I had a dream last night that I was talking to Ozzy Osbourne and I told him that I only really dug 4 Black Sabbath songs. But, if you added in his solo work, it probably went up to about ten songs. So, nothing really happened, but it was better than having a nightmare…

Saw The National on sunday night and it was a pretty good show. They were tight and sounded good.
www.myspace.com/thenational

“Talk Dirty to Me” – Poison
“Sweet Troubled Soul” – stellastarr*
“Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Mix)” – The Killers
“Werewolves of London” – Warren Zevon
“Area Codes” – Ludacris
“You’re So Vain” – Carly Simon
“An Honest Mistake” – The Bravery
“Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your OWn” – U2
“Holidae Inn” – Chingy
“Emily Kane” – Art Brut
“It Takes Diff’rent Strokes” – Alan Thicke, Gloria Loring, Al Burton

On PolySciFi, Matt posted that Paul Revere and the Raiders “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Indian)” just might be the worst song to ever hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In no particular order, here are some other charttoppers I chose that might give “Indian Reservation” a run for it’s money in the Worst Ever Challeng:

“Purple People Eater” Sheb Wooley
“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” Brian Hyland
“Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” Herman’s Hermits
“I’m Henry VIII, I Am” Herman’s Hermits
“Kung Fu Fighting” Carl Douglas
“Disco Duck (Part 1)” Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” Wham!
“I’m Too Sexy” Right Said Fred

If I had to pick just one, I’d probably go with Rick Dees’ “Disco Duck.” (Part 1)? Who knew there was a part two!

I’d also include the Macarena (Number one for 14 straight weeks!! Jeez, remember that halcyon summer of 1997?), but that was such a phenomenon and a gimmicky dance that it is pushed into the realm of cultural touchstone.

I also want to point out that The Raiders weren’t all bad as they did do the classic “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone”, which is a kickass song and was later covered by both The Monkees and The Sex Pistols.

Also, here’s a song that some people won’t know, is kinda quirky (Paul McCartney once remarked that it was the most original song he had ever heard), and is super fun to sing along with:
“Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)” John Fred & His Playboy Band

Anybody else have any other lesser known gems, they’d like to share?

First up is BRAT Productions mashup of Nine Inch Nails “Hand That Feeds” and The Temptations “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone”. Not the coolest one, I’ve ever heard, but the juxtaposition is so awesome.

(Bonus Fun/Sad Fact from wikipedia: In addition, Dennis Edwards was angered by the song’s first verse: “It was the 3rd of September/That day I’ll always remember/’cause that was the day/that my daddy died”. Edwards’ real-life father had died on the same day as the fictional father in the song, and although the song wasn’t originally written for the Temptations, Edwards was convinced that Whitfield assigning him the line was intentional. Although Whitfield denied the accusation, he used it to his advantage: he made Edwards record the disputed line over and over again until Whitfield finally got the angered, bitter grumble he desired out of the usually fiery-toned Edwards.)

2nd one: My favorite mashup of the moment and the past week:
Miami Vice Vs 50 Cent which combines Jan Hammer’s “Crockett’s Theme” and 50 Cent “Just a L’il Bit”, he hasn’t named it, but I like to call it “A L’il Bit of Crockett.” Very mellow and oh, so sweet.

Ok, I’m off to Circuit City to buy the Creative Labs Inspire™ T3000 2.1 Speakers for $10.

Later.

Live 8 Adds Philly Acts, Inks DVD Deal

Hey, if anybody is going to Live 8 Philly this saturday, July 2nd, let me know as I”m living 20 min. from the venue this summer. Not sure how a million people will fit into 2 million square feet, but it should be interesting!

1. The person (or persons) who passed the baton to you.

Jody

2. Total volume of music files on your computer.

I ripped my 200-300 CDs, so somewhere north of 10 gigs.

3. The title and artist of the last CD you bought.

Symphonie Fantastique, London Symphony Orchestra

4. Song playing at the moment of writing.

“All The Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers

5. Five songs you have been listening to of late (or all-time favorites, or particularly personally meaningful songs)

Here are my top 10 from last week:

1 Bright Eyes – Take it Easy (Love Nothing)

2 The Killers – Mr. Brightside

3 Astrud Gilberto – Gentle Rain (RJD2 remix)

4 Louis XIV – God Killed The Queen

4 Brand New – Am I Wrong

4 The National – All The Wine

7 The Polyphonic Spree – Section 9

7 Garbage – Vow

7 Louis XIV – Finding Out True Love Is Blind

7 Echo & the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar

6. The five people to whom you will ‘pass the musical baton.’

Prince

Sting

Gwen Stefani

Rivers Cuomo

Billy Idol

Great concert. Billy Fuckin’ Idol was awesome as was just about every band that played. (except for Echo and the Bunnymen, heheh). Seeing Coldplay live was great, though their set was way too short.

mtv.com – News – Foo Fighters, Good Charlotte Usher In Summer Concert Season

About a dozen of my photos are in this nice little video piece. All the pics are from the flickr squared circle group and the music’s by Phillip Glass. Very Koyaanisqatsi like. The guy took the images, sorted by brightness and then synced them with the music. It flows from black to white over the course of it. I can’t wait to see the high res version. (you’ll probably want to play it in Quicktime if you’re using Windows) Check it out!
philip glass : music in similar motion : video : credits