German covers of I Got Stripes & Five Feet High And Rising: http://youtu.be/BkbWl60rULY
El Corazon is a tiny club tucked under the Denny Way viaduct on Eastlake at the northern part of downtown Seattle. Their habit of booking awesome bands has sent me there many times over many years. Last night, December 30, 2011, I went there to see psychobilly artist Reverend Horton Heat. But before The Reverend …
On Reddit, the music of Anna Ternheim has been described as, “[folk rock] Sort of like a Swedish Neko Case (i.e. awesome). :]” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUPpok62Jw
Zooey Deschanel wrote the following about this video on her Youtube page: “I have known Joe Gordon-Levitt for going on 12 years. We first met in the summer of 2000 while doing a tiny movie called Manic, where we bonded over a mutual appreciation for Harry Nilsson and Nina Simone and I have been lucky …
I just want to know if anybody else remembers this song like I do from the 70’s? It was fun and subversive:)) – Anne Seymour Mette
Could Adele cover this song? Yes. Someone should do a punk version of it. Now that would sound cool. I recommend Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. They do great punk covers of songs that were never punk. – Holly Homan
I’m old enough to remember when this was played regularly on the radio. I also used to sing it to my oldest son when he got interested in basketball. You don’t get songs like this any more. Cheech and Chong were creative and actually ignited thinking in people. Commercial radio won’t touch that level of …
Why is African-American gospel music of the forties and fifties, and for that matter, white country gospel music of the same time, usually perceived by critics to be more real, vital, culturally-significant, lasting and better than the Christian Contemporary Music which immediately followed thereon? Chris Estey – I could write a book. Wait, I am. …
Morphine does for me what bands like The Smiths or The Cure do for so many others. They don’t have nearly the back catalogue, but Mark’s voice / lyrics /instrumentation combined are like several years of my life squeezed into sound. – Chris Estey is a renowned Seattle music writer.
Thanks to Robert for this link:
In the fall of 1983, a group of classmates from the Moody Bible Institute went to see The Resurrection Band play a live show at the Odeon, a suburban Chicago venue that often featured the latest in Christian contemporary bands. At the show my friend John and I ditched the group and headed to the …
Here’s a song by UK Military Wives:
On twenty second December I headed to Seattle’s Showbox to see Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot concert. The last time I saw Brian Setzer live was with the Stray Cats in 1982 and 1983, and though I’ve been wanting to see him again, things never quite worked out. (I used to say he was the father …
Here’s the 11 recordings I listened to most this year, which would be a small indication that they’re my favorites: – Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care – Sigur Rós: Inni [Live] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcbLIO1bQ-Q – The Horrors: Skying – Bon Iver: Bon Iver – Washed Out: Within and Without – The War …
http://youtu.be/9Kg0v0Er8Ak
I can’t come up with a Pop Culture Top 10 of 2011. I paid no attention this year, due to extenuating circumstances. My most memorable pop music experience occurred in April as I drove around my home town (Rochester, NY) the week of my mother’s funeral while the radio played the same songs it had …
“Ho Ho Ho’s will never be the same,” says Kelly Lichtenwaldt, drummer for Seattle band Quickie. He is talking about his band’s new Christmas video, “All I want for Christmas is a Ho Ho Ho!” “We’re tapping into our inner reindeer Ramones,” says Quickie’s lead singer Lou Trez. “The world needs to see that reindeer …
Wednesday December 14th, 2011 was a day I looked forward to for at least two months. For on that day two of my favorite bands, Streetlight Manifesto and Reel Big Fish were playing a double bill at Seattle’s King Cat Theater. I arrived just before Lionize came on stage. Lionize is a four-piece composed of …
http://youtu.be/Mz3_Cxwiu7I
Maybe the song is a bit sappy, but it’s a good question. – Anne Seymour Mette
If you “like” Amnesty International USA on Facebook today, you can listen to all of Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan — all 75 tracks by various artists. There are 75 covers of Dylan songs there for 6+ hours of music. I’m listening to Mark Knopfler’s cover of Restless Farewell while typing this …