Here’s a Brazilian interview with Kurt Cobain in which he spends the last minute or so enthusiastically talking about one of my favorite bands, Os Mutantes:
Os Mutantes were a psychedelic Brazilian band that were formed during that country’s Tropicalia movement in the late ’60s. Their music was a thorn in the side of Brazil’s stifling political system and has been a treasure sought out by record collectors the world over. David Byrne later helped expose the music to a larger world audience and they have gone on to perform alongside The Flaming Lips, a band that shares more than a few sonic similarities. Here’s a song from the band’s debut album:
What will I be doing from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. tonight? Eating a meal by candlelight, drinking some wine, and listening to a special mix on the iPod. Here’s the tracklist for that mix:
Agitation Free – First Communication
Hawkwind – Down Through the Night
Spacemen 3 – Drive/Feel So Sad
Portishead – Deep Water
Robyn Hitchcock – It Was the Night
Amon Duul II – Cerberus
Califone – 7 Million Dollar Funeral
Ash Ra Tempel – Light: Look at Your Sun
Stereolab – Perversion
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. View cities involved around the world.
We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.
Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour.
One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour!
Favorite Older Songs of the Moment: for the moment — one big holiday:my morning jacket (my ringtone since forever and so i kept it from aaron’s list) — ceremony:joy division (this song comes on and so much emotion is evoked i literally feel like i may split in two–everysingletime— scenic world:beirut (again, kept from aaron’s list because i love it so much-and it ties with after the curtain falls because something about that tune…) — tom sawyer:rush (i get all hyped like a h.davidson fan with waay too much testosterone and alcohol)
Favorite New Band or Older Band You Recently Discovered: fav’rit new bands – beirut (love first album best), erykah badu (not new herself but love that album), meiko… older recently discover’ds – talking heads (all over again) michael jackson (um…so you wanta be startin’ something; you gotta be startin’ something)
Favorite Song Ever: “yeah right”…diddo
Best Recent Concert: i was really into the band of horses show
Last Great Film I Saw: i have same trouble picking film like music. so i am just going to put the last one i watched, Michel Gondry’s Be Kind, Rewind. He is a twelve year old. and it works. Made me go home and want to remake Ghostbusters
Last Great Book I Read: on beauty
First Album You Remember Buying: i know the first single cassette was “waterfalls” by TLC (girl, you know that’s right) and first full album cassette was Live and first cd was Toadies.
Favorite Band to Hate On That All Your Friends Heart: i dont hate–and i love the smiths/the cure
Best Purchase of the Last Year: Led Zeppelin tickets (i beat all of you suckers!)
Best Thing I Did This Year: working on that now ain’t i?
Favorite Recent Drunk Moment: was recently, mambo taxi anyone?
Favorite TV Show at the Moment: dont watch tv really
Favorite Video Game at the Moment: screw it
Most Commonly Eaten Food Product: peanut butter
My Ringtone: one big holiday: my morning jacket
bonus mp3:
Joy Division – Ceremony from Still (Collector’s Edition)
I’ve yet to decide which track is my favorite on the new Portishead LP, but “We Carry On” certainly ranks near the top. Beth’s voice! The Neu!-ish motorik rhythm!! That incredible guitar noize!!! Axl’s Roses, Dr. Pepper? Shoulda put your money where the REAL comeback is.
Image: Christopher Piercy (Amerikan, 1984-?). Steak Swallowers Zonked on Television. 2005, Acrylic and Collage on Paper. Museum of Happyland Collection. Partial gift of Charles de Gall
Be the first new kid on your block to download some prime First Baptist Praise and Warship Band material! Recorded last year with the finest equipment by the Steve Albini of Happyland: Me!
The First Baptist Praise and Warship Band is a “free range” musical project that hopefully will be invited to play at Sally Kern’s next birthday party. We do “The Locomotion”!
Track one is the best song ever written. Track two is also the best song ever written. Tracks three and four are sure-fire metal machine muzak hits!
Silence in Architecture is happy to present you with DJ Tanner’s already legendary ”Bowling Alley Mix”! If you weren’t able to make it out to that immortal show of hand clapping and boom bapping, well, you can now pretend that you were there in front of your mirror.
On Valentine’s Day someone posted a track called “Love” on the ol’ internets. It was initially assumed to be a heart-shaped gift from Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. Turns out, it’s actually a track by Louis La Roche. Either way, I’m hoping it makes it into a DJ Tanner set soon. Hint Hint: Will Krause.
I have been diggin’ the new Fuck Buttons album Street Horrrsing somethin’ fierce. It’s like Christian Fennesz and Kevin Shields got together and convinced Wolf Eyes to collaborate on a bliss-noise album full of sweet feedback lullabyes to grind teeth to. Name droppp out. Here’s the video to the top 40 single “Bright Tomorrow”:
And here’s a live SXSW performance of “Sweet Love for Planet Earth”:
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