Pieces, cloves, and hippiness at the Trey Anastasio (Phish) + friends show last night. The Mann Music Center was a beehive of activity, with more Birks, gooballs, vegans, marijuana, and tie-dye that I've seen in my life (counting out my family get-togethers). Culture shock for me, who's been frequenting noise rock and hip hop shows for the most part, unaware that Phish crowd members teem with affection and kindness 24/7, though Adam tells me it's a worthy enough cause for a research paper (I don't hesitate to agree). Trey Anastasio's performance, comprised of two approximately hour and a half sets, was more generous and unpretentious than any show on which I can think back. Trey plays to the crowd as well as Mick Jagger, but with more clothing and dignity. A seamless fusion of sounds and styles, rhythmed lighting, a ten-piece (more or less) band, and a hardcore appreciation of the crowd perpetuated the event, washing you over with this fantastic feeling of fuzziness, serenity, and contact high. Let's rock n' roll!
"Watch out, here I come, come, come . . . . If I, I get to know your name. Will I, get to take your private number, baby! All I know is that to me, you look like you're lots of fun, open up your loving arms, I want some, want some! I set my sights on you (I know what else we'll do!). And I, I get to have my way now, baby! All I know is that to me, you look like you're having fun, open up your loving arms, watch out, here I come! You spin me right round baby, right round like a record baby right round, round round (2x). I, I got to be your friend now, baby. And I, would like to move in just a little bit closer (a little bit closer!). All I know is that to me, you look like you're lots of fun, open up your loving arms, watch out, here I come!!!" - Dead or Alive
The 1980s were the best era for not only Wall Street films and hairspray, but British pop music as well.
How happy I am to report that in addition to Jeremiah, Sandie is a Pixies fan (I'm the baby Pixies fan).
Going back to Britpop, Duran Duran's sleeper hit "The Chauffeur" is covered wonderfully by the Deftones. Way down the lane away, living for another day. The aphids swarm up in the drifting haze. Swim seagull in the sky, towards that other Western isle. My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze. And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind, and the front of your dress so shadowy light. And the droning engine throbs in time with your beating heart. Sing, blue silver!
Though I am still angry that NYC's AMC Empire failed to distribute bananas at the Friday night screening of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, I enjoyed the film (despite Burton's overt divergence from his usual kafkaesque narrative style and art direction). I like apes. I also like clean, Pennsylvania air. I like month-long hasta la vistas from New York City. I like short-term laziness.
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
