It's been quite a while since I've pulled together one of those 'music miscellany' posts, in which I gather all the various music-related news and links that have struck a chord with me, and there's a pretty straightforward reason: The 'Nac Twitter account. It's been fulfilling my compulsion to share the cool, quick stuff, but it leaves the 'Nac slightly neglected, and leaves you surfers and RSS-readers out entirely. So, despite my distaste for the word 'tweet', I'll be firing off a compilation of them under this title every weekend.
It won't strictly be a cut-and-paste -- I'll be expanding beyond Twitter's character-constraints to include more details and full links, and I'll be editing the 'real time' items to make more sense in retrospect. I may also occasionally throw in something that didn't get, um, tweeted, and will probably include random non-music links I love as well (and by probably, I mean definitely. See bullet #1 below).
So here's the first installment, my past 7 days on Twitter, for the 2nd week of November, 2009...
Attention Boston: The 1st-ever East Coast edition of the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX East!) takes place from March 26th-28th, 2010 at the Hynes Convention Center. Gabe & Tycho say it best: "PAX East is not an event run by some giant corporate entity; it's a big party we throw for the gaming community in general and PA readers in particular." And it's a can't-miss. Early registration is officially open.
Sorry to see @MarcBernardin let go from Entertainment Weekly. Always dug his print and online articles. But hey, silver lining: more good comics from him. Keep tabs on his projects at his blog.
Um, wow. The @ShitMyDadSays twitter feed is being adapted into... a sitcom. Yeah, I think I'll watch that.
Hey Boston: I'm giving I gave away a pair of tickets to this Saturday's Jesus Lizard show @ParadiseRockClb(Congrats to Tristan F., who won those tix on Friday).
Absolutely cannot wait to see Mogwai's upcoming live concert film. Here's the teaser for "Burning". Consider me teased.
Totally digging on the new Pants Yell! album right now. Another hi-quality notch on the Slumberland Records belt. The label celebrates their 20th anniversary on Friday the 13th in D.C. and on Saturday the 14th in NYC. Pop Tarts Suck Toasted has got the occasion covered, with some fantastic features and Q&As with Slumberland bands past & present.
File under "Fascinating": Boston's Mayor has declared Saturday, November 14, 2009 to be "Leonard Nimoy Day" in our fair city. View the text of the proclamation right here. Nimoy is appearing at this weekend's New England Fan Experience here in town (@nefanx).
Great news from @MergeRecords: Next week they'll be releasing professionally documented audio & video of Lambchop's glorious, fest-stealing set from the XXMerge 20th Anniversary fest that I was lucky enough to attend over the summer. Check out the trailer, which consists of set-ender "Give It" (incorporating some "Once In A Lifetime" lyrics for good measure). The collection has a great cover shot by photog PJ Sykes.
I've said it before, and I'll say it here again: If forced at gunpoint to pick my favorite live show of all time, odds are I'd yell out the three-headed beast that was The Jesus Lizard, Six Finger Satellite, and Arcwelder at Metronome in Burlington, Vermont in '93. To my ears, each band was pretty close to their peak, with JL still touring on the powerful "Liar", Arcwelder playing songs from their best record ("Pull"), and 6FS supporting their revelatory Sub Pop debut. Arcwelder opened, and I briefly felt bad for any band who had to follow them... until the other two upped the energy ante. Despite my often-faulty memory, I still recall every detail of that show (and yes, unfortunately that includes David Yow's wang).
That was the first of many times I'd see the Jesus Lizard (and said wang) over the ensuing years, and they never failed to blow my mind. And now they're back. And from all reports, still bringing it (no, not the wang). I'm going to be at the Paradise here in Boston this Saturday with a huge freakin' grin on my face, especially if they play "Puss" (which they probably will), or "Whirl". Both, and I might just lose it.
Wanna come, too? Send an email to giveaways [at] bradleysalmanac [dot] com, include your full name, and throw "GIVE ME SOMETHING TO STOP THE BLEEDING!" in the subject line. Make sure it arrives in my inbox before NOON this Friday the 13th, and I'll get ahold of the random winner (who also gets to bring a guest) shortly after. The 18+ show is the following day, Saturday the 14th, and Kevin Micka's excellent Animal Hospital opens up, so arrive early. Get tickets of your own right here.
Touch & Go just released remastered versions of The Jesus Lizard's catalog, so get on that if you don't have 'em. Bassist David Wm. Sims has a pretty swanky little blog of his own called Too Big To Fail, where you can ogle some recent JL tour posters.
From the Touch & Go site, here's a (pre-remaster) Mp3 of the first cut on "Liar"...
I've said it before, and I'll say it here again: If forced at gunpoint to pick my favorite live show of all time, odds are I'd yell out the three-headed beast that was The Jesus Lizard, Six Finger Satellite, and Arcwelder at Metronome in Burlington, Vermont in '93. To my ears, each band was pretty close to their peak, with JL still touring on the powerful "Liar", Arcwelder playing songs from their best record ("Pull"), and 6FS supporting their revelatory Sub Pop debut. Arcwelder opened, and I briefly felt bad for any band who had to follow them... until the other two upped the energy ante. Despite my often-faulty memory, I still recall every detail of that show (and yes, unfortunately that includes David Yow's wang).
