Hey All,
If you’re in NYC, be sure to come by my DJ-event and super-badass New Year’s Eve party at Heather’s Bar in the East Village. It is being billed as ‘Journey Into 2009: Werewolve Bar Mitzvah’. It will be a night full of great music, awesome people, and plenty of drinking and debauchery! And the small $6 cover will go to the NY Times Neediest Cases Fund to help the hungry and homeless in NYC during the brutal winter months. Hope to see ya…
*poster art by Macho Mel Shimkovitz (whose amazing work is currently on display at Capricious Space in Williamsburg till mid-February)
So what is everyone else up to tonight, wherever ye may be?
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
On what LP is the Alice Cooper tune “Dead Babies”?
Wow…this is painful to watch, Jon. Have a Verry Merry one, all! And a big thanks to Kev and Miki. You guys rule!
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This one’s more palatable…
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Well, here’s the first, and hopefully last, ammendment to my Best Albums of 2008 post. Late last night I totally realized that I had left this absolute 2008 gem off of my list…and I knew it was a crime. So here it is…you’ve heard me talk about these guys a couple times before in 2008…it’s Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears with their brilliant Flight of the Knife!
Flight of the Knife is a poppy prog-like concept album, full of complex and quirky arrangements, which are all irresistably catchy and satisfying. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up…you will be pleasantly surprised that such a new band has the chops to pull this kind of music off and has the balls to make something this unique these days.
All right, you’s guys, I’ve got opinions about albums and since everybody likes to show off their super-important and highly-refined musical tastes by way of year-end lists, I’ve decided to join everyone…like a sheep to slaughter. I’m gonna have some oldies which I’ve just been turned onto in 2008 sprinkled in there too, so please don’t be alarmed that I don’t only listen to new music. In fact, it’s not healthy to only listen to new music.
After mine, you have to show me yours though…as creepy as that sounds. So start thinking about everything you heard in this last great year of our unruly despot’s reign, and be ready to list ‘em by the time you finish looking at mine.
In no particular order…
Frances – All The WhileOkay, yes, they are friends but this album is truly original and stands out in a sea of indie-rock music that is becoming more and more boring. Hooks abound, beautiful harmonies, and amazing arrangements…all with a good sense of humor too.
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MGMT – Oracular SpectacularHere’s an album I was all over when I got an advance copy. It’s totally trippy and neo-psychedelic and totally up my alley. Here’s me singing it’s praises last January…lalala. The backlash is already present but isn’t it always there for bands who get any kind of recognition for actually being good?! They sounded great at a super-packed McCarren Park Pool this past summer too! I look forward to a second album from these cats.
Black Mountain – In The Future
Here’s another one that I got an advance of and I picked it for my year-end list last year even though it came out in 2008. Trippy , heavy, ter’riff’ic! These guys have a great loud live show too. On the album, “Wucan” will hypnotize you…and live, “Wucan” will bewitch your skull. You’ve been warned!
What was the first LP by Krokus?
Clown him all you will for his lifestyle, but Keith Richards has longevity. Happy Birthday, Keef! Keep doin’ whatever you’re doin’!
Check out “Wicked As It Seems” from Main Offender. I love that album!
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Steve Hall and I went to Madison Square Garden last night to see the one and only Sir Neil Young…and boy did he not disappoint. Maybe there was a bit much (and too many in a row) of new stuff, but it is evident theat Neil has not lost a step from his younger days. This guy was rockin’ hard, jumping around, rippin’ out some killer distorted and crunchy guitar solos. There were a lot of highlights, but I loved starting out with “Love and Only Love” from the oft-overlooked 1990 album, Ragged Glory, and a blistering “Cowgirl In The Sand”. But man, that “Rockin’ In The Free World” had people in a frenzy, and the “A Day In The Life” encore was amazingly raucous.
As you can see from this crappy iPhone pic, our seats weren’t so great (since we’re only middle class..and this was after we snuck down another level), but we had a great time and the sound was very good at MSG.
Anyway, definitely go see Neil on this tour if you have the chance. The guy is a true legend, who sounds as good as he always has. Here’s the setlist:
NEIL YOUNG & HIS ELECTRIC BAND
1. Love And Only Love
2. Hey Hey, My My
3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. Powderfinger
5. Spirit Road
6. Cortez The Killer
7. Cinnamon Girl
8. Oh, Lonesome Me
9. Mother Earth
10. The Needle And The Damage Done
11. Light A Candle
12. “Cough Up The Bucks”
13. Fuel Line
14. “Hit The Road And Go To Town”
15. Unknown Legend
16. Heart Of Gold
17. Old Man
18. Get Back To The Country
19. “Off The Road”
20. Just Singing A Song
21. When Worlds Collide
22. Cowgirl In The Sand
23. Rockin’ In The Free World
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24. “Get Behind The Wheel”
25. A Day In The Life
Who does vocals for The Jam on their In The City LP?
Don’t know who this guy is, but this song is pretty brilliant; it’s called ‘My Focken Glockenspiel’. And listen for the Phish reference…
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…East Village Radio