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dwenius...because I need an outrage break. But I'm still going to segue into music from Katrina, via Kayne West.
West's "Bush doesn't care about Black people" line, although censored from the West coast broadcast, gets dropped into about every 10th or 12th opinion/editorial piece I have read this week. There should be t-shirts. Prior to that, West came out calling for an end to gay-bashing in hip hop. And his latest release, Late Registration, has uncompromisingly rich production by Jon Brion all over it. I may have to break down and give it a listen; my most recent hip-hop related purchase was, hmmmm...probably the Body Count album with "Cop Killer" on it. Unless you count Cibo Matto, but I don't, I file them under "Other."
I did not know Brion did the "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" soundtrack, but I can definitely hear it. It makes me appreciate Brion AND the film even more.
More Brion news, it's official: Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine will be released...but not the Brion-produced versions that were leaked to the net. The actual release has production by Mike Elizondo of Dr. Dre and Brian Kehew of the Moog Cookbook. That's not a bad combination, but I wonder if this isn't a huge mistake. A handful of the Brion-produced tracks are instant classics, and I can't imagine them different. They'll be like Apple covering her own stuff with an inferior backing band. I don't know. I'll probably buy it, but I am SO glad I have the deleted versions safely stored.
I am more and more interested in seeing Brion perform at Largo on some random Friday night.
Finally, Ace records has re-released the first four Funkadelic albums, at least two of which You All Should Own. Pitchfork has a review, which includes this classic line: "[T]hey had it all: great players, great singers, a great look, a great concept, actual hits, great albums, great drugs, freaky sex, disputes over money-- everything Led Zeppelin (or Spinal Tap) taught us was necessary to make the world's greatest rock music."
West's "Bush doesn't care about Black people" line, although censored from the West coast broadcast, gets dropped into about every 10th or 12th opinion/editorial piece I have read this week. There should be t-shirts. Prior to that, West came out calling for an end to gay-bashing in hip hop. And his latest release, Late Registration, has uncompromisingly rich production by Jon Brion all over it. I may have to break down and give it a listen; my most recent hip-hop related purchase was, hmmmm...probably the Body Count album with "Cop Killer" on it. Unless you count Cibo Matto, but I don't, I file them under "Other."
I did not know Brion did the "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" soundtrack, but I can definitely hear it. It makes me appreciate Brion AND the film even more.
More Brion news, it's official: Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine will be released...but not the Brion-produced versions that were leaked to the net. The actual release has production by Mike Elizondo of Dr. Dre and Brian Kehew of the Moog Cookbook. That's not a bad combination, but I wonder if this isn't a huge mistake. A handful of the Brion-produced tracks are instant classics, and I can't imagine them different. They'll be like Apple covering her own stuff with an inferior backing band. I don't know. I'll probably buy it, but I am SO glad I have the deleted versions safely stored.
I am more and more interested in seeing Brion perform at Largo on some random Friday night.
Finally, Ace records has re-released the first four Funkadelic albums, at least two of which You All Should Own. Pitchfork has a review, which includes this classic line: "[T]hey had it all: great players, great singers, a great look, a great concept, actual hits, great albums, great drugs, freaky sex, disputes over money-- everything Led Zeppelin (or Spinal Tap) taught us was necessary to make the world's greatest rock music."
