Saturday, June 29, 2002 -- 12:40 p.m.

A few sidebar links added, but the one I wanna pimp the most is Global Pop Conspiracy, mostly because their internet radio show just played Super Furry Animals' "It's Not The End Of the World..." followed immediately by KMD's "Stop Smokin' That Shit". YES.

If you are not merely content to listen to music there's a kilobuttload of cool-ass videos on sputnik7.com, including a few old-school Bambaataa vids and Yo La Tengo's awesome awesome "Sugarcube" and a whole ton of things you'll probably never ever ever ever ever eeeeeeeeveeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr see on MTV.

-Nate

Friday, June 28, 2002 -- 01:44 p.m.

I was doing a bit of research on DJ Shadow's discography for an upcoming sscb review, and thanks to Google I found this interesting little bit of semi-ancient web history: Solesides' web page, last updated somewhere around Feb. 1998. An excerpt from their news page: "Blackalicious just finished recording their forthcoming full-length album, Nia; though there's still some more tweaking left to be done. The first single is titled "Do You Love It Enough?" with "Trouble" on the b-side." I couldn't find a single scrap of info anywhere else on this "Do You Love It Enough" single so I'm assuming it was a working title... but for what?

-Nate

Thursday, June 27, 2002 -- 11:53 p.m.

Another snazzy blogger comments on the Critic Guide. Also on whether or not Fabrizio is actually the most HOTT member of TEH STROAKS or not. (OK, so I dumbed it down a bit. It's late and that Vice thing still has me MAD AT THE WORLD)

-Nate

Thursday, June 27, 2002 -- 10:53 p.m.

For the fucking love of God please tell me this, the single most obnoxious piece of music criticism I have EVER READ, is just a bit of chowderhead lad-thug cock-waving fratarded satire. PLEASE tell me these people are just fucking with me. PLEASE, FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY, TELL ME THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING SERIOUS.

-Nate

Thursday, June 27, 2002 -- 05:28 p.m.

Maybe I should write something appropriately somber like "The song is over" or something, but in lieu of trying to figure out an appropriate eulogy, I'll just mention that John Entwistle is dead and that's a shame.

EDIT: I just remembered he wrote "Boris the Spider", but I don't think it'd be tasteful to write a eulogy like "John Entwistle: He's embedded in the ground".

-Nate

Thursday, June 27, 2002 -- 03:54 p.m.

Holy shit. You write one little bit of satire and all of a sudden you're a minor blog-celebrity. Here's a list of appearances, though of course most of these sites should be visited anyways, plugs notwithstanding:
Here, a bunch of messageboard people try to figure out what kind of critics they actually are (and spend a large chunk of the thread making fun of whichever Pitchforker (Brent DiCrezenda or whatever) reviewed Kid A.
Scrubbles (odd name aside, yet another blog I will have to link to and read regularly) points out the preponderance of Harmless Shills writing for the Arizona Republic.
Glorious Noise put a link to the article on their sidebar, but it took me a while to find it since the London Calling background image and a cool article on punk rock womens' wrestling distracted me. Rad as hell website.
This guy wanted to write a similar article, never got around to it and then found out I did, so hey. I hope he likes it 'cos he lives across the Mississippi in Minneapolis and if he wanted to he could probably find me and beat me up or something.
Even Francophones get in the act. I hope this guy's bilingual 'cos my article probably loses something in babelfishery. Glad I found this site because for some reason reading this in French made my day a lot brighter: "Le prochain clip de Weezer, pour la chanson Keep Fishin', mettra en vedette les Muppets."
Sam-o-Rama feels guilty. Well, it's not like he identified with two entries in Your Guide To North American Ferret Molesters.
Global Pop Conspiracy has a bitchin'-lookin' website, but why would anyone click on my link if there's a story about Paul McCartney's Goodtime Family Monkeyrama Rock Show right below it?
Oh yeah, and Matos mentioned it but I already plug him to the extent where I think he wonders if perhaps I am some sort of stalker. I couldn't find any photos of him to put in my David Fincher Movie-esque shrine, though, so that plan went down the toilet.

-Nate

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 -- 03:15 p.m.

The Redd and White Stripes stuff is fairly lame, at least what I've heard. The only bass I really noticed in "The Union Forever" was crammed, possibly using an oversized cartoon toilet plunger, right in the midst of that "There is a man/a certain man..." bit. So instead of just Jack talkin' all Orson-tastic and Meg tapping the drumsticks and nothing else, there is this intrusive little bouncy bass action going too -- and it sounds WRONG. Shame, really, 'cos I like "Linda Blair" and would probably like various other Redd Kross songs if I heard them.

Also: why does this remind me of ILM?

-Nate

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 -- 09:44 a.m.

...the Hell? Apparently Redd Kross' Steven McDonald (with a green light from Jack White) has begun posting MP3s of songs from White Blood Cells with an overdubbed bass. This is either a fascinating reworking of an album that's gradually staggering its way to canonical status, or the most pointless thing ever. Haven't heard any of the MP3s yet (apparently the file server is constipated or something), but when I do I'll weigh in further.

-Nate

Wednesday, June 26, 2002 -- 09:13 a.m.

I've been running rampant on ILM lately -- taking the piss out of their "Perfect album length" thread, posting uncanny album cover resemblances (though Alex in NYC has me beat by a mile), and starting a thread on which state would win a Music Super Bowl. YAY

-Nate

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 -- 06:45 p.m.

Domo-kun pimp Drew (as seen in Time magazine!) is currently in the midst of a road trip. He went through Washington earlier today (?) and posted... well, you'll know it when you see it, and when you see it -- if you're anything like me -- you'll laugh.

-Nate

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 -- 12:23 p.m.

New Demorama submissions have been posted, and this time I think I've finally found a way to review all those pesky bad emo CDs. (Entries are alphabetical, so scroll down to read the review for Seconds Before to see what I mean. Also check out my write-ups of Head-Roc and Ultrapull. Hell, read the whole site!)

-Nate

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 -- 10:54 a.m.

Absolutely brilliant piece on the new Atmosphere album by ol' Double M. That and the Dolan piece mentioned last week are reason enough for me to regret not buying God Loves Ugly the last time I had cash in pocket at my local CD shop -- or it would be, had I not wound up with a copy of The J.B.'s Funky Good Time: The Anthology 2 CD set.

On the other hand: when will critics stop writing patronizing drivel about the Chemical Brothers? Isn't "Star Guitar" far closer to Orbital than Coldplay? And is "jizzy" the single worst adjective in the history of rock criticism, or what? (I also have to admit being much more entertained by Come With Us than Music Kills Me, the knockout disco-ramic hyperbole of "Le Rock Summer" notwithstanding.)

-Nate

Monday, June 24, 2002 -- 02:51 p.m.

Yep, another car song mix. And I still haven't used "Jesus Built My Hotrod" or "Little Red Corvette". As for JBR's tongue-in-cheek protestation, when I get to Vol. 3 I'll probably include a Kool G. Rap song that samples Numan's "Cars". So there.

-Nate

Monday, June 24, 2002 -- 01:04 p.m.

My luv-hate relationship with salon.com's music writers continues, as recent entries include a cool write-up of the Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food ("Byrne made anxiety sound like a street drug") and another indulgent stream-of-self-consciousness ramble-fest from Greil Marcus (because someone has to like the new Chumbawamba album). I should note that the caricature illustration that accompanys all of Greil's articles is starting to resemble a Hirschfeld drawing of Dr. Zaius the more I look at it.

-Nate