Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Transition
Dear readers (all three of you), I love and respect you. Which is why I'm informing you of my new blog, which is actually the same as this blog, but in a new location. So yeah, click here. Enjoy the unicorn...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
What I Did Last Month
I went back to LA last month for a wee bit. Hung out with some friends, saw a homeless man that looked a lot like Samuel L. Jackson, realized that the homeless man was in fact Samuel L. Jackson, got a parking ticket, got my rental car towed, ate tacos, drank too little, soaked up some smog, etc. I bought a bunch of old albums too. This was one of them...
This cover pales in comparison to Stevie Wonder's original, but since buying Wild Honey last month, I haven't stopped listening to it. I just can't figure out why. Maybe because it (like a lot of the songs on the album) feels so slapped together. Rough almost, like a demo. Don't go into any of The Beach Boys' post-Pet Sounds material expecting that same level of detail and studio polish. Ok, well, the polish is still there, but the studio acts as a whole different kind of instrument from 67' on. Still, that doesn't mean that there isn't a great deal of gems to discover. A lot of people tend to ignore the band's post-60's output; and that, in my opinion, is a sad mistake.
This cover pales in comparison to Stevie Wonder's original, but since buying Wild Honey last month, I haven't stopped listening to it. I just can't figure out why. Maybe because it (like a lot of the songs on the album) feels so slapped together. Rough almost, like a demo. Don't go into any of The Beach Boys' post-Pet Sounds material expecting that same level of detail and studio polish. Ok, well, the polish is still there, but the studio acts as a whole different kind of instrument from 67' on. Still, that doesn't mean that there isn't a great deal of gems to discover. A lot of people tend to ignore the band's post-60's output; and that, in my opinion, is a sad mistake.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Things...
Pro: I bought two tickets to Sufjan Stevens' Dallas show (Presale sold out in ten mintues! Geez.).
Con: My cars won't start. That's right, both of them. I own two, but trust me, it's not as extravagant as it sounds.
Serge Gainsbourg:
Con: My cars won't start. That's right, both of them. I own two, but trust me, it's not as extravagant as it sounds.
Serge Gainsbourg:
Friday, July 30, 2010
Quote of the Day
"I didn't write any songs [in 2008] because you can't pour manure into an espresso machine and expect a cappuccino to come out." -Jens Lekman
Poop man, Night Falls Over Kortedala was my favorite album of 2007. Hands down. And 2007 was a hell of a year. I got to see Jens at the Echo last year, which was pretty sweet, but as far as new material, nope. Until this little nugget came along this week. Huzzah.
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