Well, I thought it was a great night. The 'backstreets' online review is oddly mixed -- though they're right it took 20 minutes or so for the band to kick into gear. But when they did, it was pretty incredible. Surprises: back-to-back requests in the middle of the set, for "For You" and then "Lost in the Flood." A particularly emotional "Jungleland" in the encores. "Candy's Room" and "Prove it All Night" joining "Badlands" and "Promised Land" in the main set. And partway through the encores Bruce noticed half a dozen women in the pit wearing … [Read more...]
Price-check on Don DeLillo conceit…
March 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Somewhere in Hawaii, awash in the good vibe of finishing up CIRCUS MONEY, his second solo album, Walter Becker pitches a marketing idea to his publicists: A campaign which kicks off with a "promotional stunt" -- in this case, it would be me faking or simulating my own disappearance, abduction, or possible death. Such a stunt would be concocted so as to evoke thematic and stylistic affinities with the Odyssey of Homer, with Joyce's sandwich-chomping, soap-purchasing perambulator of Dublin proper, with Samuel Beckett's unforgettable "Murphy", … [Read more...]
The Monkees: Pomo Arrivistes…
March 7, 2008 By 1 Comment
Another TOP TEN POMO list by Jason Gross of Perfect Sound Forever: 1. Bugs Bunny "Rabbit Rampage" (Warner Bros, June 11, 1955) One of Chuck Jones's many classic cartoons with that rascally wabbit,this is also the baby of one of his long-time partners, MichaelMaltese. Here, Maltese's background as a story board artist comesinto play as most of the action in this seven-minute cartoon involveBugs battling with an unseen artist's paintbrush. The rabbitfrequently dashed off witty asides to the audience, letting them inon the joke with a sly nod … [Read more...]
