The weird thing is, I had Who Do You Love?
More at the Seattle Times.
June 2, 2008
Bo Diddley dies at age 79
April 12, 2008
Ms. Led at King Cobra
There are more photos over here.
April 11, 2008
The Breeders - Mountain Battles
I picked up The Breeders‘ new record Mountain Battles over the weekend. My favorite song so far is “It’s The Love” on side B. A bonus: there’s a Vaughn Oliver designed booklet on the inside. The printing is stunning.
Also just got a documentary on Beulah from the Netflix, A Good Band is Easy to Kill.
A good weekend? Maybe. But then again, I have to file my fucking tax return. So, maybe not.
Last week on Last.fm
I guess this is what I’ve been listening to. The reason I guess is, this doesn’t include what happens in the car and it’s hard to audioscrobble vinyl. For what it’s worth:
| 1 |  |
American Music Club | 26 |
| 2 | |
Blue Skies For Black Hearts | 23 |
| 3 | |
The Apples in Stereo | 19 |
| 4 | |
The American Analog Set | 13 |
| 4 | |
The Young Fresh Fellows | 13 |
| 4 | |
Superdrag | 13 |
| 7 | |
Alex Chilton | 12 |
| 7 | Beirut | 12 | |
| 9 | |
Islands | 11 |
| 10 | |
Willie Nelson | 10 |
So… Internets, what are you listening to? I’m all ears.
April 10, 2008
Peter Parker & Dept of Energy
I ventured out last Friday to catch a couple of bands. Peter Parker and Dept of Energy played live at The Comet Tavern. The Comet is a cool venue to see shows. The bands play live on the floor, but it’s dark as shit in there, making photography difficult. The Globes opened the show, but I didn’t have the Nikon tuned in to get any shots of them. I posted some photos of Peter Parker and Dept of Energy from the show to the Live Rock Photos gallery. Enjoy. Or not. I’ve also posted them to Flickr.
January 23, 2008
Free the Music
Last.fm is setting music free. As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.
Something we’ve wanted for years—for people who visit Last.fm to be able to play any track for free—is now possible. With the support of the folks behind EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner—and the artists they work with—plus thousands of independent artists and labels, we’ve made the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free, the way we believe it should be.
Of course, the major labels are all name-dropped, but the real big deal here is:
We will be paying artists directly… If you make music, you can sign up to participate for free.
Stated simply, they’re employing a shared advertising revenue model to pay contributors; both the label type and the artist type.
Today we’re redesigning the music economy.
For reals.
Here’s a link to my profile on Last.fm, if you see some stuff you like, participate.
Read the original post:
Last.fm – the Blog · Free the Music
November 19, 2007
The Fucking Eagles, Power Solo & Heavy Trash at Chop Suey
I ventured up to Seattle last Saturday to check out Tacoma’s own The Fucking Eagles (photos) opening up a show with Denmark’s Power Solo (photos) for Jon Spencer’s (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) new project, Heavy Trash (photos).
As always, it’s always reverent to hear completely anomalous questions from Seattle people about drive-bys, meth and aroma. Some of my photos are featured on the Seattle Indie Pop Rock blog, Three Imaginary Girls in a full review of the show from heather b.