Comfortable Disappearance

The Beatles no doubt had one of the largest impacts on music this world will ever know. This video is an interview with John Lennon by a 13 year-old in 1969. Here it is reproduced with amazing illustrations:

I Met The Walrus
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon’s “bed-in” phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries traditional pen sketches by James Braithwaite with digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.

To record collectors, rummage sales are our holy grail. Sure stores that sell vinyl are great, but stumbling upon records in someone’s front yard generally yield a much better return on investment. Thankfully, I’ve convinced many of my co-workers and friends here to call me immediately if they find records at yard sales. On Saturday, I got one of those calls. Dana and I were just about to head out of the house anyway, so we rushed to the location of said yard sale.

What a find! Here’s what I picked up:

• Beatles - Revolver
• Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
• The Mamas & the Papas - Farewell to the First Golden Era
• Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
• Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
• Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
• Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
• Ella Fitzgerald - The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook
• Hank Crawford - More Soul
• Annie Soundtrack

All that for $17!

Sigur Ros recently played a magnificent concert at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Current.tv is kind enough to have the entire performance on their site. You can view the performance below.
I want more, more, mmmooorrre…

National Geographic will be live webcasting the Náttúra concert in Iceland, at which Sigur Rós and Bjork are playing. You can view the webcast at the Nat Geo Music website at 7pm GMT, Saturday, June 28.

As a reminder, Sigur Rós’ new album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, is available in stores now, and it’s beautiful.

Via email:

You can now stream the entire new album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, from SigurRos.com and Dót.

I’m very excited to receive this record in physical format. Although, I wish they were releasing a vinyl on the first street date too. Oh well…