The Current Music Blog: August 16, 2006 Archive

Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss?

Posted at 11:30 AM on August 16, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis

City Pages—the Minneapolis alt-weekly that has produced such great heavyweights in the world of rock journalism as Will Hermes, Jim Walsh, Dylan Hicks, Jim Meyer, Laura Sinagra, Jon Dolan, Melissa Maerz, Lyndsey Thomas, Marty Keller, among many others—has just named a new music editor. She is Sarah Askari. And since Askari is a beloved friend and colleague of ours, she gave us the following exclusive quote that we're sure would never form the basis of her first column in her new position. Sarah sez:

"My vision for the music section is built on the observation that "sound" is totally over. Party photos are the music of youth culture. It's not about the elitism of a few talented musicians anymore- it's about snapshots of anonymous limbs in a darkened club, asymetrical bangs falling down over drunken bedroom eyes- a picture of Leigh Lezark is the new "Sgt. Pepper's." In ten years, the iPod won't even play music; it will just be a photo album, and that is 100% true information I have from a source deep within Apple computers. My extensive network of fabricated sources is one of the strengths I bring to this job."

We can assure you: She's absolutely serious.

Hard-Working Rock Critic Mashup No. 3: The Return of Greg Norton Edition!

Posted at 12:44 PM on August 16, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis

We keep forgetting to mention the notable return of Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton, who has for the past decade or so, been running a restaurant in rural Wisconsin. Maybe the idyllic life had him bored to tears. Two weeks ago, he made his triumphant return to the rock'n'roll limelight… well, kind of. His new project is called the Gang Font and includes members of punkie jazz trio Happy Apple. Over at How Was the Show, Ilya Ratner got out her sharpest pencil for this challenging write-up. “The music was unlike anything else. It was King Krimson, Captain Beefheart and Wagner with syncopation that would give Stravinsky [erm, a high state of arousal--Editor].” Another attendant described it like this: ““I don’t like it. I don’t dislike it. All I know is that I’m confused.”

Follow The Leader, Whoever That Is

Posted at 1:32 PM on August 16, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis

We thought we were the first one to discover them. Then we thought we knew where the name came from. We were wrong. But one thing we were right about: This band is fully awesome, and hitting high rotation on the personal mix-tape of life.