“They had this vendetta going with all of the British bands. These bands were playing blues in Detroit, and the 5 were not going for it. They would harass the British bands so much they wanted to leave as soon as they were done.”
Scott Morgan, former singer for the Rationals in a Rolling Stone interview in reference to the MC5, the Grande Ballroom and the music scene in Detroit in 1967
Everybody in the 313, get your Mr. Falcon hands up and buy my CD’s!
Eminem’s music publisher is suing Apple for allowing people to illegaly download the artist’s songs onto iPods.
-Seth Stevenson. Describing his favorite anti-pot PSA.
“Hey Party-People,
Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times.
Love,
R-dawg”
-from Weezer.com
In a recent interview with George Stroumboulopoulos, from CBC’s ‘The Hour,’ Oasis’ chief songwriter, Noel Gallagher, discovered something rather interesting about the American/ Canadian version of his band’s first album, ‘Definitely Maybe.’
While going track by track through the album Stroumboulopoulos asked Gallagher about ‘Digsy’s Diner.’ Gallagher excitedly corrected Stroumboulopoulos informing him that it was actually, ‘Digsy’s DINNER.’ To which Stroumboulopoulos responded by showing him a copy of the disc which clearly reads Diner. A rather sheepish Gallagher apologized and said that he had never looked at the disc. He also offered an apology to the throngs of North American journalists he had wrongly chastised over the last decade and a half for what he had perceived as their mistake.
I just got the July issue of National Geographic and inside was a story on “Swarm Theory.” As i looked at pages 128 and 129, I thought that the photo of a flock of birds looked familiar and sure enough, it’s the same image as the one on the cover of Wilco’s latest CD, “Sky Blue Sky.”
Someone at NGS must be a Jeff Tweedy fan.
Fellow blogger and all-around good guy, Rob Gorczyca told us about a tribute to Radiohead’s OK Computer on Stereogum.com
It’s the tenth anniversary (where does the time go?) of the recording and Stereogum has enlisted 13 different performers to offer their spin on Radiohead’s ode to anxiety. I think the highlight is My Brightest Diamond performing “Lucky.”
I heard from a reliable source that some guy was listening to his iPod when he was struck by lightning, and it burned his face all up.
Moral of the story: Buy a Zune.
Every year the family and I vacation in Stratford, Ontario to catch a few plays and see what else Canada has to offer (beer and fish). While sight-seeing in this grand old city, I make it a habit to stop by the ”Wandering Minstrel” music shop (which is actually a large Victorian home converted for commercial use) to peruse their eclectic collection of classical, jazz and folk CDs. Proprietor, Mark Rowsom always offers knowledgeable suggestions and is glad to play samples from anything in the store.
Well this year during our annual pilgrimage, we discovered that the “Minstrel” has been replaced with a hair salon, (which, if you ‘ve ever seen me would understand that I would have little use for). Much to my disappointment, I was told that Mark and the “Minstrel” had packed up and moved to greener pastures in Kitchner.
The Minstrel may be gone, but I’ll always remember a recording label that Mark had introduced me to several years ago. It’s called MA Recordings and they’re unique in the fact that they do high-end recordings of accomplished musicians from around the world and record them in acoustically ideal settings such as churches and museums. The sound is pristine and the content runs the gamut from traditional classical to world music. I highly recommend checking out their Web site and sampling a few recordings. There are no “name” performers, just great music captured with extreme attention to detail. If you have decent stereo equipment, MA Recordings will put it to the test.
I’ve purchased several recordings and would heartily suggest “Krushevo” by Yugoslavian guitarists, Vlatko Stevanovski and Miroslav Tadic. They’re playing is mesmerizing something akin to the acoustic work of John McLaughlin. It’s just two guitarists with the ability to intertwine traditional folk melodies with precision while adopting a jazz sensibility. It’s very listenable, without sounding trite like some new age musicians. Whenever I play this CD for friends, they always ask to learn more about what their hearing.
I can also vouch for any of the Bach recordings by Spanish lutist Eduardo Eguez. It makes for great dinner music or something meditative for a Sunday morning.
There’s a lot more in their catalog and it’s all produced with the utmost care. It’s a bit out of the ordinary, but worth a look and a listen. Guaranteed quality stuff.