Last August, Wilco threw a three-day festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA called Solid Sound and yesterday the group announced that they will return to the site for
For this week’s mix, I’ve compiled six songs from albums which made our Best Archival Releases of 2010 list. Here’s your chance to get a taste of these wonderful releases;
Last Saturday, Levon Helm was hospitalized with a severe cold that was only made worse by his COPD condition. After a near week-long stay in a New York City hospital,
December 24th is Santa’s time to shine. By mid-September he’s already done his recon and he’s ready to judge the world’s youth like a bad episode of Divorce Court. However, delivering fine handcrafted toys to seven continents worth of deserving children in one night is no easy task. He’s already switched from White Russians to 1% milk with his snickerdoodles and he’s been religious with his Jillian Michaels workout DVD.
[Note: The attached picture is a rough estimation of Santa’s route, that was apparently drawn by an inbred elf.]
There’s only one more step in preparation for his annual circumnavigation: the perfect mix. Through tactics we are neither proud of nor able to discuss, Three Grown Men was able to get a glimpse of this year’s Christmas Eve playlist. Here’s a sampling of tracks Santa will be grooving to on each leg…
First Leg: 9:00 pm – 12:00 am
by Conor Kelley
45:33 – LCD Soundsystem
A strong first track is vital to any good playlist, but especially a playlist that fuels a nine-hour long game of global hopscotch. LCD Soundsystem’s 45:33 is the perfect kickstart to Santa’s travels. The James Murphy composed opus offers, go figure, 45 minutes and 33 seconds of pulse-raising funk. Enough time to settle into the sleigh, get the feel of the reigns, and cruise from the North Pole to the Scandinavian Peninsula while keeping his head centered and his nerves on edge.
Intil – Menomena
Being good all year and earning a spot on the Nice List is every kid’s New Year’s resolution for one reason: the Christmas morning payoff. This concept is not lost on St. Nick. When the drums finally kick in on the last track from Menomena’s Mines all is right with the world. Plus, “Intil” is the perfect song to listen to while gazing at the sparse and endless Siberian landscape.
READ ON for more of the songs on Santa’s iPod and for an embedded playlist so you can hear all of these songs for yourself…
So far I have written two postings about my mid-November three-day weekend in Miami. The first posting was about The Best Burger in America and the second one was about Robert Is Here farmstand in Homestead, Florida. Here we go with one more post about my trip…
On my last day in Miami, which was a Monday, I had a lunch with a good chef friend and his family at a killer Cuban place in Coral Gables called Havana Harry’s which was referred to me by a good friend in law enforcement in South Florida.
Cops and chefs always know the best places to eat, that’s for sure. So, my cop friend says “When you go there for lunch order the Chicken Vaca Frita (Shredded chicken with onions, in a garlic and sour orange mojo, served with moro rice and sweet plantains.) All I will say is that when the waitress came to the table, I said, “I’ll have the Vaca Frita,” the waitress responded, “which one chicken, beef or the one not on the menu?” I asked what the one not on the menu was and was told it was chicken, beef and pork. All I have to say is that was a damn good lunch and blew away my expectations by a country mile.
You may be wondering why I am telling you this when the subject is Palacio de los Jugos. Here’s why. When we were all saying our goodbyes my chef friend said “Since you are headed to the airport, you MUST stop by El Palacio de los Jugos at 5721 Flagler Street as it is right by the airport. I was VERY full and wondered what the big deal was about a juice place. The only answer I was given was “Oh there is MUCH more than fresh fruit but that’s all I am telling you.” WOW was he right!
READ ON for more on Jon’s final day in Miami…
With only two Tuesdays left in the year for new album releases, and nothing really noteworthy on the immediate horizon, we can start looking towards what’s coming down the pike
Lil Wayne makes his first network television appearance since being released from jail when he joins Eminem as the musical guests on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. Em and Weezy
Soulive at The Independent, San Francisco, CA 12.10.10.
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Camp Bisco, the three-day music and arts festival founded by The Disco Biscuits, will return to Mariaville, New York this July 7 through 9, 2011. Throughout
Wilco has announced that they will be holding their second annual Solid Sound festival. The 2011 edition will be happening the weekend of June 24-26, once again at MASS MoCA
