seeing beck live is an amazing experience.. with the help of his six piece band (a guitarist, bass player, two horn guys, a drummer and a slammin' dj) he perfectly blends a fantastic live sound with elements of the albums.. imagine 'High Five (Rock the Catskills)' live!
because there are already so many great beck pages out there on the web, i've decided that this page isn't going to simply be another place to get pictures, sounds, movies, etc.. that's not to say that this page isn't going to have ANY of that kind of stuff (i.e. if i get something rare or something nobody else has i'll post it), but this page is going to predominately concentrate of getting the latest beck news and posting it here for beck fans around the world.. news including info on new albums, tours, personal info, award nominations,... basically anything new and interesting on our best friend beck hansen..
if you want pictures and sounds and stuff, check out some of the other beck pages around.. beck fans (aside from having great taste in music) are totally creative and have made up some really excellent sites worth checking out.. i've provided links to many of them below..
| what's happenin' | when it's at |
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 release of the 'kill the moonlight' movie soundtrack featuring three previously unheard beck tunes..
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| the next beck single off of 'odelay' (jack-ass) to be released in North America.. |
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| beck, along with sonic youth, foo fighters and many others play 'bumbershoot' in Seattle.. |
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| beck to perform at the MTV Music Video Awards.. look for him to take home a few trophies as well.. |
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| A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack featuring music by beck .. soundtrack release date uncertain.. |
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| beck's remix album featuring various cuts off of 'odelay' and some european tracks is to be released on Geffen.. |
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| tibetan freedom concert '96 film documentary featuring beck to be released.. |
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| an album by the hip-hop supergroup featuring beck, wu-tang's RZA, and members of cornershop to be released.. |
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| new albums on K Records and Bong Load featuring new beck material.. |
- A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack - a movie that beck's contributing tunes to.. not a lot of info on it, but the movie's out on October 25/97..
- the main man (beck) is due to release an EP containing NEW b-sides (but apparently not Euro-remixes and stuff) for college radio stations across the U.S..
- a new record on K Records - as mention waaaay back, beck had originally recorded about 30 tracks during the One Foot In The Grave sessions in 1993.. 16 of those ended up on One Foot in the Grave, and the rest have yet to be seen... apparently beck will finish up work on this album sometime in October..
- a new release on Bong Load Records! Where does the madness end? and where does beck find the time to do all this stuff? rumor is that a new release on this small label will be out sometime after beck finishes touring.. whether it's an EP or a full length album remains to be seen.. but look out for it..
- speculation has begun that work on the next DGC album will start sometime at the end of this year..
- and don't forget about that rap supergroup that beck's a part of! that album was supposed to be out this fall too!
Steve, |
Seattle residents will be able to catch Beck, Sonic Youth, the Foo Fighters, and plenty of others--all for the price of a movie and large popcorn. That's because on Labor Day, some of the biggest names in music will descend on the Emerald City for Bumbershoot, the annual arts festival. The event, which includes twenty-five stages, is entering its twenty-seventh year, and ticket prices are still a reasonable nine dollars in advance, or ten dollars at the gate. And once you're in the gate, every single act is covered--so a ten-spot will bring you musical sets that, at any other venue, could cost you anywhere from fifteen to fifty dollars a pop. In addition to musical acts, the festival showcases theatre, film, literature--almost every kind of art under the sun. Other performers coming to Seattle for the weekend include Sheryl Crow, Joan Osborne, Kristin Hersh, Wilco, and Spearhead. The festival kicks off on Friday, August 29, and wraps up three days later, on Monday, September 1.Everybody's favorite mastermind of fun, Beck, recently shot the fourth video from his Grammy-winning Odelay album. The video's subject, the track "Jackass," features a prominent sampling from the Bob Dylan song "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" as performed by the '60s band Them - Van Morrison's band as a teenager.oh yeah.. i don't know how many of you caught beck's 'performance' on the PBS special 'On Tour', but apparently, it was pretty lame..
The video was directed by Beckšs longtime friend and director, Steve Hanft, who has also made "Loser," "Beercan," "Pay No Mind," and "Where It's At," as well as the feature film "Kill The Moonlight." The soundtrack to that low budget film is out now and showcases previously unreleased Beck songs.
Beck's most recent video was shot in black and white and features the artist as a coal miner. Near the end of the video, Willie Nelson makes a bizarre cameo as a wizard - he wears a robe and rides in a mining cart, sprinkling a magical, sparkling dust, while accompanied by a white dog.
Reportedly, the first person approached for the prized wizard role was Johnny Cash, who declined. The next choice was the albino Winter brothers, Johnny and Edgar - talk about your white magic.... When they were unavailable, Willie Nelson graciously assumed the role of the honorary wizard, even delaying a flight to L.A. in order to don the robe. A true trouper - he only balked at wearing the silly hat. We can hope to see the video in a month, although we'll be watching it scratching our heads trying to figure out what it could possibly all mean.
| the BECK web! | perhaps the best beck webpage out there.. worth checking out.. |
| SlowJam Central | has one of the coolest names for a beck site.. and the content to back it up.. |
| Beck @ Geffen | the 'official' beck page.. let's face it.. it's crud. |
| Taco Stand | the Taco Stand is a fantastic fan page.. |
| Life in a Beck Age | this one is pretty cool.. lots of links to other sites with some cool original stuff.. |
| Zachary Mehari's's Beck Page | good ol' Z has created a very comprehensive beck page here.. |
| Mike Paige's Beck Page | where it's at if you want a detailed discography and bootleg listing.. |
| Smack's Beck Page | you want lyrics? smack has'em.. |
| The Slip Beck Theme | click here, then follow the 'music themes' link to download your very own beck theme for Windoze95! |
| Odelay | this page has a bunch of stuff on beck's latest 'odelay'.. plus other goodies.. |
| Mellow Au | this one's totally dedicated to beck's first release.. 'mellow gold'.. |
| Puttin' It Down | for my bud losse.. this beck page is in spanish! |
| Un Pied dans la Tombe | keepin with the international flava.. the page is in 'francais'.. |
| hectorzamora's beck page | one more international link.. we're talking mexican beck here.. |
| Readymade | still haven't checked this one out yet.. but here's the link anyways! |
| Luckey's Beck Page | i don't know who Luckey is.. but he's got a beck page so he must be pretty cool.. |
| planet BECK | by the same guy who created 'mellow au', so this page is probably pretty decent.. |
| Beck! | it's as simple as that.. |
| Beck! The Setlists | this one's probably pretty self explainatory.. |
| Pollstar's Concert Updates | find out what beck's doing on the road.. and where.. |
| Gellow Mold | a beck fanzine online! |
| alt.music.beck | a beck haven! usenet's newsgroup dedicated to the one and only beck hansen! |
if you have a beck webpage, email me and i'll post the URL pronto!
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