Sunday Morning Roundup

It's Sunday morning and time for rounding up and whatnot, and I'm going to start with a Paul Giamatti interview where he talks a bit about Rob Zombie's next film.

I recorded this thing called The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. It's basically this really dirty cartoon, a lot of sex and drugs and violence. Which is good. I think we need a cartoon like that, like those '70s cartoons like Fritz the Cat. I play this guy named Dr. Satan who's trying to take over the world and may be gay or something.

Bassist Wanted posted a great strip about iPods and A.D.D.

Indie Interviews discusses lyrics with John Roderick of The Long Winters.

It's a lyric about the small-scale, almost charming, tendency we all have toward self-destruction. If we weren't humans, if we were able to judge like computers or Vulcans, the only logical criteria for a BOAT would be that it floats without leaking. How it looks couldn't be less relevant to how it functions. Our humanity is revealed by our love for lost causes, for three-legged dogs and rusted-out "classic" cars, and there's something pathetic about us for that reason.

Cable & Tweed posted an NPR Grace Potter show.

Morning Become Eclectic posted their Camera Obscura set.

All Songs Considered has the Drive-By Truckers.

rbally posted a Sleater-Kinney show and wrote a little about the band.

Anyway, listening to this performance yesterday afternoon I realized how much I am going to miss this band. Seriously, in a year with few new albums or bands that have caught my attention, I realize how fortunate I've been to listen to a band that was consistently great. And thankfully the end came with SK leaving at the peak of their creative powers, and we did not have to witness the band fade into mediocrity because they tried to force the issue.