I just got Lost & Found Video Night - The All Music Edition from 5minutestolive.com - absolutely amazing mix of oddities, swanky stuff (great 60s psychedelia) and late 70s/early 80s punk/new wave.

I don't typically have to have music, but I happened to hear a brief portion of a cut from the movie Crossroads. Old Ralph Macchio movie, nothing to write home about, but I remember the great music. Going to go look for the soundtrack on line.

Aww!! When I read Crossroads, I was keeping my fingers crossed that you were refering to the Britney Spears movie, or rather vehicle, of the same name.

That movie not only was a young, curious teenage girl's coming-of-age tale entering into love and adulthood, but more importantly, it featured Britney as the valedictorian of her high school graduating class. Yes, valedictorian.

It also brought us a hit song in the form of I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman.

Oh Crossroads, why you never make it onto the list of cinema classics I'll never know. However, you were fortunate enough to make it into my DVD library- filed under "guilty shame that my loved ones can never, ever know that I chose to purchase".

;)

Is Candypants on your wish list? If not, it should be.

Ok, how bizarre. I was going to revive this long-dead thread today, but a change of information caused me to delete my post.


Two weeks ago I went to Amoeba with my ex, Kelly. She works for a small record label, New West Records, and was on the prowl for some music related to artists under that label.

So I figured I might as well look for something, too. I pulled up this old thread and scanned for some recommendations, and - when I came across some posts about Ghostland Observatory, I remembered that Ghoulish Delight had also relayed an in-person recommend about that group.

So I look all over Amoeba for their CDs, but come up empty. I ask at the Information Desk, and they tell me they've got nothing by Ghostland Observatory.

Well, if you don't have your CDs at Amoeba, you are in music nowheresville.




So today Kelly calls me up and asks what that band was called that I was looking for at Amoeba. And then tells me her record label just signed Ghostland Observatory for their future releases.


Hahahaha, I love coincidences. But as I'm posting that cool story in this thread, she emails me that New West is not signing them, simply releasing a DVD centered around the group's performances last Spring at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.



Still a coincidence, but less awesomely so. I deleted the post.



Then I see that someone else (Prudence) has decided to revive this thread today. That's a coincidence worthy of me posting my less awesome coincidence. :cool:

I used to date a girl nicknamed Candypants

I swear I saw that Ghostland Observatory was going to have their albums available on iTunes, but only the live album is up there, which was there before. Neither of the stuido albums are and I can find no trace of where I might have seen that. Apparently their minister of misinformation is working over time.

None the less, they continue to rock and I may have to make a trip to Vegas in October to see them.

And while we're on that subject:

Vegoose, Oct. 27-28: Ghostland Observatory, Gogol Bordello, Daft Punk, Blonde Redhead, Thievery Corporation...and freaking Iggy & the Stooges which I suppose has about equal odds of being either awesome or pathetic.
$146.50 (plus Ticketraper fees) for 2 days. Who's with me!?

Was it enough of a coincidence for you to check out Candypants? They're on emusic and MySpace

Okay, this is just...

It's struck me that Ghostland Observatory is playing on Sunday at Vegoose, while every other act I'd want to see is playing on Saturday. :mad:

Meanwhile, I've learned that GO is playing in New York...on the night of the 19th, which is the day we had planned to do an early morning drive to Boston. At this point, I'm seriously considering sticking around, catching the show, and doing a late-night drive up to Beantown. It might be a bit ambitious, but it's just the kind of ill-advised scheme that befits a trip to New York, no? Especially considering that mousepod will be joining us (he says while still on IM trying to convince him of this fact).

Yes, stay in NY for the show, then head up to Boston.


(Heck, Tom Hanks did it overnight in a cab in that mermaid movie)