It’s always fascinating to see what happens when notable homestyle crackpots get a little financing and backup. Sometimes going a bit more pro takes the sauce out of it all, but sometimes it amplif.
The jam of the summer for most folks, and a chorus we won’t soon forget. But is it old-school and catchy enough to make my mom overlook the language?
I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say the #1 reason to go on living is the likelihood that this lady will write more songs. Joanna Newsom: “You And Me, Bess”
… and now I watch TV all by myself. Southern Culture On The Skids – The Little Things from Ditch Diggin’ http://scots.com Here’s their classic version of “Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl” (you can find Joanna Neel’s original in this mind-boogling collection of country go-go songs on our beloved WFMU’s [...]
You know your perfume? Well it won’t let me be.
NPR’s got a free stream of False Priest, the excellent sex fonk bomb from Patron Saint of Crackpots Kevin Barnes and the Of Montreal Exxxperience. Listen here.
Nobody’s on point like Ratatat right now as far as videos are concerned. “Party With Children” (I also recommend this user-edited version) “Drugs” (DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE ON LSD.
I’ve posted this before, but it bears repeating, because if you’re not including the roof in your in-car air-drumming palette, you should. Joe Gideon & The Shark: “Kathy Ray” http://joegideonandtheshark.
It’s difficult to imagine what it must have been like in 1978 if you’d never heard of AC/DC before and then you saw this. Found this via a selection of Midnight Special videos chosen by local popstar Nicholas Larimer (Eux Autres). You really should check out his other selections, if only to see Steve Perry introducing [...]
World’s greatest lullaby? Harry Nilsson – Swee’Pea’s Lullaby from the Popeye Demos … and here’s Robin Williams doing it in the movie (which I don’t have to tell you is the best work he’s ever done):
Recipe for band that I will like = beards + hippies + North Carolina. Megafaun – Volunteers from Heretofore (out September 14 on Hometapes) http://www.megafaun.com http://www.myspace.com/megafaun “His Robe” (you can’t tell me you’re going to look at this still and then not watch the video) [more videos on La Blogothèque]