9.6.2002
posted by fred solinger 5:45 PM
songs to download and sing: (in this order)
missy elliott, "work it"
coldplay, "the scientist"
kills, "cat claw"
honeycombs, "have i the right"
wilco, "rhythm"
raveonettes, "that great love sound"
future bible heroes, "smash the beauty machine"
reindeer section, "budapest"
shakedown, "at night" (thanks, tim!)
spoon, "the way we get by" (no, honest!)
posted by fred solinger 9:42 AM
l.a. times: who killed tupac shakur?: staff writer chuck phillips says that, after a yearlong investigation, the notorious b.i.g. paid for the killing and provided the murder weapon. "he didn't just want shakur dead. he wanted the satisfaction of knowing the fatal bullet came from his gun." (thanks to job for the link.)
9.4.2002
posted by fred solinger 9:53 PM
with 58% of the vote, it's kelly!
posted by fred solinger 9:30 PM
about those american idol songs: "before your love," sung tonight by kelly, was written by desmond child and cathy dennis. the better of the two, "a moment like this" (which actually has a good, if rushed bridge), was written by former cheiron songwriter, jorgen elofsson, best known for britney's "(you drive me) crazy" and "sometimes," and steps' dizzying and utterly brilliant "it's the way you make feel" (inconceivably rejected by britney!) somewhere, diane warren is recalling the days when she had the concession for this sort of thing...
9.2.2002
posted by fred solinger 5:44 PM
forget "lips like sugar" or "songbird," the ideal song for coldplay to cover is bread's "it don't matter to me." it is the very model of the selflessness, vulnerability, and magnaminity that chris martin attempts to imbue all of his songs with, even the ones that demonstrate a burgeoning political consciousness. "i never meant to cause you trouble"; "it don't matter to me if you take up with someone who's better than me"; "for you, i'd bleed myself dry"; "cause your happiness is all i want for you to find"; "so, i crawl back into your opening arms"; "cause there'll always be...an open heart waiting for you." coldplay is little more than bread gussied up to look like a rock 'n' roll band. but i like bread.
contact me.
the following are some sites i visit
from time to time. you'd be all the better if you did the same:
nylpm
freaky
trigger
josh
blog
loatd
grr
skykicking
maura.com
popshots
matos
badger
catherine
pearls
the voice music section
submeat
perpetual motion
tmftml
the rub
no rock&roll fun
spizzazz
fluxblog
sex & sunshine
technicolour
