Amplifying the music, books, movies and journalism that matter.
Life is complicated and busy. Did you notice? Keeping up with the music, movies and books that fed your youthful imagination and conversations is harder than ever, but even more important. Here's the good news: there's never been more great new stuff. The challenge is to find it.
So here are my highly opinionated views on sounds, sights and words that will help you keep it fresh and real, and links to the veins where the richest motherlodes can be found.
Feed your head.
- JumpingFlashJack
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The Jane Show
For years at the end of dinner parties Rob B. and I have been talking about having a radio show together, which in my mind has always been called Atlantic Crossings. In this imagined slot on WTSR or WPRB, we'd bullshit and spin tunes that highlight the persistent difference between American and British tastes in popular music. Because frankly even in a global warming world, we think this is important.
Consider this a preview of our show on "Songs About Jane":
Velvet Underground, Sweet Jane: My opening gambit, the only place to start, really.
Nick Drake, HazeyJaneI: Rob's potential counter, from an artist he introduced me to.
Los Lobos, Two Janes - I come back with a true American sound heard first on their brilliant Kiko.
Bob Dylan, Queen Jane Approximately - A possible Rob spin. "Highway 61 Revisited" cast a LONG shadow.
Beck, SoldierJane - Because we're keeping AtlanticCrossing real and fresh.
And there would be more from me: Ben Folds's Jane, Spiritualized's 2012 killer HeyJane, Petty's Mary Jane's Last Dance. Your move, Rob.
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