pj harvey: Let England Shake (Vagrant) St. Vincent: Strange Mercy (4AD) Eleventh Dream Day: Riot Now (Thrill Jockey) Nick Lowe: The Old Magic (Yep Roc) Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What (Hear) Black Keys: El Camino (Nonesuch) Chris Thile … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
MORE SNAKE-THE-GRASS ACTING TURNS
Ever since Viola Davis stole Doubt from Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman, there have been several looming instances where character actors ingest whole scripts. When moments like this hit, when it's hard to distinguish acting from writing, the effects can dazzle (even if Clive … [Read more...]
BAT CHAIN PULLER: BEEFHEART RISING
Obscurantists, shrug with elation: Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)'s lost moosterpiece, Bat Chain Puller, will finally come out in early 2012 according to the Wire. Related articles An Official Release for Captain Beefheart's 'Bat Chain Puller' (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com) Lost … [Read more...]
INFOGRAPHIC SWALLOWS ONLINE MUSIC
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Top 10 Untrue Facts About Robert Johnson: Greil Marcus
10. Like Huey Newton and Bobby Seale listening to Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" as they drew up the charter for the Black Panthers, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen were listening to "Hell Hound on My Trail" when in 1941 they wrote "Blues in the Night." "I want him on the session," Bing Crosby, a … [Read more...]
PATRICK MEIGHAN: FAMILY GUY WRITER’S ARREST
Image by Getty Images via @daylife REPRINTED FROM MARK CRISPIN MILLER'S News from Underground: http://myoccupylaarrest.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-occupy-la-arrest-by-p... *My Occupy LA Arrest, by Patrick Meighan* My name is Patrick Meighan, and I�m a husband, a father, a writer on … [Read more...]