We don't believe it either, but according to the New York Post:
Beatles to Reunite.
Paul and Ringo will be joined by Julian and Linda Harrison (the babe from the original "Planet of the Apes."
Here's the first video.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Break On Through
We note in sadness that the great rock photographer Joel Brodsky, best known for his portraits of a topless Jim Morrison, has died at age 67.
In a cosmic coincidence, the Merry Mailman just delivered us the expanded/remastered versions of the first six Doors albums.
Breaking news: according to original album engineer Bruce Botnick, all prior versions of the Doors eponymous debut were mastered at an incorrect slow speed. On the new, corrected CD, Morrison sounds less like your father singing in the shower and more like Leo Sayer.
Just kidding.
In a cosmic coincidence, the Merry Mailman just delivered us the expanded/remastered versions of the first six Doors albums.
Breaking news: according to original album engineer Bruce Botnick, all prior versions of the Doors eponymous debut were mastered at an incorrect slow speed. On the new, corrected CD, Morrison sounds less like your father singing in the shower and more like Leo Sayer.
Just kidding.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Weekend Listomania
Well, I see my oxycontin stash is running a little low, which means that my posting will be sporadic around here for a bit until I contact Rush Limbaugh's ex-houseboy.
In the meantime, a project -- guaranteed, a splendid time for all:
Best Beatles Covers.
Which is harder than it sounds, since most Beatles covers suck.
My top seven (in no particular order)
1. "Blackbird" -- Dionne Farris
2. "Eight Days a Week" -- Procol Harum
3. "Across the Universe" -- Rufus Wainwright
4. "I'm Looking Through You" -- Jakob Dylan/The Wallflowers
5. "If I Needed Someone" --The Hollies
6. "And Your Bird Can Sing" -- Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
7. "On the Wings of a Nightingale" -- The Spongetones (I know, I know)
Jump in, won't you?
In the meantime, a project -- guaranteed, a splendid time for all:
Best Beatles Covers.
Which is harder than it sounds, since most Beatles covers suck.
My top seven (in no particular order)
1. "Blackbird" -- Dionne Farris
2. "Eight Days a Week" -- Procol Harum
3. "Across the Universe" -- Rufus Wainwright
4. "I'm Looking Through You" -- Jakob Dylan/The Wallflowers
5. "If I Needed Someone" --The Hollies
6. "And Your Bird Can Sing" -- Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
7. "On the Wings of a Nightingale" -- The Spongetones (I know, I know)
Jump in, won't you?
Thursday, March 29, 2007
A Pain in the Angst
Extremely irksome NYTimes pop music critic Kelefa Sanneh has nice things to say about Snow Patrol and their even more irksome hit "Chasing Cars".
Oh well, at least for a change he wasn't obsessing about Billboard Chart positions.
Oh well, at least for a change he wasn't obsessing about Billboard Chart positions.
Rubinoos Box Set!
Courtesy of dave™, we here at PowerPop note that the Rubinoos have a new box set!
Sweet!
This definitive collection includes:
Disc 1: The first 2 Beserkley LPs including bonus tracks
Disc 2: Select cuts from all other releases to date
Disc 3: A recently discovered and previously unreleased "Live At Hammersmith Odeon" show from 1978
Sweet!
Meaningless Songs In Very High Voices
From yesterday's New York Times:
Fans of the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” will get plenty of its source material on June 5, when Rhino Records releases the boxed set “Jersey Beat — The Music of Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons.” The three CDs, featuring the lead singer Frankie Valli, the guitarist Tommy DeVito, the bassist Nick Massi and the keyboardist Bob Gaudio, include 76 tracks of the band’s biggest hits and will be accompanied by a DVD of rare live performances, an 86-page booklet and other material.
Nothing has caused those who know me best -- by which I mean several ex-girlfriends and various posters at Eschaton who I've never actually met -- to doubt my sanity more than my frequent assertions that the music of the 4 Seasons (from their early hits till about 1968) is some of the most original and purest pop ever made.
Looks like I'm gonna have to address the dreaded 4 Seasons Question in some detail come this summer.
Fans of the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” will get plenty of its source material on June 5, when Rhino Records releases the boxed set “Jersey Beat — The Music of Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons.” The three CDs, featuring the lead singer Frankie Valli, the guitarist Tommy DeVito, the bassist Nick Massi and the keyboardist Bob Gaudio, include 76 tracks of the band’s biggest hits and will be accompanied by a DVD of rare live performances, an 86-page booklet and other material.
Nothing has caused those who know me best -- by which I mean several ex-girlfriends and various posters at Eschaton who I've never actually met -- to doubt my sanity more than my frequent assertions that the music of the 4 Seasons (from their early hits till about 1968) is some of the most original and purest pop ever made.
Looks like I'm gonna have to address the dreaded 4 Seasons Question in some detail come this summer.
We're the Young Generation And We've Got Something to Say
More in sorrow than in anger, we give you a video clip of Dogstar.
That's Keanu Reeves on bass, in case you were wondering.
These guys have irked me big time ever since they recorded the worst cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What" ever heard by sentient mammalian ears.
That's Keanu Reeves on bass, in case you were wondering.
These guys have irked me big time ever since they recorded the worst cover of Badfinger's "No Matter What" ever heard by sentient mammalian ears.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Speechless
Honestly.
Huh.
Heather Mills stunned judges in the US version of Strictly Come Dancing with an audacious routine which included a daring back-flip.
Wearing a green sequinned catsuit, Ms Mills left the panel of choreographers temporarily speechless by completing the tricky move despite wearing a prosthesis after losing part of one leg in a 1993 traffic accident.
Huh.
Doctor My Eyes
Here's a fantastic 1975 clip of Dr. Feelgood doing "Roxette" on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Dr. Feelgood, of course, were one of the two most important bands -- the other being Eddie and the Hot Rods -- who were the link between the Pub Rock past and the punk movement to come.
A tip of the Power Pop hat to any reader who can identify the two guys making like Statler and Waldorf in the intro.
Dr. Feelgood, of course, were one of the two most important bands -- the other being Eddie and the Hot Rods -- who were the link between the Pub Rock past and the punk movement to come.
A tip of the Power Pop hat to any reader who can identify the two guys making like Statler and Waldorf in the intro.
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