Dive into the archives.

• “Tears Me In Two” – The Stems

  Groovy Tuesday. Garage rock. Australia. 1985. The Stems. Tears Me In Two.
  Produced by Rob Younger of Radio Birdman (another rockin’ Australian band whom we’ll see on this site… eventually).
  The Stems are back together and touring the world, though unless (if you’re in the States) you caught them at this year’s SXSW, or at Maxwell’s in [...]

  Posted on Mar 31.09 to Song of the Day   

• “You’re Crazy For Taking The Bus” – Jonathan Richman

  Guess the Jonathan Richman mini-theme just keeps on going, eh? So here’s a happy(ish) silly(ish) one. I’m going to have to dig out Jonathan Goes Country to hear this again in all its odd glory, but in the meantime, here’s a rather intimate version of You’re Crazy For Taking The Bus, by Jonathan Richman, for [...]

  Posted on Mar 30.09 to Song of the Day   

• “Pablo Picasso” – Jonathan Richman

  Here he is again, live this time, the man himself, Jonathan Richman, performing Pablo Picasso.
  And the second half of the Space Ghost Coast to Coast interview, too.

  Posted on Mar 29.09 to Song of the Day   

• “Pablo Picasso” – The Modern Lovers

  Okay everybody, mini-theme time! And that mini-theme is…
  Jonathan Richman!
  Here he is with The Modern Lovers, with the classic Pablo Picasso. Also, for your obsessing pleasure, the first half of 1995’s Space Ghost interview. 
  Enjoy!

  Posted on Mar 28.09 to Song of the Day   

• “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder

  Triple play on this funky friday, y’all. First, Stevie Wonder in the studio in 1973, performing Superstition. Next, Stevie on Sesame Street in the same-ish time period, performing Superstition. And last, but definitely not least, The Man in 1989, with Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, and sharing vocals with Stevie Wonder, too.
  Oh, yeah, and the [...]

  Posted on Mar 27.09 to Song of the Day