the departed, part deux

i would rather make out with keith richards than watch this film ... make that keith richards AND ronnie wood.

you gotta watch somthin when the writers strike

we don't like people spendin $$$, but this internet show is the best thing we've seen since the late david sanborn NBC sunday night show. and nigel godrich is behind it, so we can't stop ourselves. bon voyage ... tina?

4/1?

this man does not make it easy

(from pitchfork) The first of almost certainly many Robert Pollard releases this year finds the former Guided by Voices star overdubbing vocals over instrumentals discovered on old cassettes.

what next? adding harmonies to out of print toby sprout records?

dyslexic piven?

stumbled on this while googlin' gen. patton's offspring on imdb (we's funny that way). blame this on entourage becoming utterly unwatchable over the last couple seasons, but mainly, we do it for the people. ari gold, bring back the wacky guy ... LLOYD!



1:25 if yer really interested.

is that conan at 3:18?

popmatters?

ran across this article at the kiko jones spot. four of my top 10 '07 are in the popmatters' most overlooked of the year category (which ... cough ... also includes britney's latest-- and you thought irony died in the 90s!!!). considering 3 of my four came out on major (or near) labels, and 4 of the 4 have played lollapalooza or something near it, i don't feel like there's an 'i told ya so' needed ... i'm just sayin.

here's to not killin trees

just bandwith ...

glad to know that creepy shit-journalism knows no stylistic boundaries. the folks at pitchfork deserve one of those "blog of the day" jpgs. hope this tantalizing spin provides his daughter some solace when she's googlin pop's name in 15 years.

you don't think if i die soon, somebody'll drag out that michael hutchence tape i made? that last step wuz a doozy.

shuffle du jour

bob dylan, blood on the tracks (the new york sessions (BOOTLEG)

won't get into the details, but i'd have to say, this is probably the best find i've made in the last decade. buddy of mine turned me onto it and i've been spreading it to anyone who vaguely gives a shit about dylan. as spectacular an album as BOTT is, this is simply better. rawer, more meditative, closer. when i first heard him sing "the conversation was short and sweet, it nearly knocked me off my feet", i felt like i'd been punched in the nose. the released version sounds overproduced by comparison.

money quote: "a lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. it's hard for me to relate to that. i mean, it, you know, people enjoying the type of pain, you know?"

% listened to before either skipping/turning off/deciding to never listen to music again: 10

revisionist rating (out of 10): !!!!!!!!!!

rating after original purchase (ed note, possibly as made up as revisionist): !!!!!!!!!!