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Beating On Beato

Ok, it’s not really “beating,” but that was the only title I could think of.

First, I have no idea who this YouTuber is, or whether he’s a real or self-styled “music professor.”  This video just popped up in my feed.  Second, I haven’t watched very many Beato videos and had no idea he posts about anything other than rock.  Mr. Music Professor is correct: Bach’s harmonic innovations did not lie dormant until the jazz era.  But, however polite and respectful he is about the matter, it seems a little obnoxiously opportunistic and showy to make a whole video about it.  Why not just leave a comment in Beato’s original video, or pop him an email if possible?  I like that Beato is pushing Bach to his rock audience.  Who cares if there’s a musicological inaccuracy?

What thinkest thou, bastards?  Is this just my well-bred southerness getting the better of me?

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Are You Famous?

What a pleasant surprise!

Third Man Records is proud to announce the definitive anthology from groundbreaking power pop pioneers The Nerves. Released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles-based trio’s self-titled 1976 EP and only official release of their all-too-brief lifespan, The Nerves – Best Collection gathers 66 glorious minutes of studio, live, and demo recordings, compiled in close association with surviving members Paul Collins and Peter Case along with the late Jack Lee’s daughter Cynthia.

To celebrate the release, Third Man has posted (for the first time ever) the full live performance of the band on a local cable access channel. As far as I know, this is the only footage of The Nerves.

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Sales vs. Spectrum

Reminds me of myself in the days when annoying commissioned salesmen weren’t confined to auto dealerships.  They were everywhere; perhaps the most annoying ones were in clothing stores.  People lament the decline of brick and mortar retail.  They have a point, but I’m not all that sorry.  

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I Know What I’m Watching This Weekend

As a child of the Seventies, this story is near and dear to my heart. I used to watch In Search Of (hosted by Leonard Nimoy) every Saturday afternoon. It usually scared the shit out of me, but then that was the attraction.

On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson captured 60 seconds of film showing a creature walking through the Northern California woods – footage that became the most analyzed and debated in history. Fifty-seven years later, a reel of 16mm film discovered in a safe changes everything.

CAPTURING BIGFOOT reveals the untold story behind the world’s greatest mystery, told for the first time by Patterson’s own son and the people who were there.

On Amazon Prime now. Unfortunately, it’s a rental.

Also, can you imagine being one of the poor bastards who wasted their entire adult lives chasing this creature, only to learn that these idiots faked the whole thing?