Archives for: 2006, week 25
By DJ M on June 24th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
Unusual French compilation of "Sunshine Pop" oddities on the La Troisième Note label.
HARPERS BIZARRE "witchi tai to"
THE TURTLES "you showed me"
DONOVAN "get thy bearings"
BILL FAY "some good advice"
THE ZOMBIES "summertime"
MARGO GURYAN "su…
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By DJ M on June 24th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
AARP MAGAZINE has a review of the great Brian Wilson biography Catch a Wave.
"After reading Carlin's book, it turns out that what I didn't know about the Beach Boys could fill a book. Which is precisely what Carlin has done. This comprehensive and det…
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By DJ M on June 24th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
LAIST Rodney on the Roq was recently awarded a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. “He's the only d.j. to have a theme song personally written and performed for him by Brian Wilson.”
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By DJ M on June 24th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
The WATCH TOWER label did all fans a favor by releasing this incredible box set of live stereo soundboard recordings from Brian Wilson's 2001 summer tour. If I remember correctly, Brian Wilson was the opening act for Paul Simon. Good luck finding an or…
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By DJ M on June 24th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
SUNDAY MAIL "My state of being has been elevated because I've been exercising, writing songs. I'm in a better frame of mind these days. It feels great – it's like I see some light. Things make sense to me again," Brian Wilson states as he looks forwar…
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By DJ M on June 23rd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
OREGON LIVE Lyle Ritz, jazz ukulele player, discusses working with Brian Wilson: “"It was just wonderful. A lot of product came out, some of it very good. And it taught me more about music. Almost every time I worked with him, Brian Wilson had a new ha…
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
PLUG IN MUSIC "The Tyde are a band that could exist nowhere but California, somehow managing to capture the South Orange County longboarding culture of their suburban Golden State musical forebears – The Wilson brothers and Jan & Dean - with the U.K…
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Electronic Music
J DILLA’S upcoming album, The Shining, is setting up to be one of the most highly anticipated hip hop albums of 2006. The late hip-hop producer J Dilla's second solo project The Shining, which was nearly completed when he died Feb. 10, will be issued Au…
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
LUXE LIFE VEGAS “No sooner did he celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Beach Boys debut record than mellow Mike Love flew to Vegas with his wife and dined at Sushi Roku in the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace.”
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
DATE ON DISC IS PROBABLY WRONG
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Electronic Music
PITCHFORK "For this column I'd intended to write an all-encompassing review of both MUTEK and Sónar, but after eight days of shows at both fests…and five cumulative days of assorted afterparties, the idea of presenting a totalizing perspective seems not…
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
EXQUISITELY BORED IN NACOGDOCHES
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
If you've seen our numerous PREVIOUS POSTS on Scritti Politti's new album White Bread, Black Beer, you could probably tell that we have been waiting anxiously to receive a promo copy of the disc. Well, the disc finally arrived in yesterday's mail, and i…
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By DJ M on June 22nd, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
RECORDNET "It was weird," lead singer Mike Love said of the event designed to mark the 40th anniversary of Pet Sounds. "We have meetings and stuff from time to time, but we're never together in a public way."
"Brian couldn't have been nicer to me,"…
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By DJ M on June 21st, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
EQUISITELY BORED IN NACOGDOCHES
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By DJ M on June 20th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys, Electronic Music, Miscellaneous Music
If you've paid very close attention, you might have noticed that we have finally gotten around to setting up some Categories for each post. Instead of evey post being an "Announcement," all posts will also be tagged to a specific Category; as of now, we…
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By DJ M on June 20th, 2006
In Electronic Music
Do Not Fear Techno
PITCHFORK has a review by wonder writer Philip Sherburne
PITCHFORK writer Drew Daniel (of Matmos?) reviews the track “Paskaa Musaa”
VILLAGE VOICE has a review by Andy Beta
FORCED EXPOSURE is one of the best sources for electronic…
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By DJ M on June 20th, 2006
In Electronic Music
Swimmingpool is Düsseldorf natives Michael Scheibenreiter and Stefan Schwander. On their new album Good Old Music, they make fun, summer sun dance music.
MUSIC FOR ROBOTS has a review and MP3
COMBINATION lists the record
NONSTUFF PODCAST has an OK…
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By DJ M on June 19th, 2006
In Electronic Music
DANGER MOUSE is one of our most favorite artists.
NY TIMES MAGAZINE "What changed everything was when I got into Woody Allen," says Danger Mouse, whose real name is Brian Burton. "When I got to college, I saw 'Manhattan' and 'Deconstructing Harry.'…
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By DJ M on June 19th, 2006
In Electronic Music
TBA EMPTY: Stupid Rotation CD (MAXE 010CD)
According to the label: “TBA Empty is Tbilisi, Georgia-based Goslab member Natalie Beridze, and this is her fourth full-length release on the Max Ernst label. Without a doubt, this new TBA Empty album is abo…
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By DJ M on June 19th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
I don't know how many of you might have missed our PREVIOUS POST on MIKE HEPPENER'S new novel Pike’s Folly, a wonderful romp which moves with a fast crowd, hipsters like writer's writer TERRY SOUTHERN, and JOSEPH HELLER, of Catch 22 fame.
HEPPENER bri…
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By DJ M on June 19th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
CHICAGO SUN TIMES "When I last wrote about Roky Erickson in May 2005, I noted that the legendary Texas musician had spent the last two decades trailing Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett and Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson atop the list of rock's most tragic…
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