I’ve been listening to John Cale’s first solo album. The chorus of this song is really what he does best.
Speaking of vintage violence, my vintage store is unfortunately, basically, no more. I pitched all my vintage into a big dumpster a few weeks ago, for reasons I’d rather not get into. It feels good to have way less shit! So, I’m going to be doing more writing instead, and here, writing about writing.
Also, this was an amazing show! Thanks to everybody who came out! Still feeling kind of high off of it. Look at that glowing laptop…
The good news in this song is that Little Richard has a really good friend who isn’t afraid to tell him what is actually going on.
Been working on a mixtape this fall. Maybe you can guess what the theme is.
The Cars – Since you’re gone
Tune-yards – FIYA
Fleetwood Mac – I Don’t Want to Know
Michael Hurley – SweeDeeDee
Lindsey Buckingham – Mary Lee Jones
Belle and Sebastian – I’m a Cuckoo
Big Star – Give Me Another Chance
Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops
The Beach Boys – Hang on to your ego
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqlTOQFeII
PS. Mississippi Records has reissued Armchair Boogie! And I have it!
Well, so much for regular posting in my vintage store. I’m going to get back to it, hopefully next week, just as soon as I can find the time and energy.
In the meantime, here’s another song I’ve been listening to a whole lot:
Sorry for the weird cut off, I couldn’t find another version.
Also, Ryan Power, as a real band, finally, is playing in Montreal this Saturday at 3:30 pm at Phonopolis! We had a super great show this Saturday, not all that quietly, at Radio Bean. Check it out!
I picked up my album of September 2009:
Yes, it is by Lindsey Buckingham.
I also recommend the Kids Incorporated version
Excellent, relevant, appropriate, totally understandable song for this very moment. Thanks again, Belle & Sebastian. Really, thanks for everything.
Here’s a quote from a recent interview with Yoko Ono in Arthur Magazine:
“this is what the problem is. All of us are 80 per cent water or maybe more. So when I say to you, “I hate you,”I might be saying it with a laugh, but the water takes it seriously. So your water is saying, “Omigosh, she hates me.” I say, “I love you,” you get it. But at the same time I’m water too. So I’m saying to myself that two people may be in love, God they must be in love because they look beautiful. Well of course, because each time they see each other they say, “I love you, I love you.” But actually they are saying it to themselves, too.”
(Photo of water by Hiroshi Sugimoto, found here)
At the Firehouse yesterday, I saw a video of Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s “kinetic sculptures,” which he calls Strandbeests. They are basically made of PVC pipe and wire ties, and they are wind-powered, once you give them a push. They are so beautiful. Go see them! 
Photo from Theo Jansen’s website.
Today, 89 years ago, the 19th Amendment went into effect, and women won the right to vote.
Photos from the amazing, digitized LIFE magazine photo archive now on google images.
