le blues de memphis

 

“Le Blues de Memphis” is an incredibly cool 11-minute video tour of two iconic music studios. Made for French television forty-some years ago, it starts off at a Brook Benton session in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and then (after a quick stop at Elvis Presley’s Graceland) takes us behind the scenes at Stax Records—where Booker T. and the MGs are recording “Time Is Tight” and a slicker-than-silk, saxophone-playing Isaac Hayes is putting the studio’s horn section through its paces. Blues or no blues, this is joyous, eye-opening stuff. via

two. different. a-wavelengths.

two new music things for you that couldn't be more different!


andrew bird - eyeoneye

"Eyeoneye" is the first song released from Andrew Bird's new album Break It Yourself, which is out March 6 via Mom + Pop. As previously mentioned, the album was recorded at Bird's barn in Western Illinois, and follows 2009's Noble Beast. (via)

The video for A$AP Rocky's "Wassup", off his LIVELOVEA$AP mixtape is here, courtesy of VICE. It's a psychedelic, heavily referential take on classic rap-vid fare (including weed and naked ladies), co-directed by Andy Capper and Rocky himself. (via)

the joe paterno conspiracy

good luck proving he's dead. look at this professional news article, in which he was reported to be wearing a wig on his deathbed. a wig? or a disguise.

all i'm saying is, where's the corpse?

just trottin' through this monday!

thx mxxx.

yay!

the giants are going to the super joel!

more insane photos.

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