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Quiet lately...
So I'm back from my Hawaiian vacation, and I was able to avoid any dangerous tiki statue curses. I imagine that there are at least a few things that I should try to catch up on here on the blog. I guess the most significant piece of music news that I've heard lately is that Lollapalooza has been cancelled this year. That means that most of the bands on that incredible lineup, including Flaming Lips, Morrissey, the Pixies, and PJ Harvey are now without a summer tour. I'm sure that Mozzer just tossed his head and made a quip about the ungrateful Yankees, but I sure hope that at least a few of these other bands find a way to get out on the road. At press time, at least Modest Mouse and Sonic Youth have started to schedule some make-up dates.

On the subject of Mass in Music, I think that July would be a lovely time to start things up again. If anyone reading this (does anyone read this) is interested in hosting a group of music junkies, just let me know and I'll pencil you into my trusty PDA. Or something like that.

Finally, I spent some time reading Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 70's list this weekend, and then promptly made a list of some albums that I really should have. So far I've found Wire's Pink Flag and Big Star's two albums that matter on one CD. It's great to finally hear what all of the Elastica-is-a-Wire-ripoff noise was about; it's completely true, but they did it so well, and Justine Frischmann...well, she's just Justine...
posted by Jerad | 9:32 AM | (2) comments

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Radiohead-related downloads
For all you Radiohead fans out there, check out the following links for downloads of Radiohead covers. Both are definitely worth listening to.

March with Paranoid Android
Our very own University of Massachusetts pit percussion has composed a version of "Paranoid Android" on the mallet and other percussion instruments. Follow this link, then click on media.

Yeeeeeeeeeehaw! It's Rodeohead
Comedian Chris Hardwick and his band mate Mike Phirman have recorded a Radiohead bluegrass medley. They call themselves Rodeohead and they have a medley that includes Everything In Its Right Place, The Bends, 2+2=5, No Surprises, Optimistic, You And Whose Army, Karma Police, Knives Out, Creep, Morning Bell, The National Anthem, How To Disappear Completely, Fake Plastic Trees, Nice Dream, Paranoid Android, Planet Telex, Just, and Subterranean Homesick Alien.

This one has it all -- great musicianship and it had me laughing out loud.
posted by sergio | 12:53 PM | (3) comments

Monday, June 07, 2004

Very sad news
One of the most visionary bands of the past ten years, Creed, has broken up. There isn't another band in my recent memory who could really take me higher with their soaring melodies or who made me feel that I was really welcomed to the band with arms wide open. They were a ground-breaking musical group, and I'm sure that you'll all gree that the power of their music will stand up for many years to come. Fortunately, you don't need to be completely distraught; there's a Greatest Hits package coming out later this year, which hopefully will be packaged with a live DVD.
posted by Jerad | 7:37 AM | (0) comments

Thursday, June 03, 2004

db
A few nights ago I went to Manchester to see Mr. David Bowie. He put on a great show and played songs from all over his career. He was making a point of telling us from which decade each song was, and I realized that there were probably some members of his band who weren't even born when his earliest stuff was coming out. Also, before this show, I hadn't thought about with just how many people he's done significant collaborations - Queen, Brian Eno, Trent Reznor, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and probably a lot more I don't know about. The highlight of the show was definitely the encore, where he played some of his best stuff from the early 70's - "Diamond Dogs," "Five Years," "Suffragette City," and "Ziggy Stardust." Despite this encore, the show didn't come across at all as a nostagia act. He played just as much obscure new and old stuff as he did the hits. It was one of the best big-production rock shows that I've seen in a while.

The opening band, The Polyphonic Spree, was also quite an interesting act. They're a 25-piece group and each member was on stage wearing a different color robe. There were about 10 singers, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, trumpet, flute, theremin, pedal steel, trombone, and harp. It was one of the most sensory overloading shows I've ever seen. The best description that I can come up with for this experience is that it was like seeing a combination of The Flaming Lips and the Teletubbies. If you remember the all-white iPod and VW Beetle ad that was out last year, their's is the song that's playing in there.
posted by Jerad | 12:01 PM | (0) comments

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