I like the "retro" sound. I admit it freely.
I also admit that the Raveonettes are growing on me. Their early work, which featured the occasional gem, is giving way to consistently addictive modern-retro-pop.
Check out "Love in a Trashcan." Too cool
"Love in a Trashcan" is from the occasional gem era, though. "Last Dance" is the first single (I suppose) from the Raveonettes strongest release so far, titled "In and Out Of Control." Enjoy.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Miranda Lee Richards
Though I tried to create a fragment of buzz over Cyndi Harvell earlier this year, another artist whose music I was downloading at around the same time ended up a bigger favorite.
Miranda Lee Richards, whose sound reminds me of a demolition derby featuring Over the Rhine, Mazzy Star and the Innocence Mission, produced a very strong collection of tunes on her second disk.
A few tunes, including "Early November," have instrumentation reminiscent of "Legend"-era Poco. Pedal steel not unlike what Rusty Young might have done. Guitar solos that might have come from Paul Cotton. But it isn't them.
Miranda Lee Richards, whose sound reminds me of a demolition derby featuring Over the Rhine, Mazzy Star and the Innocence Mission, produced a very strong collection of tunes on her second disk.
A few tunes, including "Early November," have instrumentation reminiscent of "Legend"-era Poco. Pedal steel not unlike what Rusty Young might have done. Guitar solos that might have come from Paul Cotton. But it isn't them.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
OMG: Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus
I love good movies. And almost as much I lover really really bad movies.
Sci-Fi (SyFy for the trendy/lame crowd) Channel recently debuted "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus," which will take its rightful place among some of the very worst films of all time. The acting is often bad enough to be laugh out loud funny. But film makes its greatest mark by including some of the least likely physical events ever to appear on film. The entire series of events in the Harry Potter saga is likely by comparison.
Thankfully, an enterprising YouTuber has collected some of these priceless moments in a short video presentation.
Don't go near the water. Or go over a bridge. Or ride in a jetliner.
Debbie Gibson is not the worst actor in the film. Lorenzo Lamas might be, but it's close. Think he'll ever get rid of the ponytail? I think he'd still keep it even if he was playing a cancer patient following intensive chemotherapy.
Sci-Fi (SyFy for the trendy/lame crowd) Channel recently debuted "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus," which will take its rightful place among some of the very worst films of all time. The acting is often bad enough to be laugh out loud funny. But film makes its greatest mark by including some of the least likely physical events ever to appear on film. The entire series of events in the Harry Potter saga is likely by comparison.
Thankfully, an enterprising YouTuber has collected some of these priceless moments in a short video presentation.
Don't go near the water. Or go over a bridge. Or ride in a jetliner.
Debbie Gibson is not the worst actor in the film. Lorenzo Lamas might be, but it's close. Think he'll ever get rid of the ponytail? I think he'd still keep it even if he was playing a cancer patient following intensive chemotherapy.
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