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McSweeney’s#1 [Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern (or “Gegenshein”) Autumn 1998 “The Ski Instructor”]
Posted in 19th Century, Bill Clinton, Books about writers, Christmas on Mars, Consumerism, David Foster Wallace, Egyptology, Essays, Flash Fiction, Funny (ha ha), Funny (strange), Glasgow Phillips, John Hodgman, Komar and Melamid, Led Zeppelin, Marriage Trouble, McSweeney's, Meta, Neal Pollack, Racism, Rick Moody, Roberto Bolaño, Sarah Vowell, Short Story, Smarty Pants, The Flaming Lips, War, Zev Borow on January 13, 2009| 3 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: THE FLAMING LIPS-Hear It Is (1986).
I’ve claimed that I love the Lips, but then I was very harsh about their cover of “White Christmas,” and I noted that I wouldn’t listen to the soundtrack of Christmas on Mars very much. So, I felt I owed them some love. But my recollection of their early stuff was that it was pretty weird and hard to listen to.
And yet, I proved myself wrong. Hear It Is is not the Flaming lips of the early 2000’s. It’s almost like the bratty younger brother of that band. Only Wayne and Michael Ivins are present, and the band is pretty much just guitar, bass and drums. The guitar is distorted and noisy (except when it’s acousticy and mellow). The album doesn’t sound too far out of place for a college radio record in the late 80s.
Except of course that Wayne and the boys are pretty out there. The music is psychedelic, acid inspired and quite punk. So you get songs like “Jesus Shootin’ Heroin” a seven minute epic of heavy riffs and screaming, but also of background “Ahhhh’s”. You also get “With You” a song that starts out like a pretty, acoustic ballad. “Godzilla Flick” is a ballad like no other. And yet despite all of the freakouts and noise, really at this stage what you get is a Led Zeppelin inspired heavy garage band having a lot of fun. To say that this is going to blow your mind would be unfair, but to anyone who says the early stuff is unlistenable, they are totally wrong. Hear It Is is sloppy, punky and a little ridiculous, the ideal incubator for what will become the Lips of 2000.
This CD comes with a cover of “Summertime Blues.” This disc was reissued along with their initial EP and some bonus tracks on the disc Finally the Punk Rockers are Taking Acid.
[READ: 1998 and January 10, 2009] McSweeney’s #1
I have been reading McSweeney’s since its inception. (My copy of this issue even has the two page typed letter that explains the failure of Might magazine and the origins of this one. However, it’s been over ten years since I read the first issues. Given my new perspective on McSweeney’s, and how I read just about everything they release, I thought it was about time to go back to the beginning and proceed through the issues until I meet up where I first started reviewing them.
Issue #1 has many features that are absent in later issues:
First is the cover. This cover is simply filled with words; practically littered with them. There are subtitles, there are jokes, there’s all sorts of things (I mean, just look at the full title of this issue).
Second is the letters column. The difference with this letters column compared to most publications is that they are all (or mostly) nonsense. One comes from an author whose piece is accepted into the issue (Morgan Phillips). Another is a funny/silly letter from Sarah Vowell. And there’s a letter to his cousin from John Hodgman (whose comic potential may not have been tapped at this point?). (more…)
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Aaron McGruder–Public Enemy #2: An All New Boondocks Collection (2005)
Posted in Aaron McGruder, Barack Obama, Boondocks, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, Doonesbury, Funny (ha ha), Graphic Novel, Michael Nyman, Poetry, Political Humor, Prison, Q, Racism, Smarty Pants, The Divine Comedy, War, WMDs on December 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: THE DIVINE COMEDY-Promenade (1994).
I heard about The Divine Comedy in the beloved British magazine Q. I used to get every issue up until about two years ago. I enjoyed their reviews, and especially enjoyed learning about bands that were under the radar here. I think the Divine Comedy album that was being talked about was Casanova, but I wound up getting Promenade first. And once I did, I was hooked.
Promenade is their second album, and it is still my favorite. It features a musical soundtrack that is similar to Michael Nyman in its electronic/repetitive structure. Nyman’s The Piano soundtrack came out in 1993, and although Nyman had been writing scores for years, The Piano seems like a pretty close reference point to Hannon’s work.
And yet, despite the “modern” sounding style of the music, the lyrics are old school Britain at its best. And, Neil Hannon’s voice is truly an old-school croon (it’s almost cheesy, but not quite). But it’s the words, oh the words, that really sell the disc.
In fact, the song that sold me from the beginning was “The Booklovers,” which is just a list of authors. Really. But the list is punctuated with smarty pants allusions to the writers’ works and it’s all wrapped up in a catchy chorus. But that’s not all, each song references literature in some way.
“Bath” opens with an orchestral flourish as a woman, well, bathes. “Going Downhill Fast” is about racing your bike downhill, with my favorite line: “Vacuous vice!/Just once or twice/Thrice/Four times in five we forget we’re alive.” A Seafood Song” and “Geronimo” lead you to the realization that this album is about two young lovers. First they are having lunch, and then they get caught in a torrential downpour. “Don’t Look Down” has one of my favorite orchestral pieces as towards the end of the song, the young man on a Ferris Wheel has a discussion with a God “who really ought not to exist” as the music grows more and more tense.
“When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe” is another stellar song that contains a wonderfully building chorus. “The Summerhouse” is a really nice ballad. “Neptune’s Daughter” has the story taking a dark turn until the ribald delights of “A Drinking Song.” This song in particular has been one of my favorites because it is raucous and silly and oh so clever. It also ends with one of the great couplets in all of drinking songdom: “From the day I was born ’till the night I will die/All my lovers will be pink and elephantine.” It is soon followed by “Tonight We Fly” a propulsive song of the two lovers “flying” over their life together and flying away from everyone.
It’s truly sublime. I can understand those who don’t like Michael Nyman’s style not really enjoying this disc. But if you like lyrical wonderment, you must check this out. Divine Comedy’s next disc “Casanova” removes the Nyman influence but retains the cleverness. By most accounts it is a better album but I still love Promenade.
[READ: January 2008] Public Enemy #2
Sarah bought this collection for me for Christmas last year. I don’t read a lot of comic strips, but occasionally one pops up on my radar. I had seen a few Boondocks comics and really liked them. This is the 2nd to last collection of the strip (I think…some are called treasuries, so I’m not sure what the distinction is). (more…)
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YES WE CAN!
Posted in Barack Obama, History, Magic, Shepard Fairey on November 5, 2008| 1 Comment »
Barack Obama–The Audacity of Hope (2006)
Posted in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Constellation Records, Consumerism, Corporate skewering, Digression, Feu Therese, History, Kraftwerk, Le Fly Pan Am, Memoirs, Political Humor, Politicians, Shalibi Effect, Smarty Pants, The Walrus on October 22, 2008| 2 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: FEU THÉRÈSE-Ca Va Cogner [CST049] (2007).
I struggled ever so much over what disc to attach to this book review, thinking that any disc would be seen to have some correlation to Obama. So, why not just go all out: a Canadian indie band that sings in French!
This is Feu Thérèse’s second disc. It comes from Constellation records, home of noisy, lengthy, downbeat records. In fact, Feu Thérèse is chock full of some of the big names in the Montreal underground: Alexandre St-Onge plays with noisy bands like Shalibi Effect and Jonathan Parant comes from noisy bands like Le Fly Pan Am. So, how did all of these factors possibly unite to make this disc?
Ca Va Cogner sounds like a analog synth party from 1980! The whole ensemble would be completely and utterly cheesy if the secret ingredient (which I cannot identify) did not make the whole thing work so well. The whole disc seems to be washed over with these groovy synths. I want to make comparisons to Kraftwerk, but that seems a little too cold. All of these songs are warm and soft, there’s even a children’s chorus on one of them. Other songs are instrumental, or have minimal singing. And “Le Bruit Du Pollen La Nuit” has a wonderfully smutty sounding spoken word track that recalls, of course, Serge Gainsbourg at his naughtiest (although I have no idea what this song is actually about).
I think what saves the disc from just being an 80’s French Europop band is the guitar and bass interplay. Those two guys take a lot of the sounds that they’ve mastered in their respective bands, and play them beneath all of the synths. It undercuts the intentional cheesiness of the keyboards with some awesome textures, and really brings everything to a remarkable whole. This probably won’t be anybody’s favorite disc, but it is very enjoyable, and worth tracking down, especially if you’re a Francophile.
[READ: October 15, 2008] The Audacity of Hope
Since I’ve been for Obama since the beginning, I figured I ought to read his book. It seemed especially apt now, since the McCain campaign is saying that we don’t “know anything about” Obama. Well, if you read this book, or, I suspect his OTHER autobiography, you could learn quite a bit about him. Unlike some other people who don’t grant interviews, hmmm. Okay, I had thought I would be able to review this book without referencing the current campiagn or the upcoming election, but it is simply impossible. Please deal with my Partisan Review. (more…)
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What I learned… (24) Why you cannot vote for McCain if you are under 25
Posted in Barack Obama, Digression, John McCain on September 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
For reasons that are not clear to me, this upcoming Presidential election is evidently going to be very close.
Think of yourself as an employer (which is what you are in this case). Do you hire the 72 year old man who thinks things in your company are going great and should continue on the track they’ve been going, or do you pick the 47 year old man with energy, ideas and a plan to make your company even better? The choice seems pretty obvious…do you want to look to the past or the future.
Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother got me thinking about this election in a slightly different way, especially with his slogan “Never trust anyone under 25.”
If you’re under 25 (or even under 30, let’s be honest) and thinking of voting for McCain, you really need to double and triple check yourself.
Oh, and if you’re eligible to vote and you’re thinking of skipping this election, then this paragraph is just for you. I’m not going to preach anything about how to run your life, but I want to impress this upon you: it will take just a few minutes to vote. This election has the potential to impact your future in monumental ways. You may not even give a moments thought to what your life will be like in twenty years. But imagine how mad your future self will be if things turn out rotten in twenty years and you think, if I had only voted in 2008, I could have made a difference. So, go vote. Your future self will thank you.
Anyhow, there are dozens of reasons not to vote for McCain and you can find them just about anywhere. But this particular reason is of special interest to anyone under 25: McCain is not interested in the internet or email. This is not recent news. It was stated in an interview with the New York Times in July. Read this excerpt from July 13, 2008:
Q: But do you go on line for yourself?
Mr. McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need – including going to my daughter’s blog first, before anything else.
Q: Do you use a blackberry or email?
Mr. McCain: No
Mark Salter: He uses a BlackBerry, just ours.
Mr. McCain: I use the Blackberry, but I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone.
I highlighted the parts in red that are particularly astonishing. (And this is before one of McCain’s staffers said that McCain helped to invent the Blackberry.) (more…)
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Rick Mercer–Rick Mercer Report: The Book (2007)
Posted in Beastie Boys, Canadian Content, Canadian Music, Corporate skewering, Dennis Miller, Dip-in Books, Essays, Funky Web Sites, Funny (ha ha), Jon Stewart, Mercer Report, Nadja, Political Humor, Politicians, Religion, Rick Mercer, The Kids in the Hall on March 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: NADJA-Truth Becomes Death (2005).
Slow and low that is the tempo. Very few reviews of Nadja will quote the Beastie Boys, and that is probably wise. The only reason I do is because the quote is so apt. Nadja plays music that is very very very slow. And the notes are very very very low. Have you ever played a 45 RPM vinyl record (remember those) on 33 and laughed at how it sounded? Well, that’s what this record sounds like. On purpose. There are 3 songs. The first is 23 minutes, the second is 16 and the third is 11.
The sound is generally an ominous drone, punctuated occasionally by high hats. It’s weird to me that someone would have even thought to make music like this.
None of this is to say it’s bad, it is just such a unique sounding record that I’m at a loss when I think about it. Some relief from the oppressiveness comes at the end of the third song, where there are suddenly three minutes of fairly light almost acoustic sing-alongs (this is relative of course, as nothing is light with this band). But for the most part it’s a punishing listen.
I’m not sure when you would play this, but I think you wouldn’t want to be anywhere where this is the soundtrack.
I discovered this album because I was buying records from the mighty Alien 8 Records web site, and they were having a buy 2 get 1 free sale. So, I tried Nadja. It was a worthy experiment, although I’m not sure if I’ll be checking out their other records. You never know though!
[READ: January 2008] Rick Mercer Report The Book
Many years ago, when I belonged to the Plainfield (NJ) Curling Club, I discovered that I could get satellite TV beamed in from Canada. Since I was really into curling, and so many other things Canadian (Kids in the Hall, 1/2 of my favorite bands) I thought I’d see what I could discover with a satellite dish of my own. It was through this dish that I found out about Rick Mercer. (more…)
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Tom Perrotta–The Abstinence Teacher (2007)
Posted in Election, Guns n' Roses, Marriage Trouble, Nick Hornby, Pearl Jam, Politicians, Religion, Set at School, Set in New Jersey!, Singles, The Believer, Tom Perotta, Tom Petty on January 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
SOUNDTRACK: PEARL JAM-Live at the Gorge 05/06 (2007).
PROLOGUE: When Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction came out, it galvanized the three friends I had with the most disparate musical tastes. I knew an indie rock guy, a metalhead, and an industrial/goth guy, and all three of them loved Appetite for Destruction. It was the only record that they all agreed on. I thought the same would happen with Pearl Jam’s Ten. But, the goth guy didn’t think it was dark and sleazy enough (like GnR) and the indie guy found it too commercial. And, actually, I only talk to one of the three of them these days anyhow.
I’m usually pretty cynical about celebrities. And, I know well enough that rock stars who say “We love you” and “Hello, Cleveland” are, at best, pandering to us. And yet, there are some who seem sincere enough to be believed.
Eddie Vedder is one of those sincere fellows. Ever since Pearl Jam took on Ticketmaster, they seemed to be using their fame and influence for the good of the common man (or at least the common fan). Since then they have donated to various charities, thrown their support behind a (in hindsight, bad) politician (Ralph Nader, a guy whose idealism I supported, but whose reality was less than ideal), and tried their best to muckrake against the current administration. So, when he thanks the audience for letting him share music with them, when he says he’s genuinely glad to be there, and when he acts moved by the show, it all seems genuine. Again, maybe he’s a good actor (although I just watched Singles, for the first time in many years, and Eddie and some of the other PJ guys are in it, and he’s not exactly a scene stealer) but I believe him.
This is all a long set-up to review this recent live collection. It’s a collection of three shows: one set is 3 CDs the other two are 2 CDs each. The first show is from 2005 and the second and third are their tour-ending shows of 2006. All of these shows were performed at The Gorge amphitheater outside of Seattle. From the talking that Eddie does, the Gorge sounds like a great place to see a show, and it sounds like there is camping on the grounds. I only wish they included photos of the show, as I’d love to see it.
The 2005 show starts out with a disc of acoustic songs. The band appears to be in unplugged mode, chilling out before letting ‘er rip in the second half of the show. As with most of their shows, the set list is long and varied. Their shows often clock in at over two hours, with a break at about the midway point. There is a decent selection of tracks from throughout their career, as well as a couple of covers. The notable aspect of this show is that Tom Petty is performing on the following night, and Vedder vows to keep him awake all night. He gets the crowd to chant “Hello Tom, Come down, Tom,” which, sadly Tom never does. But Vedder does a rendition of “I Won’t Back Down.”
The two 2006 shows are back to back two nights in a row. It sounds as if people camped out overnight. And there is some good-natured banter between Vedder and the crowd. What is especially interesting to me about this two-night event is that they play 61 songs over the course of the two nights and the only ones they repeat are “Alive,” “Corduroy,” “Even Flow,” “Given to Fly,” “Life Wasted,” “Severed Hand,” “World Wide Suicide,” and “Yellow Ledbetter.” It’s quite apparent that the band knew there would be lots of folks for both shows and they designed a nicely diverse set list for both nights.
There’s also an interesting shout out to the previous year’s show. On the last night he mentions the Tom Petty taunting from last year, and a large portion of the audience begins the “Hello, Tom. Come down, Tom.” chant.
If you’ve been a big fan of Pearl Jam (as I am) you probably have this. But if you’ve been a mild fan of Pearl Jam over the years, this is a great set to get. You’ll get all of the hits, you’ll get a bunch of songs you’re unfamiliar with, and you’ll get a band playing at its peak. The live renditions of their songs are typically fast and furious. There’s also a lot of room for improvisation. And, it’s a chance to see the lighter side of such a “serious” band. A lot of people used to like Pearl Jam but feel their works since Ten have gone steadily downhill. I disagree, but I think that’s because listening to the live versions of the songs makes you appreciate them even more. So, check it out, it’s well worth it.
[READ: January 8, 2008] The Abstinence Teacher.
My first book finished in 2008! And, I can only hope that this is a good portent for future books this year. Wow, this book was great!
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What I learned… (6) [Hypocrisy]
Posted in Daniel Tammet, Digression, Politicians, Steve Martin, Vikram Chandra on June 19, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I may be a hypocrite. In the short time that I’ve been keeping this blog, I have contradicted, or flip/flopped or undermined myself in almost everything I had originally stated! First I railed against the iPod, and then complained about getting screwned (see What I leaned… (5)) which is all but alleviated by the iPod. Next, I write a big post about not being able to leave a book unfinished, and less than a week later I leave one unfinished. Then I have a huge rant against memoirs, and, lo and behold, two of my last three books are memoirs. However, what I learned is that memoirs are a very different beast from novels. And I found while reading these two is that you really don’t have to pay attention when reading a memoir. When I was reading Sacred Games I had dozens of characters to try and keep straight, any of whom could pop up and do or say something meaningful at any time. When reading the Steve Martin memoir, the only character I had to keep in mind was Steve (since almost every time he would say My Mother or My Father or My Sister for the other important characters. In Daniel Tammet’s book he consistently explains who each person in his life is. So, I guess what it comes down to is that memoirs are much easier to read, and by extension, easier to pick up and put down. And in that respect, I really don’t like them. I enjoyed Martin’s because his career was funny and had an impact on my childhood, but in general, you won’t see too many more popping up here.
What’s interesting to me is that all of these changes of mind or opinion are a sign of growth for me. I said something, and then tried something else. Whether I liked the new way or not, there’s nothing wrong with admitting you were right or wrong. It’s funny how politicians are so fearful of changing their minds and being seen as flip-floppers. Whoever started that particular insult has pretty much condemned us to a group of leaders who can never change their minds. What a terrible display of leadership that is. How can you ever trust anyone who shows no sign of growth? So, hypocrite or open minded, you be the judge.
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