so i'm enjoying a morning of internet use before i clean up the house...
listening to somebody's fake "real" band
watching the pistons pound seattle on espn motion
searching e-bay for shit i don't need
commenting on stereogum
downloading mp3s (check out that eno shit!)
adding to my netflix queue.
figuring out if brendan benson's "metarie" is a cover song (it's not)
...and then i realize that my breath smells way too much like coffee and i'm generally not smelling too good.
time for a shower and some eats.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Burn to Shine
Burn to Shine is a film series produced by Fugazi's Brendan Canty and directed by film maker Christoph Green. Traveling from town to town to film bands performing in houses that are about to be demolished or burned to the ground. They document the doomed house, the bands, and the demolition, put it together in a 45 minute movie, and put it out on DVD.
Each DVD/town has a different curator that is entrenched in the respective music scene and who can pick out what he or she considers their favorite bands. This allows us to put the bands in a geocentric context.
The bands in Volume 1: Washington, DC, set up in a vacant bungalow on January 14th 2004. The bands play in this marginal, domestic environment: a tiny freezing cold room in front of an unlit fireplace on what turned out to be the coldest day of the year. Each band churning out one song, at full volume. The songs were recorded on a multitrack recording unit and filmed in HD with multiple cameras, which gives the film an incredibly crisp, clean look and sound.
All the filming was done just before the house was burned to the ground by the fire department. It features live performances by Bob Mould, Ted Leo, Ian Mackaye's new band The Evens, Weird War (ex-Make Up), Q and Not U (Dischord records), Canty's band Garland of Hours, Medications (ex-Faraquet), and French Toast (featuring James Canty of Make Up, and Jerry Busher of Fugazi).
The DVD also contains footage of the burn wtih original music by Brendan Canty, and an extras section with beautifully shot still photos of all the bands, outtakes and incidental sounds, and a very groovy tune from our boys in the French Toast Band.
A second film, due to be released in July, was shot in a house in Chicago and features Wilco, Shellac, Tortoise, Freakwater, Tight Phantoms, Pit er Pat, The Ponys, The Lonesome Organist, and the Red Eyed Legends.
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The above is practically a word for word exerpt from the about section of the Trixie DVD webpage.
[Kinda edited for better flow.]
Anyway...
A Volume 1 order has been placed and will be reviewed for your pleasure here... as soon as I get it in the mail.
It's an interesting concept. As I'm sure NYC will eventually get one... I hope Detroit and/or Kalamazoo get on the ball, find a proper curator and produce their own volumes.
*ahem*
[hint, hint.]
===
I think more updates on this here blog are in order.
Let me remedy that thought soon with:
LCD Soundsystem and ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead DVD/Album reviews.
Each DVD/town has a different curator that is entrenched in the respective music scene and who can pick out what he or she considers their favorite bands. This allows us to put the bands in a geocentric context.
The bands in Volume 1: Washington, DC, set up in a vacant bungalow on January 14th 2004. The bands play in this marginal, domestic environment: a tiny freezing cold room in front of an unlit fireplace on what turned out to be the coldest day of the year. Each band churning out one song, at full volume. The songs were recorded on a multitrack recording unit and filmed in HD with multiple cameras, which gives the film an incredibly crisp, clean look and sound.
All the filming was done just before the house was burned to the ground by the fire department. It features live performances by Bob Mould, Ted Leo, Ian Mackaye's new band The Evens, Weird War (ex-Make Up), Q and Not U (Dischord records), Canty's band Garland of Hours, Medications (ex-Faraquet), and French Toast (featuring James Canty of Make Up, and Jerry Busher of Fugazi).
The DVD also contains footage of the burn wtih original music by Brendan Canty, and an extras section with beautifully shot still photos of all the bands, outtakes and incidental sounds, and a very groovy tune from our boys in the French Toast Band.
A second film, due to be released in July, was shot in a house in Chicago and features Wilco, Shellac, Tortoise, Freakwater, Tight Phantoms, Pit er Pat, The Ponys, The Lonesome Organist, and the Red Eyed Legends.
---
The above is practically a word for word exerpt from the about section of the Trixie DVD webpage.
[Kinda edited for better flow.]
Anyway...
A Volume 1 order has been placed and will be reviewed for your pleasure here... as soon as I get it in the mail.
It's an interesting concept. As I'm sure NYC will eventually get one... I hope Detroit and/or Kalamazoo get on the ball, find a proper curator and produce their own volumes.
*ahem*
[hint, hint.]
===
I think more updates on this here blog are in order.
Let me remedy that thought soon with:
LCD Soundsystem and ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead DVD/Album reviews.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
ANN - TEA - SO - SHAWL!!
So, in lieu of blogging, I guess?
My wife has been making some excellent music comps.
She's been doing them in monthly installments and needless to say, I'm usually begging for them as soon as the new month hits.
February's comp. included the following:
Little Thoughts - Bloc Party
This Is Not A Photograph - Mission of Burma
Let the Formula Forge Itself Fantastic - Vague Angels
(Chris Leo's new band. YEA!)
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Guess I'm Falling In Love (Instrumental) - Velvet Underground
Sing Child - Heart
It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) -
Fun Boy Three feat. Bananarama
Chewing Gum (Headman Vocal Remix) - Annie
What Tom Said About The Girls - The Blow
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Go, Man, Go - The Wedding Present
Never As Tired When I'm Waking Up - LCD Soundsystem
What Happened To The Sands - Pas/Cal
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
As a whole her mixes are quite remenicent of her old radio programme -- yes, I spelt it the British way -- Facsimile Pop.
Overall, a lot of fun with some quirk thrown in... but no ZANINESS.
(Good God, don't call it that.)
Best of all, it's all done without any ironic tone.
From the Britney Spears-esque pop meets Prince production of Annie, to the prog-rock wail of Heart -- I KNOW! HEART. PROG? YES!,
the post punk of Bloc Party and Burma, AND two tracks featuring Bananarama?
Sultry British babes who are more vixen than rockstars? ...but this is the British way, no?
Awesome. Plus some Brit-Pop, something that Allison claimed to loathe. This is all music she loves. Especially the Wedding Present song... she's adored this song since I first met her... and it still lingers.
I'm sure if you were to beg her for them, she'd make 'em for you as well.
----
Note: I lied. She just updated her blog.
It's a short piece, remenicent of her previous post, but it's a start.
And I despise the way she hates on my old stomping grounds...
The O.C. (Oakland County) has plenty of UGGS too.
(Both wearers of boots and ugly locales.)
EAST SIIIIIIIDE!
My wife has been making some excellent music comps.
She's been doing them in monthly installments and needless to say, I'm usually begging for them as soon as the new month hits.
February's comp. included the following:
Little Thoughts - Bloc Party
This Is Not A Photograph - Mission of Burma
Let the Formula Forge Itself Fantastic - Vague Angels
(Chris Leo's new band. YEA!)
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Guess I'm Falling In Love (Instrumental) - Velvet Underground
Sing Child - Heart
It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) -
Fun Boy Three feat. Bananarama
Chewing Gum (Headman Vocal Remix) - Annie
What Tom Said About The Girls - The Blow
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Go, Man, Go - The Wedding Present
Never As Tired When I'm Waking Up - LCD Soundsystem
What Happened To The Sands - Pas/Cal
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
As a whole her mixes are quite remenicent of her old radio programme -- yes, I spelt it the British way -- Facsimile Pop.
Overall, a lot of fun with some quirk thrown in... but no ZANINESS.
(Good God, don't call it that.)
Best of all, it's all done without any ironic tone.
From the Britney Spears-esque pop meets Prince production of Annie, to the prog-rock wail of Heart -- I KNOW! HEART. PROG? YES!,
the post punk of Bloc Party and Burma, AND two tracks featuring Bananarama?
Sultry British babes who are more vixen than rockstars? ...but this is the British way, no?
Awesome. Plus some Brit-Pop, something that Allison claimed to loathe. This is all music she loves. Especially the Wedding Present song... she's adored this song since I first met her... and it still lingers.
I'm sure if you were to beg her for them, she'd make 'em for you as well.
----
Note: I lied. She just updated her blog.
It's a short piece, remenicent of her previous post, but it's a start.
And I despise the way she hates on my old stomping grounds...
The O.C. (Oakland County) has plenty of UGGS too.
(Both wearers of boots and ugly locales.)
EAST SIIIIIIIDE!
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