April 2011
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Ardent Answers: What’s the real story behind the... →
While the sessions are reputed to have been chaotic and unorganized, the track sheets and multitrack tapes tell a different story. Jim Dickinson said two things stand out about that record. The first being that John Fry’s engineering “which makes the record timeless,” and the other is the fact that “there’s nowhere on that record where Alex is throwing it away.”
September 2010
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Big Star | Music | Better Late Than Never? | The... →
A fantastic description of why it’s never too late to come to a particular artist or group. How it can sometimes be more wonderful to discover someone late in the game than to have been a fan all along.
I just feel bad that this guy never got to see them play.
(“The Ballad of El Goodo” is the song that hooked me as well.)
(via Alice)
April 2010
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“He and [his girlfriend] would do what they call dancing, which was kind of like...”
– Really, really good article about Alex Chilton in his most destroy-all-monsters days, 1975-81, the years of Like Flies On Sherbert, Tav Falco and the Panther Burns, the first couple Cramps records, of the art of locking the groove down and then annihilating it. By David Gendelman. (via czupcaks)
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March 2010
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For the time being, I'm over here. Come visit. →
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Their lyrics stayed close to home, never... →
I want Bruce Eaton to have the final word on Alex Chilton. The book he wrote for the 33 1/3 series on Radio City was part of what spiraled my obsession to begin with, and it’s a fantastic essay on what it means to love music. Bruce Eaton knew Alex Chilton, and I think he can give one of the best tributes we’ll see to the man who made the music we love.
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“Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes around… They say,...”
– Alex Chilton: I’m In Love With That Song - All Songs Considered Blog : NPR (via themorningnews)
Carrie Brownstein writes the tribute I wish I could have written.
The Reluctant Ghost of Alex Chilton
(Cross-posted from a cup of tea & a wheat penny)
This is going to be harder to write than I wanted it to be. Everyone seems to have their feelings sorted out ahead of time about the sudden passing of Alex Chilton, instant access to their memories of where they were when they heard a particular Chilton track, or what it meant to see Chilton bristle in a rare interview, or have...
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Watchabelson:
#549: big star - thirteen (1972)
if heaven is a place, it’s got a gymnasium where the lights are turned down really low and decorations are on the wall, and alex chilton is there swaying with a girl he really likes to thirteen. he died today at 59.
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czupcaks:
Take Care (Demo) - Big Star
I just...
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Memphis musician Alex Chilton dies →
czupcaks:
(via goldenfiddle)
At the age of 59.
I can’t find my own words for this right now. For the time being, I’m posting what everyone else manages to say.
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Watchtylercoates:
youngmanhattanite:
marcthesharc:
Um, yeah, you’re damn right I’m more excited for this than Treme.
Sides, pick one.
Good God. Dream cast?!
Paz. De. La. Huerta.
Samesies (Rainy Day Remix)
Popwar
Music For the Tiny hours Melodies For Afternoon And Harmonies For anytime. Songs For the sad Easy lazy softly Sounds Take-them- Or-leave-them Pleasant, present Notes Without message From no Separate Era or Source. These remain An anchor For The gentle ear. The pipers Of the sand, The three who were Mitchell Boys, Lark-voiced Are now Men. Earning, Yearning Seeking a corner Of the Cave Somewhere...
Samesies
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America's Craziest Cities - The Daily Beast →
Cincinnati, I love you.
A list of movies I've watched on my sick days and...
The Puffy Chair. A little.
Humpday. No.
The Devil Wears Prada. No.
Parenthood. Yes.
Love, Lies, and Murder. Not so far.
HEY, STOP IT: Books I may have loved →
sarahb:
Sometimes, do details of a book or story come to you and you spend a lot of time thinking about them and wondering if they do exist on a page, or are they just remnants of fever dreams? The reading list of ‘92 or the flu of ‘92?
I know there are sites where you can go and be like ‘I read this…
I wish this resource existed as well, because I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried...
Three things we like to encounter in novels
magicmolly:
•Descriptions of field labor
•Descriptions of nervous cures
•Descriptions of cottage-rehabilitation
YES. (x3)
For good measure: Descriptions of things people do with their hands when there is nothing being said.
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I didn't know I was going in circles this whole...
March 7, 2010.
March 8, 2009.
Am I Right - Misheard Lyrics, Big Pimpin' →
Whoever heard it as “big pumpkin’ spittin’ seeds” is my favorite kind of person. (Related. Also related.)
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This Conversation Is Probably Already Totally...
Me: Should we do ChatRoulette?
J: What's that?
Me: It opens up a chat window and you can see random strangers on video chat, then you hit 'next' or you just talk with the person.
J: I don't even want to talk to people I know most of the time.
Jennifer Love Hewitt Times Infinity
Sarah/Josh/Tracie have urged us on repeated occasions to read Kevin Fanning’s stories, and read I have.
Apparently, if the rest of Tumblr is to serve as guideline, I’m supposed to post my picture with Jennifer Love Hewitt Times Infinity to show that I’ve read it. However, since I was once told that in the film of our lives I would be played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, said...
Soup Group
Actually a little bit down because I don’t have any more episodes of The League to watch on my lunch break.
Related: I enthusiastically follow Ochocinco on Twitter.
(What have I become?)