The Current Music Blog: September 27, 2006 Archive

The Buffering Stream: Your Daily Diversion

Posted at 6:57 AM on September 27, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (4 Comments)

MIA went fishing, came back with "Bird Flu". [NME]

The Pogues reunite with Shane MacGowan and what's left of his teeth! U.S. tour to follow. [Filter]

Ross asks: Will Paul Westerberg win an Oscar? We answer: When pigs fly. (Checked the soundtrack winners in the past like 1,000 years?) [PiPress]

The best three albums of the year so far, according to Brooklyn Vegan. [BV]

Chris and Jon tag-team the toughest question: Why does the music industry suck so much right now? They answer: It doesn't. [Strib]

Mark Wheat entertains Tobias Froberg, and vice versa--in the studio. [The Current]

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Band Names That Are Complete Sentences: The Quiz

Posted at 10:01 AM on September 27, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Which of the following actual band names are complete sentences, to be added to the Great List of Independent Clauses That Rock? And which are pretenders? Let us know in the comments; win public adulation from librarians and grammarians everywhere.

Love is All

Texas is the Reason

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower

Escape the Fate

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The Sweetest, Busiest Man in Rock

Posted at 12:09 PM on September 27, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

You know, in this day and age of limited access, pay-to-play, and sycophantic "rock journalism," is it any wonder none of us really knows anything about our favorite rock stars? Thank god, then, for Sufjan Stevens, who through the magic of the modern press release (no paper costs!) gives us more than we could ever wish to know:

"Sufjan's other interests include graphic design, painting, running, knitting, crocheting, weaving, quilting, cleaning, photography, haircutting, and dry wall installation. He collects stamps and wheat pennies. He cooks legendary omelets and can whip up a sushi feast at the drop of a sake glass. In high school he played second string guard on a district champion basketball team and created his own language, now spoken by only two other people. His brother Marzuki is a nationally recognized marathon runner, elite status. His sister Djohariah has the most complicated, most whimsical, most monumental laugh in all of mankind.

Note to self: Next time Sufjan is in town, make up a bed for him. Stock up on joint compound and vacuum bags.

Sufjan Stevens, courtesy Asthmatic Kitty Records

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Charlie Rose and Terry Gross: What Color Are Your Parachutes?

Posted at 3:01 PM on September 27, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

The Sundance Channel is tooting its own horn loudly about a forthcoming new series of celebrity-on-celebrity interviews. "Iconoclasts" features Fiona Apple w/ Quentin Tarrantino; Eddie Vedder w/ Laird Hamilton; Dave Chapelle w/ Maya Angelou; and several other double-orbiting stars.

But for the price of less than a cup of coffee--well, free actually-- you can watch Fred Armisen and Jeff Tweedy interview each other in this terrific "Artist on Artist" clip at MySpace.

Tweedy: Fred Armisen is a longtime friend of the family. I don't really know what he does... Sue and the kids are just so happy when you come by.

Armisen: Awww. You know why? That's because I have gifts for the children. I have gifts of money.

[snip]

Armisen: I'm not obsessed with looking myself up on Google.

Tweedy: Mastergoogling? Isn't that what they call it?

Armisen: No, I never heard that before.

Tweedy: When you look yourself up on Google?

Armisen: I never do that.

Tweedy: When you Google yourself? Googlebating? You've never done that?! Oh, come on.

Armisen: I'm lying for the camera!

Kidding aside, this raises a troubling issue. With celebrities interviewing each other and asking such tough, revealing questions, there sure ain't enough work for journalists anymore. Perhaps the journalists should start interviewing each other.

Oh right, they already do that. It's called cable TV news.

Photo by Danny Clinch/Wilcoworld.net

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