Man, Skrillex wasn't my thing. I thought the sound was a fad. And in a way I think I'm right. It just feels of its time. Late 2000s, early 2010s was a weird time in music I think. I liked Lady Gaga for instance but it got annoying hearing Bad Romance 50 times in a row. I did laugh when she sang at Biden's inauguration because of my friend showing me the Alejandro video when we were in school. However, there was some good stuff coming up. Guys like Flying Lotus (Adult Swim and college will be a fun time for me), Bonobo finally getting big with Black Sands (I've heard Kiara in so many places it's not even funny), Kendrick Lamar coming up, Childish Gambino with Because the Internet, Thundercat making his debut. Amon Tobin with his ISAM tour (One of the best visual sets I've seen). Some good stuff if you knew where to look.
If you were watching a movie and Skrillex came on, you would know for certain that the film was set in 2010.
Another Cease and Desist for the king of shoddy goods sales. "Trump Guitars – the series of guitars endorsed by the incoming 47th American President – has made changes to the models advertised on its official website after Guitar World broke the news that Gibson issued a cease and desist order to Trump Guitars owner 16 Creative. “We can confirm a cease and desist has been issued against 16 Creative as the design infringes upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks, particularly the iconic Les Paul body shape,” a Gibson representative confirmed on November 25. The statement referred to the line's initial single-cut electric American Eagle and Presidential series models, which infringed upon Gibson's trademarks and the legacy brand's Les Paul design."
You should! There's your Christmas gift idea. I saw them once, in Oakland 10 years ago, 3D glasses and all...they were amazing.
The Smartless pod had Thom York and Johnny Greenwood on maybe about a year and a half ago. Jason or Will (I forget which) asked them if there was any band that they really "geeked out" over, and they both immediately mentioned when they toured South America with Kraftwerk. They said at a dinner one of the first nights they were going into the weeds about their music and the Kraftwerk guys joked "you like us more than we do?"
Kate Bush, always a gem. I love that the kids discovered her through Stranger Things. I discovered her through Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The song Wow, which is surreal to hear when you’re driving the car you stolen and you’re wrecking it on a beach. But if anything, her recent popularity proves to me that good music will always be good music.
Honestly, when I was in college, I would have thought the phrase “77 year old Iggy Pop” would never be uttered anywhere in the universe.
Yep. The amount of geriatrics still plying their trade on tour is pretty amazing. I'm pretty sure whatever tour this is...IT'S YOUR FINAL CHANCE TO SEE THE EAGLES LIVE IN CONCERT!
I saw an article in one of the Detroit papers complaining about nostalgia and one of the complaints was to stop remembering Motown. The writer forgetting that several groups from that time period (60s, 70s) have been touring constantly. Rolling Stones playing at Ford Field not too long ago, AC/DC is playing there this year, Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel, you get the picture. It was an opinion column of course.
Peter Griffin gets Millennial'd. Question is, would you rather see Tame Impala or Neil Young watching Fox News at Coachella?
So here's a question-- who's the oldest person you ever saw live? Racking my brain, I don't seem to be able to come up with anyone older than "the Rev"-- Gary Davis or Mance Lipscomb or Pink Anderson, all in their late 70's. Pink claimed to be 90, but it turns out his arithmetic was poor. I did see the Preservation Hall band in 1974 but De De Pierce wasn't all that old then-- though the banjo player looked like he'd seen Halley's comet two or three times. Oh wait-- I saw Dead and Company at Isleta Pueblo last year, and Mickey Hart would have been 80, so that'd be it...
I'm certain I'll take this one in a walk. I saw Beverly Glenn-Copeland in the final show before his retirement from public life in October. He was 80. It was just a month after he was diagnosed with dementia. It felt like both a funeral and a love fest. I also saw Buddy Guy's farewell tour. He was 88. But I'm only throwing those in as a flex. The actual undisputed champion for oldest live performer is Marshall Allen of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Dude was still touring at 100 years old when I saw them last September
I was doing something the other day and my wife is listening to tiktok about a couple in their issues and the girls talking about her best friend and how her best friend and the friend's husband proposed at a Rammestein concert. And all I could imagine was Will you marry me with Do haus playing in the backgroud.
I want to draw the attention of Jazz hater @Cascarino's Pizzeria to this incredible video of Miles Davis improvising the music to Elevator to the Gallows as he watches it. Shout out to @Auriaprottu who will love this clip along with @Belgian guy
There's just too much going on right now for me to be taking time out for this sort of thing- I need to be totally focused on America's hate. But thanks!
I was going to write something about Flying Lotus, but this turned into a post about Adult Swim and music. Adult Swim, is Cartoon Network's late night programming block. It usually had a surreal sense of humor along with showing anime (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo were two favorites). Plus, early 2000s had names that went on to become big. Stephen Colbert voicing a psychotic perverted boss and a parody of Professor Fantastic remains one of my favorite things he did. H. Jon Benjamin did a lot of Adult Swim stuff before he was Archer and Bob. During commercial breaks they'd play music. And man was it varied. Hip hop, metal, folk, rock, soul, just all sorts and it was always good. Three tracks I posted is going to show that. I was going through some other songs and man, what a memory.