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Thanks to Bookishly Fabulous for pointing out that Ben Sollee was recently on NPR's "All Things Considered" (July 5, 2008).
It would be seem that Sollee is looking for a fight with Kanye West, who recently disappointed fans at Bonnaroo for being two hours late (performed at 4:30 am). He made national/internet news by blogging about the venue's inability to setup the lighting and Pearl Jam was already an hour late.
This "open letter" song to Kanye West basically tells off West that "you don't need a light show, just good flow".
You can read more about Ben Sollee on our previous W♥M articles.
Other interesting music news: Facebook's a hotbed of celebrity gossips. Lilly Allen and The Chemical Brothers' Ed Simon are back together. Apparently they both changed their facebook status to "in a relationship" and immediately thousand of fans wrote to congratulate them.
Björk seems to be canceling a few concerts, citing throat ailment. I'm not sure why that's so closely followed by the media, but Ex-Whitesnake guitarist is dead. Does anyone even know his name?
The outrageous headline of "Kylie Minogue Saves Fan from Suicide" makes it sound as if Minogue was there on the rooftop talking that person down. The truth is, the fan was listening to his iPod and her song came on and he suddenly didn't want to stab himself. (Lame, right?)
Also, some idiot stole the headstone to Joy Division's Ian Curtis' grave. I hope his ghost haunts him.
The sad news of the collector's mentality of the CD box sets are on its death bed (hint: maybe it's because it's too expensive). The Yahoo story (written by Ed Christman) paints a picture that "Boxed-set sales have fallen off the cliff; they went from something to nothing".
Even at price slashed to about $29.99 (from the regular $49.98), sales continues to decline. At the end of the article, they mentioned that the limited-edition box for Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV," ($300) sold really well.
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Links:
weheartmusic.com
Loathe:
- Being woken up early by my neighbors yelling at their dog
- Fred Meyer's not having season 2 of "Psych" even though it came out on DVD today
- Best Buy selling season 2 of "Psych" for $45 (I'm not willing to pay that much for it yet)
- The new season of "Burn Notice" that starts on Thursday (even if I won't be able to watch it until Friday)
- Best Buy selling season 4 of "Stargate Atlantis" for $35 (surprisingly cheaper than every place else)
- The good food that's sure to be at the family picnic on Saturday (that reminds me, I need to make the rolls on Friday)
- The fact that since it's after the 4th of July, it's officially summer here in Seattle
This is Mr. Hammonds sophomore album and I've got to say, it's pretty good. Then again, I am biased. Albert Hammond Jr. is my favorite member of the Strokes, or I should say, would seem like less of an a-hole. Don't get me wrong, I like all their albums, but they just don't seem like nice dudes. I don't know, I'm probably wrong. Anyway, I have always liked him and I really loved his 2006 debut album Yours To Keep (which I also wrote about ^.^).
This time around, it does seem like he's having a hard time fixing on a "sound", but that doesn't necessarily mean the album isn't good. Perhaps he's just trying to distance his own sound from his other band. But I wouldn't have found anything wrong with that. Sounding like the Strokes that is. So yeah, I picked the song Lisa and I hope you like it too.
So go ahead and pick up a copy of Como Te Llama today. It's out today
actually. I wanted to do this a couple of days ago, but I've been too busy. So just in time right? Oh, and about a week ago I was at his webpage and it's got this little feature where you can add your picture to the checkerboard background. Well it's pretty much filled up now. I don't know, I thought that was a cute idea. So here is the song I picked and a few links to follow. Commence enjoyment!
Oh yeah! Tour Dates!! go check him out ladies and gents.
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Albert Hammond Jr on MySpace // A. Hammond Jr. dot com
I'm pretty busy at the moment with commissions and sewing up rabbits ready for my shop re-opening, but I like to take time to do little things like this to stop mye going complete insane. The idea is pretty much stolen from Photojojo (oh, how I love thee), but I used doubled side sticky tape not glue because I'm cool like that. Expect more bathing beautings to come.
Do you live in or around Cincinnati, Ohio? If so, you're in luck because Scott and the Queen City Voxers Group have organized a Vox user meetup!
WHERE: Ault Park Playground. 3600 Observatory Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. "We'll look for each other at the playground marked by the red X below. If it's raining, head for the shelter to the north of the [red] X."
To RSVP (which is not essential, but is appreciated), reply to Scott's announcement or send him a private message. All Voxers, as well as their friends and family, are welcome to attend.
If you do attend the meetup, have a great time and please take lots of pictures and send them to me so I can post them in Team Vox for everyone to see!
Thank you so much to Scott for organizing this meetup. Wish I could be there!
I have been trying to pull myself in a bit because I seem to spread myself so thin at times that I never get anything done, I get so overwhelmed. I am a baby steps kind of gal, I need to stop telling myself all or nothing. You would think I would have learned by now. ;-)
So my list today is
THINGS I HAVE NEGLECTED:
1. me
2. Mr. Lavender
3. housework (laundry...GRRRRR!)
4. photography
5. my health
THINGS I MANAGED TO GET DONE
1. making sure there was clean underwear
2. making sure there are clean towels
3. Clean sheets
4. cleaning at least one load of dishes each day
5. taking about 100 portraits of BIL and SIL for the wedding slideshow, I will post a few another day.
6. take naps
7. clean the entire kitchen yesterday
8. shower
9. created a household budget ( we have been spreading ourselves a tad too thin, ooops)
Things I will do today
1. re clean the kitchen (sweep, mop, put dishes away)
2. clean bathroom top to bottom
3. empty litterboxes (three cats fill these up pretty quickly)
4. put all dirty laundry in the laundry room
5. put away the clothing on the wooden chest in front of the bed (it is dangerously piled high, about 4-5 loads there, cannot see the door from where I lay)
and if there is time....
6. find the photos Lucy has bookmarked and add them to the poetry book album on my computer, and print them out, stick them to the appropriate poems. (this does not seem like a chore, it is fun, but I tend to lose track of time when I get into this and then all of a sudden it is time to make dinner and the dishes are still dirty!)
Here is a bit of Wedding Drama, because you cannot have a wedding without a bit of drama.
For some who may not know, my SIL (husbands little sister) is getting married on the 19th, which happens to be Me and Mr. Lavender's 11 year wedding anniversary. I have been trying to do what I can to help her out, I still remember the stress of planning a wedding and my step mom did the majority of the work too! I remember the point where Vegas sounded SO good! My SIL has found that point.
So she has booked a fresh little 20 year old gal who is still in photography school to do the wedding. She figured that the quality may not be too great, but the cost would be low. The photographer and SIL agreed on a price (little Photo student has no more equiptment than me) But she wanted to pad her portfolio, blah blah blah. That was all agreed three months ago. So SIL called yesterday to touch base with her and the photographer girl decided to charge 3 times more than what they agreed upon. What? She does not have the equiptment, she does not have the experience, but she wants to be paid professional prices, and springs this on poor SIL 12 days before the wedding! Really! I have a friend from photography class who wanted to pad her own portfolio, as she wants to start a portrait business. She is really quite good and I believe she can do it. I invited her along for the experience and SIL did not mind having a few more free photos. So I told SIL not to worry If I have to do the photos myself, she will have them! She is going to fire this little girl who wanted pro prices and now she is going to depend on me. EEEK!!! Wish me LUCK!!!
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07/11/08 Traffic Free Festival Torrino
08/30/08 Offset Festival London Album Discography
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Wire have been around for a long time! I'm so very pleased to see that they are still making music, and having listened to their new album, Object 47, I can tell you that they are still amazing after all these years.
Since forming in 1976 in London, this band took their influences of the UK punk scene (Sex Pistols, after all was quite huge from 1975-1978), although I have never really thought of them as pure punk. They reminded me of more art rockers, with a talent for writing very catchy melodies.
Their short, but influential debut album, Pink Flag (1977), seem to have inspired a slew of bands either covering their songs (REM, The Urinals, Minor Threat) or ripping them off (Meanswe@r, Elastica, Clinic). Elastica and Wire eventually settled out of court for "Connection" infringing on "Three Girl Rhumba". Be sure to also check out Line up the Fly article for even more comparison between Elastica and Wire.
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With Object 47 already released in the UK (it looks like July 15th in the US according to amazon), this will be the first studio album in over five years. The album's name comes from this is the 47th release from Wire since their very first Mannequin EP in November 1977.
If you're a fan in the UK, you'll probably already bought the album. Here's a guide to the best songs on the album:
I absolutely thought "One Of Us" was brilliant. The bass instantly will make you move, while the lovable singing of one of us will live to rue the day we met each other will remind you of old school Wire. The song is a free download on their official website.
"Are You Ready?" should make a great object 48, as a single. Let me to try to explain the song to you, it seems to be Colin Newman asking a series of questions, and his guitar answering back.
Are you part of the future, part of the plan?
Are you willing and able to do what you can?
Are you part of the problem, or part of the band?
Are you willing to draw a line in the sand?
Are you true to your friends loyal to your brand?
Are you smoking for China, Iraq or Japan?
Are you searching for something you don't understand?
Do you still hold ambitions of being a man?
The last song is an energetic, driving song, "All Fours". It seems to build up with some excellent drumming here. It is really too bad that it doesn't just keep going on, but it does send the album to a great finish.
So what I have noticed here is that they are more or less sticking with what works here, kind of minimal guitars, bass and drums, and less art/experimental of their early 90s work, after the loss of their drummer, Robert Gotobed.
Speaking of losses, it seems that their longtime guitarist, Bruce Gilbert, was not involved on this album. They look, currently, to be a three-piece band.
Wire's Object 47 was released in the UK yesterday, July 7th, and in the US, July 15th. If you have always loved Wire, then you'll love the new album. They are only doing some music festivals this year, so good luck on finding a good spot to see this legendary band.
- 09:46 Awake, but groggy. I love how well I sleep on Ambien, but it definitely slows me down in the morning. #
- 18:32 Eating Black-Eyed Pea take-out and watching James Cromwell sing to Babe. I love this movie more than words can say. #
- 18:52 I always cry at the end of Babe. #
- 20:47 I think I managed to lose a shoe this weekend. I feel like Cinderella. #
- 23:06 Found my shoe. Also beat GH: Aerosmith on Hard. This game is way easier that regular GH which I still haven't beat on Hard (3 songs to go). #
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07/12/08 Annabell’s Akron, OH
Discography
07/19/08 Mickey Finn’s Toledo, OH 08/08/08 Southgate House Newport, KY 08/09/08 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH 09/07/08 Benefest Greensburg, PA
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