Beach House - Devotion

Not A Second Time

So i've been on a bit of a hiatus but couldn't resist posting when I came across this. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting indian-style on the shag carpeting in my first house, watching the Beatles Cartoons. Happy Halloween

Kim Deal Mini-mix

Today I want to share a few of my favorite Kim Deal tracks. I've been a Pixies fan since the ninth grade. The next spring she put out the second Breeders record, Last Splash, to this day still one of my favorite albums of all time. 1995 saw her put out the only Amps record, another classic which I will save for a separate post. She's released a couple Breeders records sporadically the past 14 years since, but I'm including one of my favorite tracks from 2002's Title TK, a track which actually dated back to the Amps days, Forced to Drive. Also, a cover of Chris Bell's "You & Your Sister" (w/ Tanya Donelly). Feast:

No Aloha (from Last Splash)
Dedicated (from The Amps - Pacer)
Forced To Drive (from Title TK)
You & Your Sister (from This Mortal Coil - Blood)

Ted & Tim

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Mike Nesmith, or More From The Monkees

I've already espoused on my love for The Monkees. Today I wanna share two of my favorite Mike Nesmith tracks. I'm pretty much on the fence as to whom my favorite Monkee is, it's tight between Micky & Mike. Nesmith (pictured left enjoying an ice-cold soda during the Headquarters sessions) was actually the only one of the Monkees that was chosen from open auditions. Apparently he showed up on his motorcycle wearing a floppy woolen cap and carrying a bag of his dirty laundry and the casting agents knew they had their man. He was also the only Monkee who was a legitimate songwriter & musician before the creation of the group (Peter Tork had some experience but hadn't released anything). Anyways, I'm not here to give you the guy's whole life story, here are two tracks from The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees, both Nesmith compositions featuring Mike on vocals.
Tapioca Tundra
Magnolia Simms

This Weekend at Film Forum: In A Lonely Place (1950)

Would have liked to have seen this if I'd had the time this weekend. An unusual role for Humphrey Bogart in that he plays more of a victim than anything else, In A Lonely Place is a film-noir which combines romance and suspense in the portrayal of a man for whom redemption and love prove elusive. Playing tonight and tomorrow at Film Forum. Highly recommended.

Selsun Blue Presents the "Head-Scratcher of the Day"

Ok so I don't reallly have the dandruff folks over at Selsun Blue on board with this yet, but i needed a good lead-in to examine the completely mind-boggling phenomenon that was the hit 1980's film 3 Men & A Baby. A casting director's wet dream featuring the holy trinity of 1980's megahunks Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, and Steve Guttenburg, this movie grossed $167 MILLION DOLLARS in what had to be a really lean year for having anything better to do.