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Glorious Noise April 2001« March 2001 | Archives | May 2001 » SIGNAL PATH - Plugging in to the history of headphonesAbout 20 years ago, there was a late-night show on WLUP ("The Loop") in Chicago called 'Headphones Only.' Predictably, each episode promised to take you, the listener, on sound-filled journey featuring the sites, sounds, and vibes of albums that were... King Gimp - It's okay to laugh, he's funnyI finally got to see HBO's Academy Award winning documentary, King Gimp, last night. I had been wanting to see this since I nearly fell out of bed laughing when I was watching the Oscars and it won for best... Continuing Education Dept:Have you ever found yourself at the head of the line for the dancing cage on Soul Train and remembered you never learned how to dance? Well, in addition to providing a forum for crabby music critics, the internet can... Advertisement
More Weezer mp3sKarl has posted some more Weezer mp3s on the Weezer Fanclub Online. There are six lo-fi songs from a 1998 show Weezer played as "Goat Punishment," a Bleach-era Nirvana cover band. If you have a fast internet connection, they're worth... Six Major Concert AnnouncementsUgh! So I get this e-mail today, from the Palace. You know, the "entertainment" company that owns the Palace of Auburn Hills (home of the not-so-entertaining Detroit Pistons) and Pine Knob Music Theater (the one big outdoor music venue in... Alanis Morissette Lyric GeneratorOkay, I know this is just silly, but you might want to check out the Alanis Morissette Lyric Generator. It's pretty funny. I'll post my Alanis song in the comments section...... Musical Maturity?Bill Flanagan really must have some juice. Encomia on his novel A&R are provided by Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Peter Buck, and Tom Petty. Someone more cynical than I might say that this constitutes a large portion of the literate... Hope"As a pop music critic, I've had fun diving into the role of a crank: lonely protector of the true text. It's a ridiculous role—and it's amazing how much work it offers." —Greil Marcus "Myth and Misquotation" The Dustbin of... Stephen Malkmus: Hanging Out With The Coolest Kid In SchoolStephen Malkmus Just Can't Apply Himself Stephen Malkmus is one quirky motherfucker. The quirky charm has always been his calling card, ever since Pavement's emergence in the early 1990s. His shit-eating grin and know-it-all-ness seeped into ever corner of the... The Art of the MixMaking mixes for people is a grossly underrated medium of expression. I know people who have put more thought into compiling a mix tape than they put in almost anything else they have ever done. My poor wife has gotten... KEEP MUSIC EVILKEEP MUSIC EVIL Oh my goodness! I can't believe this is finally available online: Angels?, by Jack Chick. This story about how there's no such thing as a Christian rock band has been out of print for a long time.... Malkmus on Letterman, 4/10In yesterday's article about Stephen Malkmus, I suggested that Indie Rock's golden child will never be accepted as a mainstream rocker, despite his label's attempts to position him as some kind of Thinking Man's Duncan Sheik. Proving my point, Malkmus... JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATSThe consensus: girls playing Rock is hot, even if they aren't really playing rock. The latest in a continuing line of candy cigarette movies that play out like extended advertisements for Clearasil, cutting-edge fashion, and Herbal Essences, Josie & The... Hanson: It's Just GoodIt sounds like the Hanson boys are getting hip on us now. Check out this quote from an article on rollingstone.com: "There's more reckless abandon on this record," says Taylor [Hanson]. "A sense that we're not gonna over-think things. I... VW: Very WhiteThere's an oddity sitting in my CD player right now. It's a promotional CD from Volkswagen that they give you when you buy a new car. I snagged it out of a press evaluation car because I figured it might... Lester Bangs Does Brownsville StationPosted another Bangs review in the Features section. This one is a review of Ann Arbor's Brownsville Station and their album, A Night on the Town. It's from the July 6, 1972 issue of Rolling Stone. Dig it.... Madonna: Drowning in a Sea of BombastKevin Costner seemed to be on top of the movie world. Handsome. Charming. Known to be the dead guy in the tuxedo that Lawrence Kasdan left on the cutting room floor at the start of The Big Chill. He was... Record Shopping with Phil: Rummaging through Rock's Lost and FoundStephen Stills' "Illegal Stills" and "An Evening with Teegarden and VanWinkle" I am unemployed. That means I have a lot of time on my hands and aside from sending out resumes and cover letters and searching through the countless crap... The Prophecy: Black Sabbath and the American EconomyYou must read this brilliant article about the connection between Sabbath's album, Heaven and Hell, and its effects on twenty years of economic history. It's hysterical. Here's a taste:I began to realize the hidden message behind this record. It wasn't... Some will never get itCheck this out, the latest idiocy from a company long known for such: "Buick is introducing a new divisional tag line in upcoming television work that breaks this week for the Century. The line 'It's All Good' closes the new... WHO'S AFRAID OF ELENI MANDELL?Eleni Mandell Martyr's, 4/17 WHO'S AFRAID OF ELENI MANDELL? Me. Imagine the punk rock offspring of Tea Leoni and Corin Tucker, raised in LA on a diet of PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, and Nina Simone and you're getting close to... Fortune & Maltese Leave No Stoned UnturnedCheck out the brilliant video for garage rock legends, Fortune & Maltese's song, "Leave No Stoned Unturned," directed by Hollywood heartthrob Martijn Veltman. After you watch it, you can rank it from 1 to 10. This one's an 11.... BATTLE OF THE BLANDSIt's an international power-trio showdown! From Wales, the young men in Stereophonics bring to the table their new album, Just Enough Education to Perform (V2). The challenger? Three dopes from southern California who call themselves Blink-182. You may have seen... Gabba gabba hey, Grey LadyThe "Week in Review" section of the Sunday New York Times is not a straight-up chronicle of what happened during the preceding week; rather, it is a section where some of the key events of the week are essayed. So,... Here on Gilligan's IslandSure, it's old and it's sort of lame, but the idea of compiling your "Desert Island Discs" really makes you think about how you feel about music. This is particularly difficult for music freaks, the kind of people who cherish... New Pornographers: Cat-Scratch-EwanGiven that the ol' Spring Fever has spread so far through our lives here in Chicago that I got supremely soused at my man Phil Wise's house last Sunday and had to leave work early the following day due to... Reader SurveyWhat do you think of Glorious Noise linking to CDNOW in its articles? Please take a few seconds to fill out this survey. Thanks.... |
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