The Goldberg Sisters is the new musical project from Adam Goldberg, the always entertaining actor/filmmaker whose impressive resume includes the likes of Saving Private Ryan, Dazed And Confused, Friends, Entourage, Zodiac, 2 Days In Paris and the Flaming Lips’ Christmas On Mars. The band’s 10-track, self-titled album (on Apology Music/Play It Again Sam) follows Goldberg’s 2009 musical debut, Eros And Omissions, released under the moniker LANDy. As with that project, The Goldberg Sisters finds Goldberg collaborating with Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart, Admiral Radley), though this time out, the duo was assisted by a handful of other musicians, including Goldberg’s girlfriend Roxanne Daner on violin. The result is a satisfying collection of effects-heavy, urbane psychedelia held together by Goldberg’s high-pitched, Lennon-esque croon. Goldberg will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with him.
Goldberg: Maybe it’s obvious. Maybe all these are. But Lenny Bruce was funny. Not just mad and cool and said bad words and was a junkie with a wife named Honey who spent his last stage appearances reading from trial transcripts. He was funny. For my money, the quickest guy that ever lived. Yeah, jazz and all that. But genuinely funny, funny fucking yarns. Nobody tells a fucking story anymore. He did impressions. One of his routines, “Thank You, Masked Man,” was animated because he was so good at characterizing his characters. He was a hip, funny, fucked Jew, and there would be no Richard Pryor, the other great one, without him. So if you don’t like or get Lenny, remember that at least. Now if you don’t like Pryor, well, then you’re really fucked.
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CebRfSFnWGM
