jsmooth995D’Angelo, January 29th 2012 in Paris:
Jay Smooth, January 29th 2012 in New York:
Good lord. This is really happening.
(Source: fosterkamer.com)
i just wanna use my position to really let people know that next to Berry Gordy, Don Cornelius was hands down the MOST crucial non political figure to emerge from the civil rights era post 68. the craziest most radical thing of all is i don’t even consider Soul Train his most radical statement. yes the idea of the young black teenager NOT mired in legal trouble on the 6 oclock news getting camera time was a new idea to most…so of course the fact the U.S. really got its first vicarious look at our culture was amazing.
BRB I just saw that Lambchop is playing here in Boston and literally put my coat back on to go buy tickets
(for other shows too, so the T ride is worth it for saving the TM fees)
I should probably start doing this again
I read my dashboard (just about) every day but haven’t really been posting here regularly since the summer. I’ve written a few things on my other blog, but largely I haven’t been writing or sharing a ton of things (generally how I use my Tumblr). As much as I’d like to write more, I’ve been enjoying just reading and listening around here.
Anyway, hopefully more from me more often going forward.
yourmandevineMURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'
CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…VERY, VERY important.
Via Jennymack
perpetuaI could not perform “Everybody Hurts” for the last time in London with 30,000 people in the room or 80,000 people on the field knowing full well it was the last time we were going to do it. I just couldn’t. I would collapse. It would be impossible – I wouldn’t be able to hit the notes. We all knew that would be a really hard thing to do. It’s just not very R.E.M. I hate to quote “The Simpsons” quoting us (laughs), but it would not be a very R.E.M. way to do that kind of thing. So we decided to do it our way. I’m really proud of the way that we did it.
—
Michael Stipe: Why R.E.M. called it a day
Michael on why the band never deliberately went out for a final tour. “The idea of doing some kind of victory lap or final farewell tour just felt — and still feels — like it would have been completely mercenary and exploitative and impossible.”
(via perpetua)
As someone who had to say a lot of goodbyes this year and wanted to skip out on as many of them as possible (I had to promise my old boss that I wouldn’t skip my goodbye party!), it’s no surprise that I understand, respect, and love every single bit of this.
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(Source: douglasmartini)
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… and all Danzig-y on this side. It’s pretty fun to channel the dark side … but not as fun as it is to watch Jenn and Andy do it in the A.V. Undercover round room.
I have some hometown pride surrounding The Onion, as it grew up in Madison as I was growing up. Nevertheless, I do not think I am unfounded in appointing A.V. Undercover as Best Internet Content Ever. And lucky you, we are putting out Wye Oak’s killer covers as a limited-edition 7-inch. It’s all Kinks-y on this side …
“Million Dollar Man (Live at XX Merge)” - Imperial Teen
Shared because:
- I haven’t shared anything in a while, and this seems like a good place to re-start.
- This is an excellent song from a generally under-appreciated band.
- I think I might be in this video at the crowd shot at 4:25. I was at this show, and that was roughly where I was in the crowd, although I don’t remember if I made it up that close (Imperial Teen was the last band of the night, and a lot of people left near the end when it was clear that IT would be the last band - it was their loss!). It’s a very quick shot, and it kind of looks like my arm and head near the middle of the screen. So… maybe?
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hardcorefornerds
Beginning today, and most likely throughout the rest of this week, tens of thousands of news sites and blogs will be doing their darndest to convince you that the only album that came out in 1991 was Nirvana’s Nevermind. Awesome album! And if you believe this cover from the now-defunct Melody Maker in 1991, you might even be likely to agree: Moose? Thin White Rope? Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine? I’d ask where-are-they-now, but no one cares.
So off the top of my head (not really), I came up with a list of ten other records that came out in 1991 and also changed the world. They didn’t sell millions of copies — or, in some cases, tens of thousands for that matter — but they all did something profound to alter the course of popular music in the last twenty years. Nevermind made the commercial success of so-called alternative music possible, but these are the records that made post-Nirvana underground music worth listening to in the first place:
Superchunk No Pocky for Kitty (Matador)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Uptempo pop-punk, proto-emo, the credibility of super-cute boy lead singers. They also snubbed Steve Albini in the liner notes even though he recorded it, which has 1991-cool written all over it.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: I think I ripped off “Cast Iron,” actually.
Frankie Knuckles Beyond The Mix (Virgin/EMI)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Deep house with woodwinds, the reemergence of hip-house, the house-ification of ’90s R&B.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: “The Whistle Song.” It’s like Frankie Knuckles was all, “Fuck that lyric-writing shit. I’mma just play the flute, motherfucker!”
Nation of Ulysses 13-Point Program to Destroy America (Dischord)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Punks in suits, retro-punk, punks with vaguely threatening political ideas. More obviously, Refused and The (International) Noise Conspiracy.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: I can’t pick! I’ve always been partial to centerpiece “Aspirin Kid,” though.
Slint Spiderland (Touch & Go)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: The persistence of slowcore and math-rock, literary indie rock, imposing audio-books over band practice tapes.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: “Endless Nameless” was good, but I think even Cobain would have listened to “Good Morning, Captain” and said, “What the fuck!”
Primal Scream Screamadelica (Creation)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Indie kids who collect acid house records, the use of gospel choirs on subsequent albums by Blur and Verve, increased ecstasy profits in the UK and abroad.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: “Come Together” is the song Moby has been trying to write since 1999. He can’t do it.
Massive Attack Blue Lines (Virgin)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Chillout compilations, making the connection between dub and downtempo, the new sound of car commercials.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: Leigh Bowery served as Art Director for the “Unfinished Symphony” video and Tina Turner covered it. How’s that for far-reaching?
Fugazi Steady Diet of Nothing (Dischord)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: The gas-station jacket/canvas shoes look, the two-singer phenomenon, making it seem like turning down millions of dollars from major labels is easy, making Nirvana corporate in comparison.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: Oh, man. “Reclamation.” Oh, man.
Drive Like Jehu Drive Like Jehu (Cargo/Headhunter)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Making it seem like your band sucked if you weren’t totally fucking unhinged, making your band feel like you sucked at your instruments, making your band feel like you sucked.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: If “Caress” had revolutionized 1991 the way Nirvana did, our world would be awesome.
My Bloody Valentine Loveless (Creation)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Your favorite band with guitar pedals, the loudness wars, everyone who thinks it’s OK to spend twenty years making a follow-up album, the near-death of Creation Records.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: “When You Sleep” wobbles in the tension of veering-into-tunelessness but holds itself together masterfully.
Talk Talk Laughing Stock (Verve)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Proving that total reinvention is possible for even the most famous bands as long as you’re willing to commit commercial suicide, insisting on recording your album in the dark for over one year, and Radiohead, basically.
THIS ALBUM’S “TEEN SPIRIT”: There is no three-minute blast here, no memorable chorus, no social statement or internal struggle about being punk. There was no radio single, no music video, and no press at all. Talk Talk pretty much recorded this album, finished it, and walked away. It sold roughly 29,900,000 copies less than Nevermind, but don’t let that fool you: Laughing Stock is, without question, the most important album of 1991.
