Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
I’m on, I’ve never burned brighter / How’s the wine where you live? / Bet it’s expensive / One day we’ll share a glass together and ride the dunes / I’m writing too / There’s a definite vibe / You can’t be pure and in love / In the corner in blue / Is my name (In the corner)
It’s a very cool morning in the canyon. Not to sound like a “Californian,” but now that Mercury has gone out of retrograde, it feels like the angels will allow winter to proceed. And my my, this week we had a lot of electronic devices go haywire around here.
All said, we head into turkey week. Let’s celebrate and be grateful with some of the best news of 2019: Part 2 of my annual countdown of favorite “Idelic Hits”—the songs and/or artistry that made life just… way better dude!
I won’t write too much about 2019 this morning, but I will tip my cap to the Idelic Artist of 2019.
I saw two Aldous Harding shows last month. The first was flat-out one of the best shows I’ve seen in the last ten years! At times Aldous comes off as an absurd puppet with a touch of glam, Joni Mitchell, and with the roll of an eye her voice can soar or make you smile like a child.
God knows what she is singing about, but what the fuck do I care. I’ve had enough of 2019 and completely enjoy escaping with this otherworldly superstar to her home planet. Thank you Aldous… seriously, thank you.
2019’s Idelic Artist of the Year: Aldous Harding
2019’s Idelic Hits #s 1-26:
Aldous Harding
Sharon Van Etten
Karen O & Danger Mouse
Cage The Elephant
The Raconteurs
Angel Olsen
Cuco
The Delines
Whitney
Michael Kiwanuka
Ty Segall
Lana Del Rey
Kevin Morby
Stef Chura
Caribou
Fat White Family
Deerhunter
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Goth Babe
Chelsea Wolfe
Jon Wilde
Crumb
Elbow
Honey Harper
Bon Iver
Palehound
