Up until OK Computer came out, most Americans knew Radiohead as the band who put out Creep. OK Computer quickly erased that perception amongst the mainstream but Radiohead always hated
Bob Dylan’s status as a bonafide cultural icon is such that even straight remasters of his previously recorded work, sans bonus cuts, warrant close examination. Released comparatively unobtrusively just prior to the drop of his new studio album Together Through Life, these four digi-pak’d titles, two of which are double cd sets, cover expanses of time and style that remind just now much the Bard and his music have changed (and changed us) over the years.
Now that Phish’s Summer Tour has reached its conclusion, we wanted to throw some numbers at ya. For more where this came from – and the source for a number
With legendary rockers Aerosmith forced to cancel the remainder of their summer tour due to the severe injuries that lead singer Steven Tyler suffered after a fall from the stage
The subject matter of this week’s selection is something I think a lot of our readers can relate to. On the surface, this tune – a selection off The Beatles 1966 album Revolver, could innocently be about the feeling of being woken up too early in the morning…Then again, it could be about drugs. And as my friend Dan likes to say, “If you think it might be about drugs, it’s probably about drugs.”
While dissecting the lyrics, I found it humorous how polite the narrator of the song is in reference to being woken up early, specifically the number of times he says, “Please”. I’m not sure if I know anyone who would be this polite given the circumstances.
In a famous 1966 interview that John Lennon did with Maureen Cleave, she said of John,
He can sleep almost indefinitely, is probably the laziest person in England. ‘Physically lazy,’ he said. ‘I don’t mind writing or reading or watching or speaking, but sex is the only physical thing I can be bothered with any more’.
So, the song is at least to some degree, autobiographical.
The Contestants:
Bathory: This is likely the most International edition of Cover Wars to date. Bathory, for those of you don’t know about them (like me yesterday), is a Swedish band often credited as creating the first “Black Metal” album. Source: In Memory Of Quorthon Vol III
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bathorysleeping.mp3]READ ON for the rest of this week’s diverse Cover Wars contestants…
Recently, along with 15 others, Sidney Poitier was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama as an “agent of change,” and so I went back to revisit his film canon and found an interesting surprise. Poitier’s great acting career reached its peak in the turbulent yet race-defining 1960s. However, he was at an artistic crossroads, a veritable career stalemate where his role as a strong African-American who defies societal norms while personifying the decent citizen led to creative atrophy.
How does one defy stereotypes, and lead a diverse career if one is trapped, forever pigeonholed as THAT straight cat who always makes the right move, always stands tall in the face of evil, and never drifts too far into anyone’s faulty plan? Poitier struggled with those issues throughout his career, but back in 1957 when this week’s Hidden Flick was filmed, he was just another bright star on the horizon, ready for his next big break.
What makes Edge of the City
READ ON for more on this week’s Hidden Flick, Edge of the City…
Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes) – Two Headed Boy (Live)
This edition of W+TWP comes from a genre near and dear to my heart…Ambient music. But this is no e-tard ramble through a Triton’s pad section. This is a bonafide
Longtime HT contributor Wade “Wyllys” Wilby will team up with Umphrey’s drummer Kris Myers for the debut of their Audio Depth Device project tomorrow night at the Tonic Room in
Lost somewhere between the mud of Woodstock and the tragedy of Altamont, came the much more intimate Big Sur Folk Festival – which took place in mid-September of that mythic
