Ben Lee & Sarah Silverman, Rachel Bloom, Motion City Soundtrack, Charly Bliss & More Contribute to Adam Schlesinger Comp. Saving for A Custom Van (Father/Daughter Records & Wax Nine)

Adam Schlesinger was a prolific musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, and co-owner of Stratosphere Sound. Unfortunately, Schelsinger passed away this past April due to complications from COVID-19 at 52 years of age. Adam Schlesinger was most notably, a founding member of Fountains of Wayne, as well as Fever High, Ivy, Rogue Oliphant, and Tinted Windows. Additionally, Schlesinger contributed to a number of soundtracks, including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Tom Hank's That Thing You Do! There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene, Josie & The Pussycats, Scary Movie, Fever Pitch, Orange County, and Two Weeks Notice. Adam Schlesinger even produced and mixed records for America, Dashboard Confessional, Fastball, Ben Lee, The Monkees, Motion City Soundtrack, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, They Might Be Giants, The Verve Pipe, and more.

Since his passing, Fountains of Wayne reunited to perform "Stacy's Mom" as part of a televised COVID-19 benefit with Sharon Van Etten and Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn & Ethan Embry reunited as their on-screen band, The Wonders (or is it The Oneders?) for an online watch-party in tribute to Schlesinger, as well as That Thing You Do! Prior to his untimely passing, Adam Schlesinger was, supposedly, working on a Broadway stage adaption of The Nanny with Fran Drescher and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator Rachel Bloom. Now, while most of the world is still dealing with the repercussions of COVID-19/Coronavirus amidst things lowly opening back up and, somewhat, getting back to "normal," Father/Daughter Records & Wax Nine have released a Bandcamp-only benefit compilation in tribute to Adam Schlesinger.

Saving for A Custom Van, which takes its name from a Fountains of Wayne lyric, is a 31-song collection boasting features from collaborators, tourmates, friends, and fans putting their own unique spin on songs spanning Adam's entire career. Most notably, Saving for A Custom Van showcases covers from Jeff Rosenstock, Ben Lee & Sarah Silverman, Remember Sports, Rachel Bloom, Sad13 (Speedy Ortiz's Sadie Dupuis,) Motion City Soundtrack, Nada Surf, Ted Leo, Charly Bliss, and Mikey Erg. We'll readily admit, we aren't exactly familiar will all of the 31+ artists heard across this comp. but it plays out like an extremely heart-felt tribute to one of the greatest unsung songwriters/musicians of our generation! 100% of the proceeds raised from said Saving for A Custom Van comp. donated to MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund, which is dedicated to helping music industry and community members affected by The COVID-19 Pandemic. Saving for A Custom Van is now available exclusively on Bandcamp for just $10.00 co-released and co-curated by Father/Daughter Records & Wax Nine.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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