February Pick - Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

This month's pick is Iggy Pop's second solo album Lust for Life.  This album along with his first solo album The Idiot was produced by none other than David Bowie himself. What fun! I haven't listened to this album yet, but I'm pretty excited about the Pop\Bowie collaboration. Enjoy!

February Classic - Duke Ellington - Money Jungle

One supergroup that did not suck. This album helped put Duke Ellington into the uncategorizable category. Charles Mingus on bass, Max Roach on drums and the Duke on piano.




Nooo, this is not piano, this is dreaming

Live Listen?

I had an idea that may help beef up the conversation on the monthly picks. We could pick a standard time that more or less works for us. Like the first Monday of the month for instance. Where we all get on the blog and listen to the album (of the previous month) at the same time and live blog it.

To nerdy?  Let me know what you think.

Is anyone as excited as I am?

Trying to decide whether or not to splurge on the vinyl....maybe this will help the decision making process:

The Flaming Lips out Flaming Lipsing Themselves

The Lips put out a 12 piece single called "Two Blobs Fucking." Its twelve youtube videos meant to be played simultaneously on twelve different iphones. You can watch people who did the whole setup on youtube, but I suppose the whole point is to have fun trying this yourself.

http://www.flaminglips.com/blog/rkouri/flaming-lips-release-first-new-music-2011-today

and the Grammy for Best Album of the year goes to...

THE SUBURBS!!! Congratulations to Arcade Fire!

Arcade Fire Acoustic

Some really cool videos of Arcade Fire doing a couple acoustic songs. It's pretty cool to see them all crammed together like this.

Disappointing Lineup for Lolla

I think Pitchfork is going to be the better Chicago fest option this year.

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/02/lollapalooza-headliners-to-include-eminem-muse-foo-fighters.html

Lil Weezy loves the cheesy???

So confused about this. Listen to song at the end of the article....seems pretty serious about being a Packer fan.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/03/check-out-lil-wayne-reps-green-bay-packers-in-green-and-yellow-freestyle/

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VV Logo

So I've confirmed that my brother Tim is designing a VV logo (in between his three jobs). Check out his graphic design site for some of his work.

http://TimJohnOBrien.tumblr.com/

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White Stripes Break Up

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-white-stripes-announce-their-break-up-20110202

Well, sadly it appears that those who watched the final scenes of Under Great White Northern Lights in my basement last year at St. Paddy's Day -- and were profoundly affected by that scene -- were on to something.

The best band of the first decade of our 21st Century is calling it quits. I respect this decision, and think the letter was well done - in particular their acknowledgment that The White Stripes are no longer Meg and Jack's, but all of ours. Good to see a band grasping that concept, once they reach lofty heights. I will, however, be in denial about the practical ramifications of the decision -- like the whole....no more White Stripes thing. Even when Trey said, "we're done" -- I said, "no you're not". Its even more logistically simple here, given that a reunion would merely require two to unite.

Regardless of the future, thank you Stripes for extricating my ears from a classic rock obsession and rejuvenating my interest in modern music for the first time in my life. Its been an enduring gift -- as evidenced by this blog.

Arcade Fraud?

?This is the kind of thing that is really making me want to swear off big venue concerts for good. Since the presale and sale of the Monday April 25th show at UIC they have added two shows (Friday and Saturday). Obviously it would be much more fun to go on Friday or Saturday instead of Monday.  I doubt Regina and Win were sitting around thinking of ways to screw their fans but this still sucks.

Wilco pulled this same stunt last year. At UIC too. It's just sleazy.

http://vip.wxrt.com/asp3/ContestDetail.aspx?AID=127532