http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/ Peter S. Scholtes - Complicated Fun en Copyright 2009 Wed, 13 May 2009 11:05:37 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss David Byrne has a wonderful four-song EP for download benefiting Amnesty International highlighted by an amazing live version of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' "Help Me Somebody," converting a song based on samples to a live vocal jam.... http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/david_byrne_liv.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/david_byrne_liv.php Wed, 13 May 2009 11:05:37 -0600 My favorite music right now is the new album by De La Soul, Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run--a new take on rap-rock-techno in 45 bracing minutes, with production by Detroit's Young RJ and Chicago duo Flosstradamus, with the latter... http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/de_la_soul_nike.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/de_la_soul_nike.php Sat, 09 May 2009 09:55:45 -0600 http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/more_fun_around.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/05/more_fun_around.php Fri, 08 May 2009 20:10:10 -0600 Whenever it opens, you must see Unconvention, the locally-made documentary about protests outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul last year. (It screened Sunday as part of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.)I covered the events of... http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/unconvention_an.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/unconvention_an.php Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:14:07 -0600 In the late 1980s, my friend Rick Vorndran made me a tape of a record he bought while in England, the Shop Assistants' Will Anything Happen. The 1986 Chrysalis Records album by the relatively obscure Edinburgh, Scotland, band remains one... http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/the_shop_assist.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/the_shop_assist.php Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:03:08 -0600 http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/i_never_knew_wh.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/i_never_knew_wh.php Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:07:13 -0600 Matos hips me to the fact, pointed out to him by Eric Weisbard, that Google Book Search now has what appears to be a complete run of Billboard from 1942 on. Just what I want: More research materials! But no,... http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/complete_run_of.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/complete_run_of.php Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:46:00 -0600 Beenie Man had his first hit, "Too Fancy," as Beney Man in 1981, when he was about eight years old--younger than in that photo accompanying the recording on Youtube. That will make him a 28-year dancehall reggae deejay veteran in his late 30s when he performs on May 1 with Wayne Wonder at Epic (formerly the Quest) in Minneapolis. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/beenie_man_mixt.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/beenie_man_mixt.php Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:58 -0600 It's been a year since my last roundup up non-blog writing, so here's the beautiful backlog. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/complicated_fun.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/complicated_fun.php Complicated Fun freelance Scholtes writing Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:10:20 -0600 Nathan Amundson, a.k.a. Rivulets, writes to inform me that not only does the solo Morrissey need no compiling, contrary to my hasty preview, but he's been compiled to death--with more than 10 best-ofs listed on Allmusic alone. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/morrissey_compi.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/morrissey_compi.php Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:14:03 -0600 5. Trama, Mr. T ziptape, out as a free download on April 14: Comedic highlight: "If I Was Emo," in which our hero croons, "I would get great reviews in the hip-hop local news/because I'm not seen as a threat, and my rhymes make you boo-hoo-hoo/If I was emo, I wouldn't have to wear gold/and my fake friends wouldn't call to get on the guest list the day of the show/I would have my own band and listen to Wu Tang Clan/I wouldn't be known in the hood because the hood don't understand." Take that, ...somebody! http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/april_preview_a.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/april_preview_a.php Music Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:19:59 -0600 Both Greg Ginn & the Taylor Texas Currogators and Jambang have recent albums on SST that are pretty damn cool, soundscapey but never aimless, and always beat-driven. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/greg_ginn_at_ca.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/04/greg_ginn_at_ca.php Greg Ginn Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:44:31 -0600 I love Trama's new ziptape (his term) Mr. T, hosted by comedian Boima Freeman and available for free download April 14. Only disappointment: No samples of the real Mr. T's 1984 rap record, Mr. T's Commandments. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/new_trama_zipta.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/new_trama_zipta.php hip hop Mr. T rap Trama Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:09:02 -0600 Bob Gruen took some of the most iconic photos of John Lennon, the New York Dolls, and the Clash in America: That 's his image you remember of Lennon with the sleeveless "New York City" t-shirt, and Joe Strummer thumbing backwards at the Empire State Building. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/bob_gruen_on_le.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/bob_gruen_on_le.php Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:21:09 -0600 George Pelecanos has written 15 crime novels set in Washington, D.C., none of which is a waste of your time. http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/george_pelecano_1.php http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2009/03/george_pelecano_1.php Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:23:32 -0600