Well — since I’m awake for the sixth night in a row in the wee hours of the morning trying (and largely failing) to not claw my skin off thanks to an unrelenting case of poison something or other (acquired not in the deeps of a verdant backwoods cabin but in the rugged middle of my urban backyard — this city truly is a magical place…) — thought I’d post the quick hitters I’d contemplated posting earlier in the week, but didn’t get a chance to. So without any fuss, here’s what I’d planned to post for you during the week. Enjoy!
Sunday:
Wifey found this one and like the author of the hosting link, I have mixed feelings about Macklemore writ large. Love him or hate him (and you often do multiple times in a song, let alone album), you can never question his earnestness — and in this case the love of his grandmother turning 100 is the focus, which comes through loud and clear. A pretty great, touching little video (and not a bad song either) — check it out…
Tuesday:
Stumbled upon this one today in the feed from the upcoming American Epic documentary on PBS (arm your DVRs now) — it’s a nice little duet between Sir Elton from across the pond and fellow iconoclast Jack White. Simple little blues number w/ Elton on the ivories, Jack on acoustic, and lyrics about my beloved brown…
Thursday:
Found this one today on Pitchfork — nice little cover of an old Sparklehorse song by DIIV — which took me to the embedded jump to the article on why it’s been so long since I heard anything from the latter band. Pretty great/sad writeup on the band — I’d listened to them some back in college but lost the thread on them (obviously, as the events of the article are from 2010). The stuff frontman Mark Linkous was going through (and ultimately succumbed to) reminds me a lot of my beloved Elliott. Worth a read (and a listen to the embedded videos while you do)…
Friday:
Fuck. YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS…
Can’t wait to see these guys again this summer. One of my absolute faves. That’s it for now — back to scratching…
–BS