Humanity continues to prove itself an endless font of shittiness and dubious behavior, particularly on the internet. Accordingly, there’s a surprising amount of solace to be found in the fact that a group of dedicated folks continue to curate a series of goofball fake G.I. Joe public service announc
I remember sitting in the Nonsense office watching these back in 2003. Yet another thing Nonsense introduced me to.
Presidential biographies don’t tell you that everything is going to be O.K., but rather that nothing was ever really O.K. to begin with. And yet, for hundreds of years, Americans have not only survived heartbreaking, backbreaking periods but also stood tall in them. My advice, for these divisive times, is to find the perspective that history gives us.
Alexis Coe, Letter of Recommendation: Presidential Biographies, New York Times Magazine, Feb 16, 2017
Yet another disgusting skeleton hiding out in Donald Trump’s closet, these unused TV spots were created when his father, Queens-based real estate developer Fred Trump, was mulling over challenging Republican mayor John Lindsay—who had angered Trump by refusing him certain city contracts—in the New York City mayoral race of 1969. Ultimately Trump Sr. decided not to run, but at least two television commercial tests were produced, proving, if nothing else, that the nut didn’t fall very far from the tree in his son’s case. At first glance, the “Dope Man” spot almost seems like a parody or media-jamming meta-prank. I mean, WHO would have been so classless as to do something like this? [Editor: A Trump, obviously.] It just doesn’t seem like it could be real… (like that Woody Guthrie song about “Old Man Trump” that seemed so Snopes-worthy at first) but here’s a citation from an article written by Hillary Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal that appears in the February 16 issue of the London Review of Books. Check it out, folks: In 1969, Fred Trump plotted to run for mayor of New York against John Lindsay, a silk-stocking liberal Republican. The reason was simple:...
Check out my best albums list and best songs of 2016 list.
Let me know what you think
Other awards for 2016:
Best cover song that wasn’t “Changes” “The Soul Of A Man” or “In Bloom”: Mark Kozelek did a great version of Modest Mouse’s “Float On.” Also, everything from the Blind WIllie Johnson album was pretty good (including Tom Waits “The Soul of a Man,” which was by far the best). Dwight Yoakam’s version of “Purple Rain” wasn’t terrible.
Least essential collection of covers: Sorry, it’s the Day of the Dead Grateful Dead compilation. There were some great artists on here, but they were doing pretty boring covers of Grateful Dead songs. And there were 5 discs worth (3 digital) of songs! It was 59 songs and not many stood out. There were some interesting things in there: Kurt Vile and J. Mascis’s version of “Box of Rain” was ok. Bonnie “Prince” Billy is always good for a cover (his version of “If I had the world to give” is excellent), but even I expected more from his version of “Rubin & Cherise.” Honestly, I was kind of hoping he would use Robert Hunter’s original ending lyrics that echo the tale of Orpheus more instead of the ones Jerry Garcia used. Sadly, no such luck. You’d think something with all these bands would be better: The National, Bill Callahan, Stephen Malkmus, The Flaming Lips, Lucinda Williams, The Walkmen, Kurt Vile, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Cass McCombs, Phosphorescent, Wilco, Angel Olson, ANOHNI, Lucius, Courtney Barnett, Sharon Van Etten, Jim James, The War on Drugs, etc. This desperately needed the touch of Hal Willner.
Best musical feud of 2016: I’m going with the implied feud between David Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors and former member Amber Coffman. I can’t help but listen to “Keep Your Name” and “All To Myself” as songs taking shots at each other.
Best Christine McVie impression: “Too Sweet” by Dusk.
Most welcome comeback album: A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It From Here.
Least essential Comeback album: That Bon Iver album. I still don’t know what the hell that was. I think I have all the Bon Iver I need.
Most interesting experiment: Joe Henry and Billy Bragg’s Shine a Light, where they travel the nation by train recording songs about trains. Their version of “The Midnight Special” is the best from the album, but the whole thing is an interesting musical experiment.
Least interesting experiment: Have you guys heard my album this year? It’s called Self-Titled, and you can find it here. Heads Up: it’s suppose to be funny....
Best visual accompaniment to a musical piece: It’s Nick Cave’s One More Time With Feeling. Sorry Beyonce.
If you go to the 26 minute mark, you can hear a 1948 live recording of Bing Crosby & Jimmy Stewart doing “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” It ends with the host telling Bing and Jimmy that it was “Very Romantic, and that lovers around the world will find something in their offering”
Guys, I released an album of covers all personalized in my well-known comedic style. If you download the FREE album, you get Dr. David Gordon Esq’s award winning liner notes.
Download it. It’s my second album. I like making people laugh.
Last month, we reported an exciting piece of news for blues fans: Texas-based forensic artist Lois Gibson had authenticated a previously unknown photograph of musical legend Robert Johnson, of whom only two photographs had previously been verified. Like many other media outlets, we ran with the stor
It doesn't get much tougher than trying to cover a Queen song. Beyond the monumental task of having to live up to Freddie Mercury's vocals, arguably the greatest in pop music history, the songs themselves are among some of the best, most beloved, most distinct in rock 'n' roll history. But this incredible uptempo version of the band's iconic song "We Will Rock You" manages to pull off the impossible, by making us wonder if it might even be better than the original one we know so well. Of course, it helps that Queen themselves recorded it in 1977. We learned about this very rare, and totally kick ass version done by the band at Rolling Stone, and it is part of Queen's upcoming, 24-song release of tracks they recorded at the BBC during six sessions from 1973 to 1977. Although the band played this fast version in concert, this appears to be the only time they recorded it in studio. The anthem-esque album version of "We Will Rock You" that we know is much more under control, exuding the
When I was a kid I thought Elvis's "Return to Sender" was some sort of horror-mystery where the person he was writing to disappeared and everyone pretended she didn't exist. I had no idea people can reject mail.
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