Paul McCartney describes to Howard Stern bonding over baking bread during his last conversation with ex-bandmate John Lennon.
My Next Read: “Good Pop, Bad Pop” by Jarvis Cocker
What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?
We all have a random collection of the things that made us – photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward questions:
Who do you think you are?
Are clothes important?
Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here?
From a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley’s Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, his upcoming book Good Pop, Bad Pop – released on May 26, 2022 – is the hard evidence of Jarvis’s unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he’d rather forget. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process – writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft.
This is not a life story. It’s a loft story.
Sonic Reducers: The Beatles’ Roadie Mal Evans Will Have His Memoirs Published In 2022
Sonic Reducers. 1 topic (OK, maybe 2 today). 2 music nerds. 5 minutes.
We discuss Beatles low-key road manager and jack-of-all-trades Mal Evans and his upcoming spotlight in 2022, and get you prepped for another weekend of new music.
David: A Short Film By Zach Woods Starring Will Ferrell
Team Coco are thrilled to present “David,” a short film directed by Conan O’Brien’s friend Zach Woods, starring Will Ferrell, William Jackson Harper, and Fred Hechinger about a severely depressed man (Harper) reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He’s not the only one who needs help.
Kurstin x Grohl: The Hanukkah Sessions 2021: Night Three with Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana”
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin’s 2021 Hanukkah Sessions continue with Day 3 and this classic song.
Barry Pincus – not only one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th (or any) century, but a mega-mensch to boot!
So, like a good neighbor, you deserve a break today. So grab a bucket of chicken and let’s get stuck on…..
BARRY MANILOW’S “Copacabana”!
Commercial for Marvel’s Pizzazz Magazine, featuring Spidey from 1978
Spiderman is Deadpool 40 years earlier.
Bill Murray Reads The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at NYC’s Barnes & Noble in 1996
I love the internet.
Britney Spears and ‘N Sync’s McDonald’s Commercial In 2000
The 2000s were madness. Doesn’t this seem like 100 years ago?
Banned & Outlawed Deliver Downhome Ode to the Genre in “Real Country Song”
Three chords and the truth.’ That’s what they say country music is built on… And for multi-award nominated Hazelridge, Manitoba’s Banned & Outlawed — and their latest single, “Real Country Song” — that sentiment is absolute fact.
With country music being the air they breathe, the food they eat, and the song in their hearts, the brothers Jon and Daniel Hnatishin’s authentic and sought-after yarn-spinning recently earned them multiple nominations at the 2021 Manitoba Country Music Awards — including for Group/Duo of the Year, Emerging Artist Award, Roots Artist/Duo/Group of the Year, and Daniel for All Star Band of the Year – Drums.
Featured in a variety of outlets, including Record World, Canadian Beats, and Cashbox Canada, and more — and having opened for heavyweight Aaron Pritchett, and sharing the stage with more country greats in Dean Brody, Lonestar, the Hunter Brothers, and Emerson Drive since stepping onto the scene — “Real Country Song” follows this year’s previous release, “Livin’ my Life in a Small Town,” and continues to deliver their brand of blue-collar-true country music as a way of life.
In their downhome ode to the genre that fits them better than a well-worn Stetson, “Real Country Song” lands as a track that will have you feeding another quarter in the jukebox at the midwestern roadhouse on a Friday night.
“Real Country Song” is available now.
Haley K Turner Releases Hanukkah Song Dedicated to Adam Sandler
Canadian singer-songwriter Haley K Turner is releasing the most unanticipated original holiday song in the last 25 years. Inspired by a recent plea from Adam Sandler for “someone out there” to write a new Hanukkah song, Haley created one of the first timeless songs ever written for those who celebrate the holiday of lights.
Capturing all the nostalgic, sentimental feelings we adore from classics such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Intangible Things (A Hanukkah Song)” features a magical string orchestra with lyrics that were completed in the winter of 2021 — the very last snow day of the year.
Melding perfectly into your holiday playlists even if you don’t celebrate Hanukkah, the songwriter and mother of two managed to encapsulate the intangible essence of the winter season enjoyed by so many.
But wait there’s more! Since Adam asked for the song, Haley decided he should know about it…
In an attempt to garner support from Sandler, Haley wrestled a ferocious alligator in her “Happy Gilmore Parody Video,” created a tutorial on “How To Get In Touch With Adam Sandler,” and recorded a parody of her very own song. We’ll already be listening to “Intangible Things” for years to come, but Haley’s parody might just be the jelly in the donut.
The videos showcase Haley’s spirited side, one that may not have been recognizable from the vulnerable storytelling and evocative lyrics so beautifully displayed on her debut LP in from the dark which was released early 2020.
Recorded at Monarch Studios with JUNO Award-nominated producer and musician Tom Dobrzanski (Said the Whale, The Zolas), Turner’s organically crafted indie folk-pop songs drift seamlessly from acoustic guitars and intimate vocals to stunning cello riffs and uplifting hooks. If her 2011 EP titled Ready or Not, produced by Ben Kaplan (Mother Mother, Five Alarm Funk), was Haley searching for her place in the world, in from the dark brings into focus all of its colours, thoughts and feelings.
From there, “Intangible Things” showcases her desire to create art that fills a void while effortlessly brightening the hearts and homes of others.
It may take a miracle to get Sandler’s attention but if Hanukkah has shown us anything, it’s that miracles do happen.
“Intangible Things (A Hanukkah Song)” is available now.