February 14, 2005
Octaves Too High
Posted by nerdling | February 14, 2005 05:23 PM
Brendan Canty (of Fugazi fame) is hard at work on a new project, making video documentaries of soon-to-be-demolished houses interspersed with performances by bands like Ted Leo & Rx, Tortoise, Wilco, Bob Mould, Shellac and Q and not U.
Lyrics Born is going on tour with (who else?) Lateef and Gift of Gab.
Sometimes things are so asinine they aren't funny anymore. You know, like using real instruments because they sound more like a real band. {Via largehearted boy}
South San Gabriel, side project of the members of Centro-matic, are releasing a concept album—about a cat. Will Johnson's pet cat, to be exact.
Thanks to The Catbirdseat, I streamed all of the new Crooked Fingers album yesterday. It wasn't life-changing, but there are some really excellent songs on there, including this one.
This might be the point at which I reveal my true dork stripes, but I have to have a minor bitching moment about Ska for the Skeptical. The Specials? Awesome. Desmond Dekker? Great. Laurel Aitken, Madness, Delroy Wilson? Right on!
But dude, what's up with including The Skatalites, Let's Go Bowling, Bad Manners? The Slackers? Hepcat!?! I'm sorry, but any band that plays in Los Feliz on a regular basis hardly qualifies as a ska band that will change anyone's perceptions of the music. {Via largehearted boy}
iTunes has become the default media player of choice in Motorola phones and PDAs. Cool. {Via largehearted boy}
Hmmm. IFC has purchased a documentary about the early punk movement, entitled Punk: Attitude, which prominently features the opinions of such outspoken American "punks" as Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore and Jim Jarmusch—despite the fact that the documentary is being shown during a series called "British Invasion."
I know people attribute a lot of influence to the Sex Pistols, but this is just too much. Sure, it's being directed by Don Letts (video director for The Clash), but American punk, by and large, kicks the ass of British punk, which is an assertion I will gladly defend until the day I die.
Oh, man! I know I have a fairly gruesome bent to my personality, but I must say that these illustrations—by classic MAD artist Basil Wolverton—of the Apocalypse are awesome! {Via Eye of the Goof}
