what’s new
The Flaming Lips, “Turning Violent”
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random thoughts
Given all the things that can go wrong with the human mind, it’s a wonder any of us function at all.
only rock ’n’ roll
Phil Lee & The Sly Dogs, “A Night in the Box”
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random thoughts
Yesterday, a perfect summer day, walking in the woods with my son’s dog Roscoe, I was reminded, repeatedly, that the thing about nature—the thing that makes an experience like this fundamentally different from, say, sitting in my living room reading a book—is this: it’s buggy.
rock ’n’ roll, n. where electric guitars and drums collide.
True Believers,* live, Austin (SXSW, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop), 3/13
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reading table
I said, Annie, I’m only forty-eight. There’s lots of time for me to be totally wrecked—if I live, I mean.
—Grace Paley, “Friends”
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*Alejandro Escovedo (vocals, guitar), Jon Dee Graham (vocals, guitar), Javier Escovedo (vocals, guitar), Denny DeGorio (bass), Rey Washam (drums).
tonight
These guys will be at FitzGerald’s (see yesterday’s post)—me, too.
St. Paul and the Broken Bones, “Broken Bones and Pocket Change,” live, Nashville, 2012
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Went to Mercury Lounge tonite. I have seen the future of music & the name of the band is St. Paul & the Broken Bones.
—Rosanne Cash, Twitter, 6/5/13
Happy 4th of July!
It’s easy, sometimes, to take even great blessings for granted, like, for instance, living within walking distance—yes, walking distance—of a wonderful club (FitzGerald’s), where, last night, at their annual American Music Festival (three stages, four days), now in its thirty-third year, I saw these folks.
Joe Hall & The Louisiana Cane Cutters, live, Louisiana (Breaux Bridge), 2009
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Sleepy LaBeef, “Strange Things Happening Every Day” (plus interview), TV show (Late Night with Conan O’Brien), 1994
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The Paladins, “Kiddeo,” live, Netherlands, 2007
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radio
Today, celebrating one of his birthdays (a long story), WKCR-FM (Columbia University) will be playing Louis Armstrong—and nothing but—all day.
last night
He opened his show, at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, with this.
Daniel Lanois, “The Maker” (D. Lanois), live, Toronto, 2012*
*With James Wilson (bass), Brian Blade (drums).
ear candy
Avril Lavigne, “Girlfriend”/Japanese version
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“How to pronounce Avril Lavigne”
only rock ’n’ roll
The Stooges (1967-)
only rock ’n’ roll
Rolling Stones (with Katy Perry), “Beast of Burden,” live, Las Vegas, 5/13
Seeing Mick perform these days makes me queasy. When Muddy was nearing seventy, he seemed, onstage, entirely at home in himself. Mick seems like an old guy—he turns seventy in July—who wishes he were still twenty.
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