A classic combo of smooth, half-spoken delivery and a band going bonkers. Chas Jankel plays a crazed jazz riff on piano, Davey Payne plays two saxes at once, and Norman Watt-Roy’s bass line (not so well represented in the audio here) is jaw-dropping, all 16th notes for the entirety of the song.
Another great animated video, directed by Ben Stokes.
Great lounge-y version of an utterly poo Mr. Mister song from the ’80s. Niiiiice.
A lovely piece of animation for this Death Cab for Cutie song. I imagine it will be a bit more poignant for our Santa Barbara viewers after the Tea Fire.
The first rap hit was Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang, and it sampled straight from Chic’s “Good Times.” Nile Rodgers, Chic’s guitarist and co-creator, tells about how his band’s song morphed from party anthem to another group’s single. This is as close to pin-pointing where rap started as we can get…maybe?
One of my favorite songs right now.
Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
Space Invaders versus a city of light. Awesome. And doesn’t this song already sound like a classic, like a warm sweater?
This is how I like it. Red Fang is a Portland, OR band who I know nothing about, but check out this video by Whitey McConnaughy. Thanks to Nik for the link.
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One of the benefits of buying the 20th Anniversary vinyl of Paul’s Boutique is owning the 8-foot-long wraparound cover. Friend Nik and I were checking it out today and decided to see if we could find the same street corner on Google Maps. This is something I’m sure somebody else has thought of, but we didn’t know. Anyway, It’s only because of the super size album that I could see the cross-street is Ludlow and Rivington. Paul’s Boutique is long gone, now replaced by Three Monkeys Shish Ke Bab. (That probably wouldn’t be a good name for an album). We were able to match architecture and see what had changed, and what had not. If you have your old vinyl (or the new one, for $23.99! $17.99!!!) spend a few minutes playing spot the difference.
The latest stuff, found here and there.
Various Artists – Ngoma Vol. 2 (African house music, go figure)
Ami Marie – Verrückt Nach Glück
Brian Eno – Music For Prague (more of the same hour-long droney)
Andrew Hill – Point of Departure
Serge Gainsbourg – Du jazz dans le ravin
Philip Glass – Heroes Symphony
Howie B & Hubert Noi – Music For Astronauts And Cosmonauts (from emusic.com, but with terrible audio glitches, wtf!)
A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack
Brian Eno & Peter Sinfield – In a Land Of Clear Colours (glad I didn’t pay for this “rarity”)
Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass – Passages
Zu – Carboniferous (amazing!!!)
The Undertones – True Confessions: Singles = A’s + B’s
Bobby Hutcherson – Dialogue
Don Cherry – Eternal Rhythm
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall
John Coltrane – Olé Coltrane
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno – Air Structures (yet another version of ye olde bootlegge)
Roland Bocquet – RCA – Robot Bleu
Akiko – A White Album
Not pictured: Roberto Cacciapaglia – Sei Note In Logica