Gold star CDs for 01.13

Slowish start to 2009 but things will heat up quickly. PJ celebrating the release of Ten with 4 deluxe editions. New U2 in March and next week Andrew Bird. That is soon what about now (or really yesterday)?

On to the tunes


Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
Family and Friends blend blues, rock and jazz into one great cd.

Also check:
Former Love dude Arthur Lee's self titled second solo cd is sadly not as good as it should or could have been but don't be afraid to search it out. It's been out of print for about 3 decades until this remastered re-release.

More later
Bro


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Jade's survey

Real name: Jade
Where I live: In a Fairy Lair
Occupation: Fairy Recruiter

Favorite movie: Enchanted
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Favorite book: Interview With A Vampire









Favorite album: Ten (Pearl Jam)


Three famous people I'd like to meet: Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp, George Clooney





One famous person I actually met: Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)





Best concert experience: Pearl Jam Jones Beach 2000 First Night


Coolest pop-culture item I own: Bobble Head of Joey Ramone statue

And what movie prop would like to own: The Crow

Pearl Jam Binaural

OK let's get this out of the way. I love PJ.

There is an album that for some reason people have over looked. Why? I have no idea. In 2000 for some reason everyone that loved rock was focused on U2 with their release "All that you can't leave behind" but they missed it. I guess they were still gorging on Boy Bands and were on a sugary high.

Binaural starts off perfectly with A CRASH of sound -- then the wonderful line "There's a girl on a ledge she got nowhere to turn- cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned". The song explodes. If you love rock music then you are head over heals. In fact, the first three tunes are a heavy trifecta.

It isn't until "Light Years" that the band slows down a bit. A slight, dirty groove of a tune.

Then a lonely, pensive guitar comes through the speakers. Eddie and an acoustic guitar and then the wailing guitar again. Welcome to "Nothing as it Seems". This is PJ all growz up.

They grow up even more with "Thin Air".

Three fast. Three mellow. Back to the Rock with big bouncy drums. You would think time to kick it up a notch but instead the slow, meticulous jam of "of a girl".

Now two songs just made for driving. Driving fast.

Then "Slight of Hand" is a great slow build.

How does one end a Lost Treasure CD? Eddie on a uke. Perfect but that is not the end. One last tune. It's not the 7 minute jam you thing you're getting. You don't worry because you know that when they play this one live they are going to stretch "Parting Ways" out. The song is only 3:37 then about 3 more minutes of silence then a Hidden Track. I'd forgotten about those. Anyway it's just someone banging on a typewriter. I would have given my left nut to have been the one that typed on a typewriter on a PJ Hidden Track but sadly I can't claim that.

I know that it will be tough to ever top Ten but that is because that was a perfect storm. Ten will always have a special place in my heart but really you need to give Binaural one more listen. Plus the booklet in the cd is quite sweet.

A New Post!

The New Wilco album, "Sky Blue Sky" has leaked. It's a mellower disc, pure Wilco goodness, but you won't find any 9 minute guitar freakouts like Spiders (Kidsmoke) off "A Ghost Is Born" or any overt sonic manipulation that can be found on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. This album is more akin to "Summerteeth" and "Being There".
Tweedy sounds almost content on this album, a wise sage letting the entire album unfold quietly.
Standout tracks include Either Way, Impossible Germany, Side With The Seeds and Walken.


Other albums currenlty digesting:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Baby 81
Modest Mouse-We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Son Volt-The Search
The Black Lips-Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo
The Shins-Wincing The Night Away
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible

Police tickets go officially go on sale today for two shows in Wrigley Field. Since the Van Halen reunion imploded, This is probably going to be the only big ticket reunion show I attend this summer.




Secret Machines lose a band member?
I hope this is not true, but if it is, It will be interesting to see the music made on both sides.



New Kings Of Leon tour dates




Cbro asked for the Eddie Vedder induction speech of R.E.M. from the other week, It's a long speech, but not as long as Eddie's induction of the Ramones a few years back. You can really tell the mutual respect between Ed & R.E.M..

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3






R.E.M and Eddie Vedder - Man On The Moon





The White Stipes album tracklisting revealed



My friends Sean & Lily recently opened the coolest comic book store in Chicago.
Vigilante Press
1931 Chicago
Chicago, IL 60622
Check it out if your in town