August 2008
36 posts
The picture that explodes
http://www.zipporah.com/films/35
Another amazing soundtrack.
Dizzy Gillespie “Theme From ‘The Cool...
Runnin' like you're running out of time
Grew up listening to K.K. but pretty much forgot about him until 1995 when I heard Acetone’s epic version of “Border Lord”.
Such a great song.
Kris Kristofferson “Border Lord” (from...
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
In 1990, after recording Pussy Galore’s swan song Historia De La Musica Rock, Neil Hagerty abandoned Jon Spencer, teamed-up with his very young girlfriend (ex-stripper, fellow heroin addict and later Calvin Klein model) Jennifer Herrema and formed the sick, decadent and, ultimately, influential Royal Trux.
Their first two records (Royal Trux and Twin Infinitives)were masterpieces of Bill...
Royal Trux “Money For Nothing” (from...
They just hung it on me
“One day, while taking a look at some vistas in Dad’s stereopticon, it hit me that I was just this little girl, born in Texas, whose father was a sign painter, who only had just so many years to live. It sent a chill down my spine and I thought where would I be this very moment, if Kit had never met me? Or killed anybody… this very moment… if my mom had never met my...
Carl Orff “Gassenhauer” (from...
I'm waaaaaay over here
“The Mighty Hannibal is one of those Soul artists that is wrongfully obscure. The world of popular music is filled with myth building, myths sometimes becoming truth, facts obscured. A handful of people these days remember Hannibal. The kind of people who like to hang out in dusty record shops, swap endless amounts of stories and usually useless little facts about obscure and forgotten...
The Mighty Hannibal “Hymn No. 5” (from...
The things that this city has taken
Love Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel). Love him. If you haven’t heard at least one of his CLASSIC first four solo records (spanning ‘67-‘69), then, well, you haven’t heard them. Change this.
Epic, heavily orchestrated arrangements, draped over passionately crooned (in the vein of a more mysterious Frank Sinatra) lyrics that evoke the thick weariness of living through...
Scott Walker “Cowbells Shakin’”...
A Story Over There
First off, I gotta say thanks to my ex-editor at Terminal City/good friend/purveyor of laffs, Heather Watson over at www.cvxn.tumblr.com for giving me such mega-props. Besides being a gutsy and fantastic writer, she sees and brings out the best in her friends and her recent, effusive praise of yours truly has made me both a)want to do better and b)pack in it cuz’ I’ve done enough....
Sic Alps “Love Is Strange” (from...
Keep it incidental
Giovanni Fusco, in case you were unaware, was the go-to composer for Antonioni. An unenviable honour, it seems, as Antonioni hated using music in his films (Pink Floyd grew to hate him during their tenure as composers on Zabriskie Point) and Fusco’s ideas was constantly under threat of being discarded completely. Keeping that in mind, it kind of explains the sheer minimalism and unobtrusiveness...
Giovanni Fusco “Bolero Avventura”...
1962
from www.musicaltaste.com:
“it’s fantastic that this track has come to light. I believe its story is this: Nico auditioned for the film ‘Strip-Tease’ in 1962, and recorded this song, but eventually Juliette Greco was chosen instead, and so this recording was lost. To me it’s a remarkable document - although I knew Nico had made a brief appearance in ‘La Dolce...
Serge Gainsbourg & Nico “Strip...
Bedroom shoegaze psych
The title of this post is a phrase I coined late last year and used to describe my friend Micheal’s solo-ish project called Deep Sleepover. To me it describes the type of pop songs you’d be likely to hear from an individual who records at home on his computer or four-track (or three…or two) using whatever sounds are available, a guitar, a drum machine and lots of reverb and...
Kurt Vile “Breathin’ Out” (from...
Arise! Life-Giving Post
No time today. My Mom’s in town visiting. Gotta go do Mom-visiting-Montreal things.
Three things:
1. Best band name ever.
2. Best “cover” of a biker anthem ever.
3. I would like to own this record on LP. I’m working on it and will let you know.
Supreme Dicks “The Pusher” (from...
Old homes
The songs from the 1985 album The Evening Visits…And Stays For Years by the Australian romantic pop group The Apartments have…along with John Cale and Lou Reed…been heavy inspiration for the stuff I’m writing with Spanish Tigers (the tentative moniker for the new project I’ve formed with my good friends, Micheal and Ryan).
I found this LP last year, buried under a...
The Apartments “Mr. Somewhere” (from...
In a cave
A 10 hour drive from Shediac, N.B. to Montreal didn’t deter K & I from going out to see Crystal Stilts at Zoobizarre later that same night. Our new place is exactly 2 blocks from the venue and, since it turned out to be no problem to get our babysitter to come over on such short notice, we went.
Crystal Stilts are a Brooklyn band, and were opening for much-praised recent In The Red...
Crystal Stilts “Crystal Stilts” (from...
In through the out box
Well, even though we moved in to our new place well over a month ago, we’re still unpacking boxes. After finding a little shelf at a garage sale (along with a night table for our T.V. and a cool blue chair from the fifties- all super cheap)I decided to dig my CDs out of their temporary cardboard homes. I tend to ignore my CDs because a) I prefer vinyl and b) my CD player is sketchy. As a...
Disco Inferno “In Sharky Water” (from...
Early smarts
I’ve been on a pretty big Intelligence kick lately, with their first 7” ( from 2000) and last years Deuteronomy being heavy hitters in my household.
Below is “Mindfuck ‘Em”, from the aforementioned 7”.
The Intelligence “Mindfuck ‘Em”...