Wanted: Wendy Rene
Think this new comp would hit the spot….
What's The Sound?
Children by the millions
Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - It’s Too Late (Fire, 1959)
Tarheel Slim & Little Ann have this dark, condemned style that either gives you the creeps or makes you weep. Or both. It certainly makes Little Ann cry out in a sea of creepy reverb in the last leg of the tune.
Alex Chilton (and friends’) geography
Did anyone point out to Alex that Bangkok isn’t in Indonesia?
Yes, and he went back and redid the last verse to read “Here’s a revision that’s kind of minor, just a little town down in Indochina”–I think we/he were worried about the blooper but felt that “footnote” patched the dam.
(from Chris Stamey interview with Uncut)
Maybe not
that dog barks again
Never saw these guys back in the day either. One of those rare bands that got much better with each album.
With horns….
Talking Heads : Love -> Building On Fire
The Theme is Elements
Quite the festival lineup....
…. even the mourned Mayflies USA
I’m Just Dead, I’m Not Gone
I just like the phrase, ’ first posthumous release’
Pixies on the radio, 1987
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for skipping the band opening for the Throwing Muses back in late 1986 or so. I hadn’t heard of them but I soon would. Listening to this fantastic set (link above) recorded not long after reminds me what I missed. It’s a sweet pain. (And at least some websites indicate Big Dipper was the other opening band…. Some 25+ years later, guess which of the three I haven’t listened to in two decades or so?)
An amplifier's just wood and wire
Dilemmas: Wife’s birthday vs. first chance to see favorite (active) band in about 25 years, playing for free (link above)
