Current Earworm

100 Flowers, Strip Club

Yesterday, I was listening to the recent odds and sods compilation of World of Pooh, and one of the songs sounded familiar. Wait a minute, I know this song. Took me a minute, but I realized it was a cover of a song by 100 Flowers, the punkish band that The Urinals evolved into. Hearing Barbara Manning sing it was an interesting genderfuck moment. But it's the orignal that's been stuck in my brain ever since.

Link to 100 Flowers, Strip Club

Posted on Thursday, August 7, 2025

Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Black Hole Sun

So we were discussing the difference between new Polaroid film and Fuji Instax, and one of the reasons I prefer Polaroid is the way specular highlights fail so abysmally on Instax. They show up black. If you ever have the sun in one of your shots, it will show up as a black hole in your picture. Which of course, brought this to mind, and is now my current earworm. The original, of course, was by Soundgarden, but this cover blows me away.

Link to Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Black Hole Sun

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Courtney Barnett, Avant Gardener

Feel like I'm emphaseming.

Link to Courtney Barnett, Avant Gardener

Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2025