Image link Note: If you click on the image link above, it will take you to a very interesting post about Neil Young’s folksinger demos from 1964-1967, where Sugar Mountain is one of them. I think the first time I heard this was on pandora radio. It was love at first listen. Of course I…
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New Music Review — “Pressure Machine,” by The Killers
The Killers — image link that also takes you to a review of the album by Georgia Howlett (which I haven’t read yet) For awhile now, when searching for new DVDs at the library I plug the year into the keyword and also into the year’s from and to fields. It works so well to…
The Second British Invasion Music Series — Brit Box Disc 1, Track 3 — “Primitive Painters,” by Felt
image from Felt Fan Site Today’s selection is the third track of disc 1 of the, “Brit Box.” “Primitive Painters” is from the “Ignite the Seven Cannons (and Set Sail for the the Sun)” album, which was released in August, 1985. Nice, ambient intro with the guitars and electronica for almost 90 seconds. The vocals…
TSM 178 — A Chance to Shine
This time they say I look like Brando but they’re looking for Charlie Sheen Another time said I resembled Keaton but wanted someone resembling Dean I’ve read the scripts! I know the lines! Give me a chance, please! One time! Dialects from Shakespeare to Bronx Struts like Astaire to a lumbering Ox Hollywood looks are…
The Second British Invasion Music Series — Brit Box Disc 1 Track 2 — “Lorelei,” by Cocteau Twins (1984)
image link From The Brit Box, Disc 1, Track 2, comes, “Lorelei,” by Cocteau Twins from their, “Treasure” album released in November 1984. The adjective that first comes to mind while listening to it is dreamy. As it goes on it gets a little more insistent, which often happens as dreams get closer to reality….
Music that Strikes a Chord — “Crying Out of One Eye,” by Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy, 2008. Photo by Tom Beetz Before getting into the song, I need to thank Cincinnati Babyhead for recommending Buddy Guy to me. I borrowed two albums from the library and have listened to one of them so far, “Born to Play Guitar.” The whole album is full of great tunes, but this one,…
The Second British Invasion Music Series — Brit Box Disc 1 Track 1 — “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths (1984)
image link Track 1 on disk 1 of the Brit Box is one even I know. “How Soon is Now?” is on the album, “Hatful of Hollow,” released in 1984. Oh how I love that wah-wah, train-coming that pulses throughout. Such self-absorption is to be expected in an oddball, heroic, social outcast. (My favorite kind…
