Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Television Personalities live bootleg

if you are under 30 you probably won't understand this clip yet. if you are over 30 or under and you hang on thru the 5 minutes and ten seconds it really is the only tvp's you need. however if you ever now or in the future or even the past find yourself falling asleep with a beer on your chest you may want to check dan treacy's back catalog.

THE PARACHUTE MEN - SOMETIMES IN VAIN

in 1988 this was my favorite song totally via andy bisconti from an nme comp i loved this song so much. total soundtrack to summer stage for me. this is the sound i hear when i think of those great times.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Elton John - Bitter Fingers

towards the end of my la trip i was working on drawings while justin was at work and he doesnt have much vinyl so i just played a warsaw bootleg, the first bikini kill, two songs off mott the hoople and this elton john song over and over. i think i played bitter fingers about 25 times in a row at one point. this is one of my favs of his lesser known songs along with the cage and grimsby. the hook with the piano and the guitar at the end are so great. also what a great line, 'its hard to write a song with bitter fingers . . .' words from and for the wise.

Monday, November 09, 2009

kustom kar kommandos

the greatest music video ever made. followed i believe by diana ross 'upside down', michael jackson 'billie jean' , the bangles 'going down to liverpool' and the happy mondays 'wrote for luck' the version with the kids in it. that's my top 5.

New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God

last nite hanging with chris and constance somehow a tangent went from c thomas howell to finding sarah jessica parker cute in only square pegs or la story to talk concerning kathryn bigelow and discovering this great new order video she directed. oh also switching the channel between cops and the lost boys and watching roger ebert review battlefield earth and pondering the demise of barry pepper's acting career.

Lena Zavaroni - Hi! Summer 1977 - 'I had a Brontosaurus'

we miss you lena. great great song such a sad story