http://www.metafilter.com/tags/RStevieMoore Posts tagged with 'RStevieMoore' at MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:10:04 -0800 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:10:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/78058/The%2DLow%2DProfile%2Dof%2DR%2DStevie%2DMoore <a href="http://current.com/items/77150342/the_grandfather_of_diy_indie_rock_tells_all.htm" title="Documentary about R. Stevie Moore">R. Stevie Moore</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uTSVsO4bmE" title="I Like To Stay Home, on the Uncle Floyd Show, 1986">likes to stay home</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xbz8F6JR4M" title="Play Myself Some Music, 1986">play himself some music</a>. Having done so <a href="http://www.rsteviemoore.com/brief.html" title="Brief timeline of R. Stevie Moore">for over</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Stevie_Moore" title="Wikipedia link">42 years</a>--that's <a href="http://www.rsteviemoore.com/tapelist.html" title="A partial list of offerings from his longstanding CD-R and cassette club">over 2000 songs and 400 albums</a>--he has become the undisputed grandfather of do-it-yourself psychedelic pop and punk. Tagged for decades as <a href="http://www.moorestevie.com/press/nytimes05.html" title="NYT article, 2/13/05">underground</a>, <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/rsteviemoore.html" title="Furious.com 2000 article">an outsider</a> and <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20209-r-stevie-moore-conscientious-objector" title="Pitchfork, 2004">criminally ignored</a> <a href="http://blog.nj.com/iamnj/2008/12/stevie_moore.html" title="Star-Ledger 12/28/08 I am New Jersey atricle">local</a> <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20209-r-stevie-moore-conscientious-objector" title="Perfect Sound Forever article, 2005">genius</a>, R. Stevie is now <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/episodes/2008/06/29" title="RSM Live on WNYC's Spinning On Air, 6/29/08">exploiting and exploding</a> that <a href="http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/extreme-stylistic-variety-an-interview-with-r-stevie-moore/" title="3a.m. interview from 2005">myth</a>, no short thanks to the <a href="http://www.rsteviemoore.com/" title="Meet The R. Stevie Moore at his own website">internets</a>. Here's where he has scattered <a href="http://www.rsteviemoore.com/audio.html" title="R. Stevie tracks himself down online">his recordings</a>; here are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=autosam&view=videos" title="129 Videos on autosam's YT channel">two</a> <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.viewVideos&channelid=92971931" title="RSMTV via his MySpace">places</a> where he keeps his <a href="http://www.rsteviemoore.com/video.html" title="R. Stevie's Videos on his homepage">home-made videos</a>. WFMU <a href="http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/ST" title="Realaudio warning!">archives his pioneering appearances</a> on their great radio station <a href="http://www.moorestevie.com/2/wfmu.html">from 1978-1998.</a> Finally, here are two complete albums' worth of his Greatest "Hits": <i><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lf060mp3">Hobbies Galore</a></i> (1973-2005) and <i><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/csr008" title="contains ">Tra La La Phooey</a></i> (1959-2003). Long Live R. Stevie! tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78058 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:10:04 -0800 DIY HomeTaping Music RStevieMoore Video not_on_display