Superbowl Sunday
And if you want to hear the result of what Micky Dolenz packed into that super bowl of his, look no further than The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees 3 CD boxed set, available now via mail order from Rhino (rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated) Records.
We’ll have a full review up shortly, but let’s just say that Rhino and compiler/archivist/patron saint of Monkees geeks Andrew Sandoval have completely outdone themselves – and after 25 years of top-notch Monkees reissues, that’s saying something. From the packaging to the liner notes to the scores of unreleased tracks included within, The Birds & Bees set is quite possibly the greatest single album exploration ever released. Somebody better tell the Glimmer Twins that the bar has been raised before the Exile On Main Street box goes to press (we’re expecting a May release for that, by the way).
But just to give you an idea of where the pre-fab four’s collective head was at in late ’67/early ’68, check out this meeting of the minds between Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa:
Spiffy, indeed.
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If anybody capped off their evening last night with the weekly atrocity otherwise known as Saturday Night Live, the final sketch of the night proved to be vindication. For perhaps the first time since Fear was the musical guest in 1981, SNL got all punk rock on our ass. The premise? A middle-aged dad is toasting his daughter at her wedding and is putting his old band together for a one-song reunion to commemorate the occasion. What follows is the greatest, funniest, and probably only homage to ’80s hardcore to ever air on national television – even going so far as to namecheck Alexander Haig. Straight from the Cadena-Norton (Black Flag’s Dez Cadena and Husker Du’s Greg Norton? That has to be a nod.) nuptials, here’s Corruption Of Conformity with “Fist Fight In The Parking Lot” – complete with mosh breakdown. (Click here because NBC doesn’t seem to allow embedding. Or we don’t know how to embed. Both are probably true.)
That drummer looks familiar, too. I think he used to play in Scream.
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Lastly, since it IS Superbowl Sunday and all, we here at BTRNR HQ are throwing our allegiance behind the Saints – partially because the Pats crapped out in the first round and we gotta choose someone, partially because New Orleans deserves this, and partially because the Colts are just a completely fucking despicable franchise.
So here’s the favorite son of Ferriday, LA, with the best version of “When The Saints Come Marching In” you’ll ever hear:
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