Pretty amazing editing by Eclectic Method on this. It must have taken days. But after about a minute I think I started to get motion sickness...or vertigo....or maybe he spliced in images of gigantic wart infested penises like in "Fight Club" Woops...I'm not supposed to talk about that.
It looks like "A Farewell To Kings" got the ass crack. I would have put "Hold Your Fire" there. And of course my "Red Barchetta" would be in a different place.
After Foo Fighters Rock-N-Roll Domination(or Damnation) of the Grammys last Sunday Dave Grohl has decided to take a much needed break for a year to sit on the beach in Maui and get his hair cornrowed....yeah right. I believe, much like my boss, Dave Grohl has cloned himself 5 times so he can be everywhere at once to do everything all at the same time.
Grohl is not only still touring the World with Foo Fighters, but he is also working on a documentary about bthe fabled and now defunkt Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. The place where he recorded "Nevermind" with Nirvana, where Rage Against The machine recorded their first album. Fleetwood Mac recorded "Rumours" and the self titled album there. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers cranked out "Damn The Torpedoes" and Charles Manson recorded some songs there months before his "Family" went on their killing spree in Benedict Canyon. The list is long and impressive. Check it out here. Grohl and many others have said it's a special space that has a certain vibe. Grohl has also proclaimed that Sound City has the best Drum sound anywhere often citing the drum sound on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as an example. The point where the drums kick in in that song is still pretty powerful. Check out the teaser trailer below:
Grohl is also working on some secret project that has so far involved Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini of Ratt, Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon and Corey Taylor form Stone Sour/Slipknot. Apparently Grohl is also using the old equipment from Sound City for the recordings.
As far as this years Grammys I think there were few real musical moments in the show. Where Nicki Minaj's Vatican baiting and Chris Browns auto-tuned lip-syncing were low points, Bruce Springsteen And The E St. Band, Bonnie Raitt and Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, The Civil Wars, and Glen Campbell provided some musical purity along the lines of what Dave Grohl was talking about before The Grammys cut him off:
Cool Interview/Conversation between The Van Halen Brothers and David Lee Roth. It proves sobriety and time build patience. Sometimes Roth breaks in with too much me time but if you're not familiar with the history of the band then there's a lot of information to be had. I never knew Eddie couldn't read music. Which is amazing! He learned all of his classical piano lessons by ear and watching his instructor's hands. Still winning first place prizes in yearly piano competitions.
A couple of unrelated observations:
With the goatee Eddie looks kind of like the late great Boston Vocalist Brad Delp.
Alex is starting to look like an emaciated Louis Black or a California version of Richard Belzer.
I'd like to see David Lee Roth interview Mitt Romney. I just think it would be Ultra-weird.
The Epic Battle of "Witts" continues. Today, two innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire and end up confused and traumatized by the laser like attack of The Can Man:
Here's the video for Band Of Skulls new song "Sweet Sour". I love this song. Very sexy. But with the video not so much. All I want to do is take a power washing hose to these kids. I find myself licking a kleenex and wiping my monitor. I hated when my Mother used to do that.
This is the first in a new blog series called "Getting Owned By Can Man". Just to refresh you on who The Can Man is: His name is Michael P. Mahone and he resides in Framingham, MA. If you're from the area you might have seen him on his bike carrying his massive bags of empties(hence the name Can Man) or maybe at a local High School Track Meet, of which he is a big fan. He regularly regales listeners of WAAF's Hill-Man Morning Show with his sharp wit and encyclopedic knowledge of the CFL(Canadian Football League). Since discovering Facebook Can Man has been on a somewhat hard to define mission to get followers(mostly single young women) while filtering out WAAF "Boneheads"(I'm assuming this means listeners that are neither women nor single). For the past few days Can Man has been trying to get me to listen to an on-line radio show for UFO Enthusiasts. While I am interested in extra-terrestrial life I am more concerned about his constant posting on my Facebook page berating WAAF listeners and trying to convince young single women to be his Facebook friend. Below is a one of the many battle of wits(or as Michael calls them "witts") between me and Can Man on my Facebook Page:
Today Metallica announced the debut of their Orion Music + More Festival slated to take place June 23,24 in Atlantic City, NJ. During a live stream Q and A they also announced they will be headlining both nights and playing "The Black Album" and "Ride The Lightning" for the first time in the U.S. They also said they hope to make the festival an annual happening and not necessarily keep it in Atlantic City. James Hetfield said it was "every bands dream to have their own festival and invite who they wanted to play." The full line up so far can be viewed here. They also wanted to include comedy and lifestyle features that involved each band members personal interests and be more interactive with the fans. The band also said they named it "Orion" for their late bassist Cliff Burton's composition from the "Master Of Puppets" album.
Found this image on the excellent blog "Letters Of Note". It's a list of qualities that he loved about then Girlfriend Nancy Spungen. It's part of The Hard Rock Memorabilia Collection. I think Sid overlooked one other thing about Nancy...
OK GO know how to make Music videos and product placement INTERESTING. The music video genre has been pushed to the internet from it's original caretaker MTV which has exchanged the horse that got them there for people who never got enough attention from their parents, teen Moms failing at life, and spoiled spawn of the 1%. Luckily their website keeps cranking them out. Check out Ok Go's latest for "Needing/Getting". These guys still know a video should be something INTERESTING to look at.
Loving the new Black Keys album "El Camino". This new video for "Gold On The Ceiling" is a Vintage Guitar Buffet Of Jerk Material. This is Dan Auerbach showing how big his pre- 1970's classic dick is. Great song about False Idols and Empty Promises.
In 2009 a man named Casey Pugh envisioned Star Wars Fans coming together on-line to pay tribute to what some of them may consider to be the Greatest Film In History. This Web Developer from Brooklyn sliced up "A New Hope" into 473, 15 second segments, and asked fans around the world to submit their re-creations of the scenes. Below is the final product. It even won a Nerf Herding Emmy.
It's all about the reaction. Every time I play a Rush song or mention the band I get calls and texts. But they're never just "Hey great tune!" or "These guys suck!". It's always to the extreme. "Thanks for playing Rush! The Greatest Fuckin' band ever in the history of the universe!" or "These guys make me want to stab myself in the ears with scissors so I can never hear them again!". And that is one of the many reasons why they have been around for 25 years, selling out stadiums, making platinum records, building generation upon generation of fans...mostly male...who have a proclivity for air drums and Science Fiction. Never once did they veer from the core formula. They had one change in membership which arguably altered the course of Rock Music. There were a few experiments: "Hold Your Fire", "Roll The Bones", "Battle Scar" with Max Webster. But they always maintained their Rushness. That's why Rush fans are so fierce in their loyalty. Whatever happens in the world there will always be three studio albums and a live album(which actually has changed slightly as of late as they empty their vaults) There will always be a massive drum solo. There will always be three guys who take their music way too seriously but will still put on a fat suit and not be afraid to make asses out of themselves. I will never get tired of listening to "Hemispheres" or "Fly By Night" or "Grace Under Pressure". Please enjoy the exquisite documentary "Beyond The Lighted Stage"(or as much as their label will let me share here) on this 2/1/12.
