My buddy Stu was on KEXP last Friday. Here's the coordinates...
Go to KEXP's StreamingArchive, at the bottom... find the section listed as "Listen By Time". And plug in Friday, Sept. 11th. 3pm... and listen to it!
He talks all things Iceland. And all things Iceland right now are like that moment in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory when Gene Wilder throws off the cloak and reveals that, Yes! Charlie! What you thought you heard is true! Here. Take it. Now you shall own the pasture to the breeding grounds.
Stuart shows us that some damn fine horses are out there.
The playlist of Stu's hour-long fete with Kevin Cole is as follows:
LayLow : by and by SeaBear: Seashell Retro Stefson: Medallion Hjaltalin: Traffic Music FM Belfast: Par Avion Agent Fresco: Eyes of a Cloud Catcher Mammut: Svefnssykt Reykjavik!: Eji plis! Sin Fang Bouse (of SeaBear): melt down the knives Sindri Mar Sigfussen (of Sea Bear): Landslide Porir: HeyYa (Outcast cover)
Jesus Billy, really? 44 songs? I thought you were still doing Tequila.
Fuck. You are white.
Alright, if you didn't read the link ~ I didn't either ~ The......... 'all new smashing pumpkins' are putting out a 44 track album ~ 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope' ~ in October FOR FREE.
It's a bit hokey. But perhaps we'll care about them again? Naw. That's silly. I mean, as a friend mentioned, could 44 songs really combine to an actual /concept/ or otherwise album? Even Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness had no real cohesiveness. But I bet they got connections enough to at least get on that new lame Leno show. Fuck TV.
So be on the scout! I'm sure your phone will tell you when it's time to download.
Most notable for such pop-stopping hits as New York, New York. Well, he's uuuber'd himself into whatthafuck oblivion. And I, for maybe the only one, love it. His coordinates in NYC street-lore may have never met, but he's a righteous sonnabitch.
This live version of La Cienga Just Smiled ~ and just wait for it, it gets going ~ is from the 2001 GOLD release. I think Ryan, nee David, deserves songwriting, stage-presence and general wherewithal to be who he is and was. It's fuckall easy to write bad press for someone who tends to ex, and, implode simultaneously on a vision. I mean, listen to his songs. But I certainly enjoyed the journey.
Following his marriage and departure from the Cardinals, Ryan announced~ as we in the press are privy ~ that he left music in March. However, Ryan has completed and released his first book of free-verse poetry, Infinity Blues in early April of 2009. His second book of shorts and poems, Hello Sunshine is due for release in December. Judging by the titles, I have to say that it sounds on the up-and-up. Perhaps there is a reason for Mandy Moore after all...
I jest.
Or do I? Hopefully I do. But what he had the capacity to create and record from 2000 - 2008 : eleven albums, 3 in 2005 : is quite a cannon to behold. Take him at face value or throw him out the window. He couldn't care less and would want you to listen anyway. Conundrum'd to the end.
May I recommend: Heartbreaker 2000 The Heartbreaker Demos 2000 Gold 2001 Demolition 2002 Rock N Roll 2003 Cold Roses w/ The Cardinals 2005 Jacksonville City Nights w/ The Cardinals 2005 29 2005
That video was from 2005. He was tinkering with sobriety, but I wasn't. And I didn't mind him not looking at the audience, telling us to shut the fuck up, or his general hate-rages. To be young!
He also plays mad piano. And began blogging for The Awl in September of 2009.
Chuck Klosterman is a humorist. His latest article in The Onion uncovered the much blurred past of four Englishmen. Probably like you've never read before. peruse.
Chuck doesn't appear to have a personal website, but if you're not familiar with his pop-cultural musings, take a trip about the many media he dances between. wiki.
And if you include sports in your pop-satirical world, Chuck's chats with The SportsGuy are tops in the business.
A Taste of Iceland is happening in Seattle this weekend. You should go to that!! And tell your friends. You can listen to Olof Arnalds on KEXP's streaming archive. Just type in yesterday's date, 9/10, at 3pm... and away you go. On a viking invasion of the ear.
I am sure there are a many many other All Things Iceland going on as well. The films are sure to be tops. Superb reeling, Deirdre!
Later today, I believe 6pm EST, Stuart Rogers will be talking everything Iceland with Kevin Cole. You should also tune into that ~ on kexp ~ I'm sure the Airwaves will come up as well as other topical Icelandic musical revelries. That's coming up, mid-October. So get your woolies on. And buy a ticket already.
Elvis Perkins played at Housing Works in NYC last night. What a delight.
And no worries, if you missed last night's show, just skip on over to Portland, Oregon for tonight's performance at the Doug Fir Lounge. What a crazy tour manager?
And for bonus missed coverage... accompanying Perkins last night was RaRa Riot.
Yeah, but it was only a DJ set. So, you know. You'd not have known it was them.
Their website is a bit of a mess, but here it is. Or maybe I just wasn't focusing. Both are possibly true statements. They have no 2009 dates set for the states at present.
Formed in 1978 in Liverpool, the Bunnymen have had breaks, splits, new frontmen and old one's return. Here's the wiki-tale.
