https://youtu.be/dPiplYL897o
Here’s a note-for-note live recreation of The White Album by a group called The Analogues giving me the feels.
They’re from WHERE?
While off down internet wormholes prompted by this blog, I ran across the horrible clickbait article “Best Band from Every State,” which is designed mostly to start fights. It caught my attention because the Boys of Beach, above, and as pictured in the article, might qualify for the California designation… but not without Brian Wilson, SMH.
Anyway, I learned a little band geography and will be curious to see everyone’s reaction. As the sometimes Pacific Northwest rep, I’ll say that they’re right about Idaho, glaringly wrong about Oregon, and a little off with Washington.
Who Knew?
I think we all did. But the Beach Boys weren’t surfers is such pedantic gold.
Enjoy Pavid Vermin and I’m pretty sure that’s Mary Ann at about 0:30.
Just Don’t Dance
It can’t be New Year’s without seeing someone make an ass of himself. Who’s better at that than Mike Love? This begins as a funny/sad skit, but the real comedy begins at 2:27 with 70’s footage of Love trying to preen and prance around like Mick Jagger. He also apparently hit a Goodwill dumpster trying to copy Mick’s look. Jesus.
People who shouldn’t dance (I’m one) should know better by the time they reach adulthood. The most blessed of us never really wanted to anyway. I get that singers feel awkward just standing there. Fine, but if they can’t dance, give them a prop guitar. I’m guessing the other Beach Boys preferred letting him make a fool of himself to arguing with an asshole.
Rick Nielsen’s Guitar Collection
Here’s something to pass the time while you wait on those COVID test results.
When it comes to guitar collections, some are so large, so special, and so rare, that even the best collectors can’t help but do a double-take. This is how you would define Rick Nielsen’s collection – a total head-turner.
In the latest episode of “The Collection,” host Mark Agnesi heads to Rockford, IL, to visit the godfather of guitar hoarding. Rick Nielsen, the lead guitarist for Cheap Trick, takes us through his cavern of guitars. Ranging from quirky and strange to the ultimate rare and last of its kind. And in a “The Collection” first, Rick shows off three original 1958 Explorers out of only nineteen in existence.
While Rick’s guitar bevy is superior to most, what’s striking is his irreverence for ‘value’ in a world full of collectors and purists. In Rick’s eyes, the guitar belongs to him, and how pristine the guitar is doesn’t really matter. His passion for guitars and the guitar world is apparent as he is still adding to the vault. Follow along as Rick takes us through his fantastic collection.
The Northman
I was pretty impressed with Robert Eggers horror flick The Witch, so I was pretty psyched to hear that he was making a Viking saga film in Iceland. Bjork is in it, so it has to be good, right?
Taste My Burnin’ Love
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Faith No More Covers Burt Bacharach
And holy shit, they crush it (“This Guy’s in Love with You”).
Jump in!
Time For A Xmas Classic
Thanks to Reinfield for exposing me to this Paddy Roberts holiday chestnut a few years ago.
Nearly 60 years on, still as true today as the day it was written.
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown is on the run from the Peanuts Gang after the Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on his head. Animated student short by Jim Reardon, who later worked on The Simpsons (1990–2004) – director, supervising director, storyboard consultant; WALL-E (2008) – screenwriter, story supervisor; Wreck-It Ralph (2012) – writer, head of story; and Zootopia (2016) – writer, co-head of story.