The ChronicWHATcles of Narnia
This is the funniest Saturday Night Live skit in a loooong time. If you haven’t seen this yet, check it out.
Chris Parnell and new SNL featured player Andy Samberg wax poetic about their adventures on the way to see Chronicles of Narnia. F-u-n-n-y.
Andy Samberg & Chris Parnell: (sorry, dead YouTube link)
I Can’t Get Behind That!
From what I know about his albums, William Shatner’s musical output could be written off as a novelty. But when I heard this Shatner / Henry Rollins spoken duet, if you will, it captured my attention. Not to mention I found myself emphatically nodding my head and agreeing with what they were saying, it speaks to my increasingly easily annoyed & cynical side. I guess I’m getting old(er).
From Has Been (2004).
Ickmusic Interactive, Part 1: First Concert
Given the wide variety of people checking out the MP3 blog world, I thought it would be interesting to pose a question to you.
What was the first concert you ever saw? Where and when was it?
I’ll go first.
July 1st, 1983. Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band. Summerfest. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The date comes courtesy of Google, which took me to a Summerfest site pinpointing the exact date. It was my mom’s birthday and I was almost 13 years old. Crazy. Nuts.
Leave a comment below. This should be interesting.
Two of my favorite things: Bars and Guitars
I have to give props to my favorite music blog of the moment: Bars & Guitars. The guy’s name is Peter so you know he’s cool from the get go. Peter has his finger on the pulse of the Americana / alt-country scene in ways that I envy greatly. I was prompted to put up a link after hearing today’s Cropduster post. He keeps churning out these great tunes, and I am duly impressed…
Check it out: Bars & Guitars
The Cover of Bruce’s New Album
Due out April 26, but who’s counting? Oh, me.
MP3 Blogs in the News
Music for Robots links up a couple of recent newspaper articles about the wild world of mp3 blogs.
Hot off the Presses
Bruce’s new album, Devils & Dust, due out April 26th. {Yahoo News}
Here’s the track list:
Devils & Dust
All The Way Home
Reno
Long Time Comin’
Black Cowboys
Maria’s Bed
Silver Palomino
Jesus Was an Only Son
Leah
The Hitter
All I’m Thinkin’ About
Matamoras BanksI’ll have a tune for you all soon. Just wanted to share what I consider to be fantastic news….
DVD – “Tom Dowd & The Language of Music”
The language of music indeed… Recently watched this DVD about the legendary engineer/producer and all-around music man Tom Dowd and I have to say that this is the best music documentary/DVD I’ve seen in years. The life this man led and the scope and span of music and musicians he was involved with is simply staggering… I wish I could have done one-tenth of the things this man as done.
We’ve all seen his name countless times on 45s, LPs, CDs, but we never really knew who he was and what he was capable of, until now? From jazz to rock, from soul to blues, from Dizzy Gillespie to Eric Clapton, this man has seen it all and heard it all and been there behind the scenes. The only comparison that comes to mind in this genre-spanning, decades-long category is discoverer-producer John Hammond, Sr.
Dowd proves himself to be not only a worthy study because of his musical history but also because he is a thoroughly wonderful human being. From his involvement in the Manhattan project (no, not the vocal group the Manhattans), to his innovations in the technical aspects of recording music, the man is awesomely talented. But it ends on a ironic and sad note, Mr. Dowd passed away shortly after the film was completed and originally shown. Buy this, rent this, steal this…. do anything, just see this wonderful documentary. Note: I noticed once in a while it shows up on PBS outlets and things like Bravo.
Here’s the link on Amazon.
