Furthermucker (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
A day before turning 38 and dropping his eighth album Modern Guilt , Beck performed at l’Olympia in Paris. I gotta say, I was surprised to be disappointed. I’ve had to put Beck in that file of artists who I’d rather hear on record than see live… unexpected. The crux of the concert’s problem is pretty funny though: for all the hiphopish funk of songs like “Hell Yes,” in the flesh Beck actually ain’t...
MySpace.com (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... for all the hiphopish funk of songs like "Hell Yes," in the flesh Beck actually ain't got no soul....
Dymaxion World (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
That's this dude's description of WALL-E , and it's pretty apt. But I liked this bit more: The collection of upcoming animated movies shown in the trailers before Wall-E just drive that point home. It's almost as if this one studio is the sole defenders of the faith, and Frank Zappa was right all along about everybody else - We're Only in it for the Money. A talking Chihuawa movie? Are you kidding...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
...but I've spent the past 24 hours listening to nothing but Rubber Soul and I can attest unequivocally and for all time that it is 30 times better than this album and 16 times better than this record . That is all.
essays & effluvia (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Video compilation to In My Life, from Rubber Soul
Upcoming Pixar (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I was just sent this interesting post that compares Pixar to The Beatles. That is WALL •E is to Pixar as what Rubber Soul was to The Beatles, Help! was Ratatouille . The writer, Daniel Thomas, looks at how we are coming to point where technological advancement in CGI movies will plateau and we will have to rely on developing our stories and characters. Pixar broke open the boundaries...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
UNTIL the likes of The Beatles' Rubber Soul and The Beach Boys' own Pet Sounds, Sixties' pop thrived on the single.
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
... acclaim, or not. I was honest. This is my music. I love it all. The Beatles: Meet the Beatles Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper White Album Abbey Road Let It Be Bob Dylan: Freewheeling Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde Blood on the Tracks Bootleg: Rolling Thunder Infidels Modern Times Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers Let It Bleed Beggars Banquet Flowers...
