Linus of Hollywood, “Thank You for Making Me Feel Better” (download mp3 here)
Pop can be plenty anti-social and mean: A stripped down ode to alcoholism with perfectly earnest harmonies and beer bottles as instruments.
This track is from Pseu’s Thing with a Hook presents The Happy Hooker: Over an hour of intensely pleasurable melodic pop favorites from the ‘Hook archives. Includes the incredible “Thing With A Hook” theme song by Doug Gillard!
Don’t forget, Yo La Tengo (pictured) cover your requests for pledges live on Pseu’s show tonight! There’s a live video stream at wfmu.org til midnight.
Thing with a Hook airs Fridays, 9p-midnite ET | Pledge to WFMU in the name of Pseu Braun!
8:30 pm • 2 March 2012 • 2 notes
Yo La Tengo play your requests for pledges in support of WFMU this Friday night 9p-12a ET. Mark your calendar, because this special marathon tradition won’t be archived!
Get your requests in now by making a pledge of $100 or higher in the name of your host, Pseu Braun, who will be joined by co-host Gaylord Fields for this Friday’s Thing with a Hook radio program.
There will be a live video stream at wfmu.org beginning March 2nd at 9pm ET.
Pictured: Adrian Tomine cover art for Yo La Tengo is Murdering the Classics, a 2006 compilation of highlights from YLT’s annual WFMU Marathon tradition dating back to 1996.
3:04 pm • 29 February 2012 • 37 notes
Liverpool Express, “Dreamin’” (download mp3 here)
LE’s wiki entry reads like the story of the saddest, oldest Beatles tribute band ever despite the writer’s effort to not make it sound so… ”Dreamin’” is a song I remember from decades ago late night FM radio, or at least I’ve convinced myself that I do. A patchwork of Harrisonic riffery, that ubiquitous 70’s bummer Fender Rhodes sound and compressed, strained vocals, “Dreamin’” is a surreal sliver of the smashed mirror that was the aftermath of the Fab Four.
from Pseu’s Thing with a Hook presents The Happy Hooker: Over an hour of intensely pleasurable melodic pop favorites from the ‘Hook archives. Plenty of bang for your buck! Includes the incredible “Thing With A Hook” THEME SONG by Doug Gillard! And while supplies last: a pair of Happy Eyes™ holographic paper glasses - bends any bright point of light creating magical illusions and happiness for all!
Thing with a Hook airs Fridays, 9p-midnite ET | Pledge to WFMU in the name of Pseu Braun!
7:42 pm • 24 February 2012 • 1 note
