Smart minds think alike...

[yaysarcasm]

What the fudge?

http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/02/28/angelenos-take-on-sir-mccartney/

My pal Justin over at Aquarium Drunkard is always doing cool stuff. In addition to, you know, the record label, the book he’s written, and the 826LA lecture this week, Justin’s managed in his spare time to gather a bunch of his favorite artists from his neighborhood to record a free album covering Paul McCartney’s 1971 solo album RAM.

The delightfully anachronistic result will be free to download come Monday, with a donation requested for No More Landmines. Win win.

Justin writes:

    Los Angeles: huge, sprawling, and eclectic, has been likened to microcosm of the country as whole — truly a melting pot of various cultures, ethnicities, tastes and influences. So is her music. With various scenes and sub-scenes, rarely has there been a defining “sound” that marks the overall zeitgeist of what is happening in the city at any one time. In 2008 I set out to create a compilation of a dozen or so L.A. based artists that I felt were creating something both unique and diverse. After some thought I decided that there needed to be a running theme, something to tie the artists together into a cohesive whole, a common bond.

    As records tend to do, a revisited appreciation of Paul McCartney’s 1971 solo album, RAM, had begun to see a resurgence of sorts within a number of local Eastside artists, coming up in conversations and on the turntables of various house parties.

    The theme was found. Over the course of the second half of 2008 eleven Angeleno artists individually went in to various studios, rehearsal spaces and apartments to record their take on what is my favorite, and arguably, McCartney’s best solo work…. the end result is RAM On L.A.

What are the odds?

[Tom Scharpling]

I heard about this last week. They're doing their thing, which sounds great. Justin is a nice guy.

But ours is completely different and is available for ONLY during my marathon shows over the next two weeks.

If we could hold off on talking about their Ram thing until the marathon is over on this board, I would appreciate it. There's is going to be available forever, and ours has a two week window of availability. And I'd love to minimize any possible confusions.

Besides - the TOM album is only one of the FOUR THINGS you get for pledging to The Best Show On WFMU! You also get a BRAND NEW AND EXCLUSIVE SCHARPLING AND WURSTER CD available ONLY during the marathon, an amazing BEST SHOW TOTE BAG, and a BRAND NEW SIGNED FRIENDS OF TOM MEMBERSHIP CARD!

Thanks and get ready for the attack. Details will follow in a new post later today.

Tom.

[erika]

I cannot wait for this!!!

[yaysarcasm]

Can't wait to call in Tuesday

[dave from knoxville]

Can't wait to call in Tuesday

I don't think you can call in for the marathon; you might get normal person cooties on a celebrity.