Follow The Lights EP out October 23, 2007

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Follow The Lights
1. Follow The Lights(new)
2. My Love For You Is Real(Sweden Winona & Me)
3. Blue Hotel(6/15/07)
4. Down In A Hole(5/16/07)
5. This Is It(acoustic)
6. If I Am A Stranger(Now That You're Gone 7")
7. Dear John(6/3/07)

New Bob Pollard!

For these two new releases, Pollard has put together two markedly different albums — one focuses on his super-catchy pop side the other his more down and dirty rock side. It’s like Beatles Vs. Stones! A battle to the death and, of course, Bob emerges as the victor.

As an extra special bonus surrounding these releases, Pollard will be starting his Happy Jack Rock Records Singles Club in June, through robertpollard.net. The Singles Club will feature one 7” single each month for a year with a track from Standard Gargoyle Decisions or Coast to Coast Carpet Of Love as the A-side, and a non-album track on the B-side. These 7” singles will be available exclusively through robertpollard.net.
Robert Pollard - Rud Fins
Robert Pollard - The Killers

The Time Is Now!

Hey! think the time is right for a palace revolution
But where I live the game to play is compromise solution
Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black(Rumble Strips Mix)

What Is Syndication?

Jill's Jeopardy episodes are replaying on the Game Show Network(DirecTV 309) this week.



***J-ARCHIVE please learn to share.

Freak Folk, Feist

I picked up my tickets for Monday's Devendra Banhart show this afternoon down at 6th & I Historic Synagogue. The staff couldn't have been more hospitable, and even gave S & I a sneak peek at the venue(which was set up for Alan Alda's book talk tonight). This place is a real gem; beautiful and very intimate. Tickets are still available. Listen to this and tell me you're not going.

Devendra Banhart - Tonada Yanomaninista

Even my dad asked me who it was in the Feist IPod commercial; my mom swore it was Chan Marshall. Big up Indie Rock Ma. Everybody loves 1234; These are for Jill:

Feist - 1234
Feist - Mushaboom
Feist - I Feel it All
Feist - Past In Present
Feist - Brandy Alexander

DJ OZ @ Ibiza, Sunday

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

So, he is a bit loony, but undeniably likable to us over here at la casa basura. We like him the same way we like Fidel Castro who neglects to allow his people to do some very important things, but we like him anyway. We think his heart is in the right place. He's a good guy doing the best he can under very challenging circumstances. I am proud of Columbia for bringing the Iranian president to the United States.

Little Honda

Many of you know I've been shopping for alternative transportation to carry me beyond Tubman E.S. as the new gig requires. I find myself gravitating toward late '70s/early '80s bikes with <120cc motors. The most common, yet sought after, of these bikes seem to be Honda c series bikes. Their aesthetics, versatility, and practicality are superior to most bikes of any era. A little research finds that production of these bikes began in 1958, and shortly thereafter they inspired Brian Wilson to pen Little Honda. At some point production mysteriously and unfortunately halted in the United States. The bikes continued to be wildly popular in Europe and Asia, and even sell well in both Mexico and Canada. In 2006 the Honda Cub became the first motor vehicle to reach the mark 50,000,000 production units. It's only closest competitor is Hitler's people's wagon, discontinued in 2003 after production of that model's 21,529,464th unit. Why does this most popular motor vehicle in the world remain a tough find in both new and used US markets?

Yo La Tengo - Little Honda(Beach Boys cover)

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

Jonathan Kozol tends to be a polarizing figure in the field of education. Several of my colleagues affirmed my love/hate relationship with Kozol at work today. The Savage Inequalities author will speak at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue tonight at 9. He is promoting his new book Letters To A Young Teacher. Admission is $6, but two get in free with every book purchase.





The Sixth & I event I & I eagerly anticipate is in two weeks, when the great Devendra Banhart brings his "rich, varied, wild, irreverent, simple, and utterly joyous to listen to" music to the holy venue.


Devendra Banhart - Seahorse

59th Primetime Emmy Awards: Trash Picks

Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO • Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Mark Wahlberg, Executive Producer
Stephen Levinson, Executive Producer
Doug Ellin, Executive Producer
Rob Weiss, Co-Executive Producer
Julian Farino, Co-Executive Producer
Marc Abrams, Co-Executive Producer
Michael Benson, Co-Executive Producer
Denis Biggs, Supervising Producer
Brian Burns, Producer
Lori Jo Nemhauser, Producer
Wayne Carmona, Produced By

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
Entourage • One Day In The Valley • HBO • Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Julian Farino, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
Lost • Through the Looking Glass • ABC • ABC Studios
Jack Bender, Director

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Saturday Night Live • Host: Alec Baldwin • NBC • SNL Studios in association with NBC Studios and Broadway Video
Don Roy King, Director

Outstanding Drama Series
The Sopranos • HBO • Chase Films and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
David Chase, Executive Producer
Brad Grey, Executive Producer
Ilene S. Landress, Executive Producer
Terence Winter, Executive Producer
Matthew Weiner, Executive Producer
Henry J. Bronchtein, Co-Executive Producer
Diane Frolov, Supervising Producer
Andrew Schneider, Supervising Producer
Martin Bruestle, Producer
Gianna Maria Smart, Producer

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
The Office • NBC • Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille, LLC, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
Steve Carell as Michael Scott

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
The Sopranos • HBO • Chase Films and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Weeds • Showtime • Showtime Presents in association with Lions Gate Television and Tilted Productions
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • A Wolf Films Production in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
Late Show With David Letterman • CBS • Worldwide Pants, Inc.
David Letterman, Host

Outstanding Reality-competition Program
Project Runway • Bravo • Magical Elves for The Weinstein Company/Miramax, Full Picture, Bravo
Harvey Weinstein, Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer
Dan Cutforth, Executive Producer
Jane Lipsitz, Executive Producer
Heidi Klum, Executive Producer
Jane Cha, Executive Producer
Desiree Gruber, Executive Producer
Rich Bye, Executive Producer
Rich Buhrman, Executive Producer
Barbara Schneeweiss, Executive Producer
Frances Berwick, Executive Producer
Andrew Cohen, Executive Producer
Shari Levine, Executive Producer
Casey Kriley, Supervising Producer
Alexandra Lipsitz, Supervising Producer
Michael Rucker, Producer
Ben Mack, Producer
Andrew Wallace, Producer

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Entourage • HBO • Leverage and Closest to the Hole Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Lost • ABC • ABC Studios
Terry O'Quinn as John Locke

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
My Name Is Earl • NBC • Amigos de Garcia Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television
Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
The Sopranos • HBO • Chase Films and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO • Kid Love Productions and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
Bill Maher, Executive Producer
Scott Carter, Executive Producer
Sheila Griffiths, Executive Producer
Brad Grey, Executive Producer
Marc Gurvitz, Executive Producer
Dean E. Johnsen, Co-Executive Producer
Billy Martin, Co-Executive Producer

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
The Office • Gay Witch Hunt • NBC • Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille, LLC, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio
Greg Daniels, Written by

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Lost • Through The Looking Glass • ABC • ABC Studios
Damon Lindelof, Written by
Carlton Cuse, Written by

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO • Kid Love Productions and Brad Grey Television in association with HBO Entertainment
David Feldman, Writer
Matt Gunn, Writer
Brian Jacobsmeyer, Writer
Jay Jaroch, Writer
Chris Kelly, Writer
Bill Maher, Writer
Billy Martin, Head Writer
Jonathan Schmock, Writer
Danny Vermont, Writer
Scott Carter, Writer

Beauty & The Beast

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

Paramount Theatre
Charlottesville, Virginia
September 14, 2007

Ryan Adams may have sounded his very best last night at the Paramount Theatre in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Paramount is a phenomenal room acoustically and aesthetically, providing for as authentic a live sound as I have heard anywhere. So the sound was good, so Adams was in a good mood, so the band was in a good mood, so the band played well, so the audience behaved themselves, so Adams was in a good mood, so the band was in a good mood, so the band played well, etc. I know now what everyone's been on about with regard to Adams' voice. He goes from a deep tremble to a sweet falsetto, stopping everywhere in between without a sour moment. Neal Casal's dueling guitar dances around Adams' beautifully and his "Highway to the Canyon" breaks up the set just so. With the whole band cheerful and chatty, Adams was far from reserved, glamming it up without his Peanut on Hollywood Boulevard, and freaking out as one with the 1974 Gibson ES 355TD Stereo, Seeing Monsters to close the show.

Magnolia Mountain
I Taught Myself How to Grow Old
Peaceful Valley
Damn Sam(I Love a Woman That Rains)
Games
Call Me On Your Way Back Home
How Do You Keep Love Alive
Let It Ride
Winding Wheel
Goodnight Hollywood Boulevard(no guitar)
Mockingbird
Goodnight Rose
Rip Off(on piano)
Rescue Blues(on piano)
Dear Chicago
Freeway to the Canyon(lead guitar, bground vox)
Wildflowers
Beautiful Sorta
Tears of Gold
I See Monsters

Creepy & Awesome

Cycle Chic: Copenhagen Girls on Bikes

It's THAT easy!!!

Border War!

#40 Terps vs. #4 Hoopies















series: WV 22, MD 21, 2 ties
Friedgen career record: 52 and 24
Rodriguez career record: 52 and 24
Byrd Stadium: Sold Out
ESPN 8PM

CHEATERS

ESPN confirms the New England Patriots are cheaters.

Paramount Theatre 9/13 & 14

Ryan Adams was to play the historic Paramount Theatre on July 10. Fans lined up outside the theatre, night of show. Official sources said the show was cancelled due to a late flight. Unofficial sources say otherwise. 100YearsOfTrash will be on site Friday to investigate.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

...is the funniest show you've never seen. Don't miss it when the "totally unnecesary third season" begins when "The Gang Finds A Dumpster Baby" Thursday night at 9 on FX!

Slow Learners

the fed's very first shows were opening slots for Baltimore's Slow Learners. The dirty-oldies brand of blues rock on 2006's eponymous debut and mastermind Ed Jentsch' gritty growl are almost timeless . Slow Learners are back on Untitled, out now.

September 13, 2007 The Pussycat Lounge, New York, NY
September 15, 2007 The Red House Tavern, Baltimore, MD
September 22, 2007 SONAR, Baltimore MD
September 23, 2007 The Manhattan Room, Philadelphia PA

MTV Video Music Awards Trash Picks

Best Group - White Stripes
Best New Artist - Lily Allen
Female Artist Of The Year - Amy Winehouse
Male Artist Of The Year - Kanye West
Monster Single Of The Year - Lil Mama "Lip Gloss"

Most Earth Shattering Collaboration - Beyonce f/Shakira "Beautiful Liar"
Quadrupal Hit Of The Year - Jay Z
Video Of The Year - Amy Winehouse "Rehab"

Best Choreography - Beyonce f/Shakira "Beautiful Liar"

Best Director - Kanye West "Stronger"

Best Editing - Gnarls Barkley "Stronger"

"I can't believe she would perform. She hasn't had a hit record in years. Maybe my money's not right. Maybe my skin's not right."
Kanye West

Kanye West - Homecoming(ft. Chris Martin)

DC Crack Squirrels

I was just reading an article about how Pete Doherty allegedly smokes crack with his kittens. The last sentence of the article reads: In the US, crack squirrels are a recognised problem in New York and Washington DC parks. I had yet to recognize this problem.

Wish Tree for Washington, DC

by Yoko Ono


Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
Seventh Street SW & Independence Avenue
Washington, DC

FREE THE JENA "6"

I first saw this story on DJ OZ' page last week. Today I was inspired by young people all over the neighborhood sporting and supporting the Jena 6.

More Important Than The Bible?

That's just what trash friend, Subdonkey & SpringsCultureCast producer, author, and musician Klayton Elliot Kendall asks about Kerouac's On The Road, 50 years after its publication...



Tomorrow we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's On the Road, an event that marked a radical paradigm shift not only in American literature, but Western culture in general. This shift cannot be overstated. Before On the Road, the single most important book in the western hemisphere was the Bible, as it had been for over 1,500 years, ever since the canonization of the books of the Old and New Testaments in the fourth century AD. The new American secularism that we take for granted today -- with its hedonistic motto of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll!" -- began with the Baby Boomers, who were the first real benefactors of a modern, technological world. Their guidebook of choice, their Bible, was On the Road. No other book came close in terms of influence and popularity. It's difficult, perhaps impossible, to imagine blue jeans, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, the student revolts of '68, Woodstock, mountains of cocaine, the Sex Pistols, MTV, Jenna Jameson, the Internet, iPhones ... everything that separates us from the superstitious, racist, xenophobic patriarchs of American culture who landed on Plymouth rock in 1620 (and whose disciples still walk among us today), without On the Road on every literate American's bookshelf. The book has inspired countless millions to live life a little differently: with more courage and less hate. I first encountered On the Road as an 18-year-old college freshman, and its kinetic verbal ferocity has inspired me to GO GO GO ever since. I can say, without a doubt, that Kerouac's vision of America, fairytale or not, is the vision I hold most dear, even against the onslaught of consumer sewage that flows unabated from the Wal-Mart and McDonald's on every motherfucking street corner in our godforsaken nation.(NEWSPEAKblog.com)

Self Righteous Rasta Wednesdays

Chris Blackwell was born in London on June 22, 1937 to a Catholic father from Ireland and a Jewish mother from Costa Rica. Shortly thereafter, the Blackwells moved to Jamaica where Chris grew up and received his education, formally and otherwise. As a teenager, Blackwell's job was to service and fill rum shack jukeboxes across the island. With each of Chris' trips back to London, that city's Jamaican expatriate community grew larger and along with it grew a larger demand for Jamaican Ska and Reggae 7". Blackwell began exporting records from Jamaica while still in his teens, an enterprise that eventually blossomed into Trojan Records. By twenty-five, Blackwell had grown out of merely exporting records and had established Island Records in Jamaica.

Island's roster has included Toots & The Maytals, The Slits, Anthrax, The Pogues, Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Roxy Music, and U2. This greatest of all independent labels introduced the world to the proverbial Bob Marley & The Wailers.

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Concrete Jungle(Catch a Fire 1973)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Slave Driver(Catch a Fire 1973)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Small Axe(Burnin' 1973)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Put It On(Burnin' 1973)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread(Natty Dread 1974)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bend Down Low(Natty Dread 1974)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Crazy Baldheads(Rastaman Vibration 1976)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Johnny Was(Rastaman Vibration 1976)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - So Much Things To Say(Exodus 1977)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Heathen(Exodus 1977)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya(Kaya 1978)


.zipped

...and the wife and I agree...

While the prior top two music blogs falter, Brooklyn Vegan remains a relevant daily read. Neiles Life gets better with every post and continues to be a source for new music so you don't have to find it.

Neiles Life's September Gone Broke(including Hot Hot Heat's Happiness Ltd.)

Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In

Check 'em.

Fact: According to the United Nations' report "Livestock’s Long Shadow—Environmental Issues and Options," raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined.

Fact: The U.S. military is the single largest consumer of energy in the world.

Fact: On July 22nd, 1999, the Gore Campaign decided to create the perfect photo op to begin cultivating Gore's "green image". Big Al would paddle down the Connecticut River in New Hampshire. The only problem was New England was in the midst of a threatening drought, and there wasn't enough water to keep the fattie afloat. What to do? The Gore Campaign ordered a dam opened, so that 4 billion gallons of water could sail Gore towards the flashbulbs to a tune of 7 million taxpayer dollars.

Fact: Mainstream Democrats don't care about the environment. They neglected to make global warming an issue until they needed something to terrify Americans as much as the Republicans' Muslim Terrorists do.

Anniversary Gift & Steelerbaby

Primanti Bros. by Rhonda Watson