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Stop what you are doing right now and listen to this
Alex Chilton – Can’t Seem to Make You Mine
Seeds Cover
Alex Chilton - The Howlin’ Wolf, New Orleans, LA; November 24, 1994
Big Star blah blah power pop blah blah Sister Lovers blah blah. Is it possible that Alex Chilton’s truly genius work took place in the 1990s? MAYBE.
MEANWHILE IN MEMPHIS: The Sound Of A Revolution is a documentary film about the modern Memphis DIY music community. The power of Memphis music did not stop with Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, BB King, Sun & Stax Records; the REVOLUTION continued. After the music industry left Memphis in the late 70′s, a new Memphis music arose out of the underground with a true independent spirit. This historical anthology reveals Memphis musicians & labels who carried on the city’s independent DIY theme.
The film discusses Memphis luminaries such as Jim Dickinson, Al Kapone, The Grifters, Jay Reatard, Tav Falco, The North Mississippi Allstars, Goner Records, Harlan T Bobo, Alicja Trout, Shangri La Records, Alex Chilton, The Reigning Sound, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, The Oblivians, The Klitz, DJ Spanish Fly, Makeshift Music, Jack O., Snowglobe, Gangsta Blac & many more. The film also includes commentary by Jody Stephens (Big Star), director Craig Brewer (“Black Snake Moan”), John Fry (Ardent Studio), Robert Gordon (author of “It Came From Memphis”), director John Michael McCarthy (“Cigarette Girl”), Chris Reyes (Live From Memphis), Sherman Willmott (Shangri La Records), Ross Johnson (Alex Chilton / Tav Falco’s Panther Burns), and others that have been a part of the scene for many many years.
Alex Chilton - Alcoholiday (Teenage Fanclub Cover)
Like Jesus reading the sermon you wrote for Sunday Mass.
Making Lots of Friends
“I think this is a very lively bit of radio!” So says Alex Chilton happily on this half-hour tape of a 1978 KUT-Austin broadcast, presumably made in the very wee hours of the morning. Chilton could’ve easily substituted “lively” with “inappropriate.” Delightfully inappropriate, I think — though the easily offended should probably just move on. From the Nazi Christmas song “Riding Through The Reich” to his hilarious DJ trolling (which the host takes in good humor), this is Alex at his most absurd. Don’t take it too seriously, he’s just fucking with you! He even takes a bathroom break at one point. There’s some fun music here, too — the whole thing makes a nice companion to the sonic anarchy of Like Flies On Sherbert, which Chilton was in the midst of creating at the time. Also of note: a Cramps cover. Rock hard!
"It’s about standing there with your stupid guitar, and your stupid words, and your stupid band, and not being stupid."
— Alex Chilton (via elastichrtr)
