The Black Crowes Vs. Gretchen Wilson

Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by alisse in Blog, Crime, Idiocy, Internet, Music, Politics, Videos

The Black Crowes are angry at country crooner Gretchen Wilson. Wilson’s song “Work Hard, Play Harder” is said to be copying the Crowes 1991 hit “Jealous Again” so the guys have filed a copyright infringement suit against her.
The two songs are VERY similar but who knows? Check it for yoself, what do YOU think?

Ed Harcourt on the Tonight Show…tonight

Posted on 06. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Music

I can’t believe he hasn’t played on American Television before. UK heartthrob Ed Harcourt will be on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show this evening to promote his new album (well, that is to say his 2006 album that never got released in the States) The Beautiful Lie, which came out on Dovecote Records last Tuesday. Listening to The Beautiful Lie (and his back catalogue as well) it baffles me why he isn’t as huge in North America as he is in Europe. Last March during SXSW I ended up tagging along [...]

Immaculate Infection 5/19/08: Keep on Drinking

Posted on 23. May, 2008 by spencer in Crime, Lifestyle

[The following article, written by Bob Howard for Synthesis Weekly, was originally published in the print version of Synthesis on Monday, May 19th, 2008. He can be reached at bob@madbob.com]
Keep on Drinking
By Bob Howard
“Be it destiny or free will, there are those amongst us who might do the rest of society a favor by staying on the couch, taking bong rips and playing the latest version of Grand Theft Auto.”
A Long History of Stupid: I’ve just started reading a biography of long-time FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and as a [...]

Mindy McCready: How Much Do I Love Contry Music and Baseball?

Posted on 28. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Lifestyle

Hearing all this BS about a Roger Clemens / Mindy McCready tryst amidst his defamation of character suit against former trainer McNamee, I realized that I have never sat down and watched a baseball game in a decade, and that I have never listened to one of Mindy McCready’s songs. So here’s to rectifying the latter.

Yeah… It’s fair to say that I like Nashville’s Pop Radio sensations as much as I like watching baseball. That is, this much:
Which I guess makes me Un-American. C’est la vie.

Pancho & Lefty: An Outlaw Country Classic

Posted on 21. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Music

Most folks know the Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard version of this outlaw country classic, but here’s a version done by the original author, Townes van Zandt. His own name never got as big as his most famous tune, but you should check into Townes van Zandt – “Pancho & Lefty” is just one of his amazing, well-crafted songs.
I must have listened to the Nelson/Haggard version five times on my trip back up from Sacramento yesterday. The chorus….oh man, nearly gets me weepy every time.

Lyrics after the jump.

Livin’ on [...]