05/22/2008
The Mekons Want To Know Where You Were
The Mekons were one of the few British punk bands of the late 70s to get away with exposing their sensitive side. With their hearts on their sleeves, the 1978 single "Where Were You?" made it alright to cry at home in bed after being stood up ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/22/2008 11:49 AM EST in Post-Punk, 70's Punk | Permalink
05/21/2008
Louis Farrakhan is The Charmer
Before Louis Farrakhan became the leader and the Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam, he was known as Louis Eugene Walcott aka The Charmer. A comedic dopplegänger of Harry Belafonte, The Charmer was a regionally popular Calypso musician ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/21/2008 1:00 PM EST in WTF?, Voodoo Music | Permalink
Cassettes From Your Ex
If you are a fan of music, chances are good that at some point in your life you made a mix tape for somebody you had a crush on. Or, someone who was into you did the same and put together a collection of songs inspired by your awesomeness. Ca ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/21/2008 4:10 PM EST in Playlist | Permalink
05/20/2008
The Dream Syndicate's Days Of Wine and Roses
If you have never heard The Dream Syndicate, you are in for a treat. Twenty six years after the release of their debut LP, The Days of Wine and Roses, the record is still as solid as it was in 1982. The first track, "Tell Me When It's Ov ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/20/2008 12:38 PM EST in Rock | Permalink
05/15/2008
Hasil Adkins Will Cut Your Head Off If You Eat Too Many Hot Dogs
Hasil (pronounced 'Hassle') Adkins is one f'ed up hillbilly. As the youngest of 10 children, he apparently went to school only four days out of his entire life. Perhaps that may help explain why in his song "No More Hot Dogs" he wants to decap ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/15/2008 4:33 PM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Lo-Fi | Permalink
A Look Back: Robert Rauschenberg's/Talking Heads Collaboration
On May 12, the international art world lost one of its most innovative contributors. Robert Rauschenberg died at his home in Florida at the age of 82. Known for his diverse interests, Rauschenberg did not limit his pursuits strictly to the can ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/15/2008 12:24 PM EST in Experimental, Editorial, 80's Pop | Permalink
05/14/2008
Long Live Sharevari! Detroit Italo Disco At Its Finest
Who needs electroclash when there is "Sharevari?" This 1981 single by Detroit's own Number of Names is for fans of Kraftwerk and Italo Disco. This is the kind of song most of today's technicolor club-rat DJ's wish they wrote. Check out th ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/14/2008 4:26 PM EST in Electronic, New-Wave, YouTube, Italo Disco | Permalink
05/13/2008
Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom Masterpiece
I have to giggle at all of these new bands who claim to be "experimental," especially after my recent Robert Wyatt binge. Nowadays, nothing comes close to Wyatt's pioneering 1974 album Rock Bottom. When it was time promote Rock Bottom, Wyatt ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/13/2008 12:56 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, 70's Rock | Permalink
05/08/2008
I'm a Mormon!
Did you hear about last months' f'ed up story regarding the Mormon splinter group in Texas? Over 450 kids were taken into state custody from a polygamist compound in San Angelo. Today I heard "I'm A Mormon" by Janeen Brady and the Brite Sing ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/08/2008 3:43 PM EST in Pop | Permalink
Everyone Can Be A Beatle!
Everybody loves The Beatles, right? In fact the four lads from Liverpool had such a powerful influence on music appreciators across the planet, that people can't help but honor them. Here are three of my favorite tributes as perfected by the ...
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