Literary Coup
And now, a totally random factoid from Rob Jovanovic’s book Big Star: The Short Life, Painful Death, and Unexpected Resurrection of the Kings of Power Pop
Chris Bell used to hate spaghetti, as it reminded him of worms. After he became a born-again Christian, however, he ate spaghetti all the time.
Pressing Dilemma
Trying to decide whether to risk
dragging your ladyfriend to see Ornette Coleman Saturday night at the San Francisco Jazz Festival
He is unlikely, after all, to perform anything from the Garden State soundtrack.
This Song Will Change Your Life
The Cocker Spaniels’ “The Only Black Guy at the Indie Rock Show.”
Poignant and self-explanatory. MySpace.com/CSpaniels
Internet Distraction
A blindfolded Asian kid playing music from Super Mario Brothers, arranged for solo piano.
The ragtime figure from the underwater world (level 2-2, you’ll recall) is particularly moving. Koreus.com/files/200407/mariobros_piano.html
Radio
Live 105, adrift in a post-Howard Stern universe.
Do whatever you want; just leave Party Ben and his awful mashups out of it.
