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Tag Archives: Music
Shine on Richard Wright
The keyboardist for Pink Floyd, responsible for the texture of the bands surreal sound, passed away on Monday.
Warehouse
I’ve mentioned before that I lived (in the fullest sense of the word) in Charlottesville, VA for many years in the 90′s. During that time I got to know a great many talented musicians including Dave Matthews. We weren’t buddies … Continue reading
Posted in MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Charlottesville, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Music, Virginia
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All Tomorrows Parties
A treat for Velvet Underground fans, Bud Benderbe reinterprets the seminal alternative band: More over at Airforce Amazon.
Those Vultures
This is more for Lance than anyone else.
Surreal Video of the Day
Feist, the glorious female vocalist from Broken Social Scene who went solo and got her song in an iPod commercial, recently made an appearance on Sesame Street: I don’t know if it’s creepy or not, but it is most definitely … Continue reading
I Like Pirates
Allow me a moment of selfish promotion. One of my best friends, Mike, got his “band” profiled at NPR, where they’re going on about how easy it is to make music these days with these kids and their laptops. It’s … Continue reading
Did We Ever Escape the Nineties?
Yo Yo, a flash in the pan empowered-but-sexless female rapper (try selling that today), got her big break by teaming up with Ice Cube on her 1991 debut Make Way for the Motherlode. Why, here she is, being so early-90′s … Continue reading
Ellas Otha Bates, R.I.P.
Rock & Roll lost one of it’s brightest and most penetrating stars yesterday, even if one of the least well known. The founder of the jungle beat heard in too many songs to count over the last 50 years succumbed … Continue reading
Posted in History, MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Bo Diddley, death, Ellas Otha Bates, guitar, Music, pioneer, rock & roll
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Cheap Sunglasses: ZZ Top and the Price of Fame
Previously posted on last.fm, now with political addendum at the end. The concept of the price of fame is usually applied in the sense of the personal cost to the famous, from the relatively mild annoyance of not being able … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Music, Robby's Page
Tagged Bush, Music, velvet underground, zz top
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Pressing the Flesh
Robby and I got back to our roots a few weeks ago, garage band roots that is. We went to see the Fleshtones. Robby shared his thoughts over at Last Fm. I figure they belong here as well. First, my … Continue reading
American Idol Inspired-UPDATE
I actually enjoyed American Idol tonight, in past years I couldn’t say that (though Carrie Underwood was hot.) One of them performed this song, and did a pretty good job. No graphics, but the best sound quality of the video’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Music
Tagged American Idol, Carpenters, Music, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Sonic Youth, Temptations
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Imagine
Two things you probably don’t know about me and one you probably do: (1) I’m a pretty decent musician and singer. (2) I love American Idol. (3) I hate John Lennon’s “Imagine” because of the message, even though I’ve always … Continue reading
Posted in MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged American Idol, David Archuleta, Imagine, John Lennon, Music, original arrangement
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REM’s New Single
Can be found here. For those who missed the tale of REM, Robby and I, I am promoting it to the front page. Hat tip: Instapundit
Posted in Culture, Lance's Page, Music
Tagged accelerate, Music, R.E.M., supernatural, superserious
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“If We Had Some Global Warming”
Please, if you have any humanity in you – do your part to add just a bit to global warming today. It’s important. [youtube qJUFTm6cJXM&feature=related]
Posted in Environment, Peg's Page
Tagged Elmer and Daryl, global warming, minnesota, Music, the freezing emperors
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Unfortunate cultural dominance
[youtube zYwlRH7R6DE&feature] 18 years ago when I was in the Philippines a somewhat similar song was popular. The song advised, “Not all the World is America.” Well, I figured then that the point made was a good one. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs, Music
Tagged , America, Culture, foreign relations, Music, Rammstein
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Walking Spanish
[audio:Walking_Spanish.mp3] To love a song, it’s not important that you understand the words. And I say that as a onetime lyricist and singer. As one of my guitarists often reminded me, “the words don’t matter.” Well, yeah they do, but … Continue reading
Posted in Great Lyrics Series, Music, Robby's Page
Tagged death songs, Music, Tom Waits, Walking Spanish
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La Jetée
Chris Marker’s still powerful 1962 post-apocalyptic short film, with its classic anagnorisis finale. Produced entirely with still photographs, music and voice-over narration, it portrays a horrifying future world and the melancholic vision of a man consumed with nostalgic love for … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 1962, anagnorisis, Chris Marker, classic, La Jetée, love, Music, nostalgia, photographs, post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction, short film, totalitarian
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The real thing
Usually mass produced, consumed and popular products are considered bad, or possibly just OK. I would contend that Coke is not only good, if it were not in existence and someone invented it and served it a restaurant, charged a lot for it as a unique item it would be considered a standard bearer of excellence. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Lance's Page
Tagged beer, beverages, bourbon, caffeine, coca-cola, cocktails, coke, cola, consumer products, David Bowie, Diet Coke, Dr. John, Dr. Pepper, Europeans, food, Iggy Pop, irony, Israel Kamakawiwo, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, mass production, Music, Over the Rainbowâ€, product development, rum, snobbery, soda pop, soft drinks, sprite, spy, Sunday Morning Coming Down, taste, The Clash, The Neutral Milk Hotel, The Saints, trendy foodies, performance
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