We're still waiting for our new co-blogger Kid Charlemagne to get off his lazy ass and post something.
But in the interim, courtesy of our good friends Sal and Tony at NYCD, here's some amusing and alarming info about this week's releases.
TORI AMOS - AMERICAN DOLL POSSE. We're gonna take a wild guess and surmise that her ninth studio album sounds more or less like the other eight. Available as a plain old CD or as a special edition with a DVD including unseen footage plus a 36 page booklet and -- are you ready? -- FIVE POSTCARDS! "Dear Zelda, listening to Tori's latest album. Wish you were here. Fondly, Millard."
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK - GHOST STORIES. Nothing to say about this one, either. We just like typing "Chantal Kreviazuk." It's even more fun to say aloud.
RUSH - SNAKES & ARROWS. Rush is one of those bands where you say "Damn, I hate Rush -- except for 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Limelight' and 'New World Man' and 'Subdivisions' and... OK, I guess I don't hate Rush." Which doesn't mean you're necessarily going to care about what they have to say in 2007, but they deserve a little respect nonetheless.
SOUNDTRACK - SPIDER-MAN 3. Remember back in the '90s, when every summer there would be a ton of soundtracks from big-budget action films featuring new songs by a bunch of high-profile bands, sporting a ridiculously high list price? Well, go back to the future with this $18.98 turkey featuring new songs from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Flaming Lips, the Killers, Jet, Snow Patrol and more! Apparently nobody told the good folks at Reprise Records that people stopped spending $19 for CDs around 2001. And that they download the two songs they want from soundtracks like this, rather than buying the whole thing. But God bless 'em for trying, even if this is the kind of thing that made us close our brick-and-mortar store (I think we still have a few copies of the Mystery Men soundtrack, if anyone wants them). Pre-order it and we'll be able to hook you up with it for even less than $18.98!
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2 comments:
kid charlemagne is joining you guys too?
Kewl.
Rush has also been hanging in there for over thirty years, recording and touring and evolving.
They're not my favorite band, but they're the first band I ever took my wife to when we were dating, and on the 30th anniversary tour, they were still having fun doing it.
Not soething that can be said for many bands.
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