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8.22.2003
New Rock/Old Rock
KINGS OF LEON. Bought this the other day at the Virgin Megastore (Val's attempt to cheer me up on a pretty bleak day) and I am in LOVE with it. Three brothers and their cousin, raised by a touring Pentecostal evangelist, tear it up in an old-fashioned rock 'n roll style. I've seen it called "Southern rock", and that's there (see the Allman Brothers Band, CCR, the films of Cameron Crowe), but there's a great vibe running through it that feels more like the more recent back-to-basics feel of the Strokes/Hives/White Stripes/Coral/Music crowd. Rolling Stone loves them; Pitchfork thinks they're treading water; see the video for "Molly's Chambers" (in Real Audio format). Splendor
A good friend of mine has a really wonderful interview with Harvey Pekar, creator of the comic book AMERICAN SPLENDOR and the subject of the semi-biographical movie of the same name.
Yes, I know it's at Ain't It Cool News. Trust me when I say it's worth a look. 8.19.2003
Hero of the Beach
http://cosmo7.com/safety/safetyriaa.jpg
Rude and more than a little tasteless, but I laughed. Not really worksafe (unless your coworkers enjoy crude foul-mouthed parody.)
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