June 30, 2008
Glass Candy does Geto Boys
hey justin right back where we started. punks thugs mods goths freaks etc just good vibes byob no illegal gun or drug
Schoolly D - I Don't Like Rock'n'Roll
schooly d - better than the beatles. (just kidding, i'll save that claim for the kinks.)
June 29, 2008
Oasis - Glastonbury 23-06-1995 Hello
equal parts beatles and sex pistols
Oasis performed back-to-back concerts at Knebworth on August 10 and August 11, 1996. The band sold out both shows within minutes; 375,000 people over two nights (2.5 million people applied for tickets, and 375,000 were actually sold, meaning the possibility of 53 sold out nights),[22] at the time a record-breaking number for an outdoor concert held in the UK, and to this today the largest demand for a show in British history.[23]
June 28, 2008
shakedown street
this is the only grateful dead song i've ever heard that i can tolerate. not bad. they should have just started making disco instead of continuing to sound like someone pissing into a sink full of dishes. tie dye is still ugly,too, no matter what the current permutations of the dialectic of anti-taste tries to convince itself of.
June 27, 2008
Devo - Mongoloid - 1978 - France
i love devo i love france i can see mark mothersbaugh's under pants
the specials- gangsters
reposted from fellow tyler-alum, Pat Eisenhauer's blog Speed of History. check out his weekly podcasts for good angry punk stuff. I'm also posting a link to his blog in the links column on the right-->
June 26, 2008
Does Rocky still hold water?
This Saturday I'm coming to Philly for my nephew's 6 year old birthday. In addition to a giant balsa wood airplane I was thinking about giving him a DVD. He basically has all the typical stuff now. I've also given him every variation of learning/sports/action figure toy he could need. I was wondering though if a 6 year old in 2008 would appreciate ROCKY the movie?
I still do (only the first and second ones). In fact, I have to admit I still get the goosebumps when watching this training scene.
June 25, 2008
Bardo Pond live at ica philadelphia tonite 7pm
All events are held at ICA, unless otherwise noted, and are open to the public, free of charge with gallery admission.
Whenever Wednesday: Performance: Bardo Pond
wed jun 25 @ 7pm
Back by popular demand! The flagship band of Philadelphia's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement returns-three years after the sextet's ICA gig with fellow artist/musician Rodney Graham on the occasion of his traveling survey-to play their hypnotic jams in the exhibition space at the request of Trisha Donnelly.
June 21, 2008
War on Drugs
I was looking to post a good clip of the great Philly band:The War on Drugs, but then I found this.
the go betweens: right here
Robert Forster will be playing at Joe's Pub on Sept.15 (this is 1 of only 2 US dates on the current tour)
June 20, 2008
June 19, 2008
June 17, 2008
Michel berger et france gall - ça balance pas mal a paris
hey nyc willows just a reminder if you are around this thursday june 19th from 6-8 pm due stop by my opening. this group show runs through august 30th.
also if you scroll through the images my work is featured at number 6 and 7
'Everything Else'
http://www.franklinparrasch.com/current/
Franklin Parrasch Gallery
20 w 57th street (between 5th and 6th ave)
ny ny 10019
regular hours (sept - june)
tues - sat 10-6
summer hours (july - aug)
tues - sat 10-6
June 16, 2008
June 15, 2008
June 12, 2008
Feelies - Away
Make sure to sign up today @ 12:30 for the FREE Fourth of July Feelies/Sonic Youth show at Battery Park
June 11, 2008
Drink Up
Sonic Starbucks
Daydream Nation is 20 years old and to celebrate Sonic Youth is releasing a greatest hits album via your local Starbucks.
I haven't been a big fan of SY since Goo. Signing with Geffen didn't do anything for their music or creativity. I think Geffen owed them big though after Kim turned them on to a little band named Nirvana. Maybe staying with a major label through the crumbling of the "record industry" was a master plan of theirs climaxing with the ultimate cashing in and cashing out. I don't know if that's a bad thing. More money for more creative freedom in the future is a good thing, that much I know. Here's where I get all Andy Rooney... Is this what happened to indie rock? art rock? subculture?
It gets married, buys a house and has lattes- I mean babies. I don't expect bands to not want bigger audiences and nicer stuff but when it seems like Starbucks is the final destination for SY, I feel silly about starting the journey with them. I don't drink Starbucks and I don't really listen to SY anymore so I guess one of us has moved on to broader pastures.
But here's little taste of what was brewing 20 years ago:
June 10, 2008
June 9, 2008
sheila & b. devotion spacer
the best song i have heard recently that isn't by dion, shocking blue, robyn, france gall, tracey ullman, ween, yelle or the esso trinidad band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvvU8NC_fsY
