1994 was a long fucking time ago.
Yep
Stephen Colbert joins The Mountain Goats for a rousing version of my new theme song.
Pull Shapes
Enjoy some shameless poppery, bastards!
I like the Pipettes for obvious reasons and have plugged them before. Please groove on this weird video.
Forty years later…
…this song has potential relevance.
Mellotron Variations
Check out my friend and fellow Memphibian Robby Grant (second from right) rocking out on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts with motherfucking Pat Sansone.
Dude!
Brand Synergy
Come on down to David Byrne's Giant Suit Emporium – We're burning down the house with savings! @ColbertLateShow @StephenAtHome pic.twitter.com/LxxlThSt4D
— David Byrne (@DBtodomundo) March 21, 2018
This Is How You Shoot A Video
Surrounded by a roomful of adorable dancing young women. And you just know they all smell amazing.
Not a bad song, either. This one’s pretty old, though. I should probably see what these guys are up to now.
Rachael & Vilray
Feast your ears, bastards! Rachael Price from Lake Street Dive and songwriter Vilray V. Vilray (no surname) perform new tunes written to sound like those from the 30s and 40s. I’m reminded of a line from A Clockwork Orange, which I am currently re-reading for the first time since college …
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!
And here’s the NPR podcast from whence I discovered them …
Another Cheap Trick Song Stuck In My Head For Some Goddamned Reason
And so I pass it on to you. Happy Monday, bastards.
P.S. – The cover art is a parody of Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run.
Attention Kmart Shoppers
https://youtu.be/XsI2ad5vxCY
Although The Treasury on Lamar was more my speed, I can definitely appreciate this.
This is a digitized version of an in-store reel to reel tape that was played within a Kmart store in 1973. In my opinion, the opening Kmart jingle is the most important artifact of this recording, but the music and small number of commercials make it a great listen.