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Mercy. There is a war going on in my stomach this morning. Even the dog came over and gave me a "what the hell is that noise?" look. I distinctly hear gunplay, some mortar fire, a lot of ground combat, and a stampede of troops. Oh no, tanks! Retreat! I didn't have anything weird to eat last night, although I did make some French-pressed coffee that was delicious - for the first time in my life, can you believe it?
Back when I lived near the lake, one of my roommates pressed up some coffee every night as he worked on designing awesome album covers. It was a nightly ritual, and every morning the empty press would be sitting up on the stove as i lumbered past to go to work at a shitty temp job. One particularly saucy morning, as i was swinging my backpack around for the amusement of... myself, i knocked the glass press off of the shelf, sent it tumbling to the floor in slow motion and put a huge crack in the side of it. Oh no. For a second I thought I had singlehandedly ruined his career. Without his coffee ritual, who knows what garbage he'd be churning out now? In an odd memorial sort of display, i put the cracked press right back up on the stove for all to see. When I returned home, not a word was spoken as we spotted each other on the porch. Not a word was spoken as we passed in the living room... and obviously, no coffee was made.
The next day, after work, I knew I had to do something. I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought an even better coffee press for my friend! I brought it home and put it up on the stove, unopened. That night, right before I went to sleep, I walked into the kitchen to find... a brand new press full of coffee! He had accepted my gift, and thus, my apology. Still not a word was spoken as we spotted each other on the porch. Still not a word as we passed in the living room. Business as usual. Work uninterrupted. So, basically, what i'm saying is...
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On to the music... Firstly, all this talk of Dexy's Midnight Runners has me getting all nostalgic. "Come On Eileen" is to this day one of my favorite songs. I have no idea why it's not in my top 100. It's a tragedy because it would be a fun cover. I'm not sure what I was thinking there... Everybody and their grandma knows it and even if you don't like it, you have to admit, it's one catchy tune. It shot straight up to the top of the US charts with the help of a very memorable video and thus, Dexy's Midnight Runners became the quintessential US one hit wonder. Personally, I think their second single from Too-Rye-Aye was just as catchy, if not more! My friends weren't buying it. And neither were U.S. record shoppers. The followup to the biggest single of 1983 peaked at #86. Please, people, we need to give "The Celtic Soul Brothers" the props it deserves.
Hmm, i was going to post about how excited I was when Craig Wedren's new band Baby posted their first mp3's online. They were "Sold Free" and a cover of the Stones' "Miss You." And they were incredible! I rushed over $10 for their Black Market Baby EP. When it finally arrived at my house, i was appalled. The CD sounded bad, it was packaged shoddily, "Sold Free' wasn't even on it, and it had a ridiculous joke (i hope) version of "Janie Jones," one of my favorite Clash songs. I wanted to throw it right in the trash... So, i was going to post that really great song that got my hopes up... but wait, what is this I see... they have a new album out and "Sold Free" is on it! Let's hope this release is better, but just in case...
MP3: The Celtic Soul Brothers - Dexy's Midnight Runners
MP3: Sold Free - Baby
Back when I lived near the lake, one of my roommates pressed up some coffee every night as he worked on designing awesome album covers. It was a nightly ritual, and every morning the empty press would be sitting up on the stove as i lumbered past to go to work at a shitty temp job. One particularly saucy morning, as i was swinging my backpack around for the amusement of... myself, i knocked the glass press off of the shelf, sent it tumbling to the floor in slow motion and put a huge crack in the side of it. Oh no. For a second I thought I had singlehandedly ruined his career. Without his coffee ritual, who knows what garbage he'd be churning out now? In an odd memorial sort of display, i put the cracked press right back up on the stove for all to see. When I returned home, not a word was spoken as we spotted each other on the porch. Not a word was spoken as we passed in the living room... and obviously, no coffee was made.
The next day, after work, I knew I had to do something. I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and bought an even better coffee press for my friend! I brought it home and put it up on the stove, unopened. That night, right before I went to sleep, I walked into the kitchen to find... a brand new press full of coffee! He had accepted my gift, and thus, my apology. Still not a word was spoken as we spotted each other on the porch. Still not a word as we passed in the living room. Business as usual. Work uninterrupted. So, basically, what i'm saying is...
, THEN , THEN On to the music... Firstly, all this talk of Dexy's Midnight Runners has me getting all nostalgic. "Come On Eileen" is to this day one of my favorite songs. I have no idea why it's not in my top 100. It's a tragedy because it would be a fun cover. I'm not sure what I was thinking there... Everybody and their grandma knows it and even if you don't like it, you have to admit, it's one catchy tune. It shot straight up to the top of the US charts with the help of a very memorable video and thus, Dexy's Midnight Runners became the quintessential US one hit wonder. Personally, I think their second single from Too-Rye-Aye was just as catchy, if not more! My friends weren't buying it. And neither were U.S. record shoppers. The followup to the biggest single of 1983 peaked at #86. Please, people, we need to give "The Celtic Soul Brothers" the props it deserves.
Hmm, i was going to post about how excited I was when Craig Wedren's new band Baby posted their first mp3's online. They were "Sold Free" and a cover of the Stones' "Miss You." And they were incredible! I rushed over $10 for their Black Market Baby EP. When it finally arrived at my house, i was appalled. The CD sounded bad, it was packaged shoddily, "Sold Free' wasn't even on it, and it had a ridiculous joke (i hope) version of "Janie Jones," one of my favorite Clash songs. I wanted to throw it right in the trash... So, i was going to post that really great song that got my hopes up... but wait, what is this I see... they have a new album out and "Sold Free" is on it! Let's hope this release is better, but just in case...
MP3: The Celtic Soul Brothers - Dexy's Midnight Runners
MP3: Sold Free - Baby
posted by Robert at 10:54 AM
11 Comments:
the fact that jets to brazil is no longer making music really jumbles my insides.
Speaking of Craig Wedren... *insert singer-to-drummer segue* What is it with Adam Wade's habit of playing for bald people? Jawbox on Grippe/Novelty... Shudder To Think on Pony Express Record, and now he's with baldy in Jealous Sound. I think i know what's next... Adam Wade and the guy from Six Going On Seven. Which actually sounds damn cool. Now i'm disappointed that it doesn't exist.
Oh come on now, A-Ha's "take Take on Me" is far superior, and you know that
I do exist.
When any of my students who happen to be rock-savvy ask for recommendations, I almost always say "Just find this song called 'X-French T-Shirt'" and then call it a day. That and the entire (too small) Texas is the Reason, cos that's what I liked when I was 17. That and Blind Melon.
And just the other day two of them were fighting over who got to listen to "Every Turn" on their IPod.
Best post title ever.
I like the little coffee press story.
Zook, you mention Texas is the Reason, I haven't been able to find this out anywhere so I thought this would be a perfect time to. I have two copies of their split with The Promise Ring, and one's on red vinyl, the other's on black and was wondering if you knew whether one was limited or one was a re-press or something.
Ooh, and on the topic of split 7"s that are slightly different, Mr Nanna, your split with Kind of Like Spitting (legendary split), was there a re-press of that because I have one copy with bold print on the cover and one with thinner. I only noticed it the other day and I pondered for hours (good distraction from Uni work).
Thanks
Hi Andrew... as for the Texas question, i think you should ask the proprietor of Nervous Acid:
http://nervousacid.typepad.com
And the split with KOLS, i have no idea if it was repressed. In fact, i know very little about that record. Sad. I know for a fact that it's way out of print... My personal version has thin print.
xxoo
bob
I like 'Geno' by DMR. It makes me want to march in place. Actually, it makes me want to march down to the pub and drink.
Cheers Robert. I'm gonna make it a personal mission to find out whether it was re-pressed or not after my exams, and I'll e-mail the owner of that site about the Texas is the Reason thing. Thanks. If you do make it to London, I'll probably be the bloke with the goatee handing over the sleave of that 7" and a pen ;)
You should drag Ben Barnett along on the tour as well!
Ok, I think I'm getting carried away, need sleep.
Thanks again.
Craig got on the 'Music Of Suck' train a long time ago and never looked back. I shall check out the Baby song and see if he has figured out how to right what went so terribly wrong. I was just watching a video of STT when they toured with Swiz in 1988, holy smokes were STT good then. Too bad they grew up and got facial hair and moved to NYC. Gotta shave clean or get out of the scene.
The 'owner of that site' played guitar for TITR (and New End Original amongst others), just thought you should know before you e-mail him.
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