For all you 80s “Sixteen Candles” fans 🕯️
KEXP played a set of songs today that were clearly babymaker tunes
They code-named it the Valentine’s “Chess Club” which was funny
So here’s to all you Chessmasters celebrating the day 😍 ♟️
One of the coolest songs ever, Westerberg took the lyrics directly from the personals that day in the news paper. (Name drop fun fact: Winona Ryder’s favorite ‘mats song!) So awesome to hear how versatile the band was as well. My favorite part is when the 15 year old Tommy Stinson doubles Paul’s “oh yeah oh yeah kitten, oh yeah oh yeah!”
Matthew Sweet plays a fucking beautiful ballad “I Almost Forgot” on air 1995. Off his wonderful record from the same year 100% fun. Recommended for fans of Teenage Fanclub, Big Star, and REM.
probably the seminal sugarcubes song, “birthday” is a perfect mix of angst and earnestness. a weird girl anthem, especially if you were once a little girl who liked to dig holes and play with bugs in the yard. one of my favorite bjork vocal performances of all time. i think everyone should listen to this during a storm and whilst eating a sticky piece of fruit.
The man responsible for dozens of Teenage Symphonies to God
"Sad songs about happy things" (the first time, as a kid, I can recall the sweet/sour combo of melodies that could make you cry attached to songs about endless, bottomless love)
I've long since lost track of how many weddings and funerals I've attended that have featured this song; suffice it to say, "a lot."
God only knows what we'd been without him 🙏🏻
Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here: https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/ The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️
