My 350lb cousin has also done more with less (or more, from a pure mass view) than Brad Pitt too.
Musicological banter
talking about the stray cats let me to find out about the long island music hall of frame
https://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/
I learned that John Coltrane lived and wrote love supreme less than 10 miles from me (albeit 6 years before I was born)
really stretching LI with Louis Armstrong, who clearly lived in queens
https://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/
I learned that John Coltrane lived and wrote love supreme less than 10 miles from me (albeit 6 years before I was born)
really stretching LI with Louis Armstrong, who clearly lived in queens
adding to my list of nemesis's is any band that posts a list of tour dates on the Gram and only list the city and not the venue they are playing…
apologies in advance for any PTSD caused by this
but today's deep dive nonsensical trivia is that the singer with the band Whale of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe "fame" was previously in a Swedish new wave group called Ubangi
here is a video of those wacky Swedes in concert
https://youtu.be/HsRf2Np5eNM
even more nonsensical per the Wikipedia = In the late 1990s, the band's official website stated that their original name was Southern Whale Cult 1987, and that several albums had previously been released under that name. This was later admitted to have been a joke; the band had copied a presentation by The Cult and simply changed the name of the band in the text
but today's deep dive nonsensical trivia is that the singer with the band Whale of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe "fame" was previously in a Swedish new wave group called Ubangi
here is a video of those wacky Swedes in concert
https://youtu.be/HsRf2Np5eNM
even more nonsensical per the Wikipedia = In the late 1990s, the band's official website stated that their original name was Southern Whale Cult 1987, and that several albums had previously been released under that name. This was later admitted to have been a joke; the band had copied a presentation by The Cult and simply changed the name of the band in the text
Was interested in catching Jon on his latest tour, good news is there is a show close by
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No demand in the US. He is done in this market. He had a good run. Forty years! Hopefully he put away some money. At this point his best shot of cashing in is somebody using Bellbottoms in a commercial meant to appeal to us….pharma or retirement related!
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Was interested in catching Jon on his latest tour, good news is there is a show close by
Any farther, you'd have to leave the planet to get there.
Rumor has it that Elon is getting Jon to do the first concert on Mars
found an interview from 2018, he wasn't wrong that he couldn't make money
Ask him if he cares that rock music has been declared dead for the 48th time this decade, and he shrugs. “I never started banging away on a guitar because I thought I could make money,” he says. “I did it because I couldn’t help it.” His heroes were never the ones cashing checks anyway—The Stooges, Throbbing Gristle, Big Black, The Jesus Lizard. The ones too weird, too abrasive, too stubborn to compromise. “They did their own thing, and they just kept doing it.” Which is why he’s unfazed by the whole “rock is dead” conversation. “It comes in cycles,” he says. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and rock has always been ‘dead’ to somebody. I came up in the underground. That’s where I’ve always been.”
Of course, there’s being underground, and then there’s getting your song in a major Hollywood blockbuster. Baby Driver opened with Bellbottoms—an absolutely unhinged needle drop that made audiences explode in applause before they even knew what the hell they were watching. But this wasn’t just some random sync job. Edgar Wright had the scene mapped out in his head since the ‘90s. “The first time I met Edgar was in 2005,” Spencer says. “One of the first things he told me was, ‘I’ve got this idea for your song in a movie.’ Turns out he’d been thinking about it since Orange came out.”
Did it change his life financially? Spencer laughs. “Huge spike on Spotify,” he says. “Doesn’t mean a damn thing. Nobody’s buying the record, they’re just streaming the one song. But hey—got some licensing deals out of it.” Would he work with Edgar Wright again? “If there’s a Baby Driver 2 and they need a prison guard, sure. I’ll go back to prison.”
also did find out he had a few more soundtracks and ads over the years
Placement Type Project / Brand Song Used / Notes
Film Baby Driver (2017) “Bellbottoms” – opening scene + soundtrack
Film The Butterfly Effect (2004) Featured on film’s credits/soundtrack
Film Hall Pass (2011) Listed in soundtrack credits
Film Trailer/Scene War Machine (2017, Netflix) “Confused” used in film and trailer
TV Commercial Toyota RAV4 “Power Lunch” JSBX track in TV ad
TV Commercial Gatorade Featured music from JSBX in ad campaign
was still getting some traction in 2019
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZA5Z/toyota-power-lunch-song-by-the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-t1
damn and a messi ad in 2018
https://youtu.be/FHOwt-9Oego?si=IyBGNoOArjB4fN0k
found an interview from 2018, he wasn't wrong that he couldn't make money
Ask him if he cares that rock music has been declared dead for the 48th time this decade, and he shrugs. “I never started banging away on a guitar because I thought I could make money,” he says. “I did it because I couldn’t help it.” His heroes were never the ones cashing checks anyway—The Stooges, Throbbing Gristle, Big Black, The Jesus Lizard. The ones too weird, too abrasive, too stubborn to compromise. “They did their own thing, and they just kept doing it.” Which is why he’s unfazed by the whole “rock is dead” conversation. “It comes in cycles,” he says. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and rock has always been ‘dead’ to somebody. I came up in the underground. That’s where I’ve always been.”
Of course, there’s being underground, and then there’s getting your song in a major Hollywood blockbuster. Baby Driver opened with Bellbottoms—an absolutely unhinged needle drop that made audiences explode in applause before they even knew what the hell they were watching. But this wasn’t just some random sync job. Edgar Wright had the scene mapped out in his head since the ‘90s. “The first time I met Edgar was in 2005,” Spencer says. “One of the first things he told me was, ‘I’ve got this idea for your song in a movie.’ Turns out he’d been thinking about it since Orange came out.”
Did it change his life financially? Spencer laughs. “Huge spike on Spotify,” he says. “Doesn’t mean a damn thing. Nobody’s buying the record, they’re just streaming the one song. But hey—got some licensing deals out of it.” Would he work with Edgar Wright again? “If there’s a Baby Driver 2 and they need a prison guard, sure. I’ll go back to prison.”
also did find out he had a few more soundtracks and ads over the years
Placement Type Project / Brand Song Used / Notes
Film Baby Driver (2017) “Bellbottoms” – opening scene + soundtrack
Film The Butterfly Effect (2004) Featured on film’s credits/soundtrack
Film Hall Pass (2011) Listed in soundtrack credits
Film Trailer/Scene War Machine (2017, Netflix) “Confused” used in film and trailer
TV Commercial Toyota RAV4 “Power Lunch” JSBX track in TV ad
TV Commercial Gatorade Featured music from JSBX in ad campaign
was still getting some traction in 2019
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ZA5Z/toyota-power-lunch-song-by-the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion-t1
damn and a messi ad in 2018
https://youtu.be/FHOwt-9Oego?si=IyBGNoOArjB4fN0k
wow, 1980 was a bad year for rock n roll…
Bon Scott
Ian Curtis
John Bonham
Darby Crash
John Lennon
Bon Scott
Ian Curtis
John Bonham
Darby Crash
John Lennon
I hate myself for this doing, engaging in tittle-tattle about a band.. but i've never seen this specific of allegation directed at one.
will try to keep this brief.. was looking up this band Saturn Mac and there were articles about how this Detroit band was a verge of breaking big and decided to check out the album. Since I was enjoying it as it was swaggering soul-rock done well, decided to look them again only to find out right when they were ready to a do big headlining show in Detroit, everything came crashing down around them .A recently added member to band was arrested, tried and convicted of the possession of child porn. The band didn't exactly handle that turn of events that well..
one article about what transpired mentioned there were already allegations of creepy behavior on the part of the lead singer towards female fans..
so here is tl/dr part
Mac Saturn got another big boost when it was tapped to join British rock band the Struts on its 2023 U.S. tour. But according to a source close to the band, during the tour the band allegedly had its escort privileges revoked, meaning they were barred from bringing anyone backstage.
https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit-guides/mac-saturn-seemed-destined-for-stardom-then-the-fbi-arrested-its-keyboard-player-for-child-sexual-abuse-35564043
will try to keep this brief.. was looking up this band Saturn Mac and there were articles about how this Detroit band was a verge of breaking big and decided to check out the album. Since I was enjoying it as it was swaggering soul-rock done well, decided to look them again only to find out right when they were ready to a do big headlining show in Detroit, everything came crashing down around them .A recently added member to band was arrested, tried and convicted of the possession of child porn. The band didn't exactly handle that turn of events that well..
one article about what transpired mentioned there were already allegations of creepy behavior on the part of the lead singer towards female fans..
so here is tl/dr part
Mac Saturn got another big boost when it was tapped to join British rock band the Struts on its 2023 U.S. tour. But according to a source close to the band, during the tour the band allegedly had its escort privileges revoked, meaning they were barred from bringing anyone backstage.
https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit-guides/mac-saturn-seemed-destined-for-stardom-then-the-fbi-arrested-its-keyboard-player-for-child-sexual-abuse-35564043
Two nights, four sets, one trip, and a lifetime of resistance. A reluctant pilgrim goes deep into the cult of Phish.
https://open.substack.com/pub/leosidran/p/teach-a-man-to-phish
https://open.substack.com/pub/leosidran/p/teach-a-man-to-phish
Man, sitting here just parked after a good night baked as fuck listening to that new order cd and it is musical Godhead.
The balearic beats combined with italohouse (biggest exposure to that point; we know what followed…) and that joy d/new order vibe (must define more clearly). Sheep babaiian?
The balearic beats combined with italohouse (biggest exposure to that point; we know what followed…) and that joy d/new order vibe (must define more clearly). Sheep babaiian?
True Faith is a perfect song. Everyone brings it.The PEAK of New Order which is crazy to say as my favorite album was still to come and they had a few amazing songs still in them.
I lost last message
Thing is without Peter Hook they would sound too sweet which they became more and more
Thing is without Peter Hook they would sound too sweet which they became more and more
Damn, I kinda wanna get stoned with Hutch now.
Shamus Records has announced the new release Woody at Home - Vol 1 + 2, a collection of 22 tracks by the late Woody Guthrie that were previously unreleased. It’s out August 14 via Shamus. Today, the label has shared Guthrie’s only known recording of “Deportee,” the 1948 track written in response to The New York Times’ coverage of a plane crash in Los Gatos Canyon, California, that killed 32 people, including 28 migrant farm workers. Although long covered by artists like Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and Joni Mitchell, this is the only version in existence of Guthrie himself singing it. Give “Deportee” a listen below.
Woody at Home - Vol 1 + 2 was created by restoring analog tapes that Guthrie himself recorded when he was 38 years old, and uncovering unpublished family photographs, lyric sheets, and artwork from his archive. In early 1951 and 1952, Guthrie recorded these songs himself using one microphone on a reel-to-reel tape machine at his family’s two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
Woody at Home - Vol 1 + 2 was created by restoring analog tapes that Guthrie himself recorded when he was 38 years old, and uncovering unpublished family photographs, lyric sheets, and artwork from his archive. In early 1951 and 1952, Guthrie recorded these songs himself using one microphone on a reel-to-reel tape machine at his family’s two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York.
I think the camper Van Beethoven show at Atlantis could be their last show ever.
Think this guy's stuff has be shared here before, but he has set out to make bootleg t-shirts of the various name R.E.M. used as pseudonyms for secret gigs i.e. Bingo Hand Job and The Mystery Twins
https://bsky.app/profile/stuffbymark.bsky.social/post/3lvt7fejdqc2d
guess he got tired of people bootlegging his stuff as there is now a redbubble site for purchases
https://bsky.app/profile/stuffbymark.bsky.social/post/3lvt7fejdqc2d
guess he got tired of people bootlegging his stuff as there is now a redbubble site for purchases
So I came here to say that Olivia Rodrigo’s “deja vu” has officially hit 2 billion streams on Spotify.
but what I found out was that's not that big a deal as almost 200 songs have already done that
What is a big deal is only 2 songs have gotten over 4 Billion streams
With out looking it up…I'm confident that no one here can name the 2 songs or even the artist that have had over 4 billion streams
(disqualified if you heard about this stat in a news article)
but what I found out was that's not that big a deal as almost 200 songs have already done that
What is a big deal is only 2 songs have gotten over 4 Billion streams
With out looking it up…I'm confident that no one here can name the 2 songs or even the artist that have had over 4 billion streams
(disqualified if you heard about this stat in a news article)