The final lecture| the Appeal of the WRONG! in pop music
Great lecture. The vast majority of my students missed it. Just sayin’. The descriptions are taken from my regular weekly column at The Vine. Die Antwoord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdeizHM9OU According to Pitchfork, Zef is a “philosophy of intentional ignorance and crassness”. Die Antwoord, a rave-rap outfit from South Africa, try so hard to be WRONG in everything they do, […]
the 20 most searched terms on Collapse Board (March 2011)
There must be a ton of pissed-off Korn fans out there
Song of the day – 279: Shannon And The Clams (free download)
Sure it’s a little aggressive. So is life. So what the fuck are you waiting for?
my iTunes Top 20, week ending 17.09.10
I’m only including one track per album (aside from the omnipresent Bluebeat 45s, from which I’ve drawn three) as to do otherwise would unbalance the entire chart. This isn’t accurate by any means, and complete omits any listening that takes place (for example) at the office, on the bus, in the car, on vinyl, in […]
Song of the day – 139: Liam Bailey
Before you do anything else at all, and I mean even breathe, if you haven’t gone and already listened to Etta James’ incredible, and I mean incredible, original of ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’, go and have a listen over here. And I mean NOW! Done? OK, good. Now, I wouldn’t normally link to something like […]
Song of the day – 138: Etta James
Saw Cadillac Records, the ‘story’ of Chess Records, the other evening. It was enjoyable enough. The guy playing Howlin’ Wolf was absolute killer, Jeffrey Wright was likeable enough as Muddy Waters (a sentence I never thought I’d type about that bruiser of a bluesman, Muddy Waters) and Len Chess had a huge proboscis. It was […]
