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Monday, January 03, 2005 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

Karl

GUIDED BY VOICES: Mayor Daley formally declared Dec. 30 "Guided By Voices Day" in Chicago. My take is in the Reviews section in the left sidebar. The Chicago Sun-Times had a preview, as did Metromix, an offshoot of the Chicago Tribune.

THE VANDALS HIT BAGHDAD: Not looters, but the classic punk band, which served anarchy burgers as a tonic for the troops. Bass player Joe Escalante said, "Everyone's nice. Everyone has a better attitude than we thought they'd have when we first got here. Everyone's a lot smarter than most people think the military is."

SPIN reviews YoLaTengo's eighth night of Hanukkah show.

THE dBS have a website, complete with merch and multimedia. Check the mesaage boards to find a member named "Peter H."

WE CAN REBUILD HIM: We have the technology.

I AM LEARN likes bluegrass, but not U2, not so much. I'll bet I Am Learn knows a song... would you like him to sing it?

LOCAL BANDS MAKING GOOD: Seattle Weekly lists their Top 20 local releases. So does the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, including:

Willie Walker & the Butanes, "Right Where I Belong" (One on One) -- A singer for Memphis' Goldwax label in the days of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, Walker resurrected his recording career with the help of the Twin Cities' answer to the MGs and a British label owner who seeks out classic soul artists. Butanes frontman Curtis Obeda provided the joy-and-pain songs, and Walker sang them like he's still living them. (98 points); and

Olympic Hopefuls, "The Fuses Refuse to Burn" (2024) -- Local indie-rock stalwarts Darren Jackson (Kid Dakota) and Erik Appelwick (Vicious Vicious) put on matching track suits and similar pop sensibilities for this supposed side-project, whose Cars-like catchiness and ironic flavor quickly made it one of the most successful bands of the year. (72 points)

THE MONITOR lists 2004's overlooked pop.

STEP INTO LIQUID: Some nutball surfed the tsunami.

Another nutball is sorta excited about the tsunami.

THE QUAD CITIES TIMES lists its Top 20 Albums. So does Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot. Music blogger Largehearted Boy's list goes to eleven.

BUBBLEGUM MACHINE serves up the downloads weekly under the following Manifesto:

If it's ever been on K-Tel or Ronco, it's in. If it features hand claps, cow bells, syrupy orchestration, walls of sound, wrecking crews, sha-la-las, toothy teen idols, candy-based metaphors for carnal acts or lyrics about hugging, squeezing and rocking all night long, it's in.

I liked the pairing of Jellyfish and Nick Lowe, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn, and Rick Nelson and the Rev. Louis Overstreet.

REP. BOB MATSUI (D-CA) is dead of a rare disease at 63. With Social Security reform on the table, his knowledge will be missed.

NORM GERAS is seeking your Top 10 greatest rock and pop songs for his poll. The deadline is January 16th.

STEREOGUM lists tracks that influenced Dylan, with a link to streaming audio.

NEW SCIENTIST lists its Top Ten stories of 2004.

TSUNAMI RELIEF: British International Development Secretary Claire Short is upset that the U.S. is delivering tsunami relief outside the U.N. structure. Jan Egeland, the U.N. official who called Western countries "stingy" a while back, is busy taking credit for what USAID is doing in places like Aceh. U.S. military efforts to provide relief are massive and welcomed in Aceh, providing the military logistics that Mr. Egeland called "as valuable as cash or gold."

PODCASTING: Downloadable audio streams may be the Next Big Thing. The basics are discussed here. The impact it could have, and the role former MTV VJ Adam Curry in promoting it can be found here.

THE SHADOW INTERNET: Wired looks at the pirate networks.

GENINN has two separate lists of movie critics' top picks for 2004: one "elite," one less so.

THE SEATTLE TIMES had a cute piece on collecting vinyl.

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