I’ve spun the new album – their first in 24 years! – a few times. It’s good!
This Is Not AI
But “generate a Wes Anderson film” is everyone’s favorite prompt.
I keep saying I’m going to the next movie, when the last one I watched was Darjeeling Limited.
But this time I might!
For No Particular Reason
Enjoy. Or don’t.
AI Video Just Turned A Corner
And I’m leaning more towards terrified than impressed.
EDIT: And one more …
Mitch
Cuz why not?
Pachel-Rebellion
We’ve discussed Pachelbel’s annoying Canon, one of the most loved and hated of works. Here’s a version I can almost get behind. This is played by some early music specialists (who are good when they stick to early music) in a way Pachelbel would recognize, and unlike the arrangement you usually hear, it actually moves along. On the other hand, the lush, syrupy version heard in waiting rooms, elevators, and businesses seeking an ambience of upscale exclusivity, is a 1960’s arrangement by the French conductor Jean-François Paillard. It doesn’t move; it just sits there and oozes. And it takes way too long considering it’s the same damn thing over and over. It’s a heavily romanticized take on a baroque piece, sort of equivalent to Muzak Beatles.
When the early music version was released, some purchasers angrily returned it because they wanted the jewelry store version.
While writing this, I was trying to remember what TV ads featured the Canon. I incorrectly remembered it as being in one of the Grey Poupon ads. A quick YouTube search revealed that one of those ads used part of one of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. When I arrive in the Great Beyond, J.S. Bach is going to KICK MY ASS. Because the Canon is still trash; it’s just way better trash when played fast.
Lock Me In And Throw The Key Away
Into Cherry Blossom Clinic, that is. Glib songs of mental institutions were an interesting sub-genre in the mid sixties. Perhaps the strangest was this novelty hit. The B-side of it was the same song backwards. Yes, I owned a copy, as did many of my fellow devotees of MAD and CRACKED. I was in 4th grade, OK?
A darker take on such facilities came from Porter Wagoner. But even it sounded funny to anyone under thirty at the time, and to pretty much everybody now.
No insitutions in these, but I have to add these two faves. I’m wondering if our resident Pacific Northwesterner knew anyone lucky enough to have seen the Sonics in their glorious prime.
5.15
Happy Who Day everyone!
Largo, Maryland from the tail end of the US Quadrophenia tour, 1973. Rhythm section is on a mission here.
Sorry it cuts out at the end.
Catch It Whilst You Can
Old Grey Whistle Test host Annie Nightingale recalls her favorite acts from the punk and new wave years on a BBC special not hosted on the BBC YouTube channel. So punk!