Which One Is Pink?One of the best singles of the year.Nice Zombies vibe to this one. Endnote: Perth's Tame Impala plays Neumos on Fri.,12/10 (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs). Click here formy review of the Black Angels' Phosphene Dream.
Mmmm,So GoodEndlessBoogie, FullHouseHead, No QuarterAfter coming across praise from Dave Segal (The Stranger) and John Whitson (Holy Mountain) for the second LP from Endless Boogie--a name thatsounds like the title of a lost Leo Sayer album--I looked forward togiving it a listen, but I'm not so sure I share their enthusiasm (theband actually swiped their name from a John Lee Hooker record).I don't expect to like everything those two endorse, but they'retasteful gents, so the dual recommendation caught my attention.***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****The public-facing organ of Endless Boogie, Paul Major [Top Dol-lar], croaks like
StringingWordsTogetherMargaret Cho, Cho Dependent, Clownery RecordsI'm so high it's like how's the weather? It's really hard for me to string words together.-- "Calling in Stoned" (Cho and Ben Lee)You'd be forgiven for expecting a comedy album from Drop DeadDiva star Margaret Cho. Her first musical CD provides plentyof comic material, but in sonic terms, it's an indie rock venture.Guest artists include Tegan & Sara, Ben Lee, Brendan Ben-son, Fiona Apple, Andrew Bird, Jon Brion, Grant Lee Phil-lips, Ani DiFranco--and Tommy Chong on "Calling in Stoned."As Lee explains in the press notes, "She started learning gui-tar at age 40 after seeing Madonna p
September ReviewsThese are the reviewsand other pieces I'mworking on this month.Amazon DVDs: BoyMeets World - The Com-plete Second Season [three-disc set], BoyMeets World - The Com-plete Third Season [three-disc set], Hung - The Complete Second Season [two-disc set], Parenthood - Season 1 [three-disc set], and The Criterion Collection - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.Amazon Theatricals: The Town (Ben Affleck returns to Bos-ton with Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall), A Woman, a Gunand a Noodle Shop (Zhang Yimou remakes Blood Simple),Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro Kazou adaptation with Carey Mul-ligan), and Inside Job (Charles Ferguson on the financial crisis).S
