A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Joshua Clover is the kind of guy who needs Fredric Jameson to explain Roxanne. 1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This To Sing About takes its title from Jesus Jones’ “Right Here Right Now,” and proceeds to throw the line “watching the world wake up from history” against Francis Fukayama’s 1989 essay “The End Of History.” This is by no means a bad idea:...
CDR Salamander (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Actually videos. Reagan: Germans: Jesus Jones ?
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Dennis Dutton’s Arts & Letters Daily has a heap o’ links, and Ross Douthat has a good column. Let’s party like it’s 1989 with songs about the Berlin Wall: David Bowie: Heroes, 1977: Video / Lyrics (and here’s a terrific live version video, supposedly from a show in Berlin in 2002; it doesn’t have as much of [...]
The Decibel Tolls (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Big Pink currently enjoy an astounding wave of Intarwebz hype, but I certainly won’t let that affect my opinion of the their debut A Brief History of Love. However, the record itself just happens to suck, all things considered. No, the hype didn’t ruin the listening experience. It just epically blows, hype or not. Yes, [...]
Ripped In Glasgow (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... and while we're on the subject of pish bands getting the remix treatment. Couldn't believe it when I saw this 12" in the shop - Jesus fuckin Jones? Don't get me wrong, I'd seen them more than once in various dark and dingy establishments back in the 80s but had never actually LIKED them. Oh no. I haven't listened to this for years (the mantra which persuaded me to get off my ass and do this...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
This week, David Medsker reaches the third and final disc of the NME's 40th birthday compilation, featuring covers both ridiculous and sublime.
Gheorghe: The Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
...but I've got to think there couldn't be a much worse time to promote an event like this than right here, right now (thank you Jesus Jones). Apparently, local sports talker ESPN 980 is putting on the event at Union Jack's , a local rum joint conveniently located in the same mall that houses the Washington Capitals practice facility on the garage roof (yes, it is as weird as it sounds). In case that...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , UK , Down the Front! Location: 311 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London NW6 7JR. Website: http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/ Capacity: 300. Come to see: Up-and-coming bands, Americana and country legends, bands from as far away as Australia and New Zealand playing their first gigs in Old London Towne. The atmosphere: All about the music. If you can't quite see the stage...
Stix Blog (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Unless major figures have died, there has been a massive terrorist attack, or a man has landed on the moon, there aren't many days of the year where you can be absolutely sure you know what you were doing exactly twenty years ago, but today is one of them. Twenty years ago today I was in a muddy field listening to New Order. I know this because one of the pubs near to where I used to live in Muswell...
Blog Lirik Lagu (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Evan Taubenfeld - Boy Meets Girl Lyrics La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la With a bang She was there Yeah she blew up off my cover, Wasn’t looking for a lover And I crashed I fell a part And now I’m picking up the pieces No, they’re not exactly reese’s But it’s [...]
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Having spent the last several weeks on vacation/paternity leave (in FMLA parlance it's called "bonding" leave, and new fathers get a week of it, because apparently that's all it takes), I've inadvertantly brushed up against an Oprah screening or two. Hey, The Wife carried The Notorious V.H.T.* for 37 weeks...getting her choice of crappy afternoon TV is a small reward. From the possibly half...
NiceGuyUK Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Zeroes and ones will take us there - Jesus Jones, 1993.
ImpossibleFunky Productions (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
Similar to "That Music's Lost It's Taste", "Poptones" collects a bunch of songs that remind me of the '90s, regardless of when they were actually released. I find a lot of them quite embarrassing but still enjoy them nonetheless. Name Artist The Way Fastball Song 2 Blur Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger Here and Now Letters to Cleo One Week Barenaked Ladies All Star Smashmouth Inside...
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Lyrics for The Right Decision from Jesus Jones, Perverse, 1993 Compromise and
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