Y-O

I LOVE this song and video. It was one of the first non-RUN-DMC hiphop songs I ever heard in high school (late to the party as ever; thanks, Jonathan Scott) and recently bought the 12" single on eBay for $20 (and . A bargain at twice the price! Also, I can't decide how I feel about the fact that 85% of the hiphop I really, truly love was made 15 years ago or earlier. That's not true of rock, which has traveled through the ages for me. Rap is another story, f'real. I'm sure it's my damn fault.

(Courtesy of Idolator.)

Being Green

I know it's ridiculous to still be talking about this, but the Scritti Politti record from 2005 refuses to leave my brain or my iPod. I listen to the old stuff, too, but only a song here and a song there. White Bread Black Beer goes the distance and then sticks around to do line drills after practice (that was a basketball metaphor).

Anyway, the only reason it's a problem is that almost everyone I know thinks of them as school bus pop from 1985, period. I will continue to nurse my fetish for both primary and secondary SP materials. Just found (and printed) this endlessly readable 40-page Green Gartside interview conducted by Simon Reynolds for his amazing Rip It Up and Start Again book. Then this good-ass 1999 BBC documentary (featuring Jacques Derrida!!!) on Scritti's comeback rock w/rap LP Anomie and Bonhomie (also good-ass), from the excellent www.bibbly-o-tek.com. Green has a dubious extra wide goatee here, but his story is sound sound sound.

And then of course there's this ridiculous nonsense, which is Scritti-heavy, perhaps prohibitively, but I loves it. And clearly, in this department, I'm inspired by Green's self-pacing.

Dispatch

I'm going on tour with my friend and favorite Robyn Hitchcock. Dates are below. I hope you will come see. It's my first actually solo solo tour, and it is bound to be cold as hayl out there. Mention this blog and get a free fond caress.

Nov 2 2007 8:00P
Shank Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Nov 3 2007 7:00P
High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin

Nov 4 2007 8:00P
Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis

Nov 5 2007 8:00P
The Maintenance shop Ames, Iowa

Nov 7 2007 9:00P
Blueberry Hill St. Louis, Missouri

Nov 8 2007 8:00P
Southgate House Newport, Kentucky

Nov 10 2007 9:00P
The Music Mill Indianapolis, Indiana

Nov 13 2007 8:00P
The Starlight Waterloo, Ontario

Nov 14 2007 8:00P
The Mod Toronto, Ontario

Nov 15 2007 8:00P
The Casbah Hamilton, Ontario

Nov 16 2007 8:00P
Zaphod Beeblebrox Ottawa, Ontario

Nov 17 2007 8:00P
The Cabaret Montreal, Quebec

Nov 28 2007 7:30P
The Triple Door Seattle, Washington
(Harvey Danger Acoustic opens)

Nov 29 2007 7:30P
The Triple Door Seattle, Washington

Dec 1 2007 9:00P
Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon


Also, I wrote this review of the Kurt Cobain movie, and I'm really proud of it.

Uh... what else?

The movie I co-wrote and acted in, My Effortless Brilliance, is really, really, really great. It was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival (not saying "Sundance" is a small anti-industry gesture), so keep your fingers crossed if you have fingers.

Unemployment is gainful and excellent.

Looking forward to a few days in Chicago with friends old and new.

HD New Year's Eve-ish plans are falling into place.

I have almost nothing else to report. At the moment...