Eno by train

Seen on Brian Eno: The Man Who Fell to Earth 1971-1977, an album cover that I'm sure Adam would love:

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Monterey Pop Festival 1967

My friend Ian and I watched this Monterey Pop Festival doc the other night, and I was absolutely blown away. The performances are spectacular, and the film itself is great.

Some highlights for me were the Mamas and Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, and obviously Hendrix.

Get yourself some incense and a couple of pops and fire this one up, before the video is taken down:

Unbelievable rock photo archive

Lots and lots and lots of rock photography goodness here. You will definitely recognize some of these photos, a bunch of them are iconic artist photos, others were for album cover shoots.

Scroll all the way down, it's fun to play 'name the artist'.

[via NIN Hotline]

Rocking Out On A 1926 Fotoplayer

A very cool demonstration of a Silent film era Player Piano/One Man Band contraption called a Fotoplayer.

Today in awful - Willie Nelson covers Coldplay

This is a real thing, it exists. And it's horrible. Poor Willie has been pitch corrected to all hell... There is so much processing on his voice it might as well be one of those robotic screen readers. You may know that I'm not the biggest Coldplay fan in the world either, which doesn't help this compound mess.

Who thought this was a good idea?

Yecch.

Part of the guy's appeal is his folksy, natural talents. If you listen to "On the Road Again", you can hear the charm in his voice. This cover smooths out all the edges and completely neuters what made Mr. Nelson so interesting in the first place.

Zero stars.

Can - Vitamin C

I never get tired of this track... Can had some epic pieces but this is taut and funky in a way that their long proggy stuff could never be.

Side note - the YouTube page says they're playing tonight at the Sony Centre... when I saw that my jaw dropped. How could that be? Then I clicked on the link and it was actually Dead Can Dance playing tonight. Damn you, auto-ticket ads!

Pitchfork's People's List

Great web presentation over at Pitchfork. Lots of infographics and colours. Definitely some music nerd info-porn here.

I smell an iTunes playlist!

The Daily Swarm - Paul Ryan May Like Rage, But They Sure Don't Like Him...

The Daily Swarm - Paul Ryan May Like Rage, But They Sure Don't Like Him...

The comment section is about as dumb and polarizing as you would expect.

The Daily Swarm - Drowned In Sound's Readers Pick Their 101 Favorite Records...

The Daily Swarm - Drowned In Sound's Readers Pick Their 101 Favorite Records...

Not a bad list...

15 things that bothered/didn't bother us about DKR

15 Things That Bothered Us About ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

And a response:

15 Things That Didn’t Bother Us About The Dark Knight Rises

The responses seem pretty weak to me. I'm glad people liked the movie, but a masterpiece it is certainly not.

10 Ads that Killed Dubstep

The first one in the list is also creepy.

[via Daily Swarm]

Tonight: Getting our smooth on with the Dukes of September

Dukes of September Rhythm Revue at the Ampitheatre tonight. Hopefully the rain stays away for clear sailing on the seas of smooth.

The setlists are looking pretty sweet too.

Not looking forward to the $15 beers, however...

Cookie Duster - Two Feet Stand Up

Been digging this really catchy summer tune... a familiar face in the group plus a band not taken off the shelf since '97 screams nostalgia. I dig this one.