Go on, Belinda Bedekovic, you Croatian beauty! Play that keyboard hard. Rock on, in your hotpants and your fishnet dress. Play the hell out of your original composition “Tornado.” Famed accordionist Peppino Principe called you ”the fastest finger on the remote keyboard.” No kidding! And even though this clip apparently made the rounds some months [...]
“You’re crazy in the coconuts…”
For some reason, the video for the Avalanches song “Frontier Psychiatrist” is getting attention recently. There was this from July and then this week BoingBoing promoted it. Well, yeah, great music video by Tommy Kuntz and Mark Maguire — who also have done a bunch of commercials and videos and the infamous Tokyo Breakfast film [...]
“Good morning, class…”
This is not a site about politics. There are many other people that do a much better job of covering those issues. But sometimes, politics crosses into the cultural, and I do fancy myself the Minister of Culture, so I must speak up, even if it is belatedly. On August 1, President Bush was asked [...]
Two to tango
Since we posted a band from Colombia earlier in the week, let’s move on to Argentina, home of tango music. The tango is kind of French, kind of African, kind of Latin. It’s sexy, in a very violent fashion. It’s also a genre that has continued to evolve. In the Fifties, Ástor Piazzolla came up [...]
“That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it?”
Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette appeared yesterday on Elvis Mitchell’s radio program The Treatment to discuss their new film The Aristocrats. Listen to the epsiode here (RealPlayer). Even though there has been a lot of coverage of this film, there is still good insight to be gained from the conversation.
Shake your groove thang
NYC band Group Sounds has a new video for their song “Things Fall Apart,” which I am finding v. amusing today. The song is pretty good, your typical New York post-punk sound that’s been so popular in the last year or so, but it’s that video featuring keyboardist “Sexy” Joe Epstein that’s the winner. I’m [...]
BOOOoommm
In looking at my site stats, I see that a number of you have accessed this old essay about very loud automobile sound systems. The rest of you may enjoy it as well.
Blue light special
Colombia’s Aterciopelados is a swell pop band, en mi opinión. Héctor Buitrago is responsible for most of the music, while Andrea Echeverri sings. They haven’t released a new album in awhile, but they appear to still be active and are touring now, supporting Echeverri’s solo album. Their name roughly translates as The Velvet Ones, and [...]
The people’s choice
A field report from my travels, wherein I witness one of the most horrific sights of my life.
“These foolish things…”
“General store” section of the Christmas Shop in Manteo, NC