SOUNDTRACK: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE with EDDIE VEDDER-“Little Sister” (live) (2013).
This is a live song from Chile (from what I gather it’s a Lollapalooza show–is that even still around?). I have no idea if Pearl Jam were in Chile at the time, but what a strange thing to bring Eddie Vedder out on stage and then have him only sing backup vocals and play the cowbell.
The song sounds very much like the record, although a little sloppier. I’m a bit surprised at that as I think of Homme as running a tight ship (but the sloppiness comes from him, so he has no one to blame but himself). You’d never know Vedder was even there. It’s one of the strangest guest appearances since Paul McCartney munched carrots and celery for the Super Furry Animals song “Receptacle for the Respectable.”
[READ: April 3, 2013] Embryoyo
Embryoyo is the final book of poetry I’m going to read for a while. This book came out a few years ago but McSweeney’s had a garage sale version that I found for cheap. I’ve always been intrigued by the title (so silly and odd) that I decided to give it a ago. The blurbs on the back (and I know, no one should read blurbs) are telling: “Dean Young’s work will delight only two kinds of people: those who generally read poetry and those who generally don’t” And, “No one is unsure if they’ve read a poem by Dean Young.”
I probably concur with the first but I definitely do with the second. Because Young’s poetry is quite unusual. And Embryoyo proves to be a demonstrative title. Not that it means anything specifically, but in the way Young creates portmanteau words, which Young uses liberally. Like the title “Empheroptera.”
I’m going to give some examples of his poetry that I found really enjoyable: (more…)
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