Brian Lee does a wonderful job of covering Bob Dylan’s “I Want You“. I think we’ve finally reached the point where those gifted enough can do justice to Dylan’s songs without sounding half apologetic (Hi Byrds) all the way through. That is to say, the myth of Dylan is receeding enough where just the songs …
Cool choreographing – I’m fuzzy on what the song is saying though. – Jill Kuhel
Sweet dogs terrified of walking past cats: a dramatic compilation.
This poetic little nugget (sent in by Mark Erickson) comparing and contrasting the Burst Beat with the Blast Beat, may be the most expansively cosmic piece of music writing ever. Titled, “Transcendental Black Metal: A Vision of Apocalyptic Humanism,” this ponderous net-ifesto has ignited controversy wherever it has been read. The author, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, said …
Chapter Sixteen I heard my father’s spoon hit the floor. “When did this happen?” “First of the month, on his nineteenth birthday.” “What on earth made you go back to him?” my mother asked. She looked horrified. I looked at them both. “I’m in love, that’s what.” “You have deceived me the whole time, haven’t …
I noticed something while milling around the heavily populated Minnesota State Fair this year – I felt invisible. I have heard of the phenomenom before. My father in his 70’s remarked that people look right past him. At first I thought he was indulging in a moment of elderly self-pity, but now I think he …
Personally, I prefer my music to be a bit more dangerous, but I can listen with an open mind. Wild Flag is a supergroup fronted by Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia and Sleater-Kinney fame. This long-awaited debut showcases a band capable of mastering and rocking diverse musical styles. Song types range from gentle and folky in …
http://youtu.be/ldpCBSNC2AY Glen Campbell has just released a strong new work, Ghost on the Canvas, with the title cut written by Paul Westerberg of the Replacements. The great Sal Nunziato is quite impressed, and discusses the album on his blog, here and, particularly, here.
http://youtu.be/7JxfgId3XTs
http://youtu.be/t4RCWAKPh18
Trailer provided by Video Detective I was watching the A&E TV show “Heavy” on Netflix recently. Each episode shows two morbidly obese people trying to lose weight and drastically change their lifestyle over a six month period. They are aided in their journey by two trainers, a psychologist and a dietician. Two things came to …
Chapter Fourteen The remainder of summer was uneventful except Keith drove me bonkers, pressuring me to go home with him. He finally laid off when I threatened to boycott his shows. School finally started, but my mind was constantly on Keith. It took all my willpower sleeping in my own bed every night, but I …
No genre does self parody better than Kpop and Crispi Crunch may have the best self parody video yet:
http://youtu.be/eK3fokrsrsc