Month: June 2011
Turns out the riot kiss was real after all. The lad’s Mum says, “It is something he would do — that’s our boy,” she said. “He has always lived in his own world. He’s special like that. He doesn’t always connect with what [is] going on around him. I knew it was him because he …
Thanks to David Handelman for this: In 1987 and 1988 Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello recorded an album’s worth of collaborative material which was never released. Burning Wood has the demos for some of those songs. According to Sal Nunziato, the blog’s proprietor, some of the finished material from those sessions, “trickled out and found …
This is one of a million curios I missed between 9/11 and 2010: Alison Krauss singing a country-inflected version of John Waite’s 80s tune, Missing You, with a surprisingly young-looking John Waite singing along. As can be expected on any remake of a classic, this version produces mixed, though generally positive, responses. “It’s listenable. i …
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Thought you’d enjoy this latest YouTube find, from a Grin reunion show ca. 2004 in Rockville, MD. Always my fave Nils Lofgren song and solo, live he takes it to another level, and makes it look like a casual stroll in the park! Another D.C. Area “Master of the Stratocaster (and/or Telecaster)”, for …
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From Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government Blog: “Without Palin in the race a massive segment of the GOP base—Tea Party patriots and other independent conservatives—will find themselves once again with the prospect of choosing from a manipulated field of Next-In-Line GOP establishment liberals.” – Tammy Bruce Complete essay is here.
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Thanks to Stephen Rabow: ”Guys-to-Girls: Brain over Brawn most-always wins (geeks rejoice!) Girls-to-Guys: Give ’em crap (they’ll eat it up!)” http://psp.sagepub.com/content/15/1/27
. . Billboard: Katy Perry Parties With Rebecca Black, ‘Glee’ Cast in ‘Last Friday Night’ Video .
One of my all-time favorite songs. Video seems a bit dated (c. 1990), but song is timeless. “Vamos a sonar unos palos pa’ que me quiera por siempre. Voy a prender mi lucero pa’ que me quiera….” – Robert . http://youtu.be/oXGWR-P96Yg .
It was forty years ago today, Daniel Ellsberg brought the Prez to play, They’d been going onward to raise a pile, And they’re guaranteed to raise a smile, So may I introduce to you, The act you’ve known for all these years, Ellberg’s papers helped the Prez go down. Yes, forty years ago today (June …
This is a treasure trove of streaming recordings of live concerts in Seattle in the mid to late 90s. If you were there, this is a walk down memory lane. The site features classic Death Cab for Cutie, Juno, Built to Spill, Sleater-Kinney, Dismemberment Plan and much, much more… www.indiepoplive.net