TWO OF A KIND

No interpretations, this is what they really said...




In Their Own Words (1994) & The Essential Interviews (2009)

"I Y S" by The Man From Another Place

This very relaxing tune has a video now!
(Check out the label)

2009 Written by Daniel Hirst





I Y S

NEW MUSIC SPOTLIGHT ON WALRI

Check out their great single "Tinkle Sprinkle/Cotton Candy" (2009)

I think Scott McMicken (Guitarist and co-frontman of the tremendous Dr. Dog) said it best when describing Walri… “These guys are head scratchingly good”.

This is true on two levels: a) they really are; and b) it’s a total head scratcher as to why they are not a huge band, at least in the “indie” scene anyway.


Jun 8th, 2010 The Zeitgeisty Report
zeitgeistyreport.com/articles/2010/06/08/
you-heard-it-first-new-music-spotlight-on%E2%80%A6-walri/

+ older interview rochestercitynewspaper.com/music/articles/2008/10/
They-are-the-Walri/

Chugjug - Family of the Year

2009





Chugjug

+ Site (& listen for free) familyoftheyear.net

> myspace.com/familyoftheyear


+ Boston Pops and Ben Folds pick Family of the Year (It's a band) hubarts.com

+ Family of the Year Interview: SXSW 2010 spinner.com

+ wiki/Family_of_the_Year

Family Of The Year - Summer Girl

2009





Summer Girl

Department of Eagles - Sailing by Night

2009 live

2003 Written by Daniel Rossen



youtube.com/watch?v=x7OMkmJQ9nE&fmt=18

+ Department of Eagles - Sailing By Night (Studio Version) 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0se3U3BqU&fmt=18

THE MORNING BENDERS HEAD EAST AND PAIR WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR

Is it possible to make California pop while living in New York?
The Morning Benders, whose breezy melodies have received comparisons to California dreamers the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas, recently tossed their knapsacks over their shoulders, took one last whiff of Telegraph Avenue's pungent patchouli scent, and left Berkeley for the wilds of Brooklyn.

Mar 24 2010 Marc Hawthorne
http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-03-24/music/the-morning-benders-head-east-and-pair-with-a-grizzly-bear/

+ Interview With The Morning Benders (2009)
http://www.lettertojane.com/2009/interview-with-the-morning-benders

+ Morning Benders making promises

http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/Morning-Benders-making-promises-89052882.html

Somebody Loves Me - Clarinet Quartet "Paul Harvey '99"

2009

1924 Written by: George Gershwin, lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and B. G. De Sylva.


youtube.com/watch?v=OG_JdjQJ6YU&fmt=18

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Loves_Me

BRIAN WILSON 2009 NUREMBURG CONCERT ON DUTCH RADIO 26 FEB (part 2)

Legendarisch Live, each fridaynight 23.00 - 0.00 CET, on Radio 2!
(you can also listen live on NL Radio)


http://legendarischlive.kro.nl/

THE VINYL ALBUM IS GETTING ITS GROOVE BACK

QUOTE:

According to Nielsen SoundScan, 2009 was the biggest year for vinyl album sales since they started keeping records in 1991.

Here are the vinyl albums and artists that topped their charts last year:

1. "Abbey Road," The Beatles
2. "Thriller," Michael Jackson
3. "Merriweather Post Pavilion," Animal Collective
4. "Wilco," Wilco
5. "Fleet Foxes," Fleet Foxes
6. "Backspacer," Pearl Jam
7. "Veckatimest," Grizzly Bear
8. "Appetite for Destruction," Guns N' Roses
9. "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King," Dave Matthews Band
10. "In Rainbows," Radiohead


Feb. 23, 2010 Glenn Gamboa
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/02/23/20100223vinyl-spoon.html

Piano Stairs - The Fun Theory

2009-09-22






youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&fmt=18

+ http://www.thefuntheory.com/
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.

BRIAN WILSON 2009 NUREMBURG CONCERT ON DUTCH RADIO 19 FEB (part 1)

Legendarisch Live, each fridaynight 23.00 - 0.00 CET, on Radio 2!
(you can also listen live on NL Radio)


http://legendarischlive.kro.nl/

THE SUNCHYMES - 'SHIFTING SANDS' OUT NOW

The Sunchymes' debut album 'Shifting Sands' is out now featuring 11 tracks that have been recorded over the past couple of years.
Its available in both physical CD format and as a digital download from CD Baby. It is also available as a digital download from itunes, amazon and napster.

19/02/2010
http://mog.com/the_sunchymes/blog/1783719

+ MySpace (check out Down At Pallisades)
www.myspace.com/thesunchymes

+ listen
www.reverbnation.com/thesunchymes

THE CHARMING BEAUTY OF THE MAN FROM ANOTHER PLACE

Over here at Popgeist Towers, we are big fans of Twin Peaks.

We were exposed to David Lynch's surreal and cult television series upon its first airing back in 1990 (first time round, hipster alert).
At the time we were still in short shorts, didn't have a clue what was going on and was scared shitless. Some things never change.

The main cause of our anguish was from a character in the series called "The man from another place." He was quite possibly the scariest midget of all time.

2009
http://www.themanfromanotherplace.com/

+ MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/themanfromanotherplace

Rhapsody In Blue

1943 or 1944, Glenn Miller version

1924 written by: George Gershwin



youtube.com/watch?v=IEpdXgj94xE&fmt=18
wiki: The civilian band version has Bobby Hackett solo in the middle. "Rhapsody in Blue" from the civilian band is not the entire work, but rather a section of the work arranged to fit on a 10" 78 rpm record. It was released as Victor 20-1529-A.
I've read (somewhere on messageboards) that Glenn Miller's version was the one that Brian Wilson knew as a young boy and gave him inspiration. Here's a link for...

+ Gershwin original recording 1927
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc&fmt=18
others say his fave version in the 60's was by Stanley Black with the London Festival Orchestra http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=12863

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_blue
+ News (December 2009?) from http://www.beachboysbritain.org.uk/news.html:
Prior to embarking on this recent jaunt, Brian and the band spent a few days in Oceanway (the old Western) studio, recording seven basic tracks for an album tentatively titled Wilson Sings Gershwin, these included:
"I Loves You Porgy", "Summertime", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "I Got Plenty Of Nothing" and 'the pretty section from "Rhapsody in Blue"'.
+ Peter Reum sheds a light on SMiLE (includes Gershwin-SMiLE connection)http://www.vandykeparks.com/miscfiles/opensky.html

RAPID TRANSIT

Rebecca Brown: American Romances (City Lights Books, 2009)

Like cowgirls? Like flyboys? Like reading? Then you’ll really like Rebecca Brown.

feb 2010 Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/books/rapid-transit-feb-10

BRIAN WILSON APPEARS IN MELLODRAMA DOCU

Repost with update!visit 'Mellodrama, an In-Depth Look at the Mellotron (DVD)':
http://blogs.courant.com/bill_weir/2010/02/-its-the-beginning-of.html
- - - - -
The Mellotron documentary explores the history of tape keyboard sampling through Harry Chamberlin's invention of the Chamberlin keyboards and drum machines, the popularization of the Mellotron and its influence on music recording today.

10 nov 2009
Photo: Beach Boy Brian Wilson and Mellodrama producer Elizabeth Kibbey hanging out on a Mellotron...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=9858941&id=105757610485

COMPOSER REINVENTS THE PIANO

'Fluid' instrument allows pianists to alter sound before or while they play

Smith, a Brighton-based composer and performer, said:
"The fluid piano is a western piano as we know it, similar to an early fortepiano, but because of the tuning mechanisms, suddenly, musicians can explore scales from the Middle East, from Iran."

23 November 2009 Mark Brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/23/composer-fluid-piano-geoff-smith

CAROL KAYE MINI DOC ON TOP 2000 A GO GO

You can always tell the one with the 'balls' that's me...


published 27 Dec 2009

(Dutch tv, Leo Blokhuis)

http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=10459962

(video from 35:10 until 42:00)

Brian Wilson, Heroes and Villains. Providence RI, Lupo's, 11/4/09

2009

Written by: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks



youtube.com/watch?v=yQQcGi8-H3U&fmt=18

+ Brian Wilson All Summer Long 11/4/09 Lupo's Providence RI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tnkf9NVC0U&fmt=18