The Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Pretty amazing. (Reminds me of this wonderful collection)

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A fellow by the name of Stewart Smith used Applesoft II and a 1979 Apple ][+ with 48K of RAM to program an amazing video for the song “Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)” off of Grandaddy’s lovely 2000 release, The Sophtware Slump. The V2 label retroactively signed a contract with Smith and made his interpretation […]

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Jeff Tweedy entered a Chicago rehabilitation clinic in 2004 to treat his chronic migraine headaches and subsequent addiction to painkillers. The New York Times‘ Migraine blog recently spoke with the Wilco frontman about his condition and how it has affected his personal and professional life. He told The Times he’s never missed a show because […]

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Via Tiny Mix Tapes comes word that Merge is now selling mp3/flac digital audio file. I don’t really understand this move. Why now? 8 years ago or even 3 years ago, maybe I would have been impressed. Hasn’t most of the Merge catalog been on eMusic for years? I guess they’ll be cutting out the […]

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After two years of recording (and a six-year gap), The Notwist has finally finished the follow-up to 2002’s masterpiece, Neon Golden. It is entitled The Devil, You + Me, and it is scheduled for a US release in June when a tour will also commence or as the band says, “we swap our spacship [sic] […]

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Kate Nash and political troubadour Billy Bragg teamed up at the Shockwave’s NME Awards for a medley of her hit single “Foundations” and his 25-year-old signature song “A New England.” It’s an odd pairing both on paper and live, evidently. I must say Kate Nash looks even cuter here than she does in her videos, […]

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Listening to the Red House Painters’ brilliant album, Ocean Beach, I was reminded of how much I liked the song Summer Dress, which got me thinking about other “Dress” related songs I’ve liked, which of course reminded me of the best “Dress” song, My Favourite Dress, from The Wedding Present. A song David Gedge continues […]

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