Glorious Noise June 2001« May 2001 | Archives | July 2001 » Songs for Big Dame HuntersSongs for Big Dame Hunters Since I've already gotten into a knockdown dragout discussion of the essential integrity of vinyl records with Phil Wise and Jake Brown of the crew, I know this little posting culled from the linkmastas at... OASIS AND THE BLACK CROWES? TOGETHER?OASIS AND THE BLACK CROWES? TOGETHER? On Saturday night, in row L-VV, two very different worlds collided. From the feathered top of his luxurious mullet to the silver tips of his black leather boots, the sullen, shifty-eyed roughneck in seat... Radiohead: How Do You Afford Your Post-Rock Lifestyle?In a particularly stifling scene from Radiohead's 1998 tour documentary Meeting People Is Easy, director Grant Gee uses Thom Yorke's numerous false starts while filming a drowning scene as a metaphor for his band's sense of suffocation about itself existing... At Least They Don't Need WalkersAt Least They Don't Need Walkers "Can vacuous, pre-fabricated teen pop bereft of any substantial musical merit really fill up seventy-nine thousand seats?" an anonymous scribe filling a slot in the "Goings On About Town" section of The New Yorker... Advertisement
TRAVIS — WE ARE YOUR (NICE) OVERLORDSAfter the worldwide acclaim heaped upon their 1999 release The Man Who, which officially launched the four nice fellows of Travis into the rock stardom stratosphere, it would be easy to expect a darker, more introspective follow-up, an album that... Bigger And DefferBigger And Deffer I'll admit this straight out: I'm an exaggerator. It comes from being a storyteller and a bit of a clown. That's part of who I am. So, of course, my version of the truth, my retelling of... ShamelessShameless Here's a five dollar coupon for cdnow when you spend $19.95. It lasts until June 26, so there you go. Full disclosure: cdnow is owned by a major label, and I get a tiny percentage of whatever you spend... Philosophy & Britney: Musings on the Preceding Post Minus OnePhilosophy & Britney: Musings on the Preceding Post Minus One A fundamental question is: How much of an individual is separate from the persona? To the extent that the persona is the model of the way that one portrays one's... I BREAK FOR MONSTERS OF RAPNo matter what the genre, late-night music advertising usually offers you the same product: A compilation of over-licensed tunes packaged with artwork emulating the wares of a Soviet street vendor. Whether it's Monster Booty, Zamfir, or the infamous Freedom Rock,... ANGELINA JOLIE'S 15 MINUTES: GONE IN 60 SECONDSANGELINA JOLIE'S 15 MINUTES: GONE IN 60 SECONDS Since bursting upon the scene in Hackers, a cinematic triumph from 1995 that also starred that guy who played Sick Boy in Trainspotting, Angelina Jolie has marked her territory in Hollywood.... The Gorillaz: King BongWhen I first heard about the Gorillaz, I got really excited. The Gorillaz are a cartoon band that is actually made up of the guy from Blur, Dan the Automator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and some turntable wizard. And drawn... John Lee HookerDamn, man, John Lee Hooker died yesterday. To me, this guy was the true king of blues, an artist that recorded some of the most amazing music I've ever heard. (Yes, even his stuff with Canned Heat.) An inspiration for... I guess she is the devil after allI guess she is the devil after all Wow. I found a site that puts Focus on the Family's Plugged-In to shame. Fight the Good Fight reveals how "the most popular musicians from the 1950's to 2000 have been and... "Buy, buy, buy""Buy, buy, buy" Here I am, reading the newspaper on a Monday morning. . . . I see an ad for Verizon. Which, I discover, is sponsoring the Nsync tour. Fine. Presumably teenage girls can rack up more minutes on... Six Degrees of the Bay City RollersThe folks over on the Bomp! List have been playing a fun new game. The idea is to get from one band to another completely different band in as few steps as possible.The rules: 1) Pick two somewhat popular but... Fugazi, Shellac, and The Ex: Sound Of ImpactPUNK ROCK TEARS THE ROOF OFF THE CONGRESS THEATER Six dollars and your best thrift store gear got you through the door to Chicago's Congress Theater on Sunday night to watch Fugazi, Shellac, and The Ex unleash guitar tones seemingly... Maybe just a little?In an interview on XFM Online, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo claims that the difference between now and back when he was at Harvard cultivating the Pinkerton-era material is that "I'm not a miserable little bitch any more. I was in... |
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