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July 2006
Your ideal Stones set
So, Austin, what with the news regarding the Rolling Stones coming to Austin, what is your ideal 25-song Stones set?
Here’s mine:
- Rocks Off
- Sway
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash
- She Said Yeah
- Don’t Stop*
- I Got the Blues
- Tumbling Dice
- Dandelion
- I Am Waiting
- Let’s Spend the Night Together
- Play With Fire
- Dead Flowers
- Happy
- Under My Thumb
- Honky Tonk Women
- Paint it Black
- Miss You
- Get Off of My Cloud
- Beast of Burden
- Love in Vain
- Monkey Man
- Satisfaction
- Brown Sugar
- Gimme Shelter
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want
*Yeah, I know, I know. It’s from the 21st century. I still think it’s one of the better songs from that period.
Rolling Stones headed for Austin
Word has it that the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band is coming to the world’s live music capital. Look for an announcement next week that the Stones will play Austin’s Zilker Park on Sunday, Oct. 22.
Trivial pursuits vs. life and death
It’s been that kind of week, as we all know.
TV:
This week on “Rock Star: Supernova,” we analyze at Austinite Patrice Pike’s performance in haiku form:
Killed “Helter Skelter”
Still safely in the middle
Who will gun for her?
Nobody on the planet believes Malan Breton is, in fact, from Taiwan. That’s some wack accent he’s sporting.
Even if it’s true, he still deserved the boot. I’m a dude in jeans and a polo shirt and even I knew that dress was terrible. As the wife put it, “He managed to turn that model into an 80-year-old woman.”
Doesn’t this just seem way too depressing for a TV show? I mean, “Testament” as a series? Oy.
On that note…
MIDDLE EAST:
Just in case the coverage on CNN hasn’t been depressing enough, here’s a war blog from a Lebanese musician in Beirut.
Here’s another excellent blog.
Well, heck, here’s an article on bloggers posting live and direct from Lebanon. Within it find several links.
On a lighter note….
COMICS:
We’re in the middle of the San Diego Comic Convention this weekend, or as some like to call it, “Nerd Vegas.” I’m not really a costume guy, but these pictures are always a highlight of my year.
While I did not get to go to Nerd Vegas this year, nor have I ever been, I’ll post some wrap-up links and comics discussion when the Con closes.
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Patrice Pike holds her own and a crucial jazz blog
The slouching, “hey, bro” celebs judging “Rock Star: Supernova” showed their teeth on last night’s show, which was the first day of the Week Two.
Gilby Clarke was especially brutal with his comments, which seemed a little rich from a dude whose primary claim to fame is playing on Guns ‘n’ Roses’ covers album, “The Spaghetti Incident.” But on the whole, they weren’t wrong — most of these folks are eye-crossingly dull.
Our gal Patrice Pike continues to command the respect and solid-but-not-slobbering enthusiasm of all four judges, including perennially shirtless Jane’s Addiction survivor Dave Navarro. Pike took a whack at Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” and even got a pass on blowing the first verse. As all reality show consumers know, this is the sort of solid play that lets someone survive the initial rounds, when the lousy and charismatic polarize voters.
Oh, the evening’s worst performance? Jeez, where to start?
Jill’s Courtney Love-aping version of “Violet” was beyond creepy. She then compounded the fracture by denying the wedding dress look was anything other than a flagrant rip-off of the widow Cobain.
Dilana’s Ozzy impression took on new life with a stab at “Ring of Fire” that everyone claimed to like — why doesn’t she just do “Iron Man” and get it over with?
That Chris dude missed the point of the whole “please choose your songs carefully” thing covering Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out.” I’d by lying if I told you I can even remember anyone else.
This cat makes an excellent point: What is Jason Newsted doing there? Surely he has better things to do. Clarke clearly does not and we all know Tommy Lee is a little too fond of cameras, but Newsted? Come on, man. Voivod awaits.
Mp3 blog of the week: Destination Out, a jazz blog focusing on rare or out-of-print music. First round draft picks include James Blood Ulmer, Zorn, Alice Coltrane and more. Killer.
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Ouch. Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow…
God bless “Deadwood.”
Several people have told me they literally screamed when Dan had his fight with the Captain, which, let’s be honest, was the absolutely illest fight that has ever been broadcast on TV (except, of course, for this fight).
I love the relationship between Al Swearengen and Jack Langrishe (the always amazing Brian Cox). Langrishe humanizes Al in a facinating way; Jack is Al’s pal, and more importantly, his peer, in a way that nobody else in town can be. Folk either fear Al or… well, they mostly fear him. Jack doesn’t, or doesn’t seem to. He’s a business man in the business of show. He gladhands where Al beats down, uses honey when Al, who has known little but pain and fear in his life, is pure vinegar. And Cox is clearly a blast to write for — dude can pretty much deliver anything scribes throw at him.
Man, what a great show.
The last ten tracks my iPod spit out:
“I’m Your Puppet” - James and Bobby Purify
“On a Plain” - Nirvana
“Friction” - Television
“Incendiary” - Tragedy
“I’ll Hold You in My Heart” - Elvis Presley
“Of the Black Circle” - Hey Colossus
“Gett Off” - Prince
“KB Ridin” - Wu-Tang Clan
“Solid Rock” - Bob Dylan
“Cheat” - The Clash
A facelift for the Austin Music Hall
Tomorrow, which is Tuesday, July 11, for those still hung-over from the weekend, music production company Direct Events, along with the developers of neighboring 360 Condominiums - Novare Group and Andrews Urba - will announce plans to remodel the Austin Music Hall. Planned renovations will include interior and exterior changes, including the sorts of “Great Street” designs — wide sidewalks, etc. — slated for Second Street. More to come on this story later today.
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Patrice, comics, etc.
I’m more of a “So You Think You Can Dance” fellow myself (oh, I can’t front; my wife is) but heck yes I watched “Rock Star: Supernova” to see how our own Austinite Patrice Pike would do.
The answer is “Pretty well, all told.” She sounded a little wobbly heading into the Great Society/ Jefferson Airplane tune “Somebody to Love” but ended up straight killing it (as Dave Navarro put it), especially compared to some of the other warblers (what’s up, Chris Pierson).
My wife is convinced Patrice knitted her top herself (that’s not a knock, btw). Anyone know for sure?
This week in comix:
Not a thrilling week, but not bad.
“Flight Vol 3” by various (Ballentine, $24.95) is the third volume in this series collecting short, full-color meditations on that oldest of superhuman powers, flight. Yet another lovely set.
“Goon #18” (Dark Horse, $2.99) — Always a good read with the most consistently stunning art this side of, I don’t know, John Cassaday, maybe?
Fantagraphics is having a great week, with “Hate Annual #6” ($4.95), “Insomnia #2” ($7.95) a new issue from their not-a-floppy-comic, not-a-graphic-novel line Ignatz, and Ander Nilsen’s impressionistic graphic novel “Monologues For The Coming Plague” ($18.95).
Ed Brubaker starts writing “Uncanny X-Men” with this week’s #475 (Marvel, $2.99) which might make that book readable again. Or readable. When was the last time I read an X-Men book that wasn’t by Morrison or Whedon? I think during the Reagan administration, but I could be wrong.
Devi #1 (Virgin, $2.99) is worth a look. Virgin (yes, the record label, airline and now comic book publisher) is focusing on modernized takes on Indian myths, recasting them in sci-fi settings. Feel it!
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