Thanks again to the amazing and informative website Any Decent Music, behold one of the best bands you have never heard of, Here We Go Magic. Their new album A Different Ship was produced by Nigel Goodrich of Radiohead fame. And you can hear Radiohead all over it. Check out my Spotify playlist of their catalog below and the cool video for “How Do I Know” below. Thank you Any Decent Music!!!
Here We Go Magic – Spotify Playlist
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Via Guinness Book of World Records, The Flaming Lips are attempting to break the world record for most concerts in one day on June 27th. They will be trekking through the midwest from New Orleans to Memphis. So if you see a fucked up bus driving around, follow it! Only good things can happen. On the other spectrum, Jack White is pissed off that Guinness won’t except his one note show as the shortest show ever. Maybe if he smoked some of what Wayne is smoking, all would be right with the world?
Check out the classic Flaming Lips song “She Don’t Use Jelly” below:
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The Knitting Factory (an under-rated music venue in our opinion) posted this sticker on their Facebook page recently. Looks like their patrons are fond of practicing their asanas in the powder room–either that, or the author of the note was, a) making his/her best attempt at writing a funny someecard, b) getting some passive-aggression out about their significant other’s apparent addiction to Bikram yoga. Either way, we love it!
My fondest memory of working at the Knitting Factory (I was a cocktail waitress) was when I had the unbelievable chance to meet Debbie Harry. She asked me what kind of water we had and I froze. “Perrier, Poland Springs, you know. Water, the wet stuff,” the rock goddess said. I returned with every known variety of water that I could get my hands on. She giggled and tipped me 5 bucks. Namaste, miss Harry. I hope to see you rocking your best Dancer pose in the Knitting Room abode if someday we meet again.
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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the greatest movie ever made. And if you only get your news from your Facebook feed (it’s true, people have admitted to this), you would know that ‘Star Wars’ came out in theaters on May 25, 1977.
If you a not a fan of ‘Star Wars,’ you have no soul. For years, I wore the cinnamon bun hair style to school and sat for hours in my rom when I was young, sketching my favorite character, Boba Fett (seen below, my rendering of him with colored pencils).
And when a bunch of us went to go see the horrific prequels, (if you liked Jar Jar Binks, you either have no soul or you were born after 1985) my friend made an awesome Chewbacca cry as the curtain raised for the opening credits.
There is no denying that SW had a lot of yoga influences and nuances. So in honor of this special day, we present to you DDR’s Top 7 (in honor of the year the film came out) list of ‘Star Wars’ connections to yoga:
1. The first (and most obvious) evidence of this is Yoda. Aside from his not-so-cryptic name, he spoke with infinite wisdom and with the kind of riddles that only someone who could interpret the writings of the the author of the Yoga Sutras (the original source of yogic wisdom), Patanjali.
2. Obie-Wan Kenobi: I think the brown robe, cut straight from organic fabric that was obviously made from bamboo is the dead give away.
3. The Force: A true yogi knows the power of good (the 8 limbs of yoga lay out the path to ultimate Samadhi or TK) and evil and s/he knows that the only way is to follow the path of practice (asana) and mental focus (meditation).
4. Princess Leia’s curves: you don’t think she got those gams from drinking with Han Solo in the TK bar, did you? No. It took hours and hours of sweating during her yoga practice on the hot surface of Tatuine to get toned.
5. Darth Vader: this one cracks me up. Because whenever I teach a class and I am explaining to my class how to do the Pranayama yoga breathing, I just tell everyone to try to breathe like Darth Vader. Works every time.
6. Ewoks: perhaps you know (and love) a certain sweaty yogi who is covered from head to toe in fur next to you in the yoga studio?
7. Jedi training. I don’t think I really need to explain this one. But just for kicks, Start by thinking of your favorite yoga pose and how badass you feel when you do it. Now think of a yoga pose that you have had a hard time mastering. Keep getting back on your mat to practice. And know that it’s not about mastering the pose, but the process to get there. You can pick up your Jedi training graduation certificate on your way out of the yoga studio.
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For those of us stuck in a cube today, Go to Google home page and check out the Moog Synth instead of the word Google that you can play and record your own song (!) This is in celebration of Creator Bob Moog’s 74th birthday today. Rock on Google, you have just given me another reason to waste time at work! Also, check out Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn” below, a great example of the mighty Moog at work.
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Iceland’s amazing Sigur Ros will release their first album in four years Valtari on May 29th. Today via NPR we are able to hear the album in it’s entirety. Less “poppy” and more “soundscape” is how I describe in my first listen. This is not a bad thing. Jonsi and company have reached back to their classic albums () and Ágætis byrjun for inspiration. It is a beautiful, haunting record that will get lots of spins at DDR HQ. Check out Valtari via NPR here.
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I love The Onion because you never know when they are pulling your chain.
A recent Onion article talked about the Iranian president rekindling his love for R.E.M. Really, Onion, Really? Everyone knows that Iranian presidents like Celine Dion and Madonna. Damn you, Photoshop. I wonder if Seal Team 6 found the ‘NYSNC CDs hidden in Bin Laden’s man cave?
DDR is excited to see The Dictator. Perhaps when he drives around the U.S. celebrating his cinematic victory, he will blast Justin Bieber out of the windows of his limo long enough for his disciples to enjoy “Never Let You Go.”
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