Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors and other Music News
So my beloved Tracks Magazine is no more, for all intents and purposes. Apparently the music is built to last but the magazine is not :( They have ceased publication of the print magazine and will now be offering it in podcast format. I listened to the first pod, I'm not really impressed, I don't think I'll be paying for it after my first 6 free pods. The editor, Alan Light, does a weekly spot on WFUV in the mornings which I usually catch while I'm getting ready, that'll have to be enough for me. So, in place of my remaining subscription, they are sending me Paste Magazine. I started reading the first issue and it is pretty good. I liked the style of Tracks a little better, but Paste seems pretty cool. So far a couple highlights that caught my eye:
Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
Hip-hoppers Spokinn Movement. The Finnish vocals of Kaiku. The pipes of Andean Fusion. The only thing these artists have in common is natural reverb and lots of it. A new compilation called Songs From The Underground collects these and other NYC Subway buskers for your listening pleasure. The CD is a project of Headset Productions, a Gotham-based artist development company that also hosts monthly showcases at The Living Room, the venue that introduced hipsters to Norah Jones way back when. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit New York Cares, a local charity.
News We're Ignoring
Pat Boone to release-wait for it-Ready To Rock.
It's only fitting that a man who began by sanitizing early rock 'n' roll in the '50's, and resurfaced in 1997 to butcher hard rock and heavy metal (yes, it was a joke, but it wasn't funny), is cynically trying to cash in on slick country-pop and its NASCAR affinities with a speedway tour.
Take a trip to Journeyville? Um...
While we at Paste will ditch our indie-cool to hoist lighters to "Don't Stop Believin'," we'll pass on a concert that features "continuous video playback on large outdoor screens showing... classic music videos, behind-the-scenes clips (perhaps featuring desperate bandmates unsuccessfully badgering Steve Perry into re-joining) and much more."
Steven Seagal kicks out bad guys, jams
Get ready for a new CD from the ponytailed hero of action movies one notch below the unintentional comedies of Jean-Claude Van Damme. Judo... FLOP!
Above quoted from the August/September 2005 issue of Paste Magazine.
Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
Hip-hoppers Spokinn Movement. The Finnish vocals of Kaiku. The pipes of Andean Fusion. The only thing these artists have in common is natural reverb and lots of it. A new compilation called Songs From The Underground collects these and other NYC Subway buskers for your listening pleasure. The CD is a project of Headset Productions, a Gotham-based artist development company that also hosts monthly showcases at The Living Room, the venue that introduced hipsters to Norah Jones way back when. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit New York Cares, a local charity.
News We're Ignoring
Pat Boone to release-wait for it-Ready To Rock.
It's only fitting that a man who began by sanitizing early rock 'n' roll in the '50's, and resurfaced in 1997 to butcher hard rock and heavy metal (yes, it was a joke, but it wasn't funny), is cynically trying to cash in on slick country-pop and its NASCAR affinities with a speedway tour.
Take a trip to Journeyville? Um...
While we at Paste will ditch our indie-cool to hoist lighters to "Don't Stop Believin'," we'll pass on a concert that features "continuous video playback on large outdoor screens showing... classic music videos, behind-the-scenes clips (perhaps featuring desperate bandmates unsuccessfully badgering Steve Perry into re-joining) and much more."
Steven Seagal kicks out bad guys, jams
Get ready for a new CD from the ponytailed hero of action movies one notch below the unintentional comedies of Jean-Claude Van Damme. Judo... FLOP!
Above quoted from the August/September 2005 issue of Paste Magazine.