So I'm a product of the 90's and I will always and forever confirm that this was hands down the best decade. For music, movies, and yes, television. One of my absolute favorite shows was a Nickelodeon classic, "Salute Your Shorts". Best show ever! Kids at summer camp, capture the flag, awful waffles, Donkeylips! haha. I have both seasons on DVD and I'm going to state "top 5" on the all time best purchase list. Anyway, how does this relate to music? Well when Michael (season 1) got sick and didnt come back to camp the following summer, the gang; aka Budnick, Z. Z., Dina, Telly, Donkeylips, Sponge and Ugg (Lee), met a new camper, Ronnie Pinsky. Pinsky was an excellent addition. He was funny, athletic, and he pissed of Budnick because, lets face it, he was cooler than him. I found out today in my daily interweb music troll, that our friend Pinksy (Blake Sennett) is the guitarist for the indie rock/pop band Rilo Kiley and they are legit! I'm pretty sure I've heard of Rilo Kiley before, but now I'm like way into them (thank you Pinksy). Check out the album Under the Blacklight (2007), it's pretty solid. I should also give Blake the cred for being in one of my other absolute favorite shows as a kid, Boy Meets World! Are you kidding me Blake?! Salute Your Shorts star followed up by a stint as "Joey the Rat" in the epic Boy Meets World! Now you're making records in a successful band, touring with adorable Jenny Lewis (see photo below)!? Ha this guy has it made. My hat is off to you Blake/Pinsky/Joey "the Rat". I am listening to Rilo Kiley right now and after knowing all this now, it just makes me like the band even more. Is that bad? I don't care, haha. Sweet discovery in my book.
Great song. Check it out!
Live on Conan - Sennett on lead geetarGreat song. Check it out!
Unfortunately this clip doesnt have Pinksy. YouTube kids suck and couldn't upload a decent season 2 opening theme. bahhh
Blake then...
...all growns up!
PS: Jenny Lewis = hot.
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Hey found your blog via last.fm. I absolutely LOVE Rilo Kiley! I first got into them with Under The Blacklight, but have really grown to appreciate their previous effort More Adventurous. It's a little more lo-fi, and has some great alt-country sounding tracks. Standouts include Portions for Foxes, More Adventurous, It's A Hit, and Love And War.
ReplyDeleteThe B-man is one of the finest guitarists of our age. The album Execution of All Things is top ten of all time material. Also, he was great on Boy Meets World. I hear he's doing more production stuff and even directed a short film starring Winona Ryder since these days Rilo Kiley is on a lengthy hiatus.
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