Saturday , July 3, 2010

Heavy Rotation: The Fall, The Strokes, Tina Turner

The Fall, "L.A."
Yeah, so I posted a song by the Fall in the last edition of Heavy Rotation. So what? The Fall is one of those bands I get super, way, mega-obsessed with every two years for about two really mega-intense weeks and I convince myself that the Fall are the greatest band ever and Mark E. Smith circa late 70s becomes my fashion inspiration. I'm in the midst of one such period right now, probably life is mega-crazy right now (in a good way) and the slightly soused verbal anarchy of Mark E. Smith is about the closest analogue to the immensely pressured cacophony of words eating away at my brain these days. Anyway! This song is my way of being with Liz and LJ in L.A. in the best way I know possible, outside of my junior-level powers of astral flight and time travel. (Kat)

The Strokes, "Automatic Stop"
The first time I met Laura Jane Faulds, we wrote a letter to The Strokes and stuck it in the door of Wiz Kid Management. The fourth time I met Laura Jane Faulds, we listened to The Strokes second record in my apartment and then 20 hours later went to the stupid bar that stupid Fab Moretti named his stupid new band after. (Look, here we are at said bar, chillaxin'.) One really big mistake people make in life is to believe that the first Strokes record is the best Strokes record, while mistake-averse dames like LJ and myself know that Room on Fire is number-one with a bullet. Anyway, this is LJ's favorite track off the album; mine's "The End Has No End." The end. (Liz)

Michael Showalter, "The Apartment"
Michael Showalter is probably me and LJ's most significant post-Strokes shared mega-crush. Sho's totally disappointing a lot of the time, and his record Sandwiches and Cats is totally disappointing most of the time, but this reading of some geniusly bad, wannabe-Bukowski/Burroughs poem he wrote in high school completely reminds us of why we just can't quit him. Listen late at night while drinking a bottle of Strawberry Hill Boone's Farm, reading the nogoodforme archives, and talking at length about how absurdly awesome you are. (Liz)

Flight of the Conchords, "Ladies of the World"
One really satisfying thing about Flight of the Conchords is how LJ loves Jemaine and I love Bret, so shit'll never get ugly like that time LJ accused me of deleting her "Open Letter to Lauren Conrad" post in retribution for her attempts to steal Showalter away from me. I've had "Cheer Up, Murray" in my head for two days but couldn't find an mp3, so let's have "Ladies of the World," which is one of LJ faves. Probably they wrote it about us. (Liz)

Tina Turner, "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
I have no idea why I'm posting this. I recall sitting next to Laura at The Echo on Monday night and saying, "Have you ever heard 'We Don't Need Another Hero' by Tina Turner?" and Laura answering in the negative and telling me to post it in this week's Heavy Rotation, but I can't remember why it ever came up in the first place. Maybe the universe wants me to do an iPhoto slideshow thing of our pix from LJ's L.A. adventure, with "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" as the soundtrack. That would be really beautiful, actually. Here are some photos I'd probably include: us in the Echo bathroom, us in Short Stop photobooth with Emily Richmond (I think LJ's still mad at me about the Lauren Conrad post in this one, maybe), Laura looking at her camera and me being scared, and - my personal favorite - the press photo for the band we're eventually going to form with Emily Richmond and Alisa Lipsitt. (Liz)

Tags: chillaxin', Emily Richmond, epically soundtracked iPhoto slideshows, Flight of the Conchords, Laura Jane Faulds, Liz Barker, Michael Showalter, shared crushes, The Strokes

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