I’m listening to Dinosaur Jr.’s Farm, which is not exactly the best music for working (unless you’re in a hurry, like me). Green Mind was one of my cornerstone albums of the 90′s, and after a love-hate relationship with their later catalog, I’ve come back to their newer work. My ears have never recovered from the show I saw at Hammerjacks in ’95, but it’s good to hear them again.
Today’s soundtrack is the second side of Led Zeppelin III, which is featured prominently in an iTunes playlist I have called “melancholy”.
In The Studio – Interviews with rock’s finest musicians about their most classic albums. I can’t wait to listen to these.
File this one under Right On: Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Beats Cancer. The new album should be out sometime this year.
Lis hipped me to this via Facebook: Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story. I will be waiting happily to see this when it comes out.
We bought a tree from the Boy Scouts on Saturday and put it up in the hallway that evening; Finn was asking to start decorating it, and so the three of us hung the lights together with some seasonal music playing in the background. After we’d finished the tree and pushed it back into the corner, it was time for Christmas Dance Party:
I’ve forgotten exactly how awesome Thievery Corporation’s DJ-Kicks compilation actually is. Go get it.
There’s an excellent series up on the Onion AV Club site now called Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation, which goes into the history and legacy of 90′s music—starting with the author’s unapologetic love of pre-Nevermind pop music and following the sea change afterwards. The third installment, Pearl Jam, the Perils of Fame, and the Trouble With Avoiding It, does a nice job of answering my long-standing question, what ever happened to those guys, and do I really give a shit? (answer: they faded away, and no).
File this under Oh Hell Yes: Mogwai announce new album, with the same producer from Young Team. And, their tour will bring them to the 9:30 Club in April of next year. This is a band I’d love to see live. With earplugs.
I wish there was a better way to link images from a weblog. Hmm.
I found Ice Cube's "Good Day.".
Monologue: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.
Need to soften the blow of a harsh message about restroom etiquette? SLAM. There I am. Need to spice up the directions to your graduation party? WHAM. There again. Need to convey your fun-loving, approachable nature on your business’ website? SMACK. Like daffodils in motherfucking spring.
Hmm. I think I might install this and use it on Wednesday (when other, larger and well-know sites will be down in protest): SOPA Blackout Plugin.
Wes Anderson's new movie is called Moonrise Kingdom, and it looks great.
User Hippybear put together an exhaustive, and I mean exhaustive history of the Art of Noise on Metafilter, full of links and info: Don't Be Afraid Of The Art Of Noise.
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