Yearly Archives: 2003

Surely, this site won’t last long.

All you Beatles fans can relax. RELAX, I said. John Lennon story to become a musical.

Also, all you Mother Teresa fans can relax. RELAX!!!!!!!! Mother Teresa musical is a big freaking hit in Rome.

Insert Pope joke here.

“Everything to Everyone,” the new Barenaked Ladies album, can be listened to in its entirety by clicking this Real Audio link.

I own all three of their albums. I’ve seen them live twice. But when I try to go back and listen to the records, I think they’re pretty sucky.

I’ve cracked open the new one, “12 Memories,” and on first listen I think I hate it. What’s wrong with me? Or, what’s wrong with them?

You’ve been waiting anxiously to see our boy Fred Durst getting down n’ dirty with Halle Berry. Your patience has been noted and now it is your turn to be rewarded. Check out Mr.Sensitive and his band performing “Behind Blue Eyes”.

* Windows Media streaming version
* Real Player streaming version

For whatever reason, this artwork motivates me to post it.

Really good feature in the Washington Post about Beulah. It talks about “selling out,” the evolution of the band, and the fact that some fans aren’t into the new direction of the band.

“A lot of them can’t get into ‘Yoko’ but they like ‘Heartstrings’ or ‘Handsome Western States,’ and frankly I don’t really like those records,” says Kurosky, who obviously liked them when he made them. “Certainly, but I’ve grown out of that. I know where [the fans] are coming from. I used to say the same thing: ‘Why can’t Pavement keep making “Slanted & Enchanted” over and over?’ And I’m sure there are plenty of Wilco fans that want them to keep making ‘Being There’ and on and on and on. (full story)

Ex-REM drummer Bill Berry re-joined the band for two songs at a recent show.

And yes, the title of this post really has nothing to do with the actual content.

The title of the article is “A Band for Laura Bush to Love” which immediately threw me off. Most of the article is pretty good, though.

Of course, if sweet melodies alone were the source of the music’s appeal, Belle and Sebastian fans would also be James Taylor fans. But with Belle and Sebastian, the words are the thing; in Mr. Murdoch’s lyrics ? crammed with knowing references to literature, rock bands, movies, interior design, coffeehouses and bars, fanzines and fashion plates ? indie rock fans find a romantic vision of the lives of indie rock fans. More than perhaps any other music scene, indie rock thrives on the desire to be part of an exclusive club ? a fellowship built on mixed tapes, samizdat publications and superior taste. Mr. Murdoch’s diction may be elevated, but his lyrics are as densely coded as the most slang-thick rap, and the message they broadcast to Belle and Sebastian fans is flattering: you are in on a marvelous secret. (full story)

Here’s a round-up of some of the best stories, features, and message board activity that you might have missed last week on the site.