Via Twitter Al Yankovic shares an outtake rarity from “The Alternative Polka” (iTunes link), which apparently met the cutting room floor due to a misunderstanding with Rivers Cuomo. Which is dumb for Rivers — everyone knows you’re not part of the cultural zeitgeist until Weird Al covers you. Though this is a sample of a longer
I just discovered YouTube has its own Music Tuesday channel, but I’m more turned on by this rogue acapella Beach Boys channel, which has stripped all the instrumentation away from Pet Sounds and posted each song as an acapella masterpiece. Thanks, Jack!
Through our clandestine network and the link economy come two big wins this Monday: free downloads from Radiohead and Le Loup. Radiohead: These Are My Twisted Words || Le Loup: Beach Town If you missed Radiohead’s recent £1 download, “Harry Patch (In Memory Of)“, you can grab “These Are My Twisted Words” free of charge.
Here’s a cultural non-sequitur worth discussing: where did Quentin Tarantino get the idea for Uma Thurman to draw a square with her hands in Pulp Fiction? I ran across a video this morning that got me wondering, and IMDb gave a few contradicting ideas. In fact, I found four different sources that all do the air
vs. this? No contest… via BoingBoing
I’ve been a big Bobby McFerrin fan ever since “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was drubbed into my brain on the bus in sixth grade. If you haven’t heard anything besides that track, which was practically a novelty hit, you should know he’s a genius. This video should convince you of that. via BoingBoing
Our featured Main Stage act, the Robotanists, graced Spaceland last week, playing through a set of their effect-laden ambient rock. If Debbie Harry fronted Pink Floyd, you might have something like the Robotanists: moody, textured soundscapes with bright blonde melodies laced throughout. The audio’s not great on this, but hey, the video gestapo caught me
Thursday night was busy as I caught three shows in three clubs, including Dirty Sweet with co-blogger Leona. But before I made it over to Silverlake, I stopped by Genghis Cohen on Fairfax to see a buddy of mine play drums. He was backing hometown talent Michelle Armstrong, a persuasive singer-songwriter with a big voice.
Just because you can’t ever get too much media from any one event, here are some photos from These United States at the Echoplex:
Here’s one for our Second Stage. Since most of America missed These United States at the Echoplex Thursday, here’s a taste of one of their mellower songs, “First Sight”: