By CHRIS PACKHAM
Back in 2000 when I moved into the City Market, the electricity would go out for the whole neighborhood if a bird landed on a power line, or if you thought about birds landing on a power line. Thunderstorms were accompanied by the apocalyptic popcorn-like sound of transformers exploding up and down the length of Third Street. It's a lot better now, and they've even surrounded the transformer yard with an artsy, illuminated wall thing. But I couldn't help thinking about all thos
For fans waiting for the follow-up to last year's Last Light, Matt Pond PA posted a 9-song EP on its website just before the Thanksgiving break. Here's what the NYC trio had to say about it on MySpace last Tuesday:
"We took ourselves captive, and became our own producers, manufacturers, and distributors. It was a deferential revolt against inertia, a clearing of the throat to answer the quiet. Or maybe it was an inevitable reaction to seeing Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
In adherence to ou
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that should come as good news to alternative gringos hoping to spruce up their castellano. This year's Latin-music highlights come from all over the Spanish-speaking map. We'll start in the farthest geographic
And, as usual, no one from Kansas City is on it. Yet. (You will be glad to know, however, that Dananananaykroyd, from Glasgow, is.)
A coworker was wondering aloud today whether the festival would be as big this year because of the economy. Many of the unsigned acts that flood the city -- playing free shows any place that will have them, paying all their own expenses, sleeping in the van and so forth -- probably won't be able to go this year. And in past years, that's precisely how Kansas City
Each Thursday (and, for the hell of it, today), your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.
Mallorca: English Edition
Author: Antonion Campana and Juan Puig-Ferran
Publisher: Postales Color CYP, Barcelona
Date: 1975
Discovered at: 2nd Chance Thrift, 63rd & Troost
The Cover Promises: None of the mangled glory found within.
Representative
U2 starts their 360° Tour today in Barcelona, in front of a sold-out crowd of 90,000 fans. Here's how the band and their crew created a way to make the stadium setting intimate for both performers and audience, courtesy of Wired.
You can check out further details on the tour page. Sadly, the nearest this is coming is Norman, OK on October 18.
