The Money Shot 12.05.05

David Byrne and Pete Doherty on the lam? Read on...

David Byrne In Trouble with The RIAA?
The Money Shot: The RIAA issued me a warning based on a previous radio playlist that featured all Missy [Elliot], all the time. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which was passed by congress in 1998, was a hastily thrown together measure (in my opinion) which aimed to protect the music industry from the impending apocalypse. While some parts of the law seem reasonable, other aspects went somewhat overboard to protect the interests of the industry, before folks even knew what would be developed, invented or what half the terms actually meant.

Mould Says 'No' to Husker Du Reunion
The Money Shot: In the recent reunion-heavy climate, with everyone from the Pixies to Slint to Gang of Four rejoining on the stage, the idea of a Husker Du reunion has graced more than a few tongues. His revisiting of old material seemed to fuel those flames. And still, despite embracing his past successes, Mould is content to laugh off such an endeavor.

Arcade Fire Go To Church For Next CD
The Money Shot: Guitarist Tim Kingsbury told NME.COM: "We're going to start recording. We just bought an old church just south of Montreal and we're turning it into a recording studio. Win (Butler) and Regine (Chassagne) they both sort of had a fantasy of buying a church. "

Hatfield Keeping Her Shirt On
The Money Shot: "I can't compete in today's marketplace anyway," the 38-year-old said. "Mainstream culture is gross. People with the most amazing talent are taking their clothes off to sell their music. I find it disgusting and I'm not a prude. Aretha Franklin never put on a bikini to sell records. Would she have to if she was starting out now?"

Patterson Says New DBT is 'Blessing and a Curse'
The Money Shot: After the last two years of writing a lot slower than I’ve tended to write most of my life, I hit a real super-prolific streak. And I think it’s the result of the pressure of writing a new record, it kind of got me off my ass, and all the stuff that’s happened with having a baby and all of that. Plus at the studio, there’s a lot of downtime where you’re just stuck there. So I wrote a fuck-load. I’ve probably written three albums worth of material.

An Interview with Tommy Ramone
The Money Shot: "We were driving in our van and we pulled into a rest stop. We went in to use the facilities and as we entered the rest stop owner comes up to our road manager and goes, “It’s nice of you taking care of these retarded kids.”

On the Road with We Are Scientists
The Money Shot: The itinerary has them sticking to the northeast, starting at NYC's Bowery Ballroom January 12 and hitting Buffalo, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Baltimore before wrapping at Philadelphia's North Star.

Doherty Facing Hard Time
The Money Shot: "I hadn't even told my mum I was back from Arizona and then I got nicked," he continued. "I feel really bad for doing this to her. I'm pretty sure though that I'm going to get in trouble - and I really think I'm going to prison this time.""I can't go back to prison. I can't - I don't think I could take it."

Coming Attractions... The Minus 5
The Money Shot: For the seventh album from his chamber pop collective the Minus 5, the former Young Fresh Fellow has thumbed through his massive rolodex and come up with the kind of guest list indie rock wet dreams are made of: R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, and Glenn Kotche, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy and John Moen, the Posies' Ken Stringfellow, Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger and the Long Winters, singer-songwriter-author John Wesley Harding, alt-country chanteuse Kelly Hogan, and, why not, Ministry's Bill Rieflin and Mott the Hoople’s Morgan Fisher. (Minus 5 indie cred points.)

TiVo Alert

Looks like a good week on TV this week with at least one must-see appearance almost every night...

Monday - Ryan Adams (Letterman), David Gray (Carson Daly)
Tuesday - Brian Wilson (Leno), Patti Smith (Conan), O.A.R. (Carson Daly)
Wednesday - Antony & The Johnsons (Letterman), Coldplay (Conan)
Thursday - Franz Ferdinand (Late Late Show)
Friday - Amos Lee (Late Late Show), James Blunt (Conan)

Friday's Random 10

It's Friday which means it's time to put the iPod on shuffle and share the first 10 songs played. Here goes...

1. Life Up Every Stone - John Hiatt
2. Shoot Out The Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson
3. C'mon, C'mon, C'mon - Paul Westerberg
4. Date With Ikea - Pavement
5. Home To Houston - Steve Earle
6. Pot of Gold - Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers
7. Middle of Nowhere - Hot Hot Heat
8. All I Need Is Everything - Over The Rhine
9. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
10. Black Tambourine - Beck

Please play along with your own lists in the comments.

The Money Shot 12.01.05

Because Dave & Oprah aren't the only ones in the headlines...

Thom Yorke says "Fuck Business Leaders!"
The Money Shot: “So the UN are meeting in Montreal to decide what to do after the Kyoto protocol, and already the US administration has buried its witless head in the fucking sand, refusing to take part. You can even see the strings being pulled. This is a true evil."

Clap Your Hands, Arcade Fire and Blog Buzz
The Money Shot: “Like we tend to get really carried away when we love a record, and while that tends to help a lot of bands we think deserve attention, there can also be negative repercussions if we go too nuts.”

Surprise, Surprise... Doherty Arrested
The Money Shot: The Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers had stopped a car driving erratically in the area. The force said "substances" were found and a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs, a category that includes cocaine and heroin.

Coming Attractions... Guster
The Money Shot: Rock act Guster is eyeing a spring 2006 release date for its next Reprise album, "Ganging Up on the Sun." Among the tracks tipped for inclusion are "Hang On," "The Beginning of the End," "C'mon," "One Man Wrecking Machine" and an as-yet-unnamed track featuring vocals from a cashier who works at a food shop near where the band recorded in Woodstock, N.Y.

Meet The Subways
The Money Shot: “We’re going to work hard and make sure that the people who come out to hear our music really have a great time,” Lunn says, admitting to a mix of trepidation and excitement. “We’re coming there to prove ourselves and the only way to do it is to start from square one and build a foundation, build a community. We can hardly wait.”

Coming Attractions... The Eels
The Money Shot: Eels have announced details of a new album and DVD 'Eels With Strings Live At Town Hall'. The album was recorded live at New York's Town Hall on June 30, and follows-up the band's double album 'Blinking Lights And Other Revelations', which was released earlier this year.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' New Feline Concept CD
The Money Shot: During the pair's stay in Chile, O found a cat, and the soon-to-be-beloved pet eventually became the album's conceptual focus."The whole album is pretty much about this cat's journey from Chile to New York," Clean said. "Each track tells the story of the [cat's life]. So it starts with Coco's birth, to when they found Coco, and continues."

Coming Attractions... Minus 5
The Money Shot: Enduring rock collective the Minus 5 will on Feb. 7 release its next studio album, "The Gun Album." The Yep Roc set features core members Scott McCaughey, guitarist John Ramberg and R.E.M. members Peter Buck and Bill Rieflin surrounded by such guests as John Wesley Harding, Kelly Hogan and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy and John Moen.

Cheap Thrills 12.1.05

More catching up. Let the Xmas songs begin in full...

• Radiohead - Black Star
• Gillian Welch - Black Star
• Sufjan Stevens - The Star Spanged Banner
• Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas
• Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
• The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
• Rilo Kiley - Xmas Cake
• Tracy Chapman - O, Holy Night!
• Pedro The Lion - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
• Coldplay - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• The Frames - Finally/Fake
• Sons and Daughters - Dance Me In
• R.E.M. - I've Been High (remix)
• Leonard Cohen - Suzanne/Sisters of Mercy
• U2 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress
• Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
• Death Cab For Cutie - A Movie Script Ending
• Gary Jules - Mad World
• Franz Ferdinand - Fade Together
• Elliott Smith - Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
• Billy Bragg & Wilco - Joe Dimaggio Done It Again/Ingrid Bergman
• Nouvelle Vague - The Guns of Brixton/Too Drunk To Fuck
• The Rosebuds - Hold Hands and Fight
• Dios (Malos) - Grrrl/I Want It All
• The Subways - Rock and Roll Queen/Staring At The Sun
• Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
• Doves - Meet Me at the Pier
• Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways/Everybody Move It
• Lucero - Kiss The Bottle
• Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready - Masters of War
• The Dandy Warhols - Good Morning/Minnesoter/The Whipping Tree/The Creep Out
• Gogol Bordello - 60 Revolutions/Oh No/Illumination/Undestructable
• Belle & Sebastian - The Twelve Days of Christmas
• Wolf Parade - Disco Sheets/Lousy Pictures
• Be Your Own Pet - Steal/Feel Me Loud
• Bright Eyes - Landlocked Blues
• The Constantines - Draw Us Lines
• Spoon - The Beast & Dragon, Adored
• Ben Kweller - Lollipop
• Rogue Wave - Everyday
• Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr./Jacksonville/Chicago/A Good Man is Hard to Find/The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
• Bruce Springsteen - Merry Christmas Baby
• Loudon Wainwright III - Suddenly It's Christmas
• The Fiery Furnaces - Asthma Attack/Two Fat Feet/Chris Micheals
• Beck - Heaven Hammer (Air remix)
• Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song
• Belle & Sebastian - Sukie In The Graveyard
• Magnolia Electric Co. - Leave The City
• The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
  

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