Browsing the archives for the Coolest Shit Ever category
Boolah Boolah, Youdopia. Great song. Clapton is spending the Sept of his years playing with who he wants. He told Rolling Stone that he always felt like a dick (paraphrasing here) because he pretty much just bailed on Blind Faith, because of drugs/fame. That’s why Clapton went underground (kinda) and went with Derek and the [...]
Howdy, Youdopia. I have a dram of wisdom for you Hemlock junkies. Robert Anton Wilson, he of the fnord, completely explains Quantum Mechanics. I can’t recall if I got this from my friend Brigid, or the other way around (probably got it from her) but it’s a nice little slice of clarity in a world [...]
I realized recently that I like the Kinks a great deal. You probably do too, if you think about all the songs of theirs you like. Then add the fifteen more that you knew, but didn’t didn’t know were by them, and then three more that
you’ve heard before in commercials (HP’s picture book commercial from [...]
Knock knock. Who’s There? Infinity. Infinity who? Infinity is pretty amazingly large. My dear Youdopia, one of the blogs I read daily, is The Daily Grail. This little video which is a zippity doo dah tour from Tibet to the edge of the cosmic horizon and back, was posted there. I just nicked it and [...]
Good day, Youdopia. It has been awhile. I am a very busy boy, and you know happened to Jack with all work and no play. He made Homer something something.
I want you to look at Skullduggery. It is an online animated series created by an old friend, and next door neighbor. We aren’t in touch [...]
I have fallen in love with this song, Youdopia. I know it’s like a year old, but I’m in my Forties. I’m not on the bleeding edge anymore. This is a rap about the function of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). That’s the big doughnut made by atheists in Switzerland to bring Satan back to [...]
Baby, don’t you drive around with Dr. Bernice.
That Ain’t a real Cadillac.
It’s a Delta 88 spraypainted black
With fake leather seats from Juarez
–Dr Bernice
I love David Lowery, oh my fair Youdopia. He’s the creative voice behind Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. I found a lovely concert from 1992 on Dime A Dozen, and it made me [...]
He said I sold my blood for money
There wasn’t any pain
But I just can’t stand the feeling
It’s in someone else’s veins
Youdopia, sometimes fame is a demon. If Joan Osborne hadn’t had a huge hit with “What if God Was One of Us?” I think she would be a thousand times more famous than she is [...]
Vale, Youdopia. John Paul Jones’ new band is totally awesome. I don’t like them, but they kick nine different varieties of ass. And… when you see the footage, and hear the harmonies, bass, keyboards, etc… you cannot find the senior citizen in the group. Them Crooked Vultures is a great band. A real band. A [...]
This is one of the cooler things I’ve seen lately, Youdopia. Being a child of the 90’s (and 80’s, and 70’s) I like … some… of Faith No More’s songs. Mike Patton is definitely eclectic, and I’m really not. I like some Mr. Bungle, I respect John Zorn, and have given many of Patton’s projects [...]
It’s true, Youdopia. Jonesy has a new band. A real band, to boot. Dave Grohl is on drums, and Josh Homme, from Queens of the Stone Age. Take a look at the pictures from last night’s gis (8.9.09) and see if you can pick out the 63 year old. I’m glad that Jonesy is staying [...]
This is from Sept 20 or 21, 1983, at the Royal Albert Hall. This is the first of the ARMS Concerts, which starred Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Paul Rodgers, and everyone else in the world. It was a benefit tour for Faces bassist, Ronnie Lane. [...]
We’re getting back on track, Youdopia. I just saw the trailer for Zombieland, and I think it’s going to be a great summer. Ok. Someone made a nice video of the Peanuts dancing, and synced it to what to my ears sounds like the 1/9/70 Royal Albert Hall multitrack of Led Zeppelin performing C’mon Everybody, [...]
I have been on a bit of a Lou Reed kick lately. Today it is the album New Sensations. My favorite song from that album is Fly Into The Sun. It’s a lovely piece of music, simple and eloquent, like Lou can be at his best. Lou Reed is pretty amazing, and this song is [...]
Youdopia, you know I love my Led Zeppelin, and I love me some Jimmy Page (all hail). This is from the second Led Zeppelin bootleg CD I ever bought. It is from a BBC concert. Right after this song ends, they go into a smoking version of Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth. Great stuff [...]
So, I was reading the latest journal from the Austrian Academy Of Sciences, as is my custom, and I saw this amazing project. Full 360 degree laser mapping, and scanning, of the Roman Catacombs. Which ones, you ask? All of them. The full 100+ miles of them, not the 500 meters that is open to [...]
Youdopia, I’m continuing my series of Led Zeppelin live cover songs. This is James Brown’s Sex Machine, recorded in Los Angeles on 3/25/75. The LA gigs were always magic, even in 1977, when Zeppelin was much more pomp than circumstance (in my opinion). In 1975, their LA shows were amazing.
Led Zeppelin’s version of [...]
This is a PSA by my friend Audacia Ray, who you may remember from the Love Machine viral vid from last year.
She is working with Sex Work Awareness, and the radical notion that sex workers are people too. This is her first one minute PSA, and I think it rocks. Coolest Shit Ever? Hell yes. [...]
Hello, Youdopia. How’s it going? In light of the recent Jeff Beck Hall of Fame post, featuring Mr Jimmy Page, I thought it apropo to post this video of a spectacular reunion. On April 21, 2009 Jeff Beck was performing a gig, and Rod Stewart came out to sing with him. This is spectacular because [...]
My friends, I give you another Led Zeppelin live nugget, from Osaka 10/2/72. The boys perform the Ben E King classic, Stand By Me. They pull it off pretty well, making it the Coolest Shit Ever. Enjoy the music.
Feed Me, Seymour
