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Stevie Wonder, Blame It On The Sun
Classic Stevie.
But Ill blame it on the sun,
The sun that didnt shine,
Ill blame it on the wind and the trees.
Rock and Roll, Entrance Band style
What More Do You Say On a Day Like This
“You wait for this your whole life,” said Harrington, who said he planned to call his partner and say, “I love you. What more do you say on a day like this?”
How To Approach Your Goals
“We react solely from a place of, ‘This is fucking great.’ The world may react differently, but we start from the premise of, ‘This rules.’”
Jonathan Poneman, Sub Pop Records
Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Celebration
“Details (well, rumored details) have begun to trickle out in re: Sub Pop’s 20th Anniversary Celebration. The festival is (possibly) going to be held in Redmond, WA at Marymoor Park on July 12 & 13. The bands will span Sub Pop’s history, and (probably) feature current roster guys like Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, and No Age, bands from the recent (Postal Service) and distant (Mudhoney) past, and two special reunions: proto-grungies Green River and (very likely) Denver, CO band The Fluid, Sub Pop’s very first non-Pacific Northwest signing back in ‘85.”
via Catbirdseat
Umm . . Mudhoney, Green River, The Fluid . . transport me back to 1991 please. Must get to Seattle in July, must.
A groaner that only die-hard old-school indie nerds will get:
This works for me.Q: Who’s the guy that founded that new Music 2.0 web startup, 5UBP0P, out in Seattle?
A: Jonathan PWNman.
The Tallest Man on Earth, The Sparrow and the Medicine
The Tallest Man on Earth is Kristian Matsson, from Sweden.
“Authentic Scandinavian Americana”
Keith Richards and Mick Taylor, instrumental rehearsal of Wild Horses
“Man, doesn’t it sound like Mick T. and Keith have been sitting around sniffing glue while jamming this tune? Just knocked out but sharp like tongues of snakes flickering in and out finding the heart of the tune. I love this version. Raw as it gets and just don’t give a fuck to the max. But that deep longing and sorrowful resonance is already there in spades. Awesome. I’ll bet it was hot as fuck outside, the tour bus was rolling through the American summer heat in New Mexico or East Texas and they were in the back with a little tape machine rolling, foggy drunk on beer and pills in the warm afternoon light pouring through the bus windows but the A.C. blowing down on em from the ceiling. After this take Mick probably said, “Hang on a second let me grab a sheet of paper to write down those changes ” and Keith just nodded off and slumped into the seat snoring by the time he got back with a pen and paper. Mick probably just cracked another beer and kept running those solos by himself as the bus rolled on.”
“Have you ever heard a song that simply made you, for reasons perhaps difficult to put a finger on, want to drop what you were doing and go out and buy an English cell phone?” Yo La Tengo
You’re Getting Married - Paul Westerberg
I was stunned when I heard this song for the first time last night on the plane out to SF. First, I own every ‘Mats record and Paul solo record ever put out and have never heard this one. Second, he wrote this in the Stink period (it was bonus track on the recent reissue). Third, it captures Paul’s genius. And fourth, his angst.
