07.03.05 Dystopia
Tonight’s show is shaping up. I will of course continue highlighting the SXSW music I have come to love, as well as a few surprises. You can, as usual, find the setlist over at Spinitron. Click Public Playlists then KBGA, then Radio Dystopia. the setlist won't be up until the show starts tonight at 10PM, MST. You can also stream the show from the KBGA site.
I was at my locally owned independent record store yesterday, and I noticed that Son Volt has a new album due out next Sunday, Okemah And The Melody Of Riot. On their site, you can't listen to one of the tracks from the new album, but there's a link to your the media giant that thinks it runs the world of legally downloaded music. At least on Jay's site , you can download some rare tracks.
I also noticed that many musicians, including Son Volt, are utilizing Micro$oft's horrible Spaces service to host their music. I understand that struggling musicians need cheap places to put their music. But when established artists stand on the shoulders of a corporate giant I just shake my head.
When ArmyWife told me that The Doors have gotten back together and are touring, I couldn't believe it. Guess it's old news. The Doors 21st Century are even touring. There's quite a write-up of the whole process over at The Doors' official site. Ian Astbury, the former lead singer for The Cult. While I think it would be interesting to see one of these shows, as the rest of the band is left intact, I think it's a little overkill, and my bet is that it's a bunch of old guys reliving their glory days. I say, leave the past in the past, and let The Doors' music stand on its own. But I guess they aren't ready to do that, as further evidenced by their recent collaborations with many of the "hip" DJs of the mainstream electronica world. I'll feature some clips of that atrocity on tonight's Radio Dystopia.
Article comments
1 - HW Saxton
Marc,I saw the 21st Century Doors in Las
Vegas last year and I was just totally
shocked at how good they were. Ian from
The Cult did a greeeaaat job on vox.And
the band has only gotten better with
time.Sometimes,I think that people tend
to forget that Jim was only 1/4th of the
band. An important 1/4th but still, the
rest of the band were as important.They
rocked the hell out of "L.A. Woman".
A favorite Doors tune of mine.The Doors
only performed 2 or 3 times live.It was
well worth seeing. I don't know if the
studio effort will work out or not,with
no Morrisonized lyrics but it should be
pretty interesting.
2 - Marc
I don't doubt that the 21CD are great live, but it seems to me that the other 2/3 of the band that isn't Jim Morrison are simply oportunists with no originality to create new music on their own, so they must leech everything they can out of music that's tired. If someone gave me a ticket to see 21CD, I'd go, but my hard-earned concert dollars are better spent on more fresh music. I love Ian Astbury's voice, but I think he could do better than a sideshow act like 21CD. How much were tickets HW?
3 - Suzie
i saw D21C in melbourne australia in february this year and they were awesome. and i was spun out at how fresh they actually did sound. try out their dvd 'la woman' live. it is brilliant and indicative of their show. no side show act! check it out, then maybe you will have a change of heart.