Playing their second gig since they broke up in 1998, it was great seeing the Reid brothers delivering their fuzzed-out gloomy tunes to a large, appreciative crowd. At least those who hadn't passed out from exhaustion from the sweltering heat or whatever they may have ingested and couldn’t handle.
I hadn’t listened to JAMC in a long while and had slightly forgot about them as bands like The Raveonettes stepped up in their place, but it’s good to have the originals back. Hopefully for a while if their writing a new song is an indication that they plan on working passed this initial reunion over the summer.
Celebrities were spotted throughout Coachella, but none was more noticeable than Scarlett Johansson who joined JAMC on vocals for “Just Like Honey,” a fitting cameo as the song played during the end of Lost in Translation. It was good, so good.
Mat Brewster: "Shameless" by Garth Brooks from Ropin the Wind
Yeah, I know, Garth freaking Brooks. But I grew up in Oklahoma, which is pretty, much ground zero for Garth Brooks. Every time I go back home my mom tells me about another time she saw Garth eating a sandwich at Burger King or wherever.
I was mostly a metal-head in high school, but the behemoth that is Garth Brooks still kind of got to me. I can remember sitting up in my little attic bedroom late at night, listening to this album real low. Say what you will, but this Billy Joel cover has a mountain of energy and just the right amount of cheezy swagger that still bowls me over.
In my continuing effort to put everything piece of music I own on my iPod, I went through my Garth Brooks box set (yes, I have a Garth Brooks box set, it was cheap and you'll get over it.) I gotta say I went all nostalgic with it, and had a few listens and might have dropped a tear or two in my beer.
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Article comments
1 - Pico
Hey Mat: guilty pleasure confessions go on the Culture page. So sez Skeeter ;&)
2 - Mat Brewster
What can I say? Blame my parents. Blame my Oklahoma upbringing. Does it help if I say that alongside Garth in those days was Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr and the Replacements?
3 - Josh
Not really. Let me check again. No.
We've all got those guilty pleasures, and Brewster will always have me to mock him when he cops to one.
4 - Mark Saleski
Garth Brooks a guilty pleasure? bah! i can do better than that.
besides, real men wear their guilty pleasures with pride (plus some disdain for music snobs). hardy-frickin'har!
5 - Mat Brewster
Notice I'm not the one calling Garth a guilty pleasure. In fact I don't feel guilty about it at all. I won't be wearing a cowboy hat anytime soon (or one of those bright, obnoxious shirts for that matter) but I can still stand up and proclaim I dig his swagger and intensity without an ounce of guilt.
And no worries Sir Hathaway, I've got plenty to make fun of you over.
6 - Josh
You may not use the words "guilty pleasure," but you sure don't waste any time putting a disclaimer in there. Instead of a guilty pleasure, we'll call it a remorsefully joyous.
And... if you don't have anything you'll just make something up, so no worries here, Sir Brewster.
7 - Mat Brewster
Yeah, like I could mention the summer you constantly wore that Mariah Carey t-shirt that read "I'll be your dream lover." Pathetic that was.
But I'll be the better man and not mention it at all.