Eco-Geekery (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Byrne and Brian Eno in a new collaboration, how cool is that. When I was in college I fell into a crowd of hyper-cool musical aficionados who one night, under the influence of some musical-appreciation substance, spun for me three licorice pizzas under a memorably full moon that shaped my tastes forever: Robert Fripp’s [...]
It's Serious This Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
said the Pilgrams to the Indians as they accepted the feast that was presented to them...and as they plotted the need to slaughter these "savages."As I've said before, this holiday of ours is somewhat misleading. Yes, let's give thanks, blahblah, but let's not forget what happened to the Indians. This was their land ya know...those were their buffalo, those were their gene pool (thanks for...
My hmphs (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Beatles Any song accompanied by a piano and violin The chord progression of George Michael’s “Praying for Time“ “Come On Eileen” Key changes Mike Viola The Edge’s guitar playing Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound The British Invasion of the 80s “Isn’t it a Pity” by George Harrison (both versions) The 7/4 signature of Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury...
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here’s the latest batch of Music Musings and Miscellany’s unapologetically subjective selection of the twentieth century’s best 1000 singles. THE BYRDS – So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star / Everybody’s Been Burned (Columbia 43987 1967) They had a bit of a nerve poking fun at the Monkees when just a couple of [...]
Londonderry NH net (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Ticket Update Marshall Tucker Band – SOLD OUT Martin Sexton SOLD OUT Dave Mason Only 4 tickets remain! The Stompers – SOLD OUT GLENGARRY BHOYS – SOLD OUT Judy Collins – Only 2 tickets remain! This Week Friday, November 27 THE GLENGARRY BHOYS This show is SOLD OUT. Saturday, November 28 THE STOMPERS This show is SOLD OUT. Amazon.com Widgets Monday, November 30 AMBER RUBARTH and...
Relevant History (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species. Happy birthday, evolution! (Alfred Russel Wallace, meanwhile, is nowhere to be found.) [To the tune of Peter Gabriel, "In Your Eyes," from the album Live at Estadio...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In a unique musical celebration of sharing in the name of peace, ccMixter.org music makers have joined remix artist Snowflake in the creation of a remarkable holiday album. Proudly published by ArtisTech Media as their first release since assuming operational responsibility for ccMixter.org, Peace of Winter unites an incredibly diverse community of music makers to...
Phil In The Blank (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
RT @CenterdinTucson: Arizona grad student wins Rhodes scholarship. (Crap. And here I thought it was spelled "Roads" all these years. Damn.) # RT @irabrooker: CSNY's "After the Dolphin" came up on my iTunes. It's like Peter Gabriel-era Genesis minus the subtlety. Fantastically bad. # @GojyoChan Don't forget to include a lengthy passage about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in your Mid-Term...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
West Africa produced many outstanding releases during the noughties, but the Malian singer's stark and haunting album was the most remarkable By normal industry standards, waiting until you're 53 to make the best album of your career is perhaps leaving it a bit late. But then not much about Salif Keita's story is normal. Was it a blessing or a curse for this Malian teenager – already singled...
Newscoma (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Don Ho and Peter Gabriel. Jeez, this is awesome.
growabrain (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Ulrich Lamsfuss: Olivier Portrat (NSFW) ________________________ David Bowie sings "Ragozzo Solo" ________________________ Some Peter Gabriel's costumes from the Genesis era ________________________ A gallery of ambigrams by 01101001
The Opening Acts (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
- The Arcade Fire’s cover of “Born A Train” was featured in Part Three. Here they are again with a version of “All The Umbrellas In London” from a concert in Tokyo: The Arcade Fire – All The Umbrellas In London (Live) - A couple other live covers: Ben Gibbard – The Saddest Story Ever Told (Live) Kings [...]
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Steve Lillywhite is the man responsible for producing the debut albums by U2 and Dave Matthews Band as well as many of their subsequent million-selling releases. While Bono and Dave have both consistently trusted Steve to fit their visions between the speakers, so have artists as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Thunders, Ultravox, Guster, She & Him, XTC , Jason Mraz, The Pogues,...
Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
There’s been a lot of hoo-hah and kefuffle over the fact that we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the arrival of Wallace & Gromit into our lives. Frankly, we couldn’t give a toss – the old man’s a prick and the dog’s a sly, self-serving arsehole. There – you probably won’t read opinions like that everywhere [...]
Miami Student (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As I've mentioned before, music is capable of just about anything, and so are people. This is why it's always important to be in touch with your anger and to know how to properly express it through different musical means. People oftentimes suck, and you are morally obligated as a decent member of society to call out the offending party appropriately.
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