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election... SWITCHBLADE KITTENS
Posted by Chris Stein at 6/28/2008 06:57:00 PM

just a couple of things one i am really behind Obama and i would urge all of you once again to get out and vote... i really vividly recall watching the last election returns in Lima Peru, it was very surreal and awful... Lima is in very bad shape with rampant poverty and being there in some strange way underscored the hypocrisy of the whole thing even more profoundly i also recall watching old John Kennedy speeches and thinking how modern politicians dont speak as directly any more, answers to questions being oblique and loaded with double talk... Obama's dialogs are reminiscent of JFK's directness... its about time to create some meaningful change in the US... i get excited with the prospect of a black man as president just that is such a huge deal it'll do a lot to repair some of the old damage in America

besides that we have been doing a punk version of "My Heart Will Go ON" the dumb song from the Titanic film... the joke is that it lends itself so well to a punk format anyhow we learned it from the girl band SWITCHBLADE KITTENS, we used to have their version on our opening tape and liked it so much we started playing it thnx Kittens Link

Village Voice interview with me
Posted by Chris Stein at 6/21/2008 10:45:00 AM

we are still in cape cod after... how many? well a bunch of shows which are being very well recieved

reviews have been really good (i'm told)

the band is enjoying itself... i think there are many reasons, not the least of which is keyboardist

Matt Katz-Bohen, borrowed from Goon Squad and various other NYC bands... he is a terrific player, very rock and roll

i think another reason that people are coming to the shows in greater number has to do with Debbie's solo work of late... she was/is very passionate about her 'Necessary Evil' project and peoples appreciation and her enthusiasm has carried over into the blondie camp

so that...

i really enjoyed doing the interview with Rob (?) from the voice, my interview voice in print is quite different from my typed one...

click for village Voice interview

greetings from the fatherland (hi mom)
Posted by Chris Stein at 6/07/2008 04:27:00 PM

i found this list in cybespace just before and it was nice seeing all of this junk in one place:

1. First ever Video album released for "Eat to the beat" in 1980

2. First American #1 New Wave single "Heart of Glass"

3. First #1 Rap single in America "Rapture"

4. First reggae #1 single in America "The tide is high"

5. Oldest woman in rock with a #1 hit, when "Maria" debuted at #1 in 1999 in the UK

6. Parallel Lines sold sold over 20 million copies

7. Blondie has 4 American #1 singles and 7 in the UK

8. Blondie are the biggest selling american band in the UK Singles chart of all time

9. The single "Rapture" has been a Top Ten Dance single on the Billboard Dance charts in the 80's/90's/00's, 3 consecutive decades

10. Blondie appear on more soundtracks and compilation albums than any other artist in rock.

11. "Call Me" was the #1 single of 1980 in America on Billboard

lets also not forget what is kind of my favorite: blondie the only band besides the Beatles to have a back to back #1 and 2 on WABC in i guess 1981... rapture bumped tide from the top spot

WABC was the biggest NYC rock radio station for a long time now gone

the tour is two shows old at this point we are actually performing all of 'Parallel Lines' which doesnt really make for the best live set but is aesthetically correct... i guess...

its hot today, i dont have too much else right now... i promise to write some more from the road