After my bout with debilitating paranoia earlier in the week, I’ve decided that those two Ryan Adams fans got what they deserved. If you have poor taste in music, you should be sent to jail.
As for the rest of you, I’m kind of disappointed with all this talk about taking a break or laying low. Where’s the fighting spirit? Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk.
And while we’re on the subject of talking, I need to inform you about the Gossip. The Gossip are a dirty blues and garage rock trio out of Olympia, Washington via Arkansas. I’m not going to go into it. Back story is so boring, plus it makes me look like a total know-it-all music snob. And I’m not. I don’t know it all – yet.
The Gossip is just guitar and drums (plus a designated singer) ala the White Stripes but where the Stripes embrace their garage rock and blues heritage, the Gossip claim to be more punk then anything else. I don’t really get it.
I had first heard about the Gossip on KEXP’s podcast and I still think the Gossip’s live performance makes their album, Standing in the Way of Control, sound kind of weak. Maybe is just the live, raw energy that I liked. Either way, check it out.
Websites: The Gossip, KEXP, KEXP iTunes Podcast Link
Buy: Online Here
Stuff to Sample: From the Gossip’s Standing in the Way of Control “Standing in the Way of Controlâ€
Bonus: The KEXP podcast has some great interviews and performances from Ted Leo, the Magic Numbers, the Go Team, Tom Vek, Mike Doughty and more. And it’s free.
i like Ryan Adams. in fact, change my blog to the Ryan Adams Machine. All mufukin' Ryan Adams, all the mufukin' time.
my first post will be about how much better he is than Crash.
Ryan Adams is good, but he needs to release one shit-hot album a year instead of three discs of lukewarm crap.
On that note, I want a name change, too. The Midwest Ryan Adams Gambit Sporting Report, please.
Both of you should be careful what you wish for.