My friend Rich had a sighting during his trip into the back country...
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Tops of My Pops for 8/26/07
A weekly look at what I'm listening to, from my Last.fm user stats:Top Artists for the week ending August 26, 2007I'm criminally behind on posting my weekly charts, so I'm forced to forego clever commentary (like "Fujiya & Miyagi are awesome" and "why do people like Matthew Dear?") in favor of just catching up...
1. Spoon
2. Maps
3. Soundgarden
4. Josh Rouse
5. David Bowie
5. Fujiya & Miyagi
7. Matthew Dear
7. Ministry
7. Luke Vibert
10. Beck
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Obama/Stewart '08
Barak Obama on The Daily Show:
John Stewart has smart and funny questions, Barak Obama has smart and funny answers. Sounds like a dream ticket to me!
John Stewart has smart and funny questions, Barak Obama has smart and funny answers. Sounds like a dream ticket to me!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Tops of My Pops for 8/19/07
A weekly look at what I'm listening to, from my Last.fm user stats:Top Artists for the week ending August 19, 2007Nothing too insightful to report this week. Been checking out two new electronic releases from Cepia and Dextro – have heard either of them all the way through but both are very promising. And that new Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero? Still totally fantastic.
1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Renegade Soundwave
3. Cepia
4. LCD Soundsystem
4. Stars of the Lid
6. Dextro
7. Butthole Surfers
7. David Bowie
9. Soundgarden
9. Spoon
See also:
Review: "Year Zero" by Nine Inch Nails
NIN: Year Zero Mania
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Beastie Boys Live @ Red Rocks
On August 16th, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing the Beastie Boys perform live at Red Rocks.
This was the third time I've seen them (once on the Licensed To Ill tour and again on the Hello Nasty tour) and by far the best show. Touring to promote their all-instrumental album, The Mix-Up, the show was a great balance of rap, punk and instrumental songs from throughout their musical history. I think Mike D probably wins the prize for "Most Fun to Watch", but MCA and Ad-Rock were both on point. Mix Master Mike, Money Mark and Eric Bobo were all on hand to round out the touring band, so it was a real all-star affair.
(Mic to Mic posted a great set of photos from the show on Flickr)
This was the third time I've seen them (once on the Licensed To Ill tour and again on the Hello Nasty tour) and by far the best show. Touring to promote their all-instrumental album, The Mix-Up, the show was a great balance of rap, punk and instrumental songs from throughout their musical history. I think Mike D probably wins the prize for "Most Fun to Watch", but MCA and Ad-Rock were both on point. Mix Master Mike, Money Mark and Eric Bobo were all on hand to round out the touring band, so it was a real all-star affair.
(Mic to Mic posted a great set of photos from the show on Flickr)
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Tops of My Pops for 8/12/07
A weekly look at what I'm listening to, from my Last.fm user stats:Top Artists for the week ending August 12, 2007I finally got my hands on a copy of The Zutons' Tired Of Hanging Around. Quite by accident I saw them perform most of the songs off this album when they played at Coachella 2006. Hard to describe; sort of straight-ahead garage pop...but not. Definitely loads of fun live, and this album's filled with a lot of that playful rock spirit.
1. The Zutons
2. Underworld
3. Panda Bear
3. Yppah
5. The Field
5. k-os
5. Can
5. Aerosmith
5. DJ Shadow
5. Junior Boys
Panda Bear's Person Pitch. How to explain that? Freaky, folky, psychedelic and oddly post rock, it's like this year's Pet Sounds revival only as if it were spearheaded by Tim Hecker and Kevin Shields. A wall of beautiful mixed up Brian Wilson-ness for the laptop set? I dunno...but I really, really like it.
It turns out that k-os' iTunes Live Session is a lot more enjoyable than his most recent album. With a nicely paired down accompaniment for an almost-but-not-quite "unplugged" sound, this set really highlights how strong and distinctive his vocals are.
Still loving Yppah and The Field. No real explanation for Aerosmith's appearance in my Top Ten this week other than a maudlin nostalgic urge to hear their Greatest Hits album again. I pledge to fight that urge in the future.
Been listening to more Underworld recently as I'm getting more and more excited about seeing them at Red Rocks in September...
See also:
Underworld tix, baby!
Top Ten Albums of 2006: #6 - "Harmony In Ultraviolet" by Tim Hecker
Sunshine on the horizon
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Tops of My Pops for 8/5/07
A weekly look at what I'm listening to, from my Last.fm user stats:Top Artists for the week ending August 5, 2007Vacation this week, so believe it or not there wasn't much iPod action...and the listening is pretty predictable "comfort music".
1. David Bowie
2. Primal Scream
3. Amon Tobin
4. Lamb
4. DJ Shadow
4. Spoon
7. Boards of Canada
8. Johnny Cash
8. Squarepusher
8. Mogwai
8. Massive Attack
8. The Kleptones
8. Jack Johnson
8. Radiohead
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