Camper Van Tusk

Today I learned that back in 2003, Camper Van Beethoven released a complete remake of Fleetwood Mac’s double album Tusk. Throughout the whole thing I can’t quite tell whether they’re kidding or not, and that’s actually quite difficult to pull off. Back in my satire-prog days, we occasionally pulled off a song that confused audiences as to whether we meant it or not. But CVB walked that line perfectly for a complete double album.

The Impermanence of Weirdness

Back in the day we were told to be very careful what we put on the internet, because the internet is forever! Yet, it’s very hard to find any evidence of my music life out there from before 2010 or so. In the prior two decades I played out around a thousand times, but not much of that is documented other than on ancient videotapes and in a box of old flyers in my closet. Putting aside that a lot of it is probably best forgotten for my career’s sake, I’m not sure if the disappearance is a comment on the impermanence of our digital world, or the quality of the music I made.

Go Dodgers!

So the Dodgers signed another $23 million free agent. Here’s what I’m hoping for. I want them to win 130 games this year, and sweep the playoffs. Same thing next year, and again the year after that. After eleven straight Dodgers World Series wins, when the fans of only about half a dozen teams are even showing up anymore, most stadiums will be empty. When Kansas City plays Cincinnati not a fan will be in the place, since both teams are 20-120 at that point. Revenue falls through the floor when even fans of the Dodgers get tired of it. And then, maybe then, they’ll fix baseball. But probably not.

Verified by MonsterInsights