Westerberg on Writing

From a recent New York Times Opinonator column.

Electric Bird Digest

This Fantastic Tune Parade is an early 90s gem from the beloved Fellows. Definitely worth a spin if you haven't heard it or haven't listened for awhile. Produced by Butch Vig and featuring great tunes from Scott, Kurt, and company, it is probably my favorite Fellows album. Hillbilly Drummer Girl, Looking Around, Thirsty, and Hard to Mention are particular faves. Enjoy Bastards!

Free Radio Dave

Our own rockstar / playboy / ne'er-do-well Bastard B. Dave (shown here without makeup) will be featured this Sunday on Radio Free Nashville. He's too unassuming to promote his own fucking awesomeness on this blorg.

I plead complete ignorance and lameness regarding the existence of the above radio outlet in my own backyard. My local airwave affinity extended only to WRVU - the Vanderbilt student station - until it vanished from the dial this year when its license was auctioned off & gobbled up by... wait for it... public radio. No joke.
WRVU was my commute compadre and I haven't bothered to figure out HD Radio yet (Jay?), nor realized that some of the shows I liked ("Cat Beast Party", "Nashville Mixtapes", the sublime "Nashville Jumps") found a home on Free Radio Nashville.
The link above provides interwebs connectivity so we can all listen to Durham's Own Alt-God from 2-4pm Sunday Sunday Sunday.

The program is free - I think Dave said that the sponsor is the Library of Appalachia.

Tone Matrix

Make your own summer theme music HERE by clicking on the squares.

If I'd only known it was this easy

I'm not sure if any of you other Bastards enjoy the mellow groove from time to time, but I for one love the old CSN (especially Stills - anybody ever heard 'Manassas'?) and other '60s Laurel Canyon stuff (I even like the Fucking Eagles until they get up to 'The Long Run').

For your consideration is the BBC's documentary "Hotel California: LA From the Byrds to the Eagles," which traces the Laurel Canyon scene from the early Byrds to the full-on corporatization of the scene (ie the Eagles). I made it through part one, and it's quite good.

C'mon, Dave, you've got some Joni Mitchell records, don't you?

More Nick

Following The Previous selections, find some more of the fabulous Nick Lowe. You're welcome Bastards.

Back to the Singles Era

Thom Yorke: No more Radiohead albums

The Radiohead frontman says his band have no intention to release another album and will instead focus on download-only singles and EPs.

Read all about it.

Forgotten Memphis Music

The Moves - "Are You Ready!"

The Moves were a short-lived band (1998?) fronted by Daniel Jones, former Subteens drummer and flake extraordinaire. As I recall, Daniel abruptly departed our little dysfunctional family at the height of our creativity, citing as his reason for quitting that no one talks to the drummer. I'm not sure where he is today, but I don't think he's playing out. The last time I saw him he was delivering sandwiches to my work group, but he didn't see me.

Still, great song. I should explain that it was intended as a brief set opener.

By the time I get to Phoenix

Here, from our friends at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends, is a pretty cool video of Noel Gallagher of Oasis performing his mega-hit Wonderwall, but covering the arrangment of the song that Ryan Adams featured on his album Love is Hell.



Here's Ryan's version. Not much to look at, but you'll be able to hear what Noel was going for.



And here's Oasis live, playing the more familiar version.



By the way, Noel has said that he doesn't want to perform the song anymore unless its the Ryan Adams version. Evidently he said that's the way the song needed to be. There's an mp3 of the Noel version at the Fuel blog.
I'm off to Phoenix for a few days of R and R with the folks. I'm putting Joe in charge of supervising Jay who in turn will mentor Lurker who will oversee Andrew.