Random Music Thoughts

[Unsomnambulist]

20 Years Ago, The White Stripes Made An Album For No One

Jack and Meg's 2000 album De Stijl is the kind of art you make for yourself, assured few will hear it. It was the last time they'd have that luxury, but they never forgot the lesson.

www.npr.org

 

[axolotl]

20 Years Ago, The White Stripes Made An Album For No One

Jack and Meg's 2000 album De Stijl is the kind of art you make for yourself, assured few will hear it. It was the last time they'd have that luxury, but they never forgot the lesson.

www.npr.org

That summer, as Enrique Iglesias' "Be With You" climbed to No. 1, a 25-year-old upholsterer named Jack and the woman he called his sister but who was actually his ex-wife Meg, released their second album as The White Stripes.

Well, it seems like I learned something, after all.

Whodathunk?

In Detroit they were mocked, then beloved, then rejected for being too big, all before they had anything like real fame.

"I liked and hated them before, during, and after they hit it big." ~ Detroit

 

[Unsomnambulist]

That summer, as Enrique Iglesias' "Be With You" climbed to No. 1, a 25-year-old upholsterer named Jack and the woman he called his sister but who was actually his ex-wife Meg, released their second album as The White Stripes.

Well, it seems like I learned something, after all.

Whodathunk?

In Detroit they were mocked, then beloved, then rejected for being too big, all before they had anything like real fame.

"I liked and hated them before, during, and after they hit it big." ~ Detroit

Makes Detroit sound like a family.

 

[Nickyboy]

Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr who turns 80 today!!

 

[axolotl]

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Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr who turns 80 today!!

"It's my birthday too... yeah."

Not really. I don't know why that came to mind, but I've got a splitting earworm.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

"It's my birthday too... yeah."

Not really. I don't know why that came to mind, but I've got a splitting earworm.

A "splitting" earworm is good, right? That means it's leaving?

Or are you just not hep to the new vocab?

 

[axolotl]

A "splitting" earworm is good, right? That means it's leaving?

Or are you just not hep to the new vocab?

When did you start channeling "Kookie" from 77 Sunset Strip?

 

[Nickyboy]

When did you start channeling "Kookie" from 77 Sunset Strip?

Are you going to ask him to lend you his comb?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1280983601094504449

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281392697136369664

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The problem with Frank Zappa's music is that he is sometimes too much Frank Zappa.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

The problem with Frank Zappa's music is that he is sometimes too much Frank Zappa.

Very true - I'm a Zappa fan too. Creative, experimental, a hell of a guitarist but sometimes he is just too cheeky and often his humor and quirkiness detracts from what could be really good music

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Very true - I'm a Zappa fan too. Creative, experimental, a hell of a guitarist but sometimes he is just too cheeky and often his humor and quirkiness detracts from what could be really good music

Strangely enough, I have never felt that way about Captain Beefheart, though.

 

[JazzyRandy]

Gregory Porter To Perform For Launch Of NASA’S Mars 2020 Mission

Gregory Porter is to perform at NASA'S Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission on 30 July and he has released a new single, Concorde.

www.udiscovermusic.com

Porter will be the first recording artist ever asked to perform at/for a NASA Mars launch.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Man Who Brian Eno Called ‘the Daddy of Us All’ (Published 2020)

La Monte Young, the composer who quietly shaped much of contemporary Western music, reaches his last act.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1286433582798577664

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Anatolian Rock 101: Key Releases to Know

A broad portrait of Anatolian rock, from its first innovators to the contemporary acts carrying the torch.

daily.bandcamp.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

In Conversation: Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, and Terrace Martin Invite You to Their Dinner Party

The four artists want the music of their self-titled debut to bring people together.

floodmagazine.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Britney Spears is finally free

Explaining Britney, one more time.

www.vox.com

 

[JazzyRandy]

In Conversation: Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, and Terrace Martin Invite You to Their Dinner Party

The four artists want the music of their self-titled debut to bring people together.

floodmagazine.com

I saw that, read reviews about it, listened to a song from it, and "ran" to order it. Only to discover that it is available only digitally or vinyl for the moment.
One day, I will have the CD in my grubby little paws.