“Your Cover’s Blown” by Belle & Sebastian
In 2004, Belle & Sebastian released the “Books” EP as the final installment of singles supporting their latest record “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”. “Your Cover’s Blown” is the crown jewel.
From Pitchfork: Described by NME as the “indie ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’”, it’s a slinky, sultry mini-suite— spy vs. spy in the discotheque.
“Heartbeats” by The Knife
Concerning that party at Oberlin College circa 2007 on the HBO program “Girls”, it was nice to see some borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered aughts!
2004 was a good year for the Lecherous Frenchmen’s repertoire, so this week I will be celebrating “The Year of the Single”…
-DJ HumbertHumbert, 2012
“JAR” by Green Day
Happy Birthday Michael Ryan Pritchard!
Billie Joe Armstrong credits Mike Dirnt as being “the best bass player in the history of Punk Rock!”
Maybe by “best,” he means RICHEST…cos that’s probs right.
Otherwise, look no further than another punk band from Berkeley, fronted by a man named Armstrong (no relation, but the Armstrongs DO have a thing for bassists)…Matt Freeman (OpIv, Rancid).
At about 1 minute, you get a gem of a solo HERE
“All of Me” by Tanlines
Congratulations to this track for being the FirstSong I listened to today, actually & factually.
“Piano Man” by Ethan Walmark
This video- via WaPo’s Ideas@Innovations blog- needs little commentary…
“The Way it Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Happy Birthday to “The Rajah,” MLB Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby!
Apparently, some things DO change…
When he retired in 1938, Rogers earned roughly $470K over a 23-year playing/managing career. In 2012 dollars that works out to approximately $332K per year.
Likewise, his contemporary Babe Ruth- arguably the greatest baseball player of all-time (I argue otherwise)- earned just over $910K throughout the course of a 22-year career. In 2012 dollars that’s about $692K per year.
Comparatively, when his current contract expires, Albert Pujols- arguably the best player today- would have earned about $351M in salary. In the time of The Rajah & The Babe, that equates to an average of roughly $1M per year over a 21-year career.
This year the average MLB salary approaches $3.5M per year, in 1938 that would be about $215K- or just about half of what poor Rogers Hornsby (2-time Triple Crown and MVP winner) made in his entire career!
Ballplayers make too much money, and that’s the way it is…
“Tangerine” by Led Zeppelin
(this FirstSong has been brought to you by the contents of my lunch)
“So Russell, what do you love about music?” -William Miller
Maybe Led Zeppelin III isn’t their “greatest” work. But because I & II are just so unoriginal, and IV has been used-up like the strumpet of Bedfordshire, III always feels fresh.
Enjoy, heathens!
“I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” by The Beach Boys
My name is Roger Sterling. I have taken LSD. I live at 31 E 66th St. #14A, NY, NY
“Femme Fatale” by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Happy Birthday to “It Girl”, “Youthquaker”, Edie Sedgwick- who would have been 69 today!
Says Lou Reed: “Andy said I should write a song about Edie Sedgwick. I said ‘Like what?’ and he said ‘Oh, don’t you think she’s a femme fatale, Lou?’ So I wrote ‘Femme Fatale’ and we gave it to Nico.”
…Natch!
“…And We Thought Nation-States Were a Bad Idea” by Propagandhi
Speaking of a mix tape, circa 1995…
Everybody’s favorite Canadian left-wing radicals!
Best Coast - The Only Place (2012)
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