Well I tried to think of a great Autotuned® song but I can’t.
Anyhoo I’ve been in Denver for a few days and even went skiing for a half day. Nice. Jeez I’m sore. Well Denver was apparently just recently rated the most liveable city in America by someone who knows. Puh leeez. There’s a mall for every neighborhood and they’ve also distributed real big city ghettos so evenly that wheather you’re in a $300,000 or three million dollar neighborhood, you’re always three to eight blocks away from an actual ChicagoDetroitWashingtonDC styley ghetto.
The Legend of The Last of The Outlaw Truckers was featured last night on the hit French Language Canadian TV series Les Invincibles. They’re featuring the video for “Trucker Song” on their website and giving away a download of the track as well for those of you who haven’t already bought the album. Click Here to go check out Les Invincibles.
If you have the urge to request the track at radio by all means. Here’s some numbers just in case.
FRENCH SPEAKING STATIONS ACROSS CANADA
Montréal, Québec
CHOQ.FM (514) 987 3000 poste 2629
Couleur Jazz (514) 871 0919
CISM (514) 343 7511
CIBL (514) 526 2581
Sainte Foy (Ontario)
CHYZ – (418) 656 2131
Ottawa (Ontario)
CHUO FM (613) 562 5967
Quebec City (Québec)
CKIA – (418) 529 9026
CKRL – (418) 640 2575
Trois-Rivières (Québec)
CFOU 89.1 FM (819) 376-5183
Saint-Boniface (Manitoba)
CBAU
Sherbrooke (Québec)
CFAK 88.3 FM (819) 821 8000 ext 62693
Gatineau, Québec
REEL Radio – Université du Québec en Outauoais (514) 987 3000 station: 1610 # (It is important to compose # after the number of station)
Things are acting a little different around here. A new site is being set up, so you will bear with us as things are getting sorted. A beefier Dandy Warhols dot com is in the pot… so chunky you can eat it with a fork.
There someone called DJ Rescue and she’s playing this Sundee (Feb22) at a party in SF called Guilty Pleasures. Who is this mysterious lady DJ Rescue from The Dandy Warhols? Zip on down to this Zoo and Zap your suspicions. Zebra. Zeppelin.
Hey, a lot of youse have been asking “what’s the big idea with the Mis Amigos Contest, mis amigos?” We have not forgotten you. Quite frankly, Mr Shankly, we were overwhelmed by the tremendous response. Have you ever been buried under an avalanche of remixes? Sure, it sounds fun, but that’s what killed Shep Pettibone. Anyway, really, thanks for the response, you guys.
Court, Zia, Pete, and Fatty have been going through all the mixes and it’s super tough to decide winners in a sitch like this, because they are pretty much all supercool. We should wind things down with this soon, though, so you can expect an announcement and a winner shortly.
Alright I know how to solve this problem of Autotune® that is tearing this great nation apart. How about we do some songs with autotune and some without? Go ahead, call me crazy, because this is the same jibber jabber that comes from the same part of my brain that believes Dallas and Guadalajara are both cities in Texico. Like Austin. Which as soon as we have the technology will be transplanted to Eastern Oregon where it belongs.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JB2ETgatI
This is one of the greatest songs without autotune. Ever.
I think it was FatHead and I who saw this band open for I know not who (it was a long time ago). And they were without a doubt the most singular band I’ve ever seen. By the third song they had dudes yelling “fuck you” at them from the crowd. I guess I just don’t get it. We loved them.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOr_L5BebS0
Oh, I think they were opening for Malkmus. Maybe Dino jr.
I went to the beach with a couple of my old friends from high school. Time moves very slowly at the beach and there’s not much to do. Or rather time moves slowly anywhere when there’s not much to do. Yes that’s the Goonies rock. We used to call it Haystack Rock.
So of course we watched a couple movies: Team America and Spinal Tap. You could read my review of Team America but I’ll save you the time… TEAM AMERICA IS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmw8UB4HCU
Now, Spinal Tap on the other hand is not funny at all. It’s very serious. Very real. It also got me thinkin about my time spent in the industry. I did so much bitching about it when i was on Capitol Records but really, the first group of people there were amazing. And I miss it’s ability to get art into the world.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5FwzRBc_Y
For example, these were people who got very good at their own little tweaker things. This can only really be done alone, without the immediate rewards of applause or even a big pat on the back. Generally in teenage bedrooms. Here are three examples from my alma mater:
Hey there whoever is reading this, it’s Courtney and I have recently acquired a handheld personal wireless device so I’m going to have Gothman (or whomever) put up anything cool that I run across in my daily wanderings about.
We are going to put up a new website (which is currently under construction) and it will be far simpler to navigate, so for now he will just stick it in the “news” section.
Okay. Yesterday whilst finishing my “Amigos” remix with Jacob, he showed me this:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae7Ld_8Y6tE
It reminded me that Bauhaus is indeed my favorite band ever and why. Also that I was the singer for Bauhaus for a few minutes in DC once. I like to call it that cuz it’s funny but really all I did was sing “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” with Daniel, Kevin and David J. which is pretty much the same as when sammy hagar sang for van halen but that we were smart enough to limit it to one song. Ever.
Sorry for the cheap shot, Sammy, but it was just right there, ya know.
Anyhoo.
This next clip is dark, sweet and campy and basically everything I love about old film. the lighting is so beautiful and the story is obviously very sad. Marlene just looks amazing. She actually did have Bette Davis Eyes back when they called them “bedroom eyes”.
Now here’s a quick look at Marlene Dietrich, my favorite female archetype ever:
httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BniYAiuQBeg
Incidentally she is also my favorite singer from the 20’s / 30’s era largely because she has a low voice that never gets shrill as many of those old recordings do. btw the movie is called Dishonored.
You might as well watch these videos while you are waiting for [that thing you are waiting for]. Roll up a fatty and play them all at once. I just did. (A lie.)
