Monday, May 23, 2005

Why wasn't I told?

Can't believe I've gone through the last, what, 25 years without being aware of the existence of:

1. A Peel Session by The Cure in which they do an entire second run-through of "Grinding Halt" but with alternative lyrics aimed squarely (if not entirely fairly) at the writing of our hero Ian Penman.

2. A twelve-minute minimalist disco excursion by Arthur Russell entitled "Kiss Me Again", recorded in 1979, when Talking Heads were almost at their peak, which features a blaze of guitar by David Byrne that couldn't be by anyone else and hence is totally indispensable, both for those of us who believe that the earth revolves around "Remain In Light" and for those of us who are latecoming converts to the world of Arthur Russell.

It makes you wonder what else might have gone under the radar.

I love the internet.