The Dandy Warhols have teamed up with Mercy Corps to auction of our infamous Xmas sweater to benefit families in need. Won’t you please take a look at the fundrasing page at MercyCorps.org and give. You could win a one of a kind piece of Dandys history but more importantly you can help out some families in need during these catastrophic times.
Our old friends The Wolfmen (Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou) have a fantastic single coming out December 5th on Cadiz Music. It’s called “Jackie, Is It My Birthday” and it features Sinéad O’Connor on vocals. (PS: I love this song, Sinéad’s voice gives me the shivers.) This song was mixed by our Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Jacob Portrait, in case you were waffling on picking it up.
Our young friends 1776 have their album out now on Beat The World. You can download that from iTunes HERE. I saw some copies of the CD laying around the office, so I’m sure that you’ll also be able to buy that version soon.
Hey old-timers. In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the release of the very popular Nervermind by a band called Nirvana, Reimagine Music and producer Jim Sampas have put together a tribute featuring covers of all the tunes that made up said classic album. And this cover-album bursts into the public conciousness Tuesday, October 25th. Why, that just might be tomorrow!
Say, how does this news specifically relate to our The Dandy Warhols? Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Brent Deboer, under their Dutch Masters umbrella, were kind enough to contribute a cover of the popular parking-lot staple “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to this collection. That’s how you know it’s good!
More/better information about this release can be digested from this blog article HERE.
Here’s a random factoid: the bluefin tuna is so rare (endangered) that in Japan one fish is worth up to 50 grand in sushi. Because of this they won’t put it on the “no-catch” (endangered) list. Wtf.
First of all, wow. A history of NYC told through oysters. Talk about factoids. The first steam engine was invented in 1698. Over 100 years later (1807) Robert Fulton would create a steamboat monopoly in the Hudson Valley and be credited with inventing them. This is the factoid I just read and I’m about a third of the way through.
This writer not only does his homewerk but is also wry and clever. I’m not gonna dig around for an example so just get this book and start reading.