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August 1st 2008 by E..

I’m not sure if there was one specific point that I lost respect for some of the formerly-respectable music press outlets, but as The Black Keys say, things ain’t like they used to be…take, for example, the most recent issue of Rolling Stone:

Day 349 - July 28th, 2008 Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother

I know what you’re thinking, but even as a Disney stockholder I’m disgusted…since when did Rolling Stone become freakin’ Tiger Beat?…I’ve been embarrassed to read any recent music magazine outside of my own home, and internet-based music outlets aren’t much better…I’ve never been one of the ‘Pitchfork sucks because they suck’ kind of people, but I’m slowly beginning to see their way…I’m pretty sure the “people” at Pitchfork assign their reviews to those most likely to hate a certain band or album…The Onion had it right…and you know what? the Jonas Brothers are just another cog in the Disney machine, and if they think that it’s them, Disney won’t hesitate to throw them out on their asses and let them try in vain prove that they’re real artists (see: Hilary Duff, soon-to-be Miley Cyrus)…

On Tuesday, I DJ’ed at World Cafe Live once again…this time, though, I wasn’t playing the traditional modern DJ mix of electronica, new wave and trip hop…instead, I played the music that I grew up with, namely big band and swing…for fidelity’s sake, I stuck with recordings of newer swing bands rather than original era bands, though that might be good for another time…I played hep tunes from Stompy Jones, Cigar Store Indians, Bill Elliott and, of course, Lee Press-On & The Nails…I’m not sure if there was a band going on after me the previous week, but there was a group this past week, which may have been the reason for the larger crowd…everyone seemed to enjoy my picks, and I even saw some of the waitstaff moving around with a little dance in their step…

After I was done, Mom, Dad and I went to pick up Dad’s car from the shop and went for water ice at Rita’s…next to the Rita’s was a curious little convenience shop with a likewise curious lone gas pump…

Day 350 - July 29th, 2008 Here on Self Serve Island, we strum rubber guitars

Self Serve Island might be a good place to get banished, but Soft Serve Island is a much better place…

Yesterday was jam-packed with activity…I went in to XPN primarily to see the Old 97’s perform a World Cafe session for Special Producers…Special Producer is a title given to those who become members of the station at a particular level, and are invited to a number of World Cafe tapings that are more akin to the Free At Noon concerts than the regular tapings in the recording studio…

The 97’s were really good, and performed a few songs from their new album, Blame It On Gravity, such as “Dance With Me”, “The Color Of A Broken Heart Is Blue” and “My Two Feet”, as well as “Barrier Reef” from 1997’s Too Far To Care by David Dye’s special request…

Day 351 - July 30th, 2008 Don't tell me the world is in trouble

The session was over around 12:45, so I did some work in the office for the rest of the day…around 3:00, Josh T. asked me if I wanted to see Wolf Parade that night at the Electric Factory…while I’m not nearly the biggest fan of theirs, I rather like a few songs from their new album, At Mount Zoomer (which is a great name for a record)…I said yes and he gave me two tickets, one of which I gave to [info]glitterglamgirl

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