When people ask why I left Seattle in 2005, I never tell them real reason which was, “Because I stopped drinking the coffee.” Seattle is only fun while you’re drinking coffee. Once you stop drinking their delicious coffee it becomes obvious that you have to leave. I was about 30 when I moved to Seattle …
Thanks to Daniel Housman for this very funny link: Welcome to Chicago “We’re glad you’re here” …or are you? http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/2011_11_01_archive.html
Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – They Might Be Giants – Official Video from They Might Be Giants on Vimeo.
Tthe xlr8tr website is offering a streaming mixtape of tasty Brazilian digital cumbia here. The offering is to celebrate a distribution deal between Buenos Aires music collective, ZZK, and Waxploitation, a global distributor. The mixtape includes emerging artists such as Chancha Via Circuito and Mati Zundel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyJmCzyblwY
Sal Nunziato has a great post about Tom Petty’s distinct vocal stylings in Burning Wood.
http://youtu.be/K7A6CM4om1k
A tune reminiscent of both the Beatles and the Beach Boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjcrxCEXDDg
Here’s my take on HOW or iF these trends may actually be adapted to mainstream fashion. 1. Meggings – Men, be jealous of women no more. You now have leggings of your own. They look like men’s tights, cut off at the bottom. Perhaps meggings will catch on in a looser fitting version, something like …
I think she’s either mentally deranged, on drugs, or just the result of centuries of inbreeding. Having said that, it is hilarious that she’s been arrested. That’s England for you! A punch in the mouth, maybe, but arrested… Well there’s a reason why we separated from England. Some Americans have forgotten the reason, but it’s …
Here’s a controversial Chicken ad from a company described in Wikipedia as “a casual dining restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese/Mozambican theme. Founded in 1987, Nando’s operates in thirty countries on five continents. Nando’s specializes in chicken dishes with either lemon and herb, medium, hot, extra hot or extra extra hot Peri-Peri …
http://youtu.be/VONt22n3c24
Not a bad year for music. I had started compiling my year-end list back in August and assuming there are no stellar December releases, I think this list is pretty final. There is no order to the following faves, but I did leave my Top Three of the year for the end. Also, when all …
I am listening to the Cleaners From Venus, which is good Sunday music… – Andrew Hamlin
Best Album: Manraze, PunkFunkRootsRock. Take guitarist Phil Collen from Def Leppard and team him up with drummer Paul Cook from The Sex Pistols and add Simon Laffy, the bassist from Phil’s former Glam band, Girl (because every power trio needs a bassist), and you’ve got a record that sounds, well, like a raunchier version of …
Here’s the Youtube description, “A strange and but beautiful song written and arranged by Frank Zappa, featuring Burt Ward as Robin.” And here’s a Dangerous Minds article: HOLY FREAK OUT, BATMAN! FRANK ZAPPA AND ‘THE BOY WONDER SESSIONS’
According to the Youtube description, “A strange song Adam West sang during the height of his bat-popularity in the ’60s.”
Dogbones are one compelling live prospect. Enough that having seen them just the once before, a matter of weeks ago, I found myself taking a day off and spending 12 hours travelling to see a 53 minute set, considering it a very decent return on investment. This is pure punk, or at least what passes …
Of all the great choral works of Christmas, the many compositions of “O Magnum Mysterium” including those by Poulenc and Victoria stand apart in their power and beauty. But Morten Lauridsen’s more recent composition of “O Magnum Mysterium” has an inner emotional strength and beauty that I’ve seldom experienced in sacred music. This is a …