Green Day’s American Idiot will make its Broadway debut on April 20th. OMG! It just seems like 20 years ago that Green Day released their first album, 39/Smooth, on cassette. Wow! If anyone has pictures of that cassette please post an image link in the comments.
I really like Vetiver. I saw them at the Thunderbird Café in Pittsburgh back in January and they were great.
Here they do a set on WOXY in Cincinnati.
Kevin: Ok this one is by Dayyan but he said “I don’t have anything to say.” So I guess we won’t say anything about it.
Paste had it first. Jesse Malin was approached by writer/director Shane Salerno to do music for this J.D. Salinger documentary.
But who are Malin and Salerno???
I’ll let this image of Rottentomatoes.com speak for Salerno:
But don’t start weeping yet. The film has apparently been in production of some sort for about five years! I’m really excited about it, all RT criticism of Salerno aside.
If you don’t know who Malin is, um, listen to him. But not here because I don’t have a mix. So there.
Vowel-hater mystery dude RxRy is not a member of Animal Collective. But that’s okay, because I still think this is pretty awesome. This is like at-your-house-doing-dishes-or-something music. Do I like it? Yes.
Now get yourself a real goddamned homepage and get off MySpace, Mister!
He’ll apparently be at SXSW on March 18 so yeah.
Ozzy:
“Other people’s memories of the stuff in this book might not be the same as mine. I ain’t gonna argue with ‘em. Over the past forty years, I’ve been loaded on booze, coke, acid, Quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list in this footnote. On more than a few occasions I was on all of those at the same time. I’m not the fucking Encyclopedia Britannica, put it that way. When you read here is what dribbled out of the jelly I call my brain when I asked it for my life story. Nothing more, nothing less…”
— Ozzy Osbourne, from his new autobiography I Am Ozzy, co-written with Chris Ayres.
This is blowing up and I don’t want anyone to miss it.
“Shine” by Final Placement from sharity world on Vimeo.
Check out their Facebook page.
Location: Midland, Texas
Influences: Seether, Van Halen, AC/DC
Biography: Final Placement is a Christian Rock band from Midland Tx. It consists of four guys from Midland Christian School. They are currently playing shows. They dream of scoring a record label one day. The philosophy of FP is, “The world is gone but not lost it can still be saved, all it takes is the people to listen. Maybe if they will hear the message and change.”
Update Feb 24 — Oh no! Looks like they took down their Facebook page and removed the video from YouTube! But it’s still on Vimeo for now.
Some make music because they want to, but Joanna Newsom makes music because she has to — at least that’s my guess. —Bob Boilen
Oh Bob Boilen, who don’t you love?
Listen to Joanna Newsom’s really long new album via NPR.
Lou Reed hates MP3s! What a hater! (Just joking.) Reed was gently interviewed a few days ago on CBC Radio’s Q with Jian Chomeshi (whatever that is) and you can listen to the podcast online.
A few small quotes about cameras:
I know what you mean about that private screening, Lou Reed. Personally, I can’t move things around when I look at them. :(
Also Lou Reed, you are only 67 years old! Why can’t you read? I am saddened. Maybe he just refuses to?
Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge is a new show on Adult Swim with Neko Case featuring T-Pain and DOOM. Watch the pilot here on some Adult Swim Burger King tie-in site. Adult Swim should know that BK is like the worst fast food.
It is time to ask a question of ourselves: Could three-dee have advanced enough to make cartoons good with?
