This hip hop tune is trending big in Sweden today:
http://youtu.be/_x3DXGvE7hc
May 8, 2011 is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson. Below are some internet resources and book suggestions which will give you a better feel for the man and his music. Even though Johnson actually lived, and has only been dead for 73 years, the few known facts …
In 1978 or 1979, roughly concurrent with Cheap Trick’s release of Heaven Tonight and Dream Police, I argued vehemently that Cheap Trick was a combo whose appeal would go on. I predicted their careers would have the longevity of a band like the Rolling Stones, who even by then had been recording and touring for …
In John Canzano’s Oregonian column today, he’s convinced Greg Oden is going to be an even bigger disappointment to Trailblazers fans than in the next year or so than he’s been already. He may leave the Blazers as early as summer 2012. Canzano’s column is here.
Thanks to Revel Smith, who adds, “Wait for it . . . at 2:40 HE GOES FULL STRUT MEGA KASHMIR.”
To my ears this sounds like a soul ballad delivery and structure with bluesy guitar licks. So it doesn’t strike me as especially modern: You could well have heard something like this in the late sixties while driving in your car on a muggy summer’s night. Atmospheric and charming, but will it sound as good …
NPR has a great interview with Booker T. Jones, go here.
In this video for the Psychedelic Furs’ classic “Into You Like A Train,” brothers Tim and Richard Butler recreate the post-punk magic of their early days. In my interview on my website Intermittent Signals, Tim discusses the creation of the Furs’ landmark Talk Talk Talk, the album that spawned “Pretty in Pink.” Here’s the link …
http://youtu.be/R4vkVHijdQk
http://youtu.be/U62stubaal4
Love the Manta Ray hat: http://youtu.be/Wiatp6m_Sgo
As an antidote to the awful Miley Cyrus video, here is something worthy of your time. She seems to have impressed everyone who saw her at SXSW or indeed anywhere else. – Mike Hughes (Catshoegazing) [Beware, there’s a prominent breast in this video.] . AUSTRA "Beat and the Pulse" by domino .
Thanks to Mike Hughes of catshoegazing.blogspot.com for this:
No announcement yet, but it sure looks like she has… Go here. . . The new Bristol looks a little like actress Sarah Chalke, formerly of Scrubs: . . .
http://youtu.be/iEN-kHe5o_Y
“Jesus wept.” – John 11:35 . “Lady Gaga is Madonna with diarrhea.” – Charo . .