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“Madder Red” - Yeasayer (Odd Blood)

MmmHmm.

just to reinforce my current yeasayer obsession.

TLC: Go, Go, Jason Waterfalls??

Am I alone here? Anybody else thought the chorus to the TLC song “Waterfalls” went “Go, Go, Jason Waterfalls??” I understand it makes no sense at all (unless the song was about a retarded kid name Jason who was dying to see a waterfall)… but come on, you got to admit the original lyrics, “Don’t go chasing waterfalls,” was a little too deep for people like me, and Jason.

speaking of 90s song-stupidity, when I was a kid and saw a man who looked kinda unwashed or scruffy or greasy, I’d yell, “LOOK IT’S RICO SUAVE! LOOK! LOOK, EVERYONE!” And everyone would look - thus embarrassing the poor guy. I guess I thought it was my duty to perform a kind of PSA about hygiene. Then I went to college, land of ramen-stained sweatpants. karma.

Insane. Just insane, the best kind of insane. The version on the video is little different than the original- it sounds a bit more amplified, which only makes it better since the album version was so hyperactively joyous to begin with. There’s something so delectable in Anand’s moaning vocals; when I watch him, how he contorts his face and grimaces and widens his eyes, I feel like his singing ought to sound so much uglier than it actually does - since it actually does sound so splashy and gloriously earnest and yearning. Oh! what an incredible song! Everytime I finish it (ten times on repeat and counting!), I feel as if I’ve just eaten a whole bag of rainbow candy.

Plus all the dancing is so wonderful. From those tribal gyrations to how the band members throw their heads/hands/torsos around. man oh man.

Seven years ago, he recovered quickly from the surgery to cut out his cancerous thyroid and was soon back writing reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times and appearing with Richard Roeper on At the Movies. A year later, in 2003, he returned to work after his salivary glands were partially removed, too, although that and a series of aggressive radiation treatments opened the first cracks in his voice. In 2006, the cancer surfaced yet again, this time in his jaw. A section of his lower jaw was removed; Ebert listened to Leonard Cohen.”

Roger Ebert credits Leonard Cohen with saving his life.

i just got a copy of the self-titled Fleetwood Mac remastered, and I forgot how beautiful Rhiannon was. stevie nicks at her most beautiful best - before she put a giant hole in her nose by snorting a million dollars worth of cocaine.

I love that the Strokes are backin him up. And a random cameo by Har Mar Superstar, who just bops around and claps his mike from hand to hand. And check out Flea just chillin in the back.

Willie Mitchell: record producer who worked with Al Green | Times Online Obituary »

for the good times.

Hypem 2009 Zeitgeist arrives

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Hype machine, our favorite music blog aggregator, has just announced the release of its 2009 Zeitgeist. The Zeitgeist is comprised of three lists: the top 50 artists, top 50 albums and top songs of the year, as compiled by hundreds of bloggers. Looks like the 50-40s have been released today with ten more coming out every day this week. If nothing else the original art they commissioned for the top artists is wicked cool.

(via hypem, by Zoya Feldman)

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