The Shins
KoreAm magazine directs me to Shin Joon Hyung, now 73, the "Godfather of Korean Rock." It's a fascinating story, and now there's a compilation available stateside called Beautiful Mountains and Rivers. "The anthology’s 14 tracks and 32-page liner notes detail his genre-spanning career, from his early attempts to channel Elvis Presley under the moniker Jackie Shin, the stage name he used while [...]
Rundgren v. the Beatles
Todd Rundgren and his spat with Lennon came up in the comments thread on the "Ah, Girl" post -- I wasn't aware of it until Devin pointed it out. [Particulars here: http://trconnection.com/trconn.php/article=lennon.art#lennon]. The tenor of this interchange doesn't surprise me much, and brings into focus my sense of Rundgren's animosity toward the Beatles. Rundgren seems to have a clear case of what Harold Bloom would [...]
You’re an intellectual giant…
I am pro-John when it comes to that Emerson interview...but what does it mean that this Pet Shop Boys song keeps springing to mind?
Another kind of cover
Rabid Rabbit #8 (available here) features 30 different artists, each visually interpreting one song from The Beatles in a two-page format. Interesting constraint: the lyrics are not quoted anywhere. Some artists attempt literal illustrations of things described in the song; others have more impressionistic takes.Speaking of comics, which Dullblogger is going to write about Baby's in Black?(Thanks to the talented Forsyth Harmon.)
Ah! Girl.
DEVIN McKINNEY • No reason.
John in "Nether-Nether Land"?
Commenter CMO#9 writes (slightly edited by me): I've been reading the latest issue of Vanity Fair and there is a profile of the late war correspondent Marie Colvin. The article mentions that growing up, Colvin idolized The New York Times war correspondent Gloria Emerson. That name should ring a bell for some of you and I have no doubt that you are [...]
This …
... is absolutely transfixing. From who knows where, via Kenwood.
Beatles Reggae covers
One of the original Dullbloggers* and I met up last week to discuss recent doings on Hey Dullblog. He told me about an early Bob Marley cover of "And I Love Her" and Peter Tosh's take on "Here Comes the Sun." Check 'em out below--very nice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZj741_WNb0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW2yivTVieU *The great Eugene, whose trivia quiz from 2008 made me laugh out loud.