Thursday, September 5, 2013
FULL STREAM: Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity (1977)
Looks like I'm not listening to Daft Punk for a while.
Like a lot of people, I first heard of Giorgio Moroder during the making of Daft Punk's latest album Random Access Memories. I decided to delve deeper, after a friend of mine played me snippets from Moroder's 1976 album Knights in White Satin. It's absolutely mind-blowing how influential every sound, every trance-inducing passage, on this album is; but then, to dig deeper, it's also mind-blowing how much crossover there was between the contemporary likes of Kraftwerk and Moroder's Italo-disco electronica.
At a digestible thirty minutes, I never want to stop listening to From Here To Eternity. Also, I now see where Philly rapper Spank Rock derived his "Modbroder" alter ego:
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Serious Steam
The Courtneys X Tegan and Sara
Whoa. Mega-stars Tegan and Sara with my favourites. The Quin sisters were at Ambleside Park in West Van this past Saturday, and someone, somehow, hooked this up. It really makes me wonder how far the smallest bands' connections go.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Lesson Learned: The Breeders, Set Lists, Strangers and Casual Conversations
Always mention that I collect set lists because I never know when strangers will feel generous. Thanks, anonymous who mostly parted with his because the Breeders signed his poster. My informal review of the Breeders' Last Splash Twentieth Anniversary show, with Tweens, possibly to come soon on Vancouver Weekly.
Another Concert Death-Week
Living Colour the night before Loretta Lynn??? And Thee Oh Sees the night before Living Colour??? "Rocktober" indeed! My next concert death-week begins with Thee Oh Sees at the Rickshaw on Oct. 16, followed by Living Colour at the Commodore and L-Double at the Boulevard Casino. This week will truly be the "BEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!!!!!!!!"
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