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Beck Covers

kathrineg — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:41:08 -0800

Covers by Beck and bonus Beck-related stuff (Many of these will play automatically when you open them) Your Cheatin Heart (original by Hank Williams, couldn't find a version online) Alegretto Per Signora (Original) Pink Moon (Original) Might be behind a login wall:Sin City (Original) Everybody’s got to learn sometime (Original) Parasite (Original) Bonus: Beck Watches Johnny Cash talk about Beck Loser covered by Danny Barnes Mashup: Common and Beck - Walls of the Corner (BLOM Remix)

Songs are just interesting things to do with the air.

You Should See the Other Guy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:54:19 -0800

"You could be a doorstop or paperweight or maybe a national anthem." Beck talks to Tom Waits. Part of Irrelevant Topics: a new section [of Beck's web site] featuring conversations between musicians, artists, writers, etc. on various subjects, without promotional pretext or editorial direction.

You See, In Order to Save the Village America, We Have to ...

WCityMike — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:24:25 -0800

Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the CIA's "bin Laden Station", and the initially anonymous author of Imperial Hubris, pulls an O'Reilly on yesterday's Glenn Beck broadcast:

"The only chance we have as a country have right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States [...] only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that their government protect them [...] with as much violence as necessary."

Earlier this month, Scheuer even wrote a speech he proposed bin Laden give. Disturbingly, bin Laden recommended Hubris in a September 2007 speech; if he's still alive, let's hope he doesn't follow Scheuer's media appearances. The video has spread off of political blogs onto sites nearer the mainstream, but mounting calls of treason are rendered a bit hyperbolic when compared with Article III and with U.S. v. Gadahn, the country's first treason indictment since 1952 and the only one post-9/11 ... not to mention reminiscent the worst of the right.

Beck covers

tawny — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:32:28 -0800

Beck intends to record cover versions of selected albums in a day, unrehearsed, with guest musicians and then to release them on his website. Pitchfork announced it yesterday here. The first song is Sunday Morning.

Time to get the funeral set out

sien — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:52:22 -0800

Hans Beck, the inventor of Playmobil has died. The guy who made a toy that so many people had so much fun with is gone.

Still living after all these years

beagle — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:35:36 -0800

Founded in 1947 and surviving today both as a relic of the psychedelic 1960s and a continually groundbreaking troupe, the Living Theatre found a national spotlight during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a "nomadic touring ensemble" performing anarchist, sexually-liberated, audience-participatory, collectively-created, sometimes nude or semi-nude productions like Paradise Now, the Legacy of Cain, and Frankenstein, under the direction of founders Julian Beck and Judith Malina. Beck died in 1985, but Malina, now 81, remains both an inspiration and a leading actress (currently starring in the company's Maudie and Jane).

And something is vacant when I think it's all beginning : The Late Allen Ginsberg and Beck in Conversation

y2karl — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:38:38 -0800

Not exactly breaking news, but still:
The Late Allen Ginsberg and Beck in Conversation
Related YouTuber: Beck on the late Allen Ginsberg
To complete the circle: Jackass by the South Austin Jug Band.

Citizens of the Universe? Maybe.

anotherpanacea — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:47:07 -0800

Cosmopolitanism is as old as the Stoics, but it is being perpetually renewed: Ulrich Beck, Seyla Benhabib, Martha Nussbaum, and Kwame Anthony Appiah weigh in. The Beck article has theses. You know you like theses: 1. Globalisation is anonymous control 2. A new perspective for a different approach to action 3. Only capital is permitted to break the rules 4. We, the consumers, constitute the counter-power 5. Sacrifice autonomy, gain sovereignty 6. A state towards which the nation is indifferent 7. Convert walls into bridges! Profit!

Marcel Dzama

jackdirt — Fri, 13 May 2005 07:33:33 -0800

My first impression of Marcel Dzama was in Toronto over two years ago at the Power Plant Gallery. Shortly after getting back from Toronto I came across this little Gem. Two years go by I move, and I forgot completely about this amazing artist. When BAM! he is featured on BECK's new album Guero.
One of the many reasons I love Marcel Dzama is because of the unique characters he has in his work. Also the fact that he uses root beer to paint his subtle earthy browns. If you are interested in his work then it is not too late to grab an original it will only set you back about $1500-1800. With his work on Beck's album and people like Drew Carey, Nicholas Cage, and Jim Carey snatching it up, It won't be long before it becomes unattainable.

Your popsicle's melting

buriednexttoyou — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 12:31:50 -0800

Hey Guero! NY Times article on Beck past and present. Did you know that Christina Ricci did the japanese girl voice on "Hell Yes"? (registration/bugmenot required as always)

Finding diamonds, eating pizza, getting attacked...

idontlikewords — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:49:34 -0800

Hell Yes... It's time for some Friday Flash Fun! (Well sort of, since even though this video was probably created in Flash, it's delivered in crap-tacular streaming format) Anyway, everyone's favorite white-boy (or "guero") hip-hop superstar is back in action with a new video [rm] [asx] for his forthcoming album. The video was created by Flash maestro Mumbleboy, and for those that found Beck's last outing a little vanilla for their tastes, it signals a welcome return to the man's Chunky Monkey roots. Enjoy!

Becks Mellow Gold

kenaman — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:22:13 -0800

10th anniversary of Mellow Gold, Beck's first major label release. Marked by streaming of entire album. Over the next two weeks there will be more about the history and making of Mellow Gold, featuring interviews from those associated with Beck and the record.
[Registration required but they are quiet happy with a bogus email address]
Learn how to play along with Beck here and read lyrics to and story behind all his songs, including Loser '....I started the song by writing the verses, and attempting to rap like Chuck D [of Public Enemy]. When [Carl] played it back I thought, ‘Man, I’m the worst rapper in the world—I’m just a loser.’

Martin Beck

MiguelCardoso — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 03:36:35 -0800

Martin Beck's Last Ten Years: How interesting to be able to look at a painter's work year by year: patterns and even stories seem to develop, disappear and change before (and after) our eyes. Are there any other good chronologically-arranged artist's websites out there? Or do painters habitually avoid them to prevent the detection of similarities and obsessions?

Reggie452 — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:46:59 -0800

New Beck song here.

New Weezer video (with the Muppets) here (it's a RealMedia file).

New Coldplay single here in WindowsMedia and here in RealAudio.

Feel free to argue the artistic merits of these three performers as well as whether this post is worthy of a front page post in the thread (like you people wouldn't do that anyay).