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Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner
One of Hypeful's best covers of the year.
The Bush Shoe - Art Imitates Life
Whatever you think of the Bush shoe incident, this sculpture is a classic!
Ditty Bops - Sister Kate
Thursday, January 29, 2009
White Stripes - My Doorbell (KCRW)
I love these performances that KCRW makes availible to the public. Having said that, this smoking performance by rock royalty the White Stripes is just too big for some radio studio. These two epitomize the term rock star.
Gang Bang, Inside
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Beatles LP Countdown, What You're Doing
"What You're Doing" is the penultimate track on the second side of the Beatles fourth UK album, Beatles For Sale.
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Rilo Kiley, Breakin' Up
The Station Agent and I love Rilo Kiley the way the harried Dad in A Christmas Story loved turkey.
Did you know Jenny Lewis is a vegeterranian?
Obama's Football
I don't do pro very much--I'm strictly into college (usually). I do think Obama's easy discussion of sports is refreshing in the White House. It's like the Station Agent told me some years back--sports is the only thing holding the country together.
Rilo Kiley - Spectacular Views
An acoustic reimagining of the epic "Spectacular Views" from the legendary Execution of All Things album. In this rendering guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Blake Sennett sings the lead.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Rachel Goodrich--Dope Song
Miami's own, Rachel Goodrich's first album Tinker Toys came out in October. Here she is playing "Dope Song" live in the Ft. Lauderdale area.
And here's a promotional widget:
Ben E. King, Stand By Me
If you have not seen Stand By Me,
you should.
Notice in the Seeqpod thing below "Stand By Me" is attributed to the legendary blues artist B.B. King. I have seen John Lennon's "Imagine" attributed to Paul McCartney! That's what the internet does--it allows any fool to publish anything at all...
No wonder teachers caution their students about using the internet as a reference in their writing. I suppose there just is no substitute for personal responsibility. Is that right, Polythene Pam?
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Was Phelps Caught With Performance Debilitating Drug?
A UK rag produced a photograph of Olympic hero Michael Phelps smoking from a bong. The only thing more annoying than someone who swims well being anointed a celebrity worth millions of dollars is the condescending tone of this insipid article about how he's throwing it all away. Seriously, why should Phelps be penalized for taking the opposite of a performance enhancing drug?
Here's legendary comedian Eddie Izzard's take on what he calls performance debilitating drugs. Well he SHOULD be legendary.
In all seriousness, the prohibition on weed is ridiculous. Here's a submission for the 2009 NORML Ad Contest that sums up the painfully obvious:
Only Phelps himself could say it better. Next time, Michael, toke up before you dive in the pool and show the world how harmful weed is by winning the gold high as shit. You can do it, man!
This is the last track on the second side of the Beatles' fourth British album, Beatles For Sale. George Harrison, of course, on lead vocals, and a fine rendition of Carl Perkins style picking.
Pearl Jam--Alive
Guitar World has a list of the top 50 guitar solos of all time. Since there's no way to make a credible list of guitar solos, their list is very safe. I'm not sure what my favorite guitar solo of all time is, but there's a good chance that it was played by Mike McCready of Pearl Jam. I'm not trying to compare him to Hendrix or anything, but the guy plays the guitar the way I want to hear guitar played.
To GW's credit they didn't totally ignore McCready. They tossed him the #44 slot for "Alive". Here's Pearl Jam doing that song on Jools Holland's show:
Colonel Sanders' Nightmare
Watch PETA's hilarious new video series.
I do not support PETA without reservation, but I do support some of the things they do. A simple vegetarian instead of vegan focus would be more practical, but you don't control allies.