“While Hollis Brown, a band, not a man, is from New York City, their sound is not. Here the guys in the group talk about why music is important to them and why their songs are influenced by Southern music.” – Youtube description for above video. Hollis Brown will release the bluesy Ameri-trad EP “Nothing …
Month: February 2012
Davy Jones, the diminutive “cute one” of The Monkees, has died. He was 66. There was a time in the mid-’60s, roughly following the releases of “Rubber Soul” and “Pet Sounds,” when the rock audience grew up. Or, at least, we thought we had. In any event, we became rock-snobs and started looking down our …
From MSNBC: “Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heart attack at 66, the medical examiner’s office in Martin County, Fla., has confirmed to NBC News. A statement issued by the medical examiner’s office says that Jones complained Wednesday morning that he wasn’t feeling well and was having trouble breathing. He was …
This, I think, would have to qualify as one of those elusive “perfect records,” at least insomuch as many have tried to make it better and I don’t think anyone has. I first heard this song on the jukebox at Loree’s Restaurant, which used to be on the corner of Foster and Sawyer in Chicago, …
Of the galaxy of stars at Chess Records, the grandmaster of them all was Rev. C.L. Franklin, pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (1915-84) was one of the greatest black ministers of the post-war era, a civil rights activist, and a friend of Martin Luther King. Many consider …
It’s Hard, impossible really, to cover “Baba O’Riley.” The original will always dominate the listener’s earmagination. There are four versions of which Iam aware, Pearl Jam, The Picketts, Blue Man Group and this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcfHjNTRSho&feature=share
When we were getting ready to do a session and record the soundtrack for the “The Girl I Married” episode of The Twilight Zone (below) which would air July 17, 1987, legendary rock guitarist John Cipollina and I were in the hallway at the coffee machine. John waited until I’d gotten through making up my …
I love old postcards. They seem to capture history, the way it was really lived by ordinary people, in ways textbooks cannot. Here is a scan of the picture side of a postcard I found yesterday at a collectible store in town. It’s a scene of Chicagoans riding on horse-drawn carriages along Lake Shore Drive …
An organization called Organizing Against the War On Women has recently formed in protest of all the legislation being introduced and passed to restrict women’s access to birth control, from having a legal abortion, and mandating invasive medical procedures for any woman seeking an abortion. Women all over the country have had enough of a …
Steve Stav has an excellent interview with Gary Oldman here.
I met with The Joy Formidable this past December prior to their last show of the year at the Vogue Theater in the Broad Ripple, Indiana. With my better half in tow, Pam and I sat down to a lengthy discussion with a band on what has been a very long and successful year for …
Facebook is so strange, when you stop and think — so unlike anything we knew in pre-FB life. I’ve been trying to come up with an analogy for social networking, if it were a “real” thing. How’s this? You decide to send out invitations to every person you’ve ever known to a huge party. The …
Back in the “old days” (from 2000 until 2005 or so), one could see this delightful 8-minute short film only by purchasing a cheap VHS copy at various cool Seattle record stores. I gave quite a few as gifts, back then! But this sort of thing is precisely what YouTube was invented for, so I hope you’ll …
Electro-pop composer Yuksek (aka Pierre-Alexander Busson) has invaded the US, bringing a flurry of swooping, dance-pop anthem and a brand new record, Living On The Edge Of Time. Here’s “Off the Wall.” A press page with photos, MP3s, videos, and etc. may be found here: YUKSEK – Off the wall (clip officiel) by umusic
A runaway pony was reunited with its owners Thursday after police responded to an early morning report of a Shetland pony wandering near SE 144th Avenue and SE Yamhill Street in East Portland. For the full story with aerial video from the newschopper dispatched to the scene, go here. This reminded some East Portland Blog …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-FYv_NG2k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEXcrYjRpY
I have no idea if this is true or not, but it’s just odd enough to be real: http://www.sonnyradio.com/airfactory.htm
A longtime friend of mine, Timothy Riley, has just put out a record, Songs for Desperate Souls, which is excellent. Please listen well and share this link as far and wide as possible. : http://thesinners.bandcamp.com Here are some primo cuts from the record. The first tune, “That’s Why I Carry a Gun,” was written shortly …
This guy is fantastic. He’ll be at Sasquatch at the end of May. That’s the closest he’s coming to Portland or Seattle. He is introduced by Taraji P. Henson, who plays a detective on Person of Interest and looks much younger here than on the show:
Here is Dead Ship Sailing performing “Bad Luck” live at the Comet Tavern in Seattle. Filmed by Marlon Schaeffer.
Graig Markel‘s new video is a live performance of “The Disconnection” which was filmed live in Markel’s studio, the Recovery Room as part of a two night release show for his self-titled solo album, which he describes as, “a collection of haunted soul ballads.” Recorded on a vintage analog tape deck, Markel set out to …
Saw Beth Jeans Houghton last night which led me to this wonderful and affectionate depiction of Britain. If you Portlanders come over to visit, you will experience such delights. – Mike Hughes (The new address for Mike Hughes’ Catshoegazing Blog is Catshoe.org) http://youtu.be/1n6IPHFTH3s
Went to an Ash Wednesday service and Ashley Cleveland was in the congregation. She did not sing this song – but it would have been cool if she did. – Bob Smietana
I like Don Was’ comment that this song isn’t really in a key. Was tried to arrange it for Wilson, and noticed that the chords didn’t follow any normal chord logic. Brian explained that he was trying to make interesting/weird shapes with his hands, and then plunk them down on the keyboard. – Andrew Hamlin
Thanks to Clearly Nebulous for this. This fellow has visited 400 cities and has chosen to live in Portland, Oregon, which is nice for Rose City civic pride. At the same time I say, “He won’t last. After five years of rain, he’ll be planning to head south like the rest of us…” Watch the …
As late as November ’67, the voice is still youthful: