The presses are rolling and we need a headline FAST! Led Zeppelin has just wrapped up their first live show in over 20 years. You run from your RTH press box into the phone booth outside the lobby, dial Mr. Mod’s private line, and utter your brilliantly clever headline.
See if you can top these two from the L.A. Times:
“It’s Been A Long Time For Led Zeppelin”
“The Players Have Aged But The Song Remains The Same”
Or if you’re too lazy to think of one, what headlines have you read?
I gotta wash this ZZ Top / Thorogood shit out of my consciousness. It reminds me of Lou Reed’s words, back when his music sounded like it was supposed to: “And since I don’t have to choose I guess I won’t…”
eMusic just released two live Pink Floyd tunes, Interstellar Overdrive and Nick’s Boogie from Peter Whitehead’s Tonite Let’s All Make Love In London documentary. Most of us have probably seen it, but if you haven’t it is a pretty nifty time/place capsule that includes a healthy dose of The Floyd before they officially released anything. The YouTube clip is from the film.
I immediately downloaded the tunes upon release and though I enjoyed them enough, I must say that they aren’t nearly as satisfying as listening while watching a hunched Syd meld with his guitar while the rest of The Floyd looks mildly unclear on their own concept.
Oh and shots of painted boobs help too.
So if you’re tiring of deciding who’s dumber, “dumb or dumber”, take a break from your workaday, crank up The Floyd and fly your freak flag high and strong.
I was very excited to read one my favorite phrases in the world of rock used in The Big Dipper news release: “Lost Album.” Is there anything as exciting as a “Lost Album?!” Better than a reunion album, because it suggests a band in its heyday.
I only own, what I consider, two Lost Albums and both exceeded expectations. The Lost Album then is more rare and magnificent than the Bicentennial.
I stumbled onto this band thru someone’s “Sounds Like XTC” list on eMusic, which you can definitely hear on the song in the video above. It was, though, the Yes like stuff that took me by surprise. And we’re not the only ones who hear it. A Google on “field music yes” yielded this.
Here’s another XTC-ish tune that isn’t quite as obvious.
These are a trio of lads (2 sibs) from Northern England, not quite Scottish, mrclean, but closer there than London, I think. [Ooh, a Main Stage Pince Nez! – Mod] This is their second release and it is well beyond their first, both of which are on eMusic.
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…every freshly-scrubbed little kid’s face should have been sued off the face of the earth. They should have taken their houses and cars…
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