That's Just Great

Most common Google search that leads to this particular blog:

"old milwaukee pin up girls"

And I'm sure mentioning this will just perpetuate things.




What Made Milwaukee Famous

"Sweet Lady"

Scant Thoughts On MWY's Weird Nirvana Cover

Mewithoutyou recently covered "In Bloom" for a Nirvana tribute album.

You can stream that dandy at MWY's website:
http://mewithoutyou.com/?p=213

A lot of tribute albums are ultimately unsatisfying. Bands either try to sound too much like the original artist (and fail because they are not) or they try to do their own thing and butcher everything to crap. And also Nirvana, for whatever reason, is a very finicky band to cover.

Mewithoutyou's take on "In Bloom" is... different. It's like listening to a MWY song but with Cobain lyrics. I didn't like the tune at first but warmed up to it before the song ended. I'm still not crazy about Aaron's post-Brother, Sister ball-less vocal style, but whatever. He can do what he wants.

The band reduces the lyrics to their poetic essence by removing all that distracting guitar-riffic fuzz. Filtering "In Bloom" through a MWY-shaped prism may not yield rainbows, but the results are still interesting.

I will probably never listen to the rest of this particular tribute album (titled Come As You Are, if you're interested), but I'm happy at least one of the songs is listenable.

That's Super

I woke up today with a sharp headache. I never wake up with sharp headaches. I've woken up with plenty of dull ones, but never one that felt like a tiny black hole was tearing apart the very center of my brain. It turned out rain was a-comin', and as my body adjusted to the relatively rapid drop in air pressure the headache eased.

So that's great. My skull is a painful barometer.


Do you know what's super? Bands that have the word "super" in their name. That's super. Here are the super bands I came up with.

Supertramp
Did you know Supertramp was formed when a Dutch millionaire told Rich Davies to start a band and do whatever he wanted with it? And it would all be funded? So Davies gathered some instrumentalists, formed the band, and produced a crappy prog album. Mr. Dutch Millionaire pulled his funding. Band members left. Nobody liked Supertramp. So Davies re-gathered some other musicians and wrote bouncier poppier music. Eventually Supertramp became world famous. This just goes to show that prog music is an awful thing.


Superchunk
Superchunk has been around for over twenty years, which is kind of awesome. What's more awesome is the fact that their music continues to be quite excellent. Also, every music video needs David Cross in it.


Superdrag
You won't recognize this band until you see the video for "Sucked Out," and then it will all instantly come back to you in a heaping tide of 90s radio rock. Singer John Davis, who is not the lead singer of Korn, decided he would rather be a Christian than an alcoholic and turned to Jesus-inspired rock and roll. I've seen him live before. He's good. Apparently Superdrag reunited in 2007 and released an album in 2009. But I have no idea what they're up to right now.


Supergrass
I have a Supergrass CD. I never listen to it. I really should.


Supertones
First the O.C. Supertones were cool, at least with the youth group kiddies. Then, as people realized ska was lame, they became not cool. They even dropped the Orange County from their name. But now, as the twenty-to-thirty-somethings reconnect with their 90s childhood, the Supertones are becoming cool again, but in an ironic kind of way. I still have at least three Supertones CDs. No, I will never sell them.


Superchick
You may have heard a Superchick song and not even realized it as they have a way of sneaking themselves onto TV and movie soundtracks. I may verbally deny ever rocking out to Superchick, but the gigantic Superchick sticker on my old stereo says otherwise. How embarrassing.


Superfamily
I've only discovered this Norwegian band within the past couple years. I like 'em.



EDIT:
I totally forgot about Super Furry Animals. This is probably because I don't listen to Super Furry Animals.