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(Hopefully) every Wednesday, I plan on sharing three songs that have had some recent, frequent air-time in my daily playlist. Might be a new album, maybe a one hit wonder or perhaps a revisited classic…whatever the reason, it’s fresh. Feel free to post reactions in the comment section.
The 5th edition of the Hump Day Threesome lacks a specific theme, but it’s only because I’m not terribly creative this week. It’s really been a long one for me, but thank god for the hump day…we’re already creeping towards the weekend — and that ever-so-beautiful three day Thanksgiving work week. Enjoy the tunes.
I’ve been a fan of Spoon since Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga came out last summer but I never really dug too deep into their earlier albums. When they headlined the final night of the Pitchfork Music Festival, I have to admit that I wasn’t familiar with a lot of the stuff they played.
A friend recently passed on a few of the earlier albums from the crew from Texas (along with some old TV on the Radio) and I haven’t been able to stop going directly to this song and hitting play each time I open iTunes.
Spoon - “They Never Got You”
Gimme Fiction (2005)
It seems like every time I turn on my TV a new HD channel pops up. I’m really digging SciHD and Animal Planet HD. I recently noticed that Palladia, the new name of the MTV, VH1, CMT menage monster that was called MHD, was added.
Late night this past weekend, in one of my sleepy and hazy states that’s been common lately, a show about Dispatch came on. Originally convinced they were Rusted Root, it finally dawned on me who they were after I heard a few chords of “The General”. A staple song at the Pioneer Tavern in Eau Claire for Tuesday night’s pitcher and peanut deal, Dispatch gives me warm college memories of getting drunk on many cold nights.
Dispatch - “The General”
Bang Bang (2000)
27 degrees at kick off, 27 points on the board…coincidence? I think not. FAIL! Packers scored 37 points…
I lost count (clearly shown above) of how many times I was banging on the drum while at Lambeau last Sunday but I know for sure this song was never played by the Bear fans.
Todd Rundgren - “Bang on the Drum”
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983)
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Thanks to Failblog.
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I showed up late and could only stay for a bit, but the Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention was awesome.
After noticing a small announcement in the Chicago Reader, I shifted my plans for the evening to be sure that I could get downtown to see what was in store. My skin may be totally un-inked, but I’ve always loved tattoos. Of course, there is the artistic side of the coin, but it’s also wicked bad-ass.
The artists have incredible talent and stamina - the large, detailed, scary-faced tattoo (pictured) was done in one sitting that day. When I walked up on the table the artist and canvas-man (manvas?) were taking a quick 2 minute break; I chatted them up for a bit, admiring the work. The man with the high pain tolerance looked at his phone and informed the artist that they had been at it for 8 and 1/2 hours. Almost done, they just needed to add a bit of white; so they sat back down and I caught a few seconds of video.
The Enigma
The Enigma was there; you may have seen his puzzle-tatted mug on TV in the past. The people were all quite friendly, I walked away with a pile of free stickers, had a few beers, and saw a show that will stay with me for some time.
On my second walk through the aisles, second beer half sipped down, an emcee announced that the ”New Ethics Suspension Exhibition” was soon to begin. I followed the scantily clad ladies to the staging area and pulled up some carpet to wait for the madness to begin.
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Back in the day Christopher Wallace hit the streets when he was about 12/13 years-old to sell crack to help his mom pay the bills. He’d freestyle on the corner to pass the time.
The mighty Mos Def (Dante Smith) grew up just down the street and rustled up a legend of his own, sans drug dealing.
Hey, it’s me on Mos’s left, your right.
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Every November a local family is selected to have a beautiful conifer plucked from their yard and moved downtown to Red Arrow Park to be put on display as the City/County official Christmas Tree.
The tradition continued yesterday morning with the Alvarez Family from Bay View.
Crews showed up at 6:30a to chop down the 45′ tall Colorado Blue Spruce and prepare it for transport to the city center. Apparently, there was a bit of a hiccup while they were bringing that hog down.
…that’s fine, it’s still really tall, so, really no one really sees the very top. Just put one of those angels on the top…or a star, right? See, you can’t even tell.
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I noticed really liking this song today after hearing it for the 3rd or 4th time on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. Something about it caught my attention and stuck with me. Enjoy.
The Push.
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Horrible Movie
(Hopefully) every Wednesday, I plan on sharing three songs that have had some recent, frequent air-time in my daily playlist. Might be a new album, maybe a one hit wonder or perhaps a revisited classic…whatever the reason, it’s fresh. Feel free to post reactions in the comment section.
You didn’t think I’d let The CHI take all the glory last week, did you? This weeks edition of the Hump Day Threesome comes from the place I hold near and dear to my heart…Milwaukee. All three artists in today’s menage credit Milwaukee with being their musical home. Enjoy.
These guys are old school. The Violent Femmes formed back in 1980 and were discovered by the guitarist from the Pretenders while playing on the street in front of the Oriental Theater. Through the past 28 years, they have released eight studio albums and five of their singles have hit the charts.
An annual staple at Summerfest, I think I’ve seen/heard “Blister in the Sun” standing at the Miller Oasis every year I’ve been to the festival.
Violent Femmes - “Kiss Off”
Viva Wisconsin (1999)
For having only two members, Fever Marlene does a an incredible job of mixing a number of different sounds into some excellent music. I’ve only had one opportunity to see them and it wasn’t the best setting (outside on a bar’s patio) but they are going to be at Turner Hall at the end of the month and I hope to take a second look.
Fever Marlene - “All The Kites In The World”
Civil War (2007)
Chester French certainly doesn’t have much of an established history saying their first EP came out yesterday, but they have been getting a decent amount of play on 88.9 Radio Milwaukee. They have also caught some mainstream attention after “She Loves Everybody” was featured in the end-credits of a recent episode of “Entourage”.
The duo found their roots in Cambridge, Massachusetts while both artists were students at Harvard, but lead singer DA Wallach calls Milwaukee his true home. Keep an eye on these guys in the near future…Pharrell digs them and so should you.
Chester French - “She Loves Everybody”
She Loves Everybody EP (2008)
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I don’t know about you, but I was terrified as hell of the Munch’s Make Believe Band when I was a kid. Something about those life-sized, animal-shaped droids rubbed me the wrong way between eating crappy Chuck E. Cheese’s pizza and jumping in pools of plastic balls.
Now that I’m older and don’t have nightmares about being eaten by a gigantic rat, these guys are pretty damn cool in my book. I was digging through SPIN and came across an article about what has happened to the Rock-afire Explosion Band, which was the original name of the band when it was part of Showbiz Pizza Place (Chuck E. Cheese’s bought-out Showbiz in 1984 and retrofitted the REB with the new characters).
Making a long story short, a fanboy of the band and the original engineer of the robots teamed up and this is one of the results:
It only begins with the MGMT song. They have also re-done White Stripes, Arcade Fire, Usher and my personal favorite, Lil’ Wayne…nothing funnier than an animatronic fuzzy robots singing li-, li-, li-, lick it like a lollipop.
The duo continues to make videos with the REB based on fan response and are the only official copyright owners of the band and their music. You can find a few copycats on YouTube, but this YouTube profile is the only one that’s the real deal.
Check out their website here if you have a song you really can’t live without REB re-creating.
original SPIN article
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I don’t think I’d find this quite as funny if I didn’t consider Denis Leary to be one of my favorite comedians, but his Lock ‘n Load and No Cure for Cancer shows are pure comedic gold. Check out more of his clips here: Denis Leary on YouTube.
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