Yes, it's back at last -- and today, Scott writes about 2002 and happens to list one of my personal favorite songs, Spoon's "Jonathon Fisk." Here's the band's video.
125 Recommends: Failing in Biology by Simon Felton
If you are a fan of Anton Barbeau and Statuesque, you need to pick up a copy of Failing in Biology, the first solo album by Simon Felton. Simon is the guy behind the U.K.'s Pink Hedgehog Records (which released a couple of Anton Barbeau CDs) and he previously played bass with the band Garfield's Birthday. The CD was produced by Anton and Alan Strawbridge (The Lucky Bishops), which might make you expect something psychedelic, and there is a dash of that in the mix, but it leans much more strongly in a pure pop direction. Clocking in at a concise 30 minutes, Failing in Biology will charm you with tunes like "Mister Magic Eyes," which sounds like a lost 1970s AM radio classic, and the sweet pop gem "(It's Not) Rocket Science," which opens with the line: "In the time it takes to sing this song/You could probably write a better one." Not likely, Simon! The album's release date is May 18 but you can preorder it at Pink Hedgehog.
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If you're wondering what happened to "Music: What Happened," Scott is taking a couple of weeks off. We'll let you know when a new installment has been posted.
Scott wrote about 1974 last week, and we were late in posting it because we were out of town. This week, Scott is feeling too exhausted to write a new entry, but he did give us the order in which he'll write the rest of the posts. So stay tuned.
