Tag: Beatles
Covered Album: Visual satires, remixes and homages
That delightful image is, of course, a parody of the famous cover of Herb Alpert’s 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights. I didn’t realize the extent to which that dairy product-derived fantasy had been mocked until I saw a display at a nearby bar of numerous cover parodies, [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2010 under Liner Notes.
Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Beatles, Booker T, Boris, Cex, Clash, Consequence, David Bowie, Elvis, Mothers of Invention, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Pulp, Smith Westerns, The Dead Milkmen
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Liner Notes 10.27.2009
“Widow Unearths Possibly the Rarest Beatles Record Ever Made… Still Sealed…”
A copy of Sgt. Pepper’s with Capitol execs taking the place of the Fab Four is so rare, it is of almost indeterminable value.
Vintage Vinyl News via Daily Swarm
“Merch Masters ICP Cash In On Detroit Music Culture”
Still laughing at the Juggalos? The ICP nets $10 [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Dancing about Architecture, Industry 2.0, Liner Notes, Shuffle.
Tags: Beatles, Insane Clown Posse, Lala, Mojo Nixon, New Age, Sgt. Pepper
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Liner Notes 10.19.2009
Wrapping Up
Sasha Frere-Jones on rap’s stylistic Balkinazation and Freddie Gibbs’s reliable hustle.
Via the New Yorker
Hell Awaits for Illegal File-Sharers
“Anyone illegally selling, copying, uploading or downloading this material is condemned to eternal hellfire. Happy listening, God is love.” Really helps you concentrate on doing your job as a reviewer.
Via the Guardian
Interview: Modeselektor
Jim Jones sampling [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2009 under Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
Tags: Beatles, file-sharing, Freddie Gibbs, Modeselektor, Sasha Frere-Jone, Up Against It
Comments: 1