Friday, November 7, 2008

Hey Al, This is Pretty Funny

Jack Bruce, the bassist and lead singer of Cream, had some harsh words about Led Zeppelin following news of a possible reunion. Harsh words considering the original question was about Cream possibly reuniting again like they did in 2005.

In an interview with Classic Rock Magazine, Bruce had this to say about Led Zeppelin, "Everybody talks about Led Zeppelin, and they played one fucking gig – one fucking lame gig – while Cream did weeks of gigs; proper gigs, not just a lame gig like Zeppelin did, with all the [vocal] keys lowered and everything. We played everything in the original keys. [Becoming animated]: Fuck off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be anything else. The worst thing is that people believe the crap that they’ve sold. Cream is ten times the band that Led Zeppelin is."

He later added, "What? You’re gonna compare Eric Clapton with that fucking Jimmy Page? Would you really compare that?"

Bruce later recanted his statements (well, sort of) on 94.7 WCSX, a Detroit radio station, saying, "I was just having some fun with the press gallery really…being fairly tongue in cheek. The thing about Zeppelin is obviously it's a little bit of jealousy on my part, or more than a little bit because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix… his sort of very large audience…then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton...no matter what anybody thinks." He adds, "The only decent guy…the one good guy in that band is dead…so what are you gonna do? The trouble is if you say anything about the establishment...in Britain you mustn’t criticise Queen or Led Zeppelin."

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Wire Mini Episodes

2000 - When Bunk Met McNulty



1962 - Young Prop Joe



1985 - Young Omar

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Department of Eagles

Department of Eagles released the official album version of "No One Does It Like You", which will be on "In Ear Park" in October. Check it out.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Muxtape

Here's a cool link a friend showed me at work, http://muxtape.com/. It kept me from falling asleep at my desk.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Rogers Picnic

Heres the line up:

CITY AND COLOUR,
CAT POWER,
VAMPIRE WEEKEND,
TOKYO POLICE CLUB,
CHROMEO,
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE,
DIZZEE RASCAL,
BORN RUFFIANS,
THE CARPS

In bold are the 2 reasons you should go to this show.
It's July 20th at Fort York. Tix are a little expensive but there are a bunch of bands. $49.50 gets you in.


And here is a funny picture:

Tuesday, June 3, 2008