Beck does INXS (and others)

In my opinion Beck.com is one of the best time wasting sites on the internet right now - and I should know, I waste a lot of time. Beck hasn't bothered to release a proper album in awhile, instead he is recording one-off songs for movies and collaborating with everyone under the sun in his 'Record Club.' This club is a rotating cast of musicians (e Thurston Moore, Wilco, Tortoise as well as lesser known studio guys) who come together to do weird remakes of old albums.

After spending my 'lunch break' binging on a bunch of these videos - I was surprised to discover that my favorite might just be their cover of INXS' album 'Kick'. I don't remember much about INXS but I know their lead singer died (in a pretty sketchy and sad way)...the good news is that this means that it is fair game for me to post the following kickass video:

Record Club: INXS "Need You Tonight" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

The Baby Huey Story

Sorry for the complete lack of action around here. Things have been busy to say the least - but enough about that.

Any music blog about dead musicians is obligated to talk about Baby Huey. I don't know a ton about him beyond what I read at allmusic.com - check his entry here. He weighed nearly 400 pounds, 20 of which must have been his afro. He worked with Curtis Mayfield, sang like a funkier Otis Redding or Sam Cooke and only put out one album - which was not released until after his death at the age of 26.

The music speaks for itself - get it here.