tool live in denver on 7.21.02. nice soundboard recording.
1. intro
2. sober
3. 4 degrees
4. the grudge
5. stinkfist
7. schism
8. parabol
9. parabola
10. the patient
10. aenima
11. disposition
12. reflection
13. triad
14. lateralus
