This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours

Mr. Nice Guy

La viva imagen del señorío y la compostura. De fondo, el Primavera Club. Inmortalizando al jumpin' jack flash, Mr. Carles Rodríguez

Jurassic 5, 100% quality control

Tremendo show ayer del quinteto angelino, que puso patas arriba la sala Apolo gracias al poderío de esos gloriosos MCs que son Marc 7even, Chali 2na, Soup y el pequeñajo Akil. Cut Chemist ya no está con ellos (damn!), pero la adictiva precisión de Nu Mark a los platos nos hizo olvidar su ausencia y creó la base para un recital de rimas, clase, groove y chulería arrebatador.

Sus dos primeros discos, "Jurassic 5 LP" y "Quality Control", son básicos para cualquier aficionado al hip-hop que se precie... porque no solo de pop, rock y punk vive el hombre. Peace & respect, my man!

Clip de "The Influence"

www.myspace.com/jurassic5

The Dexateens en España

Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) les adora y acaba de producir su tercer disco, "Hardwire healing". Tras dos discazos para Estrus producidos por el gran Tim Kerr, se acercan por fin a España para deleitarnos con su rock de raigambre americana, emparentado tanto con Gram Parsons como con Jeffrey Evans, nieto de Neil Young y sobrino de Lyres y Oblivians. Cosmic'n'rough rock'n'roll, my friends.

24·10·2006 Louie Louie Gijon Spain
25·10·2006 Mardigras A Coruña Spain
26·10·2006 Gruta 77 Madrid Spain
27·10·2006 C.C. Basozelai Basauri Spain
28·10·2006 La [2] Barcelona Spain (teloneando a Diamond Dogs)
29·10·2006 Teatre Municipal St Feliu Guixols Spain (+ Biscuit)

www.dexateens.net
www.myspace.com/dexateens

Elton John, siempre

Al Elton John de la primera mitad de los 70 hay que reivindicarlo SIEMPRE. Difícil elegir entre las obras que alumbró en ese fértil, asombroso periodo de creatividad, codo a codo con su amigo / letrista Bernie Taupin. "Madman across the river", "Tumbleweed connection", "Honky Chateau", "Goodbye Yellow Brick" o "Captain fantastic and the Brown dirty cowboy" siempre están cerca de mí, para lo que pueda pasar.

Una de mis canciones favoritas, "Tiny dancer"...

La original de Elton (live 1971)

Versión de John Frusciante (directo de RHCP del 90)

Versión de Dave Grohl (cachonda a más no poder)

Sonando en "Almost famous" (la peli de Cameron Crowe)

Ease down the road

Seguimos en la senda de la alegría de la huerta con el tristón Bonnie "Prince" Billy, alterego (otro) de Will Oldham.

Bio en Wikipedia
Clip "Horses" (Palace)
Clip "I gave you"

Break of the day

i know the suns about to come up i close my eyes anyway my mouth is dry and the sheets are cold and will be still come break of day you called me up just to surprise me to hear my voice, see what i had to sayi only whispered then hung up i whispered, wait till break of day. at the break of day im ending all of it and so dont say you've had a ball dawn is mine but i will share it with whatever bird will wear iton her body bare and pin know what do you think of break of day? i locked my door, i should unlock it what if you should come this way? and in and have a drink and dancing dancing till the break of day and then to bed we danced towards and tiredly kiss and roll in hay but waking in the evening i see you left after break of day at the break of day im ending all of it and so dont say you've had a balldawn is mine but i will share it with whatever bird will wear it on her body bare and pin know what do you think of break of day? at the break of day im ending all of it and so dont say youve had a ball dawn is mine but i will share itwith whatever bird will wear it on her body bare and pin know what do you think of break of day? i hate myself when im alone its just with you i feel okso tomorrow you'll feel sorrow when i am gone at break of day

There's nothing wrong with love

O eso creía en 1994 el amigo Doug Martsch, líder de Built To Spill. Ese inocente, crédulo título correspondía al segundo disco del grupo de Idaho. Mi favorito, sin embargo, es "Keep it Like a Secret", obra de mesita de noche, de otoño frío y tristeza perenne. El tercer corte, "Carry the zero", es una de las canciones más hermosas, abrumadoras que he escuchado en mi vida.

www.builttospill.com
www.myspace.com/builttospill
Clip "Car"
Clip "In The Morning"

Carry the zero

I'm not knocking your want
to carry that home
took it with you 
when you moved and got it broke 
found the pieces 
we counted them all alone 
didn't add up
forgot to carry a zero
I can't be your 
apologist very long 
I'm surprised that 
you'd want to carry that on 
count your blemishes 
you can't
they're all gone 
I can't see your response
Putting them back on 
like they're waiting for your guard to fall 
so they can see it all and you're so
occupied with what other persons are 
occupied with 
and vice versa 
and you've become 
what you thought was dumb
a fraction of the sum 
yeah, you've become
yeah, you have become 
a fraction of the sum 
the middle and the front 
and now it's coming back 
hasn't it come too far? 
I was trying to help but I guess
I pushed too hard
now we can't even touch it
afraid it'll fall apart

Shine on, shine on...

Syd Barrett (1946 - 2006)

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!