One band that I seriously miss is I Am The World Trade Center. They put on some of my favorite live shows of the past few years. I know Dan has another band, Ruby Isle, and they’ve come through and played, but I missed them. I guess he’s also probably pretty busy with the re-launch of Kindercore, but I would love to hear something new come from the “dynamic duo” as I like to call them. This song was recorded at their New York Knitting Factory gig way back in 2004.
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I’ve been listening to a lot of The Jam lately. I played this cover for my friend who is a much bigger fan of The Jam than I am and I believe his reaction was “My ears are bleeding!” Since I’ve always loved IATWTC, I think this song is great! I’ll make it a point to do this song when we go out for karaoke next time, then he’ll really know what it’s like to have ears that are bleeding.
You seriously can’t go wrong with a band where a white boy break dances! The first time I saw IATWTC they played some small club in Santa Monica and there were about 20 other people there, none of whom were there to see IATWTC. By the end of their set they had the whole room dancing. This song was recorded in 2003 at The Knitting Factory, New York. I originally wanted to post a great cover of “Boys Don’t Cry” that they played when I saw them during CMJ the same year, but that recording has my friend begging me to “goth walk” through the entire track. This Human League cover will have to do.
