ok, bear grylls is fuckin crazy. granted, i know not everything on man vs wild may be what it seems, but even still, he’s one bad mofo. one episode he’s in alaska and he needs to eat. so, what does he do? he goes fishing and catches a trout, but instead of cooking it he takes a big bite out of it while it is still wiggling around in his hands. then in another episode he drinks the water out of elephant shit. of course he also demonstrates how to get yourself out of quicksand, kill fish with toxins from a certain plant, build rafts, etc just in case you ever find yourself in a situation requiring any of the mentioned. definitely check it out man vs wild on the discovery channel if you get the chance.
my brain is confused on whether i really dig or really dislike italy’s jennifer gentle. they play a really odd blend of “indie” pop, 13th floor elevators style psychedelia, and something else i cant quite put my finger on. again, its interesting to a point but also kind of annoying but also kind of endearing. i dont know. they got a new record coming out on tuesday on sub pop entitled the midnight room.
electric princess from the midnight room
universal daughter from valende
i do dream you from valende
so tonite i wrap up the 300+ tracks that make up this version of the bedhead series.
55. harder now that its over
56. la cienaga just smiled
57. sweet lil gal
58. sylvia plath
59. brown sugar
60. faithless street
61. jacksonville skyline
62. expressway to your skull
63. now that your gone
64. prison letter
65. i see monsters
66. rescue blues
67. i still miss someone
68. i will learn to love
i am becoming increasingly excited about seeing the transformers - not only cause i grew up playing with em but because it looks badass. i am sure it will be the only movie i actually see in the theatres this summer. consider this over the past 4 years i have only gone to the show to see return of the king and night in the museum. i used to go quite often, at least 3 or 4 times a month, but i find paying 30-40 bucks when all is said and done to be quite the turn off to actually visiting a theatre. although, i have been itching to see knocked up which i hear is fantastic. any of you seen it yet?
i thought i had uploaded the remainder of bedhead 5 but alas i was wrong. so, there will be a part 4 sometime tomorrow. in the meantime here is part 3 of vol. 5
34. september
35. the hardest part
36. wharf rat/bird song
37. blossom
38. my heart is broken
39. strawberry wine
40. why do they leave
41. you will always be the same
42. beachfront town
43. hard way to fall
44. houses on the hill
45. long black veil
46. what sin
47. 16 days
48. please dont let me go
49. tennessee sucks
50. willow jane
51. dear chicago
52. sweet carolina
53. rosebud
54. summer of 69
in other news, the new pornographers got a new one coming out on 8.21 entitled challengers which you already probably knew about. if you have not heard it as of yet i am here to tell you that its awesome, truly. here is the first single off said record.
my rights versus yours
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oh yeah, you can stream ga ga ga ga ga in its entirity right here
during my recent travels throughout the interweb i came across a very cool, new collection of live swervedriver b sides and other oddities. in case you didnt know the swervedriver site also features live versions of each of their 4 records - which i still cannot recommend enough. here’s a brief sampling of some of their stuff. dont like to be spoonfed? then click here. btw, adam is releasing a new record, bolts of melody, on 8.26 in north america and 6.29 in australia. more information can be found right here.
kill the superheroes 3.19.98
zedhead 9.3.90 peel session
cars converge on paris 10.31.98
directors cut of your life 4.6.98
wrong treats off 99th dream
sci flyer off raise
havent really listened to easy tiger as of yet. for those who have what do you think? i listened to the first track and then got sidetracked but judging from that listen it sounds very promising.
part 2 of bedhead vol. 5 is below
17. pa
18. sweet illusions
19. to be young
20. wonderwall
21. dance all night
22. easy plateau
23. peaceful valley
24. shakedown on 9th st.
25. this is it
26. come pick me up
27. madeline
28. meadow lake st.
29. nightbirds
30. when the stars go blue
31. like a whore
32. let it ride
33. september
i have come to the realization that no matter where you go throughout the country, if you sit in outfield you will run across the most obnoxious fans. its both humorous and quite annoying. dude you like jeff francoeur? oh i couldnt tell. i must have missed the tell tale signs including the personalized francoeur jersey on top of the francoeur t shirt. same goes to you “guy with the the over abundant amounts of smoltz garb.” you would think you would hold off wearing their uniform until they were actually fuckin playing?! who the hell am i? i still wear my 15 year old lou whitaker jersey like i am trying to prove something.
saltbreakers the recent release by songstress laura veirs is my first foray into her music and man am i lovin it. shes definitely filling a void most recently held, but constantly disappointed, by the likes of beth orton and liz phair. she reminds me of a female version of the highly under appreciated michael penn.
just dont lose yourself
for those of you who are steps ahead of me in terms of laura’s music, are all her records pretty solid?
one thing i miss is the short lived lo-fi movement of the early-mid nineties. i loved the intimacy of those 4 track recordings. one lady that is keeping that torch sorta lit is portland, oregon resident shelby sifers and her recently released, run around run around - a lovely, yet simple record. sometimes thats all you need or can ask for.
just inches
musical
run around run around can be purchased by visiting her myspace page.
ok here it is, the first part of probably a 3 part series dedicated to bedhead numero 5.
1. a kiss before i go
2. cold roses/ny, ny
3. love is hell
4. the end
5. trains
6. call me on your way back home
7. dont fail me now
8. winding wheel
9. stella blue
10. when will you come home
11. already gone
12. dear john
13. elizabeth
14. games
15. magnolia mountain
16. mockingbird song
