Peacebone (Day 49)

Os Mutantes - "Desculpe, Babe (I'm Sorry, Baby)"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Moonland"
I have to apologize for being (1) late with today's blog entry, and (2) making it brief. It's kind of the perfect storm at work today and I am stupid busy. But, hey, at least you get so see what I listened to on my way to work today! Isn't that the whole point of this blog? Witty commentary is just a bonus that I've spoiled you with. Still I won't leave you without saying this: I am really into the new Nick Cave album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Australia's foremost purveyor of a ribald combination of blues, gospel, punk, rock and chamber music has managed to quietly do what he does so well for more than 20 years (not even counting the Birthday Party stuff). And this recent album (his first of new material with the Bad Seeds in 4 years) is a jolt to the system - - in a good way. It's the usual blend of sleaze and not-so-vague religious metaphor wrapped up in a dirty, rock 'n' roll package. (The title track could be the single of the year - - so far.) This particular song has a more spacious, mellow groove, but it's still a highly-charged attack with Cave's signature wailing. Today I also got to hear a song off the great 1996 album Murder Ballads (see below). I'm about to seriously re-immersed myself in this guy's back catalog. Who's with me?
Coleman Hawkins - "There's No You"
Karen Dalton - "Something On Your Mind"
The White Stripes - "China Pig"
Animal Collective - "Peace Bone"
Built To Spill - "Else"
Tom Waits - "Nirvana"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Lovely Creature"
The White Stripes - "Let's Shake Hands"
Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys - "My Window Faces The South"
Guided By Voices - "Blimps Go 90"
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - "The Hill"
Devandra Banhart - "The Beatles"
Frank Black - "The End of Summer"

And then I got to work.

Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 15
Total minutes of music (approx.): 52
Song with the most previous plays: "Peacebone," "The Beatles" (tie) - 4
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: The highlight of my commute comes (again) courtesy of the New York Times. In a review for the Zootopia 2008 concert (a big show sponsored by local pop radio station Z100), the reunited New Kids On The Block get pretty savaged (shocker). Best line: "On Saturday night [Donnie Wahlberg] had a black baseball cap pulled low over his face, as if he would rather not be recognized. In his old habit, he wiped the sweat off his chest and face onto a T-shirt, which he then threw into the crowd. But that didn't generate nearly the amount of screaming as when he name-checked [fellow headliners] the Jonas Brothers."