Gone to the great Go-Go in the sky

Robert Reed, keyboard player for Trouble Funk has died. A couple of places in "my all-time favourite top 8 live shows" list are held by the great TF. It's taken as read that the DC Go-Go scene never really made it out of Chocolate City because the recorded artifacts never lived up to the live events, but I've always wondered if maybe the records would have done better if the shows had not but sooooo bloody great.

Mikey Dread Dead

Bummer

A Funk Inferno

When Martin Luther King was assassinated 40 years ago, only one US city was spared the riots that followed. Ed Vulliamy tells the extraordinary story of a James Brown gig that changed history. (Observer UK)

Relative Geeks

Funny story. At record show in Boston last week. It's being held by a particular promoter in conjunction with his regular comic book show. A regular NYC customer comes up to me and says "Did you you ever think that the record show guys would NOT be the geekiest people in the house...?" Nice one! I swear, one of the guys had a Dalek tattoo! (Which must be akin to having a yellow peel-off banana tattoo or something)

The Incredibly Handy Music-Blogger “Best of 2007″ List Cheat-Sheet

Published October 12 2007.... nice! Although, PoOPlist went for Wilco, from the "Not. Bloody. Likely" section. Unlike anybody else.

Ho Hum

Grammy results. PoOpsters may (?) be pleased that Amy Winehouse seems to have done OK.

You've Got PoOP!!!!

February 2008 Dear Comrades-In-POOP: Let there be POOP. And there was. And it was good. At age 21, POOP enters adulthood. After two decades of blather and bile, POOP seems to have taken on a life of its own. We’ve developed quite the tight community of music lovers who each year, with a little cajoling, faithfully bundle their favorites into cute little lists. It’s all very sweet. I feel like a proud papa (to quote one list). This year a record 36 fans, fanatics and people with some serious record collecting issues have bundled. If you’ve been here before, feel free to skip this paragraph. As usual, I’ve attempted to tabulate the entries and, as is customary, I’ve employed the now time-honored What-The-Hell’s-He-Talking-About-Anyway System. One more time, I’ve given 2 points to each pompoid’s Top 10 choices and 1 point to each title beyond a Top 10 or in the variously designated “honorable mention” categories (up to 25 titles in all). I’ve pro-rated titles above 25 listed titles, hence the half-points. Basically, the more titles you listed, the less each one counted or something like that. Somehow it works. So find a comfortable chair and ask, “Let’s see where he buried my list this year?” I present: the answer key:   Buy new or used through Amazon 1. WILCO – Sky Blue Sky 22 (appearing on 13 of 34 lists)     Buy new or used from from Amazon 2. AMY WINEHOUSE – Back To Black 20 (10)     Buy new or used through Amazon 3. NEIL YOUNG – Live at Massey Hall 1971 17 ½ (11)     Buy new or used through Amazon 4. SPOON - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 16 ½ (10)     Buy new or used through Amazon 5. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic 15 (8)     Buy new or used through Amazon 6. RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows 14 ½ (10)     Buy new or used through Amazon 7. PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch 13 (8)     Buy new or used through Amazon 8. I’m Not There original soundtrack – 10 ½ (7)     Buy new or used through Amazon 9. ROBERT WYATT – Comicopera 10 (5)     Buy new or used through Amazon 10. IRON AND WINE – The Shepherd’s Dog 9 ½ (7)     Buy new or used through Amazon 11. DINOSAUR JR. – Beyond 9 ½ (6)     Buy new or used through Amazon NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Challengers 9 ½ (6)     Buy new or used through Amazon ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS – Raising Sand 9 ½ (6)     Buy new or used through Amazon 14. LEVON HELM – Dirt Farmer 9 (5)   Buy new or used through Amazon 15. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – 100 Days 100 Nights 8 ½ (5)     Buy new or used through Amazon THE SADIES – New Seasons 8 ½ (5) Good bathroom reading everyone. Mark R. Papa POOP (Web pompoid Zip adds: Approximately half a dozen PoOPs remain to go up on the web. That will happen soon...)

New poops up from Emilio Alicia Bill Still and others PS I am typing this on my friend's iPod Touch.

The Hype Machine - 2007 Music Blog Zietgeist

BTW: That "other" list is out

New PoOPs up

Raissa St. Pierre and NEW PoOPster: Eric Steinman ... welcome!!

Rappers unite for Edward Tufte!!

How many can you spot...

New PoOPs up (updated January 21)

Rev. Rich Allen Don Cohen Mike Miller Kent Benziger Micheal "Johnny Jah" Hodgkiss Jeff Schwartz

DC go-go update

Steinski (finally!) has a blog. A recent post gives a really interesting overview of the current DC go-go scene. Some really nice video clips too.

First PoOPs of the new year are in

First PoOPs of the new year are in: Mike Jurkovic Andy Stewart Ken Beck And now, a word from our fearless PoOPmeister... 'Tis the season [again] to write POOP lists, fa-la-la-la-la. The usual ground rules, which include: limit your swill to 2 sides of a page make it copy-ready by leaving at least a one inch margin on both sides deadline: NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send to this email address AS AN ATTACHMENT, if you are able to do so Also send me a hard copy to the address below Toss in a few bucks. I never state how much because somehow each year your contributions just about cover the mailing/printing costs within a few bucks spread the POOP. Anybody can contribute! Any format that works for you works for POOP Also send your list as an attachment to zipszig@ulster.net for CyberPOOP [viewable at pooplist.blogspot.com] Thanks for all. Look for hardPOOP during the first week of February and CyberPOOP throughout January. Happy Kringle and Betty Grable to you. mark ++++++++++++++++++ if you need the mailing address, email zip

How's this for a Christmas single...

Malcolm Middleton used to be in Arab Strap. He's released solo record and one of the songs on it, We're All Going To Die, is about to be released as a "Christmas Single" in the UK. The "Christmas Single" is a long-lived and somewhat odd little artifact of the UK charts. Basically, it comes from the fact that the UK market is so small that if a (not always huge) number of people all buy a single on the same day, and for a couple of days afterwards, the song stands a very good chance of getting into the official charts. Once it's on the charts, of course, the pop radio stations must play it and thenit is on its way. This is one of the main reasons why the UK charts move so much more quickly than the US charts. It is also the reason that underground dance music has a much better chance of reaching the charts in the UK than in the US. If every DJ in the land buys a record on the same day it gets into the charts. And so to the "Christmas Single". It used to be that if a single was Number One at Christmas, it could expect to have a nice bump in sales as every parent and granny would buy it for the kiddies' stockings. This lead to a series of "Christmas Single Wars", set up by record companies and the music press. Blur vs. Oasis was a famous one. In recent years the media feeding frenzy has expanded to include Then there are the charity singles. The most famous, of course, is "Do They Know It's Christmas", but there are a raft of others. Pick your charity or cause and there is bound to be a Christmas single for it. Autism, Child Poverty etc etc. Here's the site: http://www.wereallgoingtodie.co.uk/

I must be halluncinating

I just saw an American Express commercial on TV. The soundtrack was "Gimme some Money" by spinal Tap.

Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends

..... But in the middle I gave a brief, twenty minute presentation to some friends in the music industry about why it’s time we pay closer attention to consumer needs when it comes to digital music. I thought I’d share my presentation in case others were interested. Hello. My name is Ian Rogers. I’ve been building digital media applications since 1992, dropped out of a Computer Science PhD program to tour with Beastie Boys in 1995, and have been purchased by both AOL and Yahoo! in the ten years since then, with a stint running the new media department for a record label in the middle. Currently I work at Yahoo! Entertainment on Yahoo! Music..... Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends

Must see addition to hip hop blogs

www.illdoctrine.com - Jay Smooth,long-time radio host on WBAI, posts a series of short videos dealing with hip hop etc. Funny, to the point and very watchable.

Spinal Tap at Live Earth roundup - better late than never

with marti debergi http://youtube.com/watch?v=kxSvF8iNEPg on radio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWDzRveO0DA on breakfast tv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38t4yPv4koA the show itself http://youtube.com/watch?v=EXy0hZDIrmY

Music industry types say "Stop us before we compress again...!"

Today I spotted a disc by someone called John Ralston. It is called "Sorry Vampire" and is due in stores in the US on October 2, 2007. It was completely unremarkable except for a note on the back: This record is intentionally quieter than some to preserve the dynamics of the original performances. Visit TurnMeUp.com for more information. Apparently, the official copy now reads like this: To preserve the excitement, emotion and dynamics of the original performances this record is intentionally quieter than some. For full enjoyment simply Turn Me Up! (www.TurnMeUp.org) I'd be interested to see the list of folks who are signed up. How many of them have Top 10 rock hits from the last 3 years under their belt? How many belong to the major labels driving the loudness wars?

Sgt Pepper must die!

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? It's meant to be a classic album, but all you can hear is a load of boring tripe ... we've all felt that way. And so have the musicians we asked to nominate the supposedly great records they'd gladly never hear again Sgt. Pepper Must Die! (Guardian UK)

Spinning Into Oblivion

The major labels wanted to kill the single. Instead they killed the album. The association wanted to kill Napster. Instead it killed the compact disc. Spinning Into Oblivion

I wonder how many members actually voted in all catgories...

GRAMMY.com - 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List (with winners highlighted in orange...)

village voice > pazzandjop06

The copycats over at the Voice have their own PoOPlist out: village voice > pazzandjop06 Chris Ott wonders if we need it: The Sheep Take a Buffalo Stance (but i liked Timbuk 3)...

The Results: Pooplist 2006

All PoOps are now up. See the rundown here: The Results: Pooplist 2006 And click on the links to the left for individual PoOPs.

karaoke underground :: home

Dude! This is sooo your next birthday party. Buzzcocks on karaoke?? Brilliant! karaoke underground :: home (check the songlist!)

WIRED Blogs: Listening Post

All Tomorrow's Parties vs. The Fans: An Interactively-Booked Festival

New PoOPs up

Paul Cangelosi Kent Benzinger Jeff Schwartz

Worthwhile astroturf...

EFF: Don't Let Congress Shackle Digital Music