He's been one of the greatest songwriters on Earth for over 40 years. The list is... partially tongue-in-cheek, I think: "The second-last song on every album is the weakest"? "Going Blind" is PERFECT.

I hope you've at least made it to track 9, his take on Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?". That clarinet line (Ted Nash, if I'm not mistaken) - man oh man...

No wonder Ian Curtis liked Sinatra so much (to the exasperation of his bandmates). He actually took his own life in the wee small hours of the morning - Frank's LP might as well have been on the turntable instead of Iggy Pop's The Idiot.

Come to think of it, alright, I "dropped the ball", as you U.S. cats say, but am I the only one who can start obituary threads around here? And Barbara's SY connections were multiple, so damn all of ya!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Ess

https://www.bard.edu/news/photograph...rum-2021-03-08

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/a...-ess-dead.html

From The New York Times:

Ms. Ess joined the photography department at Bard College in 1997. There she influenced a small but key segment of the younger art world, including the Lower East Side gallerist James Fuentes.

“In a critique or meeting about my thesis,” Mr. Fuentes recalled, “she would conjure a Sonic Youth song and start singing it.”

this is some good shit...





eta not all of it lol but some yes

Yeah, it kind of completely flew under my radar as well. Found out through a post from UT's official Facebook page.

Speaking of, I was in contact with Jacqui Ham until the pandemonium struck. I believe the reissue of Griller should have followed not long after In Gut's House's (that was January 31, 2020), but Covid-19 probably postponed it. (Maybe you know more via your Facemook shenanigans there. ;))

Apparently there's also something called DarkDARK:



Look at those fucking assholes. I mean, that's when things come to a point in which I don't even care what they sound like - CLEARLY they're ASSHOLES. They "feel so much"? Horseshit. Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em in the EAR. Fuck 'em in the OTHER ear.

wow man. she sings beautifully. thank you.

i woke up with her new single, and now i'm listening to this

im finally listening to some of this band

i like how she sings, and some tunes are pleasant, but i got many queued up, so i don't have an overall impression yet. so far, it's nice and mellow.

No promotion at all for Griller last year, and I haven' t heard anything about the re-release being dropped anywhere else either. So yeah, it got postponed.

Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King.

Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over The Country Club.

I fucking love this. Third spin. This is not Norman Fucking Rockwell II. It's more laid back, more atmospheric.

I could make it through more than a track or two.
Boring to me.
But when it comes to Lana, I like individual songs here and there, but never have totally fallen for an album.

Also she’s kind of a tone deaf weirdo and she’s developed a bit of a reputation for being — uhh — maybe not overtly racist, but possible QAnon material? I dunno.

Anyway, the huge Walmart sticker on the physical edition is gross lol

Traditional beginning of Spring listen.

Well, yeah, I haven't followed the drama closely, but some of her statements are.....troubling. Her life is clearly not perfect.

But I am fucking loving this album.

im watching the martin scorsese rolling stones movie

grandpa jagger is insane--pure focus--it's like an orchestra director who dances lol

Shine A Light, innit? I seem to recall that even Scorsese seemed to shrink in Jagger's presence.

yah. it's a private show for the rich and powerful to benefit the clinton foundation.

marty scorsese bitching and moaning about not knowing the setlist is hilarious.

keith richards running on cigarette smoke lololol

There's blood in his drugstream.

this now classic...