We assume most MAGNET readers are already under the magical, musical spell of the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, but if not, 2011 is the perfect time to change that. The Gothenburg, Sweden, band just released Golden Greats, No. 1 (Little W/The Orchard), a 19-track compilation of songs from throughout the group’s career. TSOOL formed in 1995 after the demise of Union Carbide Productions, a great, punk-leaning band featuring vocalist Ebbot Lundberg and guitarist Ian Persson. Since, TSOOL has released five studio albums and a handful of EPs and non-album singles, earning a Grammy nomination for 2002’s excellent Behind The Music. Lundberg will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with him.
Lundberg: Chappaqua is a 1966 cult film written, directed by and starring Conrad Rooks. It is based on Rooks’ beatnik experiences starting as a Marlon Brando clone in the ’50s and ending up in drug and alcohol addiction. I saw this film in 1988 on my first (accidental) acid trip. It includes cameo appearances by a host of famous names of the ’60s: author William S. Burroughs, guru Swami Satchidananda, beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Moondog, Ravi Shankar, Ornette Coleman and the Fugs. Seeing this film was a revelation for me because it captured my whole persona at the time. I wrote “Here Comes God” shortly after, a song that ended up on the second Union Carbide Productions album, Financially Dissatisfied, Philosophically Trying. I’m still stunned by the composition of colour and sound of this movie. It’s a masterpiece in its simplicity and captures an era and a state of mind that I can relate to. Maybe because I was born 1966, obviously the coolest year in recorded history.
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1i0lwPtEU
