My copy showed up yesterday. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I can tell you one thing from the liner notes: David Rees fucking loves the Minutemen.
We Jam Econo...
Mine came yesterday too, watched it last night, it was very good. The liner notes are pretty great. Milo from the Descendents was in it, he looks like this now: <img src="http://theminutemen.com/images/milo.jpg" alt=" - " />
and hangs out by "Brew Ha Ha" coffee.
and hangs out by "Brew Ha Ha" coffee.
They must have shipped them all out together, because mine showed up yesterday too. So much for getting anything done tonight.
But Milo went to college!
Just ordered mine.
Playlist: Neko Case Recommends Music, Minutemen and a Magazine
Interview by WINTER MILLER
Published: August 13, 2006
NEKO CASE is hard to pin down. Figuratively sheâ??s somewhere between country and folk; she says country-noir is apt. Sheâ??s itinerant, touring or recording with her bands (the New Pornographers is one of several) or friends (Rachel Flotard is one of many). Neko Case is her real name. Sure, she was teased, but she said the real loss was no rainbow pens or mini license plates at rest stops. Now 35, sheâ??s beyond missing such trinkets. Taking a break from touring (she resumes Aug. 24 at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn), Ms. Case was in Tucson, cuddling indoors with her new dogs, Travis and Liza With a Z, and her new cat, Ira. She taught herself a little guitar and learned some more on tour. Ms. Case also writes short stories (no one is allowed to read them), and her deft storytelling is evident on her fourth album, â??Fox Confessor Brings the Floodâ? (Anti-Records). She spoke with Winter Miller about what sheâ??s listening to, and watching, now.
The Minutemen
â??We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemenâ? (two DVDâ??s, Rocket Fuel Films) is an oral history as told by the band members Mike Watt and George Hurley. Itâ??s old footage and interviews with friends. They played an important role in my early music development. When I was a teenager, I was really into punk rock, but it was getting old and becoming overly macho and saying the same things. The Minutemen were not a manâ??s band and not a womanâ??s band, they were a smart band. I remember when D. Boon, their guitar player, died in â??85. I donâ??t remember the death of any figure being talked about more. I like how they didnâ??t press Mike Watt to talk about his friendâ??s death, they just let him talk about how much he loved the guy. One disc is all footage, which is totally incredible. The other has 62 songs or something ridiculous. These discs stuck to the music and the friendship and didnâ??t take tabloid angles, which is so common in music biography. I wanted the music, and thatâ??s what you get: great music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/arts/13play.html
Interview by WINTER MILLER
Published: August 13, 2006
NEKO CASE is hard to pin down. Figuratively sheâ??s somewhere between country and folk; she says country-noir is apt. Sheâ??s itinerant, touring or recording with her bands (the New Pornographers is one of several) or friends (Rachel Flotard is one of many). Neko Case is her real name. Sure, she was teased, but she said the real loss was no rainbow pens or mini license plates at rest stops. Now 35, sheâ??s beyond missing such trinkets. Taking a break from touring (she resumes Aug. 24 at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn), Ms. Case was in Tucson, cuddling indoors with her new dogs, Travis and Liza With a Z, and her new cat, Ira. She taught herself a little guitar and learned some more on tour. Ms. Case also writes short stories (no one is allowed to read them), and her deft storytelling is evident on her fourth album, â??Fox Confessor Brings the Floodâ? (Anti-Records). She spoke with Winter Miller about what sheâ??s listening to, and watching, now.
The Minutemen
â??We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemenâ? (two DVDâ??s, Rocket Fuel Films) is an oral history as told by the band members Mike Watt and George Hurley. Itâ??s old footage and interviews with friends. They played an important role in my early music development. When I was a teenager, I was really into punk rock, but it was getting old and becoming overly macho and saying the same things. The Minutemen were not a manâ??s band and not a womanâ??s band, they were a smart band. I remember when D. Boon, their guitar player, died in â??85. I donâ??t remember the death of any figure being talked about more. I like how they didnâ??t press Mike Watt to talk about his friendâ??s death, they just let him talk about how much he loved the guy. One disc is all footage, which is totally incredible. The other has 62 songs or something ridiculous. These discs stuck to the music and the friendship and didnâ??t take tabloid angles, which is so common in music biography. I wanted the music, and thatâ??s what you get: great music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/arts/13play.html