Earlier this summer, a little-known '80s singer named R.P. Astley, responsible for a few blips on the radar such as "
Eternally Conjoined" and "
Under No Circumstances Will I Ever Release You"
(the latter of which created a brief meme in which one would "PaulTumble" one's friends by pretending to point them to the video, but instead sending them to something quite interesting and novel instead) has released
*fist clench, drawing-in gesture aimed at camera* a new track, "
Lights Out," his first new song in 17 years
*hand gesture at camera*.
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posted by WCityMike
on Sep 9, 2010 -
89 comments
Syd Barrett, the iconic, ephemeral, sadly recently-deceased founder and original frontman of Pink Floyd, recorded several singles and an LP (plus at least one song on their second LP) with the band before his genius was amputated by mental illness and they became an arena rock dinosaur. He also recorded two solo albums, the
making of which was almost as interesting as the gentle, crystalline, almost fractal-like music contained on them. However, as Barrett aficionados have long known, the solo sessions produced many more recordings than were eventually released. Now, though, all known Barrett material that wasn't commercially released has been assembled in a fan-made collection: Have You Got It Yet?,
version 2.0 of which has just been released to the world. More download links inside.
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posted by DecemberBoy
on Mar 1, 2008 -
39 comments
Godspeed You! Black Emperor officially calls it quits, citing the Iraq war as a primary catalyst.
"The last American tour that Godspeed did was in the run up to the current war in Iraq. For what Godspeed did, it was very difficult for us to work out a way for us to communicate directly with the audience about what was going on." Umm...yeah. So who's to fill their giant
post-rock shoes? Well, most of the members have moved on to other projects, most notably
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (among
others). That's not to mention the slew of next generation bands that have culled GY!BE as a primary influence to get your fix:
Sparrows Swarm and Sing,
Sweek,
The Seven Mile Journey, or
johnnytwentythree, just to name a few.
posted by Christ, what an asshole
on Feb 12, 2008 -
77 comments
Ingmar Bergman once said that
Roy Andersson "makes the best
commercials in the world." The 64 year old Swedish director has also made a couple of striking feature films, including the 2000 Cannes Jury Prize winner
Songs from the Second Floor (
excerpt /
reviews) and this year's still unreleased
You, the Living (
excerpt /
review).
posted by billysumday
on Aug 8, 2007 -
5 comments
(Spoilers in most links). So an SNL digital short,
Dear Sister spoofs the second season
finale of the OC. Now the internets just don't know when to stop, with parodies (of the parody) playing on everything from the obvious like
The Departed,
LOST,
Snatch,
The Matrix,
Reservoir Dogs, and
Predator to the not-so-obvious like
Lord of the Rings,
Raging Bull,
Monty Python,
Duck Hunt (my favorite),
Looney Toons,
LazyTown,
Smash Brothers,
Office Space, and
Bio-Ooze Super Soakers.
posted by ztdavis
on Apr 28, 2007 -
65 comments
"You’re more worried about friction on the 'Desperate Housewives' set than the lack of health coverage at your tedious, soul-destroying job. You have no idea what is going on in the world, and you’re fine with that. You are why democracy doesn’t work."
YOU are #16 on
The Beast's
50 Most Loathsome People in America list.
posted by Hat Maui
on Jan 20, 2007 -
76 comments
"If you love someone, you want to give something of yourself to them... Go big or go home you know?" Show that special sweetie of yours that you care with the
magic of mutual self-mutilation. Really, how often were you using that ring finger, anyways?
posted by Simon!
on Jul 8, 2005 -
31 comments
