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Deborah Chesher Got a Little Touch of Nilsson...
Posted on 04.26.08 by Widge @ 5:44 pm
A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night cover art

Deborah Chesher took photos of rock musicians. Last year she published the book Everybody I Shot is Dead, which was going to be of serious interest to Siege until he heard the photography bit. Anyway, the book features photos of musicians we've lost as well as her stories. One of these stories has gotten reproduced on The Secret Vault. And it's a great one.

While my guy is calling the other Sprint place to make sure they have the part, I overhear that last part of the other guy making a reservation... I wasn't paying much attention until, out of the corner of my ear, I heard him spell N-i-l-s-s-o-n and say it was for four.

I glanced at him and when he hung up the phone I made some smartass comment like, "So, I'm invited to dinner?" as the spelling of the name sunk in. How odd, I thought, as he joked back, "Sure, dinner's at 7:30." Then I mumbled, "You don't happen to know Harry. do you?" "Excuse me?" "Sorry, I just heard you spell Nilsson. Just wondered if you knew Harry."

"I'M HIS SON."

Oh, it gets weirder. Read the whole thing here. And go buy Deborah's book here. We're sending you straight to her site instead of Amazon because I'm sure she gets a bigger chunk of the $ that way. Tell her we said hi.

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Tom Waits Names His Favorite Albums
Posted on 04.25.08 by Widge @ 2:15 am
Tom Waits

Tom Waits, actor and musical genius, gave a list of his "cherished albums of all time" to The Guardian. It's from 2005, but the list is brilliant and timeless. I don't know how we missed this before.

Here's a brief snippet: his opinion of #15, Bill Hicks' Rant in E Minor.

Bill Hicks, blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer and brain specialist, like a reverend waving a gun around. Pay attention to Rant in E Minor, it is a major work, as important as Lenny Bruce's. He will correct your vision. His life was cut short by cancer, though he did leave his tools here. Others will drive on the road he built. Long may his records rant even though he can't.

Amen, Brother Tom. Read the whole list here. Found via Utility Fog.

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Welcome to Friday
Posted on 04.25.08 by Widge @ 12:01 am

We survived. Well, most of us.

Polyphonic Spree on Jonathan Ross. Not only do they have impeccable fashion sense in this, but their energy is fantastic.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

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Buying the Stairway With the Beatnix
Posted on 04.18.08 by Widge @ 10:27 pm

Podcast had issues, so I took down. I'll fix it when I get back to the compound. In the meantime, however, enjoy this proto-mashup from The Beatnix.

Found via Dark Roasted Blend.

(A slightly more traditional version after the break.)

Direct link for the feedreaders.

[[ Another vid down here... ]]

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Highly Concentrated David Lee Roth
Posted on 04.16.08 by Widge @ 4:58 am

"Mom! Dad! Don't touch it! It's 80s!"

Kidding. Mostly. Nutshell: Chunklet posted the David Lee Roth vocal track from "Runnin' With the Devil."

Paul and Storm took the "individual yowls, yelps, screams, grunts and exclamations" and combined them into 30 seconds of glory. And then made a video for it: their tribute to "Diamond Dave."

Direct link for the feedreaders.

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