The Joggers and The Natural History
For a while now, The American Scene has been contemplating a symposium on the 2000s. In that spirit, I’ve been looking back at a lot of the seminal albums of the decade, or rather albums that I really liked. Two bands that never really took off are The Joggers from Portland (try Googling that!) and the now defunct Natural History), which made two of my all-time favorite songs. A good friend of mine briefly dated one of the ex-members of The Natural History. This relationship dissolved before I had a chance to meet one of my musical heroes. I am still filled with bitterness.
This is an interview with both bands from 2006.
Re: Symposium. Newsweek is doing a thing where they try and think of the cultural products that most define the past 8 years. It’s really interesting, and lots of other blogs are throwing in their 2 cents.
I’d love to hear your guys’ opinion, especially via music. My pick would be The Walkmen’s “Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone”, but I feel it’s a bit weak for this massive decade.
— rortybomb · Dec 17, 09:48 PM · #
Holy cow! “We’ve Been Had” is one of my favorite songs!
— Reihan · Dec 18, 05:28 AM · #