Art on my mind.
I just finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael
Chabon and it is really something. Just read it, you'll love it. If
you like comics, then you MUST read it. It won the Pulitzer, quit yr
stalling.
Lee Hazlewood rocks my face, and me being waaaaaay behind the curve I only just found out about him now that he's dead. He's the one who wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walking" for Nancy Sinatra (and was a groundbreaking producer who influenced the likes of Phil Spector as well), but more importantly he wrote "Some Velvet Morning" the foreboding psychedelic duet which has been covered and referenced by a myriad of ecclectic artists including Thurston Moore and Nick Cave. Einstürzende Neubauten covered Hazlewood's trippy song "Sand" which is available on Strategies Against Architecture II. I'm always a little embarrassed to learn that a song I like is actually a cover, and I've loved the Neubauten version for years without knowing its origin. Hazlewood's stuff sounds a little like simple aww-shucks country/pop ballads until you notice the sinister underpinnings in the lyrics, production and especially his charming-used-car-salesman-from-Tulsa-but-axe-murderer-by-night voice. Creepy to listen to at night in the car, try it. I just spent the weekend soaking him up, god I need to be listening to more music.
Lee Hazlewood rocks my face, and me being waaaaaay behind the curve I only just found out about him now that he's dead. He's the one who wrote "These Boots Are Made For Walking" for Nancy Sinatra (and was a groundbreaking producer who influenced the likes of Phil Spector as well), but more importantly he wrote "Some Velvet Morning" the foreboding psychedelic duet which has been covered and referenced by a myriad of ecclectic artists including Thurston Moore and Nick Cave. Einstürzende Neubauten covered Hazlewood's trippy song "Sand" which is available on Strategies Against Architecture II. I'm always a little embarrassed to learn that a song I like is actually a cover, and I've loved the Neubauten version for years without knowing its origin. Hazlewood's stuff sounds a little like simple aww-shucks country/pop ballads until you notice the sinister underpinnings in the lyrics, production and especially his charming-used-car-salesman-from-Tulsa-but-axe-murderer-by-night voice. Creepy to listen to at night in the car, try it. I just spent the weekend soaking him up, god I need to be listening to more music.
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