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We’ve already been over the part where Tuesdays are terrible. Some gossip might help! Music journalist Jon Niccum has started up The Worst Gig, where he posts stories from interviews he’s done about the worst shows bands or musicians have ever played. Artists already up include Gillian Welch, Wilco (interview with John Stirratt), Rufus . . . → Read More: Recommended Reading: The Worst Gig Paul Constant, the books editor of Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, is taking on presidential campaign songs on Line Out, The Stranger’s music blog. It’s good stuff. For example, on James Madison: Any song with Huzzah in the title should be a balls-to-the-walls party through and through. “Huzzah for Madison” fails at that. It feels . . . → Read More: Recommended Reading: Presidential Campaign Songs, Reviewed An announcement I’ve been waiting for hit today: Wilco is definitely starting their own record label. This news doesn’t come as a shock — last July brought the news that this was something they were looking at doing, because the band was not planning to renew their contract with Nonesuch Records. In a lot . . . → Read More: I’ve Got Reservations About Wilco’s New Record Label It’s been a busy January out here in Denver, and I’m sorry to return with some sad news. Charlie Louvin died this morning in Tennessee. He was 83. I grew up around bluegrass and country gospel music, but the Louvin Brothers were an act I sought out for myself in the last few years . . . → Read More: Charlie Louvin, 1927-2011 The best piece of music criticism I’ve read in the last three months is a poem by a guy who builds cabinets in West Virginia. It is called “The Denunciation of Ricky Skaggs From On High,” it is by Steve Scafidi, and it lives on page 137 of the 2010 Oxford American music issue. . . . → Read More: How A Poem Became The Best Music Criticism I’ve Read In The Last Three Months |
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Jeff Tweedy, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Etc.
So Chicago’s got a new mayor — something that doesn’t exactly have a huge effect on my day to day, but I kept an eye on @MayorEmanuel (NSFW for mountains of profanity) like several thousand other people. I noted it with mild interest when I saw that Jeff Tweedy was doing a benefit for Rahm Emanuel, . . . → Read More: Jeff Tweedy, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Etc.