April 2010
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Apr 3rd
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January 2010
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ListenJerome: Ruth Ruth (1996) Anything worth wanting...
Jan 29th
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ListenAs Long As I Live: Jane Russell (1947) I think it...
Jan 1st
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December 2009
2 posts
ListenI’m Just a Lonely Guy: Little Richard (1955) What...
Dec 27th
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ListenI’m Bob the Blob: Bob the Blob (1983?) My wife...
Dec 25th
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October 2009
4 posts
ListenFantastic: Will.i.Am (2007) I have no idea what...
Oct 27th
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ListenPretty Lady: Lighthouse (1973) What? You’re...
Oct 26th
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Mediocre Live Music
‘Just finished the latest Nick Hornby book, Juliet, Naked. Having sat through hundreds, if not thousands of mediocre live bands, I found myself sagely nodding at the following passage. “The trouble with going to see bands is that there wasn’t much else to do but think, if you weren’t being swept away on a wave of visceral or intellectual excitement… Mediocre loud...
Oct 16th
ListenCum On Feel the Noize: Slade (1973) If you’re an...
Oct 10th
August 2009
2 posts
ListenRunning Scared: Roy Orbison (1961) I’ve been...
Aug 15th
WatchWatch
If you ever doubted the genius of Jim Henson for a second (Good god, have you no heart?), this video is here to shame you back into belief. (You lousy heretic!) “Time Piece” is a short film (8 minutes) that is at once strange, whimsical, profound, and even (a big Kermit gulp, here) sexy. Long before there was the family-friendly “Rainbow Connection,” Henson debuted this...
Aug 14th
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ListenShake, Rattle and Roll: Santo and Johnny...
Aug 1st
July 2009
4 posts
ListenSilkworm: Arlo (2002) Generally Positive Things...
Jul 10th
ListenDo U Lie?: Prince and the Revolution...
Jul 7th
ListenI Forget It’s There: Lay Low (2008) According to...
Jul 1st
June 2009
9 posts
ListenHonesty Is No Excuse: Thin Lizzy (1971) There is...
Jun 28th
ListenElectric Stories: Frankie Valli and the Four...
Jun 27th
ListenTo Keep My Love Alive: Blossom Dearie (1960) Have...
Jun 11th
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ListenJazz: Double Dee/Steinski (198?) She heaps...
Jun 10th
ListenHonesty (live): Billy Joel (1987) Oh my god. I...
Jun 7th
ListenCould This Be Magic?: Van Halen (1980) Let me come...
Jun 6th
ListenCoolidge: Descendents (1987) I don’t know how I...
Jun 3rd
ListenYassassin: David Bowie (1979) I suspect that I’m...
Jun 2nd
ListenWrote a Song for Everyone: Creedence Clearwater...
Jun 1st
May 2009
10 posts
ListenAnother Girl, Another Planet: The Only Ones...
May 30th
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ListenDeeper Than Beauty: Sloan (1994) Sometimes I can’t...
May 28th
ListenPsapp: The Camel’s Back (2008) We are programmed...
May 23rd
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ListenLa Vie En Rose: Mia Doi Todd (2000) “At my...
May 16th
ListenMovie Queen: Jobriath (1973) It is easy in the...
May 15th
ListenJust A Closer Walk With Thee: All-Star Marching...
May 12th
ListenYesterday: The Bar-Kays (1969) “Among other...
May 11th
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ListenFreight Train: Laura Veirs (2009) By false...
May 11th
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ListenWeek of Waller: Day Seven This Is So Nice It Must...
May 2nd
ListenWeek of Waller: Day Six Honeysuckle Rose (A La...
May 1st
April 2009
17 posts
ListenWeek of Waller: Day Five Ain’t Misbehavin’ (radio...
Apr 30th
ListenWeek of Waller: Day Four Too Tired (1940) I’ve got...
Apr 29th
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ListenWeek of Waller: Day Three Sometimes I Feel Like a...
Apr 28th
ListenWeek of Waller: Day Two If It Isn’t Love (1936) If...
Apr 27th
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ListenWeek of Waller: Day One I’m Gonna Sit Right Down...
Apr 27th
ListenEcology: Anni Rossi (2008) This particular...
Apr 25th
ListenI’ll Love You for Awhile: Dusty Springfield...
Apr 23rd
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ListenOn and On: The Muffs (1995) I cannot begin to...
Apr 22nd
ListenDetroit Has a Skyline: Superchunk (1995) Here is...
Apr 20th
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ListenNiagara Falls: Harlem Shakes (2009) This might...
Apr 16th
ListenI Left Town: Julie Doiron (2007) There is...
Apr 9th
ListenHad Enough: The Goo Goo Dolls (1989) For those...
Apr 8th
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ListenEverybody’s out of Town: B.J. Thomas (1970) Most...
Apr 7th
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ListenPennies from Heaven: Steve Martin (1981) A few...
Apr 5th
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ListenOndine: Charles Spearin (2009) The Happiness...
Apr 3rd
ListenHowling Comique: Ludus (1982) What I love about...
Apr 3rd