Dive into the archives.
- “(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea” – Elvis Costello
Damn you, Facebook! Getting the multitude of howdys and how’s-ya-beens from old, old friends has me in a flashback kinda mood.
So, here’s a groovy piece from that period. Laddys and genuine-men… Declan… MacManus!!!
- “Puppeteer” – Blurt
I got introduced to the genre of “No-Wave” in 1981, listening to late-night public radio broadcasts out of Berkeley, CA when my parents were alseep and I should’ve been fast asleep too. Or was it when I started writing & recording my own music back in 2000? Or was it when I answered a Craigslist musician ad a week or so ago, and googled the genre to find out WTF it was?
Whatever, however, this genre does speak to me in the language of the spheres.
- “Let There Be Drums/Quite A Beat” – Sandy Nelson
Here comes a rambling sort of posting about today’s Song of the Day. It all starts at Songfight.org. The new title/challenge was posted this morning: write a song with the title & inspired by the title Come Down Where You Ought To Be.
“Seriously?” thinks I. What the ever-loving hell? That’s one seriously awkward title.
And the little [...]
- “Tiny Islands” – Hot Springs
Wow. Canada’s got some cool defunct bands. From their bio:
Montreal’s Hot Springs don’t want to be your Facebook friend. They don’t care about what haircut you have. They don’t care about your blog. They simply want to freak you out.
How can you not love that, eh?
The only place I’ve been able to find a listenable, [...]
- “Anarchy Burger” – The Vandals
Ah, The Vandals… what sweet sweet sounds and sentiments. Max (see his Song-of-the-Day blog, if you actually want to learn things about the songs he posts. I’m just into posting cool stuff, heh) and I both are creamed corn for ‘em.
Brief aside: When he and I were on tour last year, we played a show [...]
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