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today we salute you, mr. beck hansen

In high school, a lot of my friends were obsessed with Beck. And I liked Beck, in passing. But I never got that into him. Sea Change is a fantastic record, don't get me wrong. Something just kept me an elbow away from becoming a true Beck fan. Gradually, though, that's been shifting in the other direction. The more I think about it, the more respect I have for this Scientologist! First of all, his career. EXTENSIVE. think back to "Loser!" WHAT: He's gone onto work with the likes of Danger Mouse and Serge Gainsbourg. and, you know, like Madonna or David Bowie, he's constantly evolving. He's trying to keep things interesting. Not sure if I really care for his latter stuff, but at least he's giving it a shot. Anyway, he has this record club that consists of him and various guests doing covers of notable tracks/albums, such as the Velvet Underground's banana album (haha). Well, he just put out a rip of him doing "New Sensation" by INXS !!!! ...

surprising band to play erie

Here in Erie I'm quite used to a lame, lackluster music scene- bar if you like screeching and things that end with "core." Considering people like me that grew out of this around puberty, this doesn't leave much for those of us with slightly more ... sophisticated? tastes. enter These Are Powers, a cool art rock band playing The Beer Mug tomorrow night at 10. before they, uh, play Beijing. what? I don't know. they contain an ex-member of Liars and have played with Marnie Stern. http://www.myspace.com/thesearepowers