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My Brightest Diamond - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones) Guilt by Association , a compilation of 'indie-d up' versions of pop songs which are ostensibly otherwise less palatable (well not really, but it's a good idea all the same) is back, and perhaps more worthy of your attention than last time - not necessarily for the above track by the infinitely talented Ms. Worden , but also for the delicate hand with...
My boys at Engine Room Recordings have completed work on their Guilt By Association compilation of covers from today's hottest artists. The digital release is available now and it's giving me the shivers over how cool it is. Vol. 1...
DOWNLOAD: My Brightest Diamond: Tainted Love (Soft Cell/Gloria Jones cover) (MP3) My Brightest Diamond is playing a show with Clare & the Reasons at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on December 13th. Tickets are on sale. In other MBD news,[the...
So here’s a little factoid for you musicheads out there: the song Tainted Love, made famous by Soft Cell, was originally recorded by a woman named Gloria Jones. & Who is Gloria Jones? She was Marc Bolan’s partner. & When did Marc Almond of Soft Cell decide to become a pop star? When he saw Marc [...]
Washington Business Journal reported yesterday that the Department of Justice has filed a Title VII religious discrimination lawsuit against Washington DC's Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Suing on behalf of Gloria Jones, a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal faith, the complaint alleges that WMATA violated its obligation to accommodate religious beliefs when it refused to hire Jones because...
I met artist David Langley a few years ago when I traveled to see Big Star in St. Louis. Since then, we've become friends and collaborated on a few projects for the website. Being a collector at heart, I wanted to see what level of interest a series of limited-edition prints would generate. What [...]
Here's some serious dancing to invigorate you this dull Monday morning. Gloria Jones is probably better known for her "Tainted Love." Here she is performing "Heartbeat:"...
Imagine that you put out a song. You enjoy a bit of success, people dig it. But it doesn’t really catch fire. And then someone else comes along, covers it, and does it so well that people start associating that artist with your song. Owned (so to speak). Here are [...]
Hollywood, CA - Teen heart throb actor/singer Zac Efron has agreed to perform in the new musical production of 'Wheelchairs of Fire' set to begin filming in London in late October. Efron will play the part of famed Nobel winning scientist Stephe...
New Haven residents behind last week's successful recall of five village officials would like to see significant changes from the next council. They want the new officials to address issues that they contend the recalled officials let languish for months.
Blogger Uncertain Times reacts to my TAFKAP post[1]. And posts wm classic #55; “Tainted Love“[2] by Gloria Jones. I’d like to throw in Ann Peebles’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain“[3] and O. V. Wright’s version[4] of Latimore’s “Let’s Straighten it Out” as number 56 and 57. The “Rain” track by Peebles is a curious example [...]
After a fun day at Wireless, here’s what we played tonight: 1030 - 1145 Feist - 1234 Lykke Li - Little Bit Leon Jean Marie - Bed of Nails Hercules & Love Affair - Blind MSTRKRFT - Easy Love Chromeo - Needy Girl Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire Roisin Murphy - Moviestar Dragonette - I Get Around Soulwax - E Talking CSS - Alala Clik Clik - [...]
The Orange County Schools district has named Gloria H. Jones principal of A.L. Stanback Middle School. Jones comes from Phillips Middle School in Chapel Hill, where she has served as an assistant principal since 2007.
