Jeff Tweedy as Weather Man
I can’t believe how dark it can be.
Link via Mets Fan #1.
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“ Every business built on gatekeepers eventually fails. At some point some technology comes around, making the entire old school industry obsolete.”
— Jeff Price
Snarls with Attitude and Anger
Trey Anastasio on Neil Young:
Traditional concepts of rhythm and keys are great, but music is like a giant ocean. It’s a big, furious place, and there are a lot of trenches that haven’t been explored. Neil is still blazing a trail for people who are younger than him, reminding us you can break artistic ground.
Neil Young is #17 on Rolling Stone’s new Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. Eight years ago, the last time Rolling Stone made such a list, Trey was #73 and Neil was #83. But now Trey just gets to say something nice about Neil. What do I know? I just love them both. And hey, Rolling Stone is still around. Hooray for magazines. Whatever shall we do when they are gone?
“ I was never the captain of the football team or anything, class president. And you know, my parents came from the ’60s, a time when anyone who tried to say they were the voice of a generation—they got assassinated. So I didn’t want that.”
— Stephen Malkmus
“ I have tried to explain it to people by asking them to imagine going and getting back together with their high school girlfriend of seventeen or something. Think about it, it could be interesting… but do you really need to?”
— Dean Wareham on a Galaxie 500 reunion
“ Songs are being downloaded from iTunes at the rate of 8.3 million per day. Apps are being downloaded at the rate of 34 million per day.”
— Horace Dediu
We Are the Tigers, I mean the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks performed “Tigers,” “Senator,” and a couple other songs off of Mirror Traffic on a New York City rooftop for Pitchfork.
Visions of the 2009 July 4th PBR Fest which took place in a Bay View back alley. See also this little video clip of Malkmus and Co. delivering Emotional Rescue.
Fidgeting Wildly and Other Songs
The Frizz said I should listen to Centro-Matic more. Luckily Will Johnson has made available a free sampler album with two-dozen songs linked from the Centro-Matic website:
People often ask what Centro-matic or South San Gabriel album to start with. There’s no easy answer to this, so we are giving away a couple of songs from each album spanning the 15 years the band has been making music together. Please share this with your friends.
When Social Media Reveals too Much
Sharon Van Etten, good news/bad news edition:
Go Yankees! Me and VE fam. Couple of buds ans sausages! Of yeah!
Good News
- Sharon Van Etten likes baseball.
Bad News
- Sharon Van Etten is a MFY fan.
Sigh.
Hysterical(ly Pleased)
The new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Streaming. Right now.
