Bleah…so much for ABC’s “Old School” advertising strategy. Game 3 was some of the worst NBA basketball I’ve ever seen, and this is coming from a guy who really enjoys watching Knicks-Heat series. Just plain ugly…Kinda sad when the most memorable part of the game is the halftime show. Speaking of which, I’m more out of it than I thought. From what alternate universe did this Lil’ Kim version of Jewel come from? I remember her as an adorable snaggletoothed and deadly earnest folk chanteuse. She’s the last person I ever expected to drop the acoustic guitar and start hip-hopping to a Britney bounce. Well, I can’t say I’ve ever been a big fan, but with its infectious hurdy-gurdy backbeat, “Intuition” seems like it might just be this summer’s “Get this Party Started” – the bubble-gum pop song you can’t get out of your head. And from Jewel too…Who knew?
Category: Music
Lone Star.
Mama, take this badge off of him – He can’t use it anymore. Two New Mexico lawmen aim to find out if Pat Garrett shot Billy the Kid or the wrong man in 1881. Does this mean James Coburn should’ve shot Dylan at the end of the movie instead?
These Days.
The LA Times checks in with REM as they gear up for a fall tour, pay their respects to Dylan, and talk about what songs they’ll never play again. “Shiny Happy People” is no surprise, but I always kinda liked “Pop Song 89.”
Marty and Zimmy.
Martin Scorsese signs on to create a Bob Dylan documentary not unlike The Last Waltz. Cool…I assume this’ll be Marty’s next project after The Aviator.
Harder to Wake Galileo.
Via Lots of Co., the Annotated R.E.M. So that’s what Stipe’s talking about…
Crossing Dylan.
Ethel the Blog points the way to a remarkable confluence of two of my favorite things: the freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and ADA Claire Kincaid. Apparently, the lovely Jill Hennessy sings “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” on the recently released T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack for Crossing Jordan. Other potential standout tracks (not by Hennessy) include covers of VU’s “Pale Blue Eyes”, Dylan’s “Buckets of Rain,” Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” and The Kinks’ “Days” (Also covered by Elvis Costello for the Until the End of the World soundtrack.) Right now, there’s no sign of any of these tracks on Kazaa, not that I’ve checked or anything. To be honest, I’ve never watched Crossing Jordan – from afar, it looks awful. But that doesn’t speak any less of the late Ms. Kincaid…for two seasons there, Jack McCoy was a lucky, lucky man.
Rolling down the road.
Bob Dylan’s Never-Ending Tour continues in the spring of 2003. If you live in the South, you might want to check out these dates.
Szpilman, drop the remix.
Go shorty, it’s your birthday…Found while trying to ascertain on news.google whether there’ll ever be another Portishead album: Pianist star and self-proclaimed 50 Cent fanatic Adrien Brody moonlights as a hip-hop DJ. But does he do rhymes, or strictly beats? A Kazaa search only brought up all of Night Ranger’s oeuvre.
Welcome to the Occupation.
Also in music news, R.E.M. announces their fall 2003 tour dates, and it looks like they’ll be coming to the NYC environs October 3 and 4. See you there.
Music for the Masses.
One minor comfort as war rages in Iraq: Some of my favorite artists are emerging from obscurity to step up with new material. Michael Stipe and R.E.M. have released “Final Straw”, while the Beastie Boys offer “In a World Gone Mad.” (The former and better song via WebGoddess.)