The great Rudy Ray Moore died Sunday of complications from diabetes, according to news reports. He was 81. He was the self-proclaimed godfather or rap, so I thought it would appropriate to pay my respects here on the blog. May you rest in a piece… I mean peace. Action directed by Roberto Lopez. Some of the stunt players in this project went on to work on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Matrix, Ultraviolet, Once Upon A Time In China, Beowulf, Rundown, and The Dave Chappelle Show.
I just saw this on Pitchfork and thought some of you might want to know about it. The concert was filmed on April 4th this year in Portland and comes out on DVD November 18th. The DVD includes music videos and behind the scenes footage from the recording of Attack & Release.
The tracklist for Live At The Crystal Ballrom DVD:
01 Same Old Thing
02 Girl Is on My Mind
03 Set You Free
04 ThickFreakness
05 Stack Shot Billy
06 Busted
07 You’re the One
08 Remember When (Side B)
09 Your Touch
10 Oceans and Streams
11 Strange Times
12 Psychotic Girl
13 10 A.M. Automatic
14 No Trust
15 I Got Mine
16 All You Ever Wanted
17 Till I Get My Way
Watch a clip from the DVD here: http://streamos.nonesuch.com/download/nonesuch/blackkeys/psychotic_girl.mov
Read the full Pitchfork article here: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/146605-the-black-keys-announce-live-dvd-add-dates
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I don’t have anything against cover songs. Heck, I’ve been in a few cover bands. \m/ But we’ve all heard them… terrible covers of great songs. Here is my list of the top five worst covers of all time in the order I hate them:
P.S. I hated the orginal version of Drift Away… the cover never helped matters.
P.P.S. Who has used “P.S.” Since high school?
5) Madonna – American Pie (Don McLean)
4) Uncle Cracker – Drift Away (Doby Gray)
3) Metallica – Turn the Page (Bob Segar)
2) Disturbed – Land of Confusion (Genesis)
1) Sheryl Crow – Sweet Child O Mine (Guns-n-Roses)
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I was emailed this from my buddy Justin. Thought it would be appropriate for the blog.
In the current digital soaked mayhem of a world we live in: you can’t sell digital files to your local record shop, you can’t wait till Tuesday anymore to greet the store owner as they open the doors to the smell of new compact disc saran, and you can’t get your hands on anything tangible anymore (unless you’re Of Montreal and releasing lamps, shirts, and stuffed unicorns as an incentive for digital purchase). It’s where the music industry is going. Not so much that I mind it or that they can help/stop it, because other than the evolution, it lends itself to doing some pretty cool shit. (Radiohead Remixes, NIN USB bathroom stall surprises, etc.) So, as a part of adopting this mutation of music and continuing the onslaught of cool shit, Paste Magazine offers up Digital VIP. And it’s actually a pretty good deal. Here’s the scoop: You pay $3.95/month. You get: 12 albums/free of upcoming artists DRM free, 4 DVD samplers with music videos/short films/etc., 11 digital editions of the magazine, 11 of their digital samplers, early access (a week in advance) to the digital magazine and samplers, and 52 exclusive live performance mp3’s. I already get the magazine in physical format, but that will slowly die off as it’s 12 month cycle reaches it’s end. I’m going VIP.
