Same as It Ever Was…Only Better
Jul 30, 2009 Musings
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I saw Stop Making Sense again last night . Hadn’t seen it since it came out—holy crap, 25 years ago! It was part of an ‘80s film revival series that’s playing throughout the summer at a local amphitheatre. A riveting document of the Talking Heads’ 1983-84 Speaking In Tongues tour, it holds up a quarter-of-a-century later as possibly the best concert film ever. Oh, screw “possibly.” It’s the best. (And yes, I’ve seen The Last Waltz, The Kids Are Alright, Woodstock, Rust Never Sleeps, etc.)
We can’t wait for…
Jul 28, 2009 Boys With Guitars
…It Might Get Loud.
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) documents the summit of guitar gods Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge. Whose riffs will reign supreme? White has the bluster of youth and The Edge has those wall-of-sound effects, but we’re putting our money on Led Zep’s sonic wizard. The movie opens in New York and L.A. on August 14. We’re praying that it reaches us in the hinterlands soon after!
Glug Glug: Friday Night Drinking Song - Beck
Jul 24, 2009 Boys With Guitars
“Beercan,” by Beck from the album Mellow Gold. Live on MTV Overdrive.
Cloudy with a chance of kicking ass
Jul 17, 2009 CD Reviews
The Dead Weather
Horehound
Third Man/Warner Bros. 11 tracks.
Rating: 3 stars (out of 5).
Like Obama, Jack White seems to take perverse pleasure in spreading himself perilously thin. Since breaking through to the mainstream in 2001 with his band the White Stripes, the Detroit-born guitar hero has tried his hand at acting and album production, moonlighted in the alt-pop combo The Raconteurs, even tackled a James Bond theme. Some of these dabblings have paid handsome dividends—The Raconteurs’ 2006 single “Steady as She Goes” is a gem. Others, not so much. (That Bond theme? Let’s not speak of it ever again.) Read the rest of this entry »
Oddities from the Distant Past
Jul 15, 2009 Moboki
Opening credits of Thunderball with Johnny Cash! And it’s kind of brilliant.
Tags: missed opportunities, Moboki, the man in black, the name is bond, WTF
GWG Briefs
Jul 14, 2009 Boys With Guitars
Girl: Tanya Donelly
Born: July 14, 1966 (Happy birthday!)
Resumé highlights: Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Belly
Sound: Perky yet edgy, and vice versa
Hear for yourself: “Not Too Soon,” from The Real Ramona, Throwing Muses (1991)
Twee Time
Jul 12, 2009 Boys With Guitars
Precious li’l pop tunes by God Help The Girl, the brainchild of Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch. The cuteness!
“Come Monday Night”
“Funny Little Frog”
Sunday Go To Church Song
Jul 12, 2009 Boys With Guitars
“Hallelujah,”* Ryan Adams. From the 2002 album Demolition.
*No, not that “Hallelujah.”
Loving the Alien
Jul 7, 2009 Boys With Guitars
Okay, so technically he’s not a BWG, at least not on this track anyway, but Moby’s new single, “Pale Horses,” and its video are so haunting we just had to share.
