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03.29.06 by Widge @ 5:14 pm  If you haven't heard Easy Star's Dub Side of the Moon, their all-reggae version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, you're doing yourself a disservice. On the service, it seems like a concept that shouldn't work, but it does: from the bong noises opening "Money" to probably the hardest Floyd song to cover (in my opinion, anyway), "Great Gig in the Sky." There's not a bad cover among the bunch and even obstinate Floyd fans (like myself) can't help but appreciate the respect paid to the original work. So that's why I'm excited as hell to hear that they're setting their sights on Radiohead's OK Computer. The name of this new project? Radiodread, naturally. Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals will be providing vocals on "Let Down," with Citizen Cope on "Karma Police," Sugar Minott on "Exit Music (for a film)," Junior Jazz on "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and Tamar-Kali on "Climbing Up the Walls." This is in addition to vocals already provided by Horace Andy, Morgan Heritage, Frankie Paul and Kirsty Rock. Mid-August is the expected date for it to hit and we can't wait. Categorized as: Headsup and Music
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03.26.06 by Widge @ 7:41 pm  The band is Sprites, and they have just brought me great joy with a song called "George Romero" about how the zombified end of the world would be no big deal, since they've "learned everything from George Romero, Dario Argento, maybe Tom Savini, Stuart Gordon and Sam Raimi." Ah, it brings me joy. Categorized as: Music
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03.26.06 by Widge @ 3:56 am Pink Floyd's pseudo-video for "Scarecrow." Less strange than the last vintage Pink Floyd video we pointed you to, but only in that it's the guys walking around in a field and then there's some war game thing and...oh hell, no, it doesn't seem to mean anything. It's just Floyd. So be it. Categorized as: Music and Stimuli
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02.21.06 by Widge @ 10:02 am Screenhead is celebrating the day by posting this great Aardman-created video for "My Baby Just Cares For Me". Never before has clay been so soulful. Update: Screenhead as we knew it is no more, so here's the thing embedded for your pleasure. Categorized as: Music
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01.12.06 by Widge @ 1:45 am  Brian Joseph Davis took ten albums by artists who have, at some point in their career, been banned. Then he lit the albums on fire. Then he sampled whatever was playable after the fact. I've learned from this that I should have held onto that single I had of Drunks With Guns covering "Jesus Christ Superstar" even after it got melted in my car that summer. B-Naut could have used it, apparently. C'est la guerre. Found at WFMU's Beware of the Blog by way of Screenhead. Categorized as: Music
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