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Saturn Will “Wind Down”
Forbes
General Motors said Wednesday it would wind down its Saturn brand after Penske Automotive Group abruptly called off negotiations to buy the unit.Penske pulled the plug because it couldn’t secure future products for Saturn showrooms beyond 2011, when GM is scheduled to stop producing Saturns.
Although it had negotiated a supply agreement with another manufacturer, the deal was rejected by that manufacturer’s board of directors, Penske said in a statement. “Without that agreement, the company has determined that the risks and uncertainties related to the availability of future products prohibit the company from moving forward with this transaction.”
Makes sense I mean Mike T. is the only person to ever own a Saturn.
September Was Awesome!
September sure was a great month to be a rock and roll fan living in the Boston area. On September 5, fellow KLYAM correspondents Ben, Chris, John and I journeyed to the Middle East Downstairs to catch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. A couple of weeks of rest followed before two nights of Walkmen gigs at M.E Downstairs. Night One (September 18) was superb, but Night Two (September 19), which Ben and Chris attended, will go down in the books as amongst the best shows I’ve seen. A few nights later on September 23, the Rifles were in Allston at Great Scott. Their 1+ hour set, which John was present for, was memorable. And just a few nights after that on September 27, John and I went back to Great Scott to see California noise aficionados Wavves for a moshing experience. That was 4 concerts in 9 days for me and I can’t say I regret doing it.
October’s looking pretty good with Jay Reatard on the 2nd, the Lovely Feathers on the 8th, King Khan and BBQ Show on the 29th, and many other shows that may or may not be attended by yours truly. But will it top September?
Jay Reatard Don’t Give A Shit
Jay Reatard’s Tour Stories:
Some jerk wanted to fight us for playing a “30 minute set” Which he claims is a rip off… I got news for him our set was 15 minutes.. Hey thats still 12 songs..I still owe him a punch to the head..
Hahahaha oh Jay.
If you go to http://www.jayreatard.com you can hear some sample songs from the bands that are on Jay’s Shattered Records Tour with him.
Box Elders: Vintage garage-pop!
Hunx and His Punx: Also very vintage sounding; sounds like a hi-fi Reatard!
Boneyard: Noise-punk of the Mika Miko variety!
Useless Eaters: Lo-fi in the extreme; good bass lines!
So the verdict is that I really like what I’m hearing from all these bands that will be performing before Jay. Seems like this’ll be my first pure garage/punk rock show.
CD Review: Logos
Band: Atlas Sound
Label: 4AD
Release: October 20, 2009
1. “The Light That Failed” – 9.6
2. “An Orchid” – 9.4
3. “Walkabout” – 9.9
4. “Criminals” – 9.6
5. “Attic Lights” – 8.7
6. “Shelia” – 9.1
7. “Quick Canal” – 9.0
8. “My Halo” – 8.7
9. “Kid Klimax” – 9.2
10. “Washington School” – 8.8
11. “Logo” – 9.0
Grade: 9.2
Tops of the Decade Part II
This time I am covering my favorite albums of the 00s, but I am including all of my favorites from the artist. Yay!
Against Me!- The Acousic EP (2001), Reinventing Axl Rose (2002), As the Eternal Cowboy (2003)
The Almighty Defeneders- The Almighty Defenders (2009)
Animal Collective- Here Comes the Indian (2003), Feels (2005), Strawberry Jam (2007), Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible (2007)
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
At the Drive-In- This Station Is Non-Operational (2005)
Black Lips- Black Lips (2003), We Did Not Know the Forest Spirits Made the Flowers Grow (2004), Let It Bloom (2005), Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo (2007), Good, Bad, Not Evil (2007), 200 Million Thousand (2009)
Bright Eyes- I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (2005)
Deerhunter- Rainwater Cassette Exchange (2009)
Deftones- White Pony (2000)
The Editors- The Back Room (2005)
Fugazi- The Argument (2001)
GlassJaw- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence (2000), Worship and Tribute (2002)
Head Automatica- Decadence (2004)
Jay Reatard- Blood Visions (2006), Matador Singles ’08 (2008)
King Khan & BBQ Show- What’s For Dinner? (2006)
King Khan & The Shrines- The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines (2008)
The Mabuses- Mabused (2007)
MewithoutYou- Brother, Sister (2006)
The Nightwatchman- One Man Revolution (2007)
No Age- Weirdo Rippers (2007), Nouns (2008), Losing Feeling (2009)
Page France- Hello, Dear Wind (2005)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart- The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (2009)
Sonic Youth- The Eternal (2009)
System Of A Down- Toxicity (2001), Mezmorize/Hypnotize (2005)
Tool- Lateralus (2001), 10,000 Days (2006)
The Used- The Used (2002)
More albums may be added….
Chris
Tops of the Decade Part I
Yes, I know there is still three months left of the decade, but I do not feel like waiting said time to do this post. So, basically here are my favorite songs for each year of the 00s. I cannot believe the decade is coming to an end! It was ok…. but musically fantastic. Enjoy.
1) Fatlip- What’s Up Fatlip?- 2000
2) The Shins- New Slang- 2001
3) Against Me!- Baby, I’m An Anarchist!- 2002
4) Johnny Cash- Hurt- 2003
5) Head Automatica- Beating Heart Baby- 2004
6) Page France- Chariot- 2005
7) King Khan & BBQ Show- Too Much In Love- 2006
8) Black Lips- Bad Kids- 2007
9) Jay Reatard- See/Saw- 2008
10) Deerhunter- Disappearing Ink- 2009
Clearly independent record labels dominate. 7/10 songs were on independent labels. Fuck Yeah! Top Albums are coming next….
Chris
I Failed The Black Lips Comp
Yeah that’s me trying to be Jared Swilley in the bottom picture:
http://www.artrocker.tv/news/article/black-lips-lookalike-comp-the-results/
AOL Hires New Advertising VP Today
NEW YORK — AOL LLC said Tuesday it has hired Shashi Seth from software maker Cooliris Inc. for the position of senior vice president of global advertising.
AOL could certainly use a new advertising strategy. Does anyone actually USE AOL’s services anymore…besides AIM? Ten years ago sure but now my browser is Firefox, my service comes from Verizon, and I search with Google.
Great idea buying AOL, Time Warner. What’s that? Ten years later AOL is a worthless asset?
Obama Pushes Against Sudan Envoy Story
The White House is pushing back against a profile in the Washington Post of the Obama Administration’s Special Envoy for Sudan, Air Force Major General Scott Gration
Why would that be?
The story states that Gration wants the US to normalize relations with the Sudan, “the only country in the world led by a president indicted for war crimes,” a reference to President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
“We would not take a step like that absent significant changes in conditions on the ground,” says a senior administration official.
No kidding. Did you hear that the violence in Darfur is going down but in south Sudan it’s going up? I imagine the mainstream media would rather tell you about Roman Polanski.
