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09-24-10 Footnotes
Show 252: Sophomore Successes, Review of Grinderman
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1 Jim and Greg have talked on the show before about France’s “3 Strikes” downloading law before on the show, and they’ve been wondering when they US will present its own anti-piracy initiative. Well, the Senate just did. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act”, a bipartisan bill that would allow the D.O.J. to shut down websites with pirated content. Record labels and Hollywood studios have been waiting for this for some time. Jim points out that a similar bill was introduced during the Bush administration, but, perhaps rightly so, some lawmakers didn’t feel the government should be footing the bill for these legal actions. With President Obama’s appointment of an Intellectual Property Czar, Greg sees a trend toward supporting corporate copyright holders in this administration.
2 In related news, U2’s manager Paul McGuinness recently published his own manifesto about the future of the music industry as it relates to downloading. There are few men as powerful in music today, so his words carry a lot of weight, but Jim and Greg aren’t sure McGuinness is being very forward thinking. He feels that internet service providers are not doing enough to catch pirates, and that the solution is to bundle royalty costs into your internet fee. U2 is one of the few bands, like Radiohead, who could choose to revolutionize their business model. But, disappointingly it’s business as usual for them.
3 They say that it takes a lifetime to make your first record and only a few months to make your second. If that’s true, then it’s no surprise that most artists face the dreaded “sophomore slump.” But, a rare few release second albums that meet or even exceed the first. Here are Jim & Greg’s picks for Sophomore Success Stories:
Jim
Nirvana, Nevermind
The Cars, Candy-O
A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
PJ Harvey, Rid of Me
Greg
Jimi Hendrix, Axis Bold As Love
Sinéad O’Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
4 Now it comes time to look at a new sophomore effort: Grinderman 2. Nick Cave’s blues punk side project wowed Jim and Greg with its debut. And with this one, they’ve proved they can do more than just pure, raw energy. Jim hears a lot more experimentation, but also a lot more melody. Greg even found some songs just plain creepy. He calls Cave a wonderfully “nasty rock and roll machine.” Grinderman 2 gets a double Buy It.
Songs Featured in Show #252
The Kinks, “Property” State of Confusion, Arista, 1983
U2, “Out of Control” Three EP, CBS, 1979
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Roc, “It Takes Two” It Takes Two, Profile, 1988
Nirvana, “Polly” Nevermind, Sub Pop, 1991
Jimi Hendrix, “You Got Me Floatin’” Axis: Bold as Love, Sony, 1968
Aphex Twin, “Window Sill” Selected Ambient Works Volume II, Sire/Warner Bros.,1994
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston, “It Takes Two” Take Two, Tamla, 1966
The Cars, “Let’s Go” Candy-O, Elektra, 1979
Sinead O’Connor, “Last Day Of Our Acquaintance” I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, 1990, EMI
A Tribe Called Quest, “Check The Rhime” The Low End Theory, Jive, 1991
Elvis Costello, “Lipstick Vogue” This Year’s Model, Rhino (2002 reissue), 1978
Three Dog Night, “One” Three Dog Night, Dunhill, 1969
PJ Harvey, “Man-Size” Rid Of Me, Island, 1993
The Beastie Boys, “Egg Man” Paul’s Boutique, Capitol, 1989
Grinderman, “Worm Tamer” Grinderman 2, Anti- 2010
Grinderman, “Palaces of Montezuma” Grinderman 2, Anti- 2010
Grinderman, “What I Know” Grinderman 2, Anti- 2010
µ-Ziq, “Riostand” Bluff Limbo, Rephlex, 1994
The Black Angels, “Telephone” Phosphene Dream, Blue Horizon, 2010
Slayer, “Postmortem” Reign in Blood, Def Jam, 1986
Weezer, “Memories” Hurley, Epitaph, 2010
White Mystery, “White Widow” White Mystery, self-released, 2010
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