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Jovanovic – Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground

Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground by Rob Jovanovic (2010)

Republished on Pop ‘stache after some tidying up…

Lou Reed: “We put a ship in the water, it turned out to be a turbo-powered sub and it took a while for it to land wherever it landed. Time was the real judge. The proof was in the work, and the work is on the record.”

SHH: “Rob Jovanovic put out a book on The Velvets, it turned out to be a slow-chugging sub and although it infrequently put its periscope up for an interesting anecdote, it never lands. The proof is in the shlock, and the shlock is in the book.”

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Rob Jovanovic has penned very competent and comprehensive books on artists including R.E.M., Pavement and Big Star. His latest book on music is Seeing the Light Continue reading →

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Indie Canon Inductee: Guided by Voices

30 Jan

Guided by Voices is a band that you may know by name but have never listened to. If that’s the case, this article will hopefully warrant a listen. I myself hadn’t listened to GBV until a few years back outside of a few tracks of theirs I had on a Matador Records sampler. Since then, they have become my most listened to artist according to last.fm, surpassing Beat Happening and Joy Division a few days ago thanks to my non-stop research over the past week. I wouldn’t consider Guided by Voices my favorite band, but there are reasons why I’ve listened to them as much as I have… Continue reading →

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The Feelies at Mass MoCA 11/11/2011

16 Nov

I discovered The Feelies in the summer after high school. I was screwing around on allmusic.com looking at Pavement’s page when I noticed the “Influenced By” section. At the time (and not much has changed) I was totally obsessed with Pavement. I figured, why not give some of these bands a shot that supposedly influenced them? As it turns out, the list was a gold mine. I recognized some bands, but that list introduced me to Wire, Can, Swell Maps, Half Japanese, Pere Ubu, oh, and The Feelies. I downloaded their 1980 debut (I was a poor-ass college kid…I’ll make up for it later). “Crazy Rhythms” became one of my most listened to albums of that year. Continue reading →

Tags: Bill Million, Brenda Sauter, Crazy Rhythms, Everybody's Got Something to Hide, Fa Ce-La, Here Before, Hunter Center, Mass MoCA, Nobody Knows, North Adams, Pavement, R.E.M., Sebadoh, The Bats, The Feelies, Weezer