M@M: Harry Nilsson-Everybody’s Talkin’

The song was made famous by 1969’s Midnight Cowboy. Check out the moves at 1:10, and download the mp3 below.

MP3: Harry Nilsson-Everybody’s Talkin’

Add comment August 19, 2008

Black Keys Interviewed on Pitchfork.tv

Watch worst-interviewer-in-the-world/Pitchfork staff writer Jessica Suarez interview the Black Keys in their hotel room. It is fairly entertaining to see how high they are. If you need an example, they take the people in Oprah’s life and assign them roles as McDonald’s characters. MP3 below.

MP3: The Black Keys-10 A.M. Automatic

Add comment August 19, 2008

The Hold Steady Knows

The Hold Steady, a steadfast favorite at IIG,IG, has made some waves recently. First, this weekend on the BBC, THS guitarist Tad Kubler said this (from Idolator):

I think they’ve lost the plot,” Kubler said when asked the now-standard-in-every-music-interview question about Thom Yorke et al’s recent album In Rainbows. “What are they doing? Where are they going? What’s happening? I don’t get it any more. They lost me. I still appreciate what they’re doing, or what they’re trying to do. But I think they’re trying too hard not to be Radiohead. That seems a little ridiculous to me.” Kubler then went on to praise… Oasis. Ooh, burn! Yorke and his bandmates were unavailable for comment, but the Internet was more than happy to rush in and fill that particular void.

Strong words for the Wisconsin-born musician. Well, expect Radiohead to release a statement soon mocking THS’s just-announced fall tour with…

The Drive By Truckers (dates after the jump, via Pitchfork).

MP3: The Hold Steady-Most People Are DJs

MP3: Radiohead-15 Step

(more…)

Add comment August 19, 2008

M@M: Gillian Welch and Old Crow Medicine Show-The Weight

I know I just posted OCMS, but this is too good…(mp3s of the original and Girl Talk song that uses “The Weight” below)

MP3: The Band-The Weight

MP3: Girl Talk-Still Here

Add comment August 18, 2008

“Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses”

This is a little more of a personal post. A good friend named Moses just left the city to move onto a bigger and better place. Got me thinking about a few of my favorite tunes…

MP3: Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor-Moses (from Singin’ in the Rain soundtrack)

MP3: Toots and the Maytalls-Six and Seven Books of Moses

MP3: Scott McKenzie-San Francisco (Make Sure To Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)

MP3: Arctic Monkeys-Fake Tales of San Francisco

2 comments August 17, 2008

MUST DOWNLOAD: New Jay-Z Track, Kanye-produced

This has re-excited the appetites of many for a possible Blueprint 3, and everyone should download this one, followed by putting the song on repeat. Check out Carter and West get old school hit up Barack Obama, Oasis, and female fans.

MP3: Jay-Z-Jockin’ Jay-Z (produced by Kanye West)

1 comment August 16, 2008

M@M: The Blind Boys of Alabama-Way Down in the Hole

I’m just getting into the HBO series The Wire. Yes, I know I’m five years late, but this song has got me jonesin’ for my next disc to come via Netflix. Don’t tell me what happens at the end of season 1.

MP3: Tom Waits-Way Down in the Hole (Live in Atlanta, 2008 )

Add comment August 16, 2008

Vietnam to Deport Gary Glitter…Hey!

photo-AP

From the AP…

Vietnam to deport glam rocker Glitter to Britain

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Former glam rocker and convicted child molester Gary Glitter will be deported back to Britain on Tuesday after being released from prison in Vietnam, his lawyer said.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted of obscene acts with children in March 2006 and sentenced to three years in prison. The incidents involved two Vietnamese girls, aged 10 and 11, from the southern coastal city of Vung Tau.

“Police booked his ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to London and I have already paid for the ticket on his behalf,” his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh told The Associated Press by telephone Thursday.

Last year authorities cut three months off Glitter’s three-year jail sentence for good behavior. He has been serving his term at Thu Duc prison in Binh Thuan province, 87 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City.

Kinh said Glitter told him several months ago he did not want to go back to Great Britain, but Vietnamese law requires he be returned to his home country.

In a recent interview with the Cong An Nhan Dan (People’s Police) newspaper, Glitter said he intends to resume his singing career and might move to Singapore or Hong Kong.

1972’s Rock and Roll (Part 2) is practically an instrumental tune (only lyric: “Hey!”), but that small fact did not stop the successful career of Gary Glitter during the ’70s and ’80s. Forgive me for not knowing why he wanted to be in Southeast Asia so badly and did not want to be in his native U.K., but fans should not be dismayed. He plans to relaunch his career by finishing an incomplete album when he is able to return to Hong Kong or Singapore.

MP3: Gary Glitter-Rock and Roll (Part 2)

Add comment August 14, 2008

Isaac Hayes, Dead at 65

Noted singer, voice-actor, and Scientologist died of a stroke Sunday. Details on his death in the AP coverage. MP3 of the song that made him famous below.

MP3: Isaac Hayes-Shaft

Add comment August 14, 2008

News Beat, Counting Calories Edition

Side note: Don’t take us off your RSS feeds just yet. It’s been a busy summer and there have been some exciting updates in the personal lives of your two favorite bloggers. Stick with us, and enjoy the upcoming posts.