Key Lyric: “What you get is what you see.” The Message: Light some candles and break out the hot oil! Nothing gets me in the mood for love like the extended, “Come and Get It” mix of Gene Love’s Jezebel’s sex-drenched “Desire.” Back in the 80’s, I slapped “Desire” on the disc player before all …
Month: October 2011
Received the messages below from Ken Stringfellow saying the Posies will play Portland on 11/17 at the Doug Fir and Seattle on 11/19 at the Neptune Theater with their live shows of the entire Frosting on the Beater album. Also, the Disciplines new album is out: “The Posies latest is our finest hour…check the link …
The more I see this clip, the more I enjoy it. I like it because it was recorded at Jamestown (NY) Community College where the band, pre-Natalie Merchant, is said to have started and it’s an unusually upbeat, coffeehouse pop, version of Love Will Tear Us Apart:
The title, “Fest Hos Mange,” means “celebration with many.” Most of the lyrics riff on that concept, occasionally adding the word, “now.” Fuller translation is here.
I was quite liking the outdoor locations in this Cher video (City of London, the financial district, making me homesick for somewhere I never really lived) until that wanky boy started rapping “first date first base second date second base….” Jesus Christ on a bike, someone shoot him now before he spawns. And yet Cher …
I kind of want to like the Saturdays, they’re inoffensive, heaven knows they’re pretty, the music is hum along. In fact it would have passed the ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ whereby the music makers of Tin Pan Alley would play something to the ‘old greys’ – the cleaners and domestic staff – and see if …
“Scorpio Rising” was the single off 10KM’s “The Wishing Chair” and had a video to accompany it which was so forgettable no one has even bothered to resurrect it on Youtube. I saw it in those days at Chicago club, Berlin, under the Belmont El Stop, across from Tuts/Avalon, while hanging with Mitch Hurst and …
http://youtu.be/_rZKpXkyxhg
Chapter Forty-Four I took the cash box to Ryan. “I made nearly five hundred quid for you blokes tonight, not that you appreciate it.” “Oh, great. Can you bring back the other boxes?” I glared at him. “You’re more than twice my size. You do it!” I went across the room and flopped onto a …
Chicagoan Kevin DeBolt may have overheard confirmation of the Ryne Sandberg back-to-the-Chicago-Cubs rumor. Says KB on FB Thursday morning, “Just walked past a certain Mr. Ryne Sandberg on Michigan Ave. He was on his phone talking about hitting coaches. I’m NOT joking. Could there be a DOUBLE announcement this weekend?” DeBolt is referring to the …
http://youtu.be/0fJGpdLEXIs
Chapter Forty-Three “I don’t fucking care so piss off!” Keith yelled back. “You better fucking care! This could be our break. You’re spoiling everything.” “Go on,” I said. “I won’t go until you promise you’ll be here when I get back.” I sat up and pushed the hair from my eyes. “I can’t go anywhere …
There’s an inherent risk for some musicians to slow the tempo down, decrease the volume and eliminate most of the effects. It’s the risk that you might be giving away the secrets of your technique. For others it’s the risk of exposing that there’s truly little secret to any of what you’re doing. When you …
I began my journey, nine-years-old, walking up SE Powell St towards my grandmother’s house. My cousin and I had our allowance of five dollars each and could have used the money to get on the bus instead of walking the 100 blocks to her house but it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, …
Gosh – the album is brilliant, Nika’s voice is full-on loaded with emotion as well as being mighty powerful. It is quite possible to imagine her wreaking the effects portrayed in the video. In fact, just a tiny bit of that is actually the case, the water vibration patterns are her voice. I cannot wait …
I last saw Dum Dum Girls back in April. Since then, they have grown so much that they can only have achieved this by climbing onto their own shoulders, if that makes any sense at all. I’ve been playing a preview copy of their new album to death. It’s called Only In Dreams and I …
Sadly Jessie J’s new video, “Who You Are,” is nothing like her smash-hit debut single of late 2010, “Do It Like A Dude.” “Who You Are” is pleasant enough standard R&B fare with a hint of ‘self-empowerment.’ Oh well, wait for the next one I suppose. I’ve posted this because I was so hugely enthusiastic …
I know very little about this guy – from Skåne Sweden and a recommendation from my friend Peter Dysart in the USA. Eeh ‘eck what a small world it is these days! I have to say it’s pretty understated and charming, something right for the dark days and endless rain of Portland. – Mike Hughes
I picked up the small cello bag, not sure I really saw the small white pills showing through what was obviously marijuana. My heart sank to my feet. Darkness enveloped me. I lost all interest in finding the club and felt like catching the next train back to London. How could Keith be using drugs …
[Re: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – Immersion Box Set – Price $118.33] Love the idea, hate the price, and yet I do feel just the slightest tingle of temptation! LOL Will NOT be making said purchase, but would love to see/hear its contents at some point, as it’s my equal-fave amongst The Floyd …
In 1983, a Wichita, Kansas band called the Embarrassment released the album Death Travels West. Fourteen years later, the Kent 3 from Seattle put out a record called Stories of the New West. Coincidence? Yes, according to Kent 3 leader Viv Halogen, who informed me that he had never heard of the Embarrassment, or even …
Chapter Forty-One I slept in installments all night, finally getting up around eight. As expected, Keith was still passed out. After taking advantage of the free breakfast, there were two hours before we were leaving. There was time to paint one picture. I wandered a bit before happening upon an art gallery. I seized the …
I understand that LeAnn’s voice stimulates the pleasure centers of the male reptilian brain, but I still prefer the Frankie Laine version.
shyboy by Bored4Lyfe
It would be nice if there were English subtitles, but even without them, you can tell what’s going on via the international language of cats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTpk6xyzzk