Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Athens, Georgia garage rockers the Whigs were preparing to hit the studio for their third album, In the Dark, (out March 2nd), their label sent over a highly recommended producer who just happened to be an old pal from their earliest shows. “They were like, ‘Hey, this guy Ben Allen, he’s worked on that [...]
Cultural Offering.com (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The great Johnny Cash sings "Ghost Riders in the Sky": Thanks, Tim.
Bad Idea Blue Jeans (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The art of the fan-made music video montage is a practice I've never been able to wrap my head around. Search for virtually any well known song on YouTube, and more often than not you'll find multiple fan edited productions using that particular number. I'm not talking about those that create a concept and shoot their own video for a song (for example, this fan made Death Cab video was so impressive...
blogTO (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reigning Sound definitely do reign. Greg Cartwright (of the seminal garage rock band, The Oblivians ) is backed by the most stoic looking men this side of Johnny Cash. Men in head-to-toe black. Dave Amels, the band's organ player has the most incredible comb-over that moral eyes could ever dare to gaze upon. It's like something out of a British Comedy Hour from the psychedelic 60s. I got a bit too...
WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Bargain Babe How's this for a pre-Black Friday deal? Get $3 to buy MP3 downloads from Amazon -- which means you could get three or more free songs . Rad! Expires Monday, Nov. 30 at 11:59 PM PST. You can use the free $3 credit toward one album or multiple songs, as long as you use it before Nov. 30. Top-selling singles are $1.29, others cost less. Amazon has more than 500 albums for just...
It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Listen Shopping-Eek A Mouse Buying a Book - Joe Tex How Much is that Doggie in the Window - Annie Jackson, Barbara Jones, Matz Ztefrens, Joe Livoti and Rolf Harris Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash Billy Broke my Heart at Walgreens (I cried all the Way to Sears) - Ruby Wright Ayres the Bakers - Boycott Coca Cola Experience Warrior in Woolworths - X-Ray Spex Duo - Carlos D'Allessio Fairytale in the...
Rock de Siempre (Now & Always Rock) (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
* Johnny Cash, the man in black . + Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone. Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Clockwise from top left: Lord Mayor's show , Ghost Forest , new Lord's , Westbourne River opening The week's most popular posts, and a round-up of what's happening around London In the news: The confusing situation for Oyster users on National Rail was dissected A Labour politician found himself in hot water after insulting the Queen Boris' biggest fan demonstrated a keen grasp of Doublethink Plans...
Sponsored Linx (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
B elow is a list of the top albums of the noughties (as rated by The Times ), how many do you have? and are there any you think should be included? The albums are detailed fully in the above link I've colour coded the records I have and the records I want to hear, but haven't as yet. 100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond (SonyBMG, 2005) 99. Surprise - Paul Simon (Warner, 2006) 98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili...
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal about Tom Petty: Rock God Or Mere Mortal? "As Tom Petty prepares to release a career-spanning anthology next week, an attempt to determine where he falls in the music pantheon." The basic premise is that though he sold a lot of records, maybe because he was prolific with the pop hook, he just seems to lack the "cool"...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Ishmael Houston-Jones and Dan Safer’s shared evening, “Splice: Panic Journals,” was highlighted by their collaborations, beer and Johnny Cash.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.
The ClownVision Chronicles (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
So I was just playing around with my iPod and downloading some new stuff. And when I opened up iTunes, the little Genius bar opened on the side and started recommending some stuff I should get based on what I have loaded. Now I'm not much for country music, as you no doubt know, but I do have some. I'm a firm believer that you can't have a legit music catalogue and not have any Johnny Cash, so
Mr. November (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I know I said I'd make an effort to draw something other than trees, but this idea really tied into what I was doing in Visual Studies. We spent a couple of days exploring different ways of using line, and were then encouraged to apply those ideas to an illustration. I've been really enjoying the Conceptual Thinking classes, and I had this idea floating around for a while, so I used it as an opportunity...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Children of Woody Guthrie: Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio by Alexander Billet Socialist Worker Never underestimate the ability for pop culture to water down its most firebrand figures--especially after they're dead. Luckily, there are people like Antonino D'Ambrosio. His book Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer, released in 2003, is essential reading for anyone who...
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