10.09.2010
8.04.2010
8.03.2010
7.28.2010
7.20.2010
6.18.2010
6.09.2010
5.25.2010
MORE ASKEW
After we posted that mysterious Ed Askew track, Ed himself got in touch to explain that the song was titled "Boy in a Hat" from a home recording session from 1984 called Imperfiction. Turns out Ed has quite a few unreleased recordings, some of which, Imperfiction included, may indeed see proper release. Until that happens, he's kindly offered to share a tune called "Mr. Dream," taken from an early 70's radio performance. Listen below.
5.04.2010
MORNING DEW
Written by 21-year old Canadian folkie Bonnie Dobson in 1962, "Morning Dew" was apparently inspired by the film version of Nevil Shute's apocalypse drama "On The Beach." Fred Neil released an appropriately austere version in 1964, followed by Tim Rose's drastic psych-rock/blue-eyed soul arrangment in 1966. From there, "Morning Dew" became kind of rock standard, with versions submitted by everyone from Lee Hazelwood to the Grateful Dead to Nazareth and Devo
Bonnie Dobson's 1962 original:
Fred Neil and Vince Martin:
Tim Rose's definitive 1966 version:
Lee Hazelwood:
Devo:
Bonnie Dobson's 1962 original:
Fred Neil and Vince Martin:
Tim Rose's definitive 1966 version:
Lee Hazelwood:
Devo:
5.03.2010
4.30.2010
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS: FIHAVANA
Recorded by Charlie Brooks in the late 1990's and pressed in a 3-LP edition of 200. Apparently, he kept them under his bed until a chance meeting with the Mississippi Records guys, who agreed to distribute 160 copies for Record Store Day. Mississippi plans to press a single-LP version of this release; it should be available from our friend Adam next week.
Sides 1 and 2. Vocals
Sides 3, 4, 5, and 6. Marovany, Misc. Instrumentals
4.29.2010
4.23.2010
4.12.2010
4.02.2010
4.01.2010
ED ASKEW
Our friends at Monsters & Dust posted this mysterious Ed Askew song a while back. Little is known about Askew; he's from Connecticut, bummed around the NY folk scene in the late 60's, played a 10-string Martin tiple, and recorded two LPs for the legendary ESP-Disk label (only one of which saw proper release). Anyway, here's the song. If anyone out there's got any info (the title would be a great place to start), we'd love to have it.
Download it here.
3.29.2010
JIM LO SCALZO: GHOSTS IN THE HOLLOW
A video/photo essay chronicling the dead mining towns of Appalachia by Jim Lo Scalzo.
3.26.2010
3.18.2010
3.15.2010
3.11.2010
3.10.2010
3.05.2010
3.04.2010
3.03.2010
2.25.2010
2.24.2010
2.19.2010
KICK OUT THE JAMS
This is real charming. My whole ill-defined notion of what it means to age with dignity has been blown wide open and now includes chandelier earrings and biker gloves, and particularly in combination with autoharp.
2.15.2010
RIPs: DALE HAWKINS + DOUG FIEGER
Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, has died of cancer at the age of 57.
Dale Hawkins, the swamp-rock pioneer whose rockabilly ramble "Susie Q" was covered by CCR on their debut album, also died of cancer. He was 73.
Dale Hawkins, the swamp-rock pioneer whose rockabilly ramble "Susie Q" was covered by CCR on their debut album, also died of cancer. He was 73.
2.11.2010
2.01.2010
1.15.2010
JAY REATARD: 1980-2010
I don't know that I can add anything particularly insightful or meaningful to the myriad conversations and remembrances that have been flying around the web in the wake of Jay Reatard's shocking and untimely death Tuesday night. We met a handful of times, but I didn't know Jay personally. I did know his music, and I'll never forget the experience of hearing "Teenage Hate" for the first time, a record I bought before hearing when it came out because it was on Goner and I thought the cover looked cool. We were the same age, and knowing that a 17-year old was responsible for one of the most exciting records I'd ever heard blew my mind. At one point in my early twenties, I sold "Teenage Hate" in an ill-considered bout of record shedding, only to regret it almost instantly and then be relieved a few years later when Goner decided to reissue it.
I got stoned and listened to "Teenage Hate" last night, and I remembered what it felt like to hear great music for the first time. It's an exhilarating and strange experience, realizing that your life until that moment had been lacking something that suddenly seemed so vital. I've paid less and less attention to Jay's recorded output in recent years, but seeing him live was always a treat. The last time I saw him- in Memphis for Gonerfest 5- he was in typical Reatarded form, playing fast and furious and throwing punches at a rowdy audience member who kept trying to sabotage the recording equipment. To think that someone who's been a part of my musical life for over a decade- who I essentially grew up listening to- is gone is, well... I don't know. Unsettling. And sad. Jimmy Lee Lindsay Jr. will be missed.
Waiting For Something - a short documentary about Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard | MySpace Music Videos
I got stoned and listened to "Teenage Hate" last night, and I remembered what it felt like to hear great music for the first time. It's an exhilarating and strange experience, realizing that your life until that moment had been lacking something that suddenly seemed so vital. I've paid less and less attention to Jay's recorded output in recent years, but seeing him live was always a treat. The last time I saw him- in Memphis for Gonerfest 5- he was in typical Reatarded form, playing fast and furious and throwing punches at a rowdy audience member who kept trying to sabotage the recording equipment. To think that someone who's been a part of my musical life for over a decade- who I essentially grew up listening to- is gone is, well... I don't know. Unsettling. And sad. Jimmy Lee Lindsay Jr. will be missed.
Waiting For Something - a short documentary about Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard | MySpace Music Videos
1.11.2010
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