Something Something This Way Comes.

Last Gasp For My Vox Account? Perhaps Shitty Comment Spammers.

Broken Bells - "The High Road" 3/9 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com)

I say this in all honesty. I used to absolutely LIKE my vox account. Twas perfect for sharing music finds on Youtube, links and thoughts with whoever. However, comment spam is really making it annoying to come here. It demeans us all. I mean if I wanted to deal with annoying comment spam - I'd spend more time with the Wordpress...  On typepad - I can easily hide all comments until they are approved.   Vox - I don't think I can and what's worse - I don't really care enough to even bother looking for the option. Facebook might be where I just share for now. If my 450 or so friends start to get annoyed or annoy me for what I share I might reconsider but for now... I think I'm just going to let this account take a time out. If the spam keeps coming I might just copy the one or two posts I like and delete.

Air goes cool and hurrying on my way

Nightime - Elliott Smith (Big Star cover)

RIP Alex Chilton. 

I realized just now that I had posted lots of videos and songs on Facebook in the name of his passing, but neglected to do so here.  This here thing's not much of a blog, but at the same time - this is what it is. I should use it for things like this... Time passes by so casually. It's easy to forget about silly, important things. Random events pop up as reminder. A happy thought like baby Zoe's arrival or even a tragic one like a threadbare hero passing, all bring home some basic sentiments that seem absurdly daft to articulate. Such as "I'm so glad I'm alive here with you" or "God bless your soul you beautiful creature".  Goodnight Zoe and Goodnight Alex. Pleasant dreams. You are loved.

Easy as it sounds

Who Knows, Who Cares - Local Natives

So far, Coachella and Bonnaroo get them some Local Natives. Fingers crossed for Sasquatch (lineup gets announced next week as well).

ps.
The US release of Local Natives comes out on 2/16.  It's hotter than your sister and then some. Get it.
http://www.thelocalnatives.com/home.html

You want what you turned off turned on

The Magnetic Fields - You must be out of your mind

"You think you can leave the best behind?
You think you can simply press rewind?
You must be out of your mind."

The new Magnetic Fields and and it's got not a single sythn involved. Hot.  Sounds like a winner so far. So happy I am going to see them twice this year...

NPR Fresh Air music critic Ken Tucker says that Merritt—that "master of the cutting understatement, as well as the elegant overstatement"—has created in these songs "a realism that is vivid, hard-headed and never half-hearted. He does something true.That last statement is a reference to a lyric from the album track "The Dada Polka," which Tucker describes as "the perfect use of [Merritt's] broad taste and essentially bohemian world view," in which the narrator urges his listener to "Do something true." It's exactly that, says Tucker, that Merritt has done himself on the songs of Realism, such that, when taken together, they may even make "a statement bigger than their creator may have intended." 

SPIN magazine gives Realism four stars. "Stunningly blending American country, English folk, and Victorian pomp," says reviewer Spencer Kornhaber, "the album documents a life resigned to sadness amid a world brimming with beauty both real and fake." You can read that review at spin.com.

More:

http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/

http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields

She Michael Jackson Bad

Young Money - Bed Rock

"I hate to see her go, but I like to watch her leave..."
"I like the way the you walkin' if you walkin' my way..."

Lines and beats like these spiced up a shitty, shitty traffic jam.
Sincerely,
Mr. Flinstone

Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.

To see if I've answered yours, go here: http://www.formspring.me/skotland

There's a bunch of these new services popping up. I am trying one to see why they are fun or usefule, if at all. Answer - They can be VERY fun when they work. This one  - formspring - was fun for 2 minutes earlier this week until people started using the service too much and it broke (Techcrunch posted sweet nothings about them as did a few other blogs).  It seems to be working better now.

I answered some former odd questions except for those relating to the TV show OZ and the unfortunate trials of Officer Dave Brass... or Adabesi.  Speaking of OZ - this would have been the other, other Seinfeld finale... "Seinfeld gets sent to OZ".

Seinfeld in Oz
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"I hear what you're saying and you're spinning my head around"

First Aid Kit Summer Session #2 - Simple Man (Graham Nash)

If you've never heard of First Aid Kit, you're missing out. Another great cover.

First Aid Kit Summer Session #1 - Universal Soldier (Buffy-Sainte Marie)

First Aid Kit - Hard Believer

I don't play to win

St. Vincent - The Strangers [live on Lake Fever Sessions]

"Oh yeah. I can do this too. This is fun." - St. Vincent

A late posting for Vic

Vic Chesnutt - everything I say

I barely ever listened to Vic Chesnutt but he really influenced many folks that I do listen to a ton.
RIP Mr. Chesnutt, and thank you.

Holy Hot Damn.

Local Natives - Airplanes - BBC Radio 1 Live In Session

This band is wonderful!  I guess they were just in SF and I missed them. Dang it.
Must. Catch. Them. Next. Time. Looks very fun beyond being awesome.

Simon and Garfunkel - Cecilia (Acoustic Cover)

Stranger Things - Local Natives