Saw these a while back, thanks to a heads up from H20. Shared them with friends yesterday. They destroyed. Makes me wish the Muppet Show would’ve last at least as long as the damn Simpsons.
Watch another great clip with Kermit and Miss Piggy below.
Can’t tell you how thrilled I was to see the new issue of Decibel. This piece by Nick Green is a must-read, and I’m honestly surprised I haven’t seen more love for it online. Maybe I’m just not reading the right things, or maybe the Decibel massive isn’t all that into Refused, but I was blown away. Great choice.
Not sure I know exactly why I love this album so much. It’s not something I ever listened to all that often and I certainly wasn’t into it when it was released in ’98. I probably didn’t hear it until much later when the album art caught my eye while job hunting on my roommate’s computer in 2003. I loved how pretentious it was and couldn’t resist its temptation. Like Fugazi’s The Argument, it’s a bold statement album and one you won’t soon forget. Certainly a must for folks who missed out altogether. Let’s please diversify our ’90s nostalgia past rote reunions like Pavement and Guided by Voices.
Haven’t heard the reissue yet but I’m clamoring to get my hands on a copy. Take everyone’s word for it. You won’t be disappointed. Chillwave doesn’t have this kind of catharsis. Trust me.
Recently read Gil Scott-Heron’s profile in the New Yorker and was absolutely gutted. I’m among the few critics who didn’t immediately fall in love with his new album on Matador, and the article did little to convince me that it’s not the most exploitative release of 2010. Can’t help but feel awful for a guy who’s life is completely dictated to him by crack addiction. It’s like taking advantage of old bluesmen if you ask me.
Watch the video for “I’m New Here” above.
You know that scene in The Bodyguard? It was like that the whole time.
I’ve been all about R&B this year. Don’t know why it took so long. I guess it was easier to complain about all the things that were wrong with indie rock. Now when I look back, I feel like I really didn’t appreciate all the great stuff that happened when I was growing up because it wasn’t “underground” enough. Wish I’d understood the difference between mainstream crap and really great, engaging art back then.
Having said this, this is a pretty lackluster Rihanna song, but it’s one of just two videos from the Borgata show last weekend. Funny since you couldn’t look at the stage without seeing hundreds of cameras pointed directly at her. Like I said, it was like that scene in The Bodyguard from start to finish.
I knew things weren’t good when I first caught a glimpse of Zane Lamprey in a Subway commercial. When I started following Lamprey on Facebook, I saw that he was working on a new project, but his other show, Three Sheets, has gotten a stay of execution. Then I read this post over on his site. This tweet did little to convince me that Mark Cuban was destined to save Three Sheets.
Is Zane Lamprey cursed? Should the title of this post really be “How Zane Lamprey Sank Two Networks?” Think of the SEO!
Now, I get why Travel Channel balked. They have Anthony Bourdain’s show, No Reservations, which features him doing much the same thing, with more culinary insight and less self-awareness. People like that. He’s macho. He knows famous people. Win, right? Who could be bothered with the wildly relatable Lamprey who seems to make friends easily wherever he goes.
I still don’t remember how we discovered “Three Sheets.” My guess is that Helen happened to find it while channel surfing, or a friend told us we should tune in. The show was great. Even if you don’t care about booze, who wouldn’t enjoy on-screen talent willing to debase himself in ways even the Three Stooges would refuse?
Whether he was at home or abroad, Zane got himself into all the best kinds of trouble. Anyone who’s ever gotten drunk overseas knows how it feels to wake up the next morning and hop on a plane, impossibly hungover. It’s hell, yet Zane subjected himself to such torture gleefully. I sometimes found myself really rooting for the booze to defeat him, but like the Washington Generals, it never won.
I hope Zane isn’t exiled to Cuban’s HDNet. Where does anyone watch that? I’m really sorry we missed him when he blew through town last June. Hopefully he’ll find a munificent home for “Three Sheets” before he’s back through.