Esta es la canción que inicó mi crush (que lleva alrededor de dieciseis años) con Tanya Donelly. También es una de las últimas que escribió para la agrupación que lidereaba su hermana Kristin Hersh. La separación se debió a una diferencia de estilos musicales: Tanya tomó la ruta del pop-rock, mientras que Kristin se quedó firme en la ví­a honga. Yo decidí irme con Tanya. Ha sido un buen viaje. No me arrepiento de mi decisió³n; fue la correcta. No se pierdan el útimo coro.

Throwing Muses – Not Too Soon (mp3)
The Real Ramona
4AD, 1991
Cómprenlo@amazon.com

“Humans have altered Earth so much that scientists say a new epoch in the planet’s geologic history has begun.

Say goodbye to the 10,000-year-old Holocene Epoch and hello to the Anthropocene. Among the major changes heralding this two-century-old man-made epoch:

* Vastly altered sediment erosion and deposition patterns.
* Major disturbances to the carbon cycle and global temperature.
* Wholesale changes in biology, from altered flowering times to new migration patterns.
* Acidification of the ocean, which threatens tiny marine life that forms the bottom of the food chain.”

Este trip fue concebido por los siguientes personajes:

Sir John Johns – singing, guitar, brain buds.

The Red Curtain – electric bass, song stuff.

Lord Cornelius Plum – mellotron, piano, organ, fuzz guitar.

E.I.E.I. Owen – drums.

The Dukes Of Stratosphear – Your Gold Dress (mp3)
25 O’Clock (out of print)
Virgin Records, 1985
Cómpren esta compilación@waterloorecords.com

“Kirsty MacColl was an English singer and songwriter who was killed by a power boat at the age of 41 whilst scuba diving with her sons in a restricted diving area off Cozumel, Mexico on 18th December 2000. All these years later, no-one has been made accountable to the satisfaction of her family and friends.”

“Her mother Jean is seeking justice for Kirsty’s tragic and untimely death. She is seeking funds in pursuit of her case. There is a letter and email campaign which supporters can use to raise awareness of the issue.”

Sample Letter to President Félipe Calderón
The Day the Music Died

Este es el segundo disco de Arthur Lee y su división farmacéutica californiana. Será la última vez que editaran algo juntos pues para el tercer álbum ya contaban con un line-up diferente. 7 and 7 Is es uno de los más claros ejemplos de que no se necesita usar distorsión abrumadora, spandex, piel, maquillaje, pelo largo y/o manejar imá¡genes satánicas para poder rockear. Incluye la mejor referencia al holocausto nuclear que he escuchado, casi al final de una de las letras ma¡s extrañas de la historia. Punk as fuck.

Love – 7 and 7 Is [stereo mix] (mp3)
Da Capo
Elektra, 1967
Cómprenlo@insound.com

“Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus. He famously said of the ascent, carried out with with sherpa Tenzing Norgay: We knocked the bastard off. For a long time Sir Edmund refused to say who reached the summit first, but in his book View From The Summit he eventually made it clear: I continued cutting a line of steps upwards, next moment I had moved on to a flattish exposed area of snow with nothing but space in every direction. Tenzing quickly joined me and we looked round in wonder. To our immense satisfaction we realised we had reached the top of the world.”

Tributes Flow For Sir Edmund Hillary@NZ Herald