Three lists for Rock Snob's Dictionary's "real" and "snob" formats, which makes more and more sense as you work on it: REAL FAVS (changes daily, no particular order) 1. BLONDE ON BLONDE + BASEMENT TAPES + BEFORE THE FLOOD + LOVE AND THEFT, Bob Dylan (w/Band etc) 2. LET IT BLEED, Rolling … [Read more...]
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SHADOWS AND TALL TREES
I'm behind on this, but it's worth noting: Springsteen inducts U2 into the Hall of Fame: Oh, my God! They sold out! Now...what I know about the iPod is this: It is a device that plays music. Of course their new song sounded great, my guys are doing great, but methinks I hear the footsteps of my old … [Read more...]
LITERAL IS THE NEW SURREAL
HANDS I'VE SHAKEN (no particular order): Oscar Peterson, Eddie Albert, Andras Schiff, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich, Phyllis Diller, Marian McPartland, David Lindley, Rosanne Cash, Richard Thompson Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Guralnick, Greil Marcus, Vince Aletti, Joel Krosnick, Jan DeGaetani, … [Read more...]
BLOOD OF THE SUN
We watched some of Springsteen's segment on the Vote for Change concert before the debate last night. Earlier, while flipping through some of the gawdawful interview "color" segments, I had heard some electric guitar noodling through the "Star Spangled Banner," and thought to myself: This should be … [Read more...]
WHEN FOOT ON BRAKES: LIFE IN FOOT’S HANDS
This from Bagnews Notes (referred by First Draft and the mighty Atrios): In his Arts (and Politics) column in the NYTimes about a half year ago, Frank Rich speculated that the biggest reelection blind spot for Bush had to do with his ignorance of popular culture. This article was written just as the … [Read more...]
SEE THAT MY STAR IS KEPT CLEAN: Carson, Gore, Ray
Tom Carson is predictably, astutely hilarious in his Voice obit:...Reaganism had beauty. Even if you knew better, it was seductive. The best description, or possibly just evidence, I know is the oddly forgotten Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere," from 1985's Americana-flavored Little Creatures. A … [Read more...]
FEVER’S PROGRESS: Plus Cover Poetry
"Missing the Point" No. 3 on Austin's Book People New and Noteworthy page. Keep track. ART OF COVERS Ever since David Byrne's BELEZA TROPICALE (1989) compilation, I've followed Bahia's Caetano Veloso, even wrote up his Knopf autobiography for Boston Review, a piece that never ran. One of the … [Read more...]
PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY: Subtext Withheld
Fever: How Rock & Roll Transformed Gender in America Riley, Tim ISBN: 0-31-228611-2 St. Martin's Press Hardcover $24.95 2004/06 When Elvis walked onstage and sang "Love Me Tender" or "Hound Dog," he changed and challenged more than just popular music. According to Riley, his gyrating hips and his … [Read more...]
EAT THE PRESS: “I Am Not Gonna Change, See?”
One more gripe (What flunkie decided Dave Mathews should play ACOUSTIC guitar on "I Saw Her Standing There"??? And Vince Gill's solo got buried!) before MOVING ON to my own FANTASY GRAMMY CATEGORIES: DVDsThe latest in pushing pre-recorded CDs is to stick a limited edition performance DVD in the … [Read more...]
COME POOP WITH US: Grammy Nods
Today I filed my Grammy preview for NPR with Renee Graham from the GLOBE, and here are the notes I took looking over the nominees this morning: MODEST PROPOSALS for NEW CATEGORIES: BEST TOUR, or LIVE ACT LIVE DVDS BEST REMASTER OUTSTANDING PROGRESSIVE RADIO CONTRIBUTION (DJ or producer) BEST … [Read more...]
PETE ROSE GO HOME: Ghosts and Empties
We've gone "cuckoo-crazy" in our house for the "silent" quote routine from AUSTIN POWERS SPY WHO SHAGGED ME. My "buddy" Jimmy Guterman is starting up a tribute project to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of SANDINISTA! He's launching sandinistaproject.com in the spring, and already has "major" … [Read more...]
NOT FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
¶ After two episodes of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, we’re ready to give Liza Minelli the rebound award for “Best Save: Marriage and Career in Flames.” And she shouldn’t thank wardrobe, which hopefully is part of her character. ¶ Prison conversation between Spector and Jacko: “What are you in for?” … [Read more...]