NANKER
I should be nothing but indifferent to Keith Richards' memoirs.
But I read a couple of excerpts this week, and I was actually kind of disgusted. Not morally or ethically or aesthetically-- just sort of boringly disgusted...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
SCOTLAND IS FOR ME
The iTunes genius was playing an 80s mix last night.
It hit Don't Talk to Me About Love by Altered Images, which I was sure would be familiar to Taeko.
Nope, never heard it.
Next up was Oblivious by Aztec Camera. Didn't think she'd know it from Adam's off ox.
And of course, she was singing along not 5 seconds in.
Her knowledge of 80s British pop (OK, Scottish pop) is so very unpredictable.
Full disclosure: This post was originally supposed to cover my current indifference to Belle and Sebastian's Write About Love. And in a way, I guess it did...
The iTunes genius was playing an 80s mix last night.
It hit Don't Talk to Me About Love by Altered Images, which I was sure would be familiar to Taeko.
Nope, never heard it.
Next up was Oblivious by Aztec Camera. Didn't think she'd know it from Adam's off ox.
And of course, she was singing along not 5 seconds in.
Her knowledge of 80s British pop (OK, Scottish pop) is so very unpredictable.
Full disclosure: This post was originally supposed to cover my current indifference to Belle and Sebastian's Write About Love. And in a way, I guess it did...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT LONG HAIR
This showed up in my box the other day. It's a pic of one of the members of this band.
Can't remember which one...
Accoutrements of note: safety pins (natch), bike-chain lei, choke collar, spray-painted Clash shirt, indeterminate heart-shaped pin, and curling bar from a set of free weights.
This showed up in my box the other day. It's a pic of one of the members of this band.
Can't remember which one...
Accoutrements of note: safety pins (natch), bike-chain lei, choke collar, spray-painted Clash shirt, indeterminate heart-shaped pin, and curling bar from a set of free weights.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
ONE TIME IS ALL I NEED
Taeko loves the taste of coffee, and I really like the way it smells. By reasonable extension, I think you can say that we both like coffee.
Brain Coral and I have a similar relationship when it comes to musical taste. He noted this the other day when he was discussing Everything in Between. His current favorite track is Chem Trails, and he suspected that mine might be something different.
And sure enough, so far I'm favoring the shimmery atmospherics of Katerpillar, and those weird In Utero guitar squalls on Fever Dreaming.
But by reasonable extension, I think you can say that we both like No Age...
Taeko loves the taste of coffee, and I really like the way it smells. By reasonable extension, I think you can say that we both like coffee.
Brain Coral and I have a similar relationship when it comes to musical taste. He noted this the other day when he was discussing Everything in Between. His current favorite track is Chem Trails, and he suspected that mine might be something different.
And sure enough, so far I'm favoring the shimmery atmospherics of Katerpillar, and those weird In Utero guitar squalls on Fever Dreaming.
But by reasonable extension, I think you can say that we both like No Age...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
CASH FROM CHAOS
(Turns out that Tubthumping had been used already as a theme song for FIFA 98. I have got to get out more.)
One day in the advertising office, early 2010…
Boss: OK, we need to come up with a campaign for FIFA 2011. Music ideas? Yes, Jenkins.
Jenkins: How about Tubthumping?
Boss: Tubthumping?
Jenkins: Yeah, you know (thumping his tub): “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down. I get…”
Boss: (Interrupting) I know the GD song, Jenkins. Particularly since it was used as a theme for FIFA 98. No, what we need is something equally as mindlessly Anglo and rousing, but obscure enough that music bloggers can feel self-satisfied as they point out that they recognize the song. Perhaps these bloggers will even embed videos of the group miming the song on some old show, like, I don’t know, Top of the Pops.
Jenkins: Top of the Whuh?
Boss: You're dead weight, Jenkins. Clean out your cubby.
Jones: I’ve got it, boss! How about Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor? It’s sort of like Skids if Skids weren’t Scottish. The singer Eddie Tenpole was once pegged as the replacement for Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols. He sang The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle.
Boss: Jones, you're a genius! Cocaine for everyone, on me!
(Turns out that Tubthumping had been used already as a theme song for FIFA 98. I have got to get out more.)
One day in the advertising office, early 2010…
Boss: OK, we need to come up with a campaign for FIFA 2011. Music ideas? Yes, Jenkins.
Jenkins: How about Tubthumping?
Boss: Tubthumping?
Jenkins: Yeah, you know (thumping his tub): “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down. I get…”
Boss: (Interrupting) I know the GD song, Jenkins. Particularly since it was used as a theme for FIFA 98. No, what we need is something equally as mindlessly Anglo and rousing, but obscure enough that music bloggers can feel self-satisfied as they point out that they recognize the song. Perhaps these bloggers will even embed videos of the group miming the song on some old show, like, I don’t know, Top of the Pops.
Jenkins: Top of the Whuh?
Boss: You're dead weight, Jenkins. Clean out your cubby.
Jones: I’ve got it, boss! How about Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor? It’s sort of like Skids if Skids weren’t Scottish. The singer Eddie Tenpole was once pegged as the replacement for Johnny Rotten in the Sex Pistols. He sang The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle.
Boss: Jones, you're a genius! Cocaine for everyone, on me!
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
HOPE IN OUR ENGLISH HEARTS
So the ad wizards behind the new FIFA 2011 video game went a little left field (uh, left pitch?) and used Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor in their campaign.
Bravo, says I. This is infinitely preferable to, say, Tubthumping, which was probably Monday's choice.
I'm still not buying the game. Or soccer, for that matter. Sorry, Rest of World...
So the ad wizards behind the new FIFA 2011 video game went a little left field (uh, left pitch?) and used Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor in their campaign.
Bravo, says I. This is infinitely preferable to, say, Tubthumping, which was probably Monday's choice.
I'm still not buying the game. Or soccer, for that matter. Sorry, Rest of World...
Friday, October 01, 2010
THE RENTALS
A Japanese business model that never made its bones in America is CD rental.
Many of the large media stores in Japan offer this service, and have for at least the last 20 years or so.
It costs about $2 a pop to rent a disc for a day. When we were there, I grabbed 5 of the Beatles remasters that I had not bought, ripped them losslessly, and returned them the next day.
The selection of Western music skewed pretty heavily to classic rock, with some occasional veins of weirdness, but it's a good way to round out your catalog a bit.
A Japanese business model that never made its bones in America is CD rental.
Many of the large media stores in Japan offer this service, and have for at least the last 20 years or so.
It costs about $2 a pop to rent a disc for a day. When we were there, I grabbed 5 of the Beatles remasters that I had not bought, ripped them losslessly, and returned them the next day.
The selection of Western music skewed pretty heavily to classic rock, with some occasional veins of weirdness, but it's a good way to round out your catalog a bit.
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