RIP Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Isaacs, another great reggae legend, passed away. Legend. Great tunes.

RIP Ari Up

I heard the news that Ari Up of the Slits passed away last night and it kind of bummed me out.

Listening to some of my favorite Slits tunes at work today.

Heaven Help My Mademoiselle

The Great MES

More on the Fall:

Listened to bits of Peel Sessions, Kurious Oranj, Nation's Saving Grace and the Wonderful & Frightening World and I'm really convinced they're the greatest group ever.

It's too too late

Woke up with Spiritualized and the Beatles stuck in my head on some sort of uncontrollable pop shuffle.

Stayed at work too late last night. Got home too late last night. Too too late. Below -- NY Dolls, Beatles from the movie Help!, and Spiritualized.

My Friend Jack

Allmusic.com's album of the day is once again a scorcher. The Smoke is an amazing early garage group. A friend put them on a mix for me and I remember it was so good that I was legitimately disappointed that it took me so long to hear it for the first time.



Check it out below.



Tons of work to do today--Fitness convention this week in Rosemont, IL.

Meh.

Mountain Energei

"To get a mortgage, you need an income lid...I thought it was free."

Mark E. Smith is an absolute legend. I have to say that my worries about money have made a lot of Fall songs feel more relevant to me. I'm trying desperately to get my funds in order. I'm reading the book The Fallen, which is a series of interviews with various ex-members of The Fall. The first chapter is a long interview with Mark E. Smith, and his vision of his music/art/livelihood is really head-turning. "It's like football--sometimes you have to go and replace the centre-forward." Crazy.

TONS of great music got acquired this week--AA Bondy, Deerhunter, Interpol, Grinderman, Women, Gentleman Jesse, Crystal Castles, Tom Waits, and much more. The new No Age was an awesome surprise. Great record.

This is all totally making me want to record more music. Excited.