Surfin' Whitley Bay: a round up of stuff and some randomly themed music... plus, this post, Donkeys.
One of the best things on the net is Daytrotter, an online repository of sessions recorded in their very own studios by numerous luminaries of the independent music scene. It features a number of great sets by artists which should be heard, including the likes of The National, Elvis Perkins, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Will Johnson, Page France and David Bazan. The most recent I've got into is Oakley Hall, whose new session here follows up their excellent 2006 set, here.
The new Drive-By Truckers album, Brighter than Creation's Dark, is due soon. You can hear three songs here.
Meanwhile, here on youtube is a post of Joan Baez and Steve Earle doing a live version of Christmas in Washington, posted by songs: illinois, which seems kind of fitting as the primary season gets underway in Iowa.
Talking of youtube, for those of us of a certain vintage, there are loads of Monty Python goodies. Try this and this and this and this, for example. It made me larf out loud guv.
The above picture of donkeys, incidentally, indicates no party affiliation in the US of A: they were Tynemouth donkeys, from time of yore. Mind you, if any current politician deserves the nickname given to Andrew Jackson (which was in fact derived from 'jackass') we all know who it is. Incidentally, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, makers of one of my favourite albums of 2007 Sky Blue Sky, has played in support of Barack Obama; meanwhile, Ted Nugent has threatened to kill Hilary Clinton and Obama: that somehow makes a statement.
In honour of that fact, one or two randomly not very relevant items:
Two years ago Christian Kiefer along with Jeff Pitcher and Matthew Gerken wrote a series of songs about US Presidents, known as The February Presidents. This was Kiefer's song about the aforementioned Andrew Jackson.
To balance the ticket:
Happy New year y'all...
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