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John Gorka “I’m From New Jersey” 2008-03-03 13:15:10 “Give me the token,” she said as we pulled up to the toll both. “I can get it in the basket from here.” She beamed with excitement as she rolled down the passenger side window. She took the token from me, undid her seat belt and started climbing out the window.
“What are you doing?” I [...] Read more:Jersey
Gene Harris “Summertime” 2008-02-27 13:38:46 When I was little I thought this was the jam. My father had a recording of it and I used to listen to it all the time. I especially liked the ending. I remember re-winding the tape so that I could hear Summertime
over and over again until it snapped. I don’t think my [...] Read more:Harris
Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA” 2008-02-25 15:15:48 I remember making the drive several times a year from Vermont to my parents’ house in New Jersey. Long drives like that are most tedious when you’re alone. I’d stop as little as possible, desperate to make good time. I’d ignore the numbness of my butt and try my best not to be hypnotized by [...] Read more:Bruce
, Springsteen
, Bruce Springsteen
Herbie Hancock “River: The Joni Letters” 2008-02-20 11:01:03 Since HerbieHancock
won Album of the Year for River
: The Joni Letters
, I thought I’d post this video about the making of the album. This video has a short interview with Herbie and some shots of them recording tracks on River: The Joni Letters.
Prince “3121″ 2008-02-18 15:17:45 I bought this CD at the mall after seeing a movie. The movie and the CD are in no way related. I don’t even remember what the movie was, but I still listen to the CD all the time. On the way home a pelican pooped on the car. It was terrifying. We were grooving [...] Read more:Prince
Music Review Carnival 4 2008-02-15 10:15:59 Jonathan presents The Lionheart Brothers live review posted at Jonathan Deamer.
Jim presents Death of Modern Rock - With Mario R. Martin - #1 posted at Chicks With Guns.
Sarah presents New/old versions of “Metal Heart” by Cat Power posted at SARAHSPY.
Marilyn Terrell for Suzanne Hackett presents Belizean Music
ian Andy Palacio: A Remembrance posted at Intelligent Travel.
Michael [...] Read more:Carnival
Amy Winehouse “I’m No Good/Rehab” Live Grammy Performance 2008-02-13 11:22:17 I watched the Grammys on Sunday night. It was full of all the usual awkward prescript-ed banter. It had many unlikely and ridiculous duets. The most ridiculous one was Kid Rock and Keely Smith singing That Ol’ Black Magic. There was a very corny performance by Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang. I don’t know who [...] Read more:Winehouse
, Rehab
, Performance
, Amy Winehouse
Jasmine Jamillah “When Heaven Falls” 2008-02-11 13:47:27 I usually listen to music when I clean. Saturday is my big house cleaning day. I stick in a good CD–something I can sing along too–and clean every inch of our apartment. We have a small apartment so it doesn’t take long. This past Saturday I listened to Jasmine
Jamillah’s When HeavenFalls
while I [...]
Donny Hathaway “Someday We’ll All Be Free” 2008-02-06 09:08:39 This is a great song by DonnyHathaway
from his Extension Of A Man album. I don’t really have much to say about it. I’m just putting it up because I like Someday
We’ll All Be Free a lot. Enjoy!
Sonny Rollins “Alfie’s Theme” 2008-03-10 14:43:09 I found the Alfie
cassette in my father’s moldy smelling cassette bag that he kept under the television. I listened to it constantly alone in my room. Sometimes I’d even pretend to play along even though at the time I didn’t play any instrument.
I especially liked Alfie’s Theme
. I also wondered who Alfie was. I [...] Read more:Sonny
, Rollins
Gnarls Barkley “Run Away” 2008-03-13 10:38:15 I have to admit that I like Gnarls Barkley
. This is their latest video. It was banned from television initially because the effects could cause epileptic seizures. If you think you might have a seizure don’t watch this video. Read more:Gnarls Barkley
, Run Away
Music Review Carnival 4 2008-03-16 12:13:11 Well it’s time for another carnival. The pickings were slim this month but here are the best of the lot.
old-wizard.com presents Old-Wizard.com / Music
/ Top 10 Most Over Rated Bands posted at old-wizard.com.
Amanda Mac presents Ghosteater posted at Amanda Mac’s Open Mic.
Sarah presents As if Zooey Deschanel needed to get any more awesome posted [...] Read more:Carnival
The Jackson Five Cartoon 2008-03-24 16:01:23 When I was little I used to watch the Jackson
Five cartoon. I asked my husband if he knew about it because he likes The Jackson Five also. He said he’d never heard of it. How could you call yourself a Jackson Five fan if you’ve never seen the cartoon? So here is the opening [...] Read more:Cartoon
John Legend “Ordinary People” 2008-04-01 13:37:19 I’m a little bit embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve always liked this song. Now I’m showing my sappy side. I have nothing to prove to anybody.
Here’s a live performance of Ordinary People. I hope you enjoy it. Read more:Legend
, John Legend
Leo Sayer “The Show Must Go On” 2008-04-07 09:53:50 It all started on the stairs. We were talking about hits from the seventies, singing and breaking into spontaneous dance routines, when we remembered Leo Sayer. How could anyone forget? Yes, there was You make me feel like dancing, but how can that compare to this gem. The Show Must Go On is quite enjoyable. [...]
Music Review Carnival 5 2008-04-20 16:00:37 The Music
Review Carnival
is late this month because I moved to the UK and have just been been able to get online this weekend. I’m sorry, but the situation was beyond my control. Anyway, here’s this month’s carnival.
Jwill presents 2008 CMT Awards (with videos) posted at The Wi11is.
Joshua Holt presents mel.opho.be - Brother Ali [...]
Don Byas “Moonlight in Vermont” 2008-04-23 10:38:43 I remember going to a used record store with my father when I was ten. I’d been to many record stores before, but none were quite like this one. There were just so many records stuffed into a small unorganized space. I looked through boxes and boxes of record while my father talked and laughed [...] Read more:Moonlight
, Vermont
Marvin Gaye “Got To Give It Up” 2008-04-28 06:02:23 I just realized that I haven’t put any Marvin
Gaye up on this blog yet. I have no idea how that could’ve happened. Here is a live performance of Got To Give It Up. I know you’ll want to dance during this one. Don’t be shy. “Let’s dance. Let’s shout. Gettin’ funky’s what it’s all [...] Read more:Marvin Gaye
Common “Be” 2008-04-30 06:14:01 I don’t put much rap on this blog. It’s funny because I grew up listening to rap, jazz and classic R&B. This is a short video by Common
. It’s really good.
Tom Waits “Chocolate Jesus” 2008-05-06 03:54:36 Tom Waits
announced the Glitter and Doom tour yesterday on You Tube. If you didn’t see it here it is.
It’s well known that I’m a Tom Waits
fan. So in celebration of the announcement of his new tour here’s a live performance by him. Read more:Chocolate
, Jesus
Curtis Mayfield “Move On Up” 2008-05-07 06:56:24 Here’s some Curtis
Mayfield for you. I tried to find something with a good video and sound quality but I couldn’t find that. So here’s good sound and a video of an album cover.
Bob Marley “Africa Unite” 2008-05-12 10:52:48 I just got home from walking to the grocery store. I needed to pick up a few odds and ends for dinner. The walk to the store takes about a twenty minutes. The weather is beautiful today–clear sky, nice breeze. The whole time I was walking this song was going through my head. Read more:Marley
, Africa
, Bob Marley
Music Review Carnival 6 2008-05-16 05:13:43 So a funny thing happened this week. I decided to clear out my inbox and accidentally deleted a bunch of blog carnival submissions. So the carnival is particularly small this month. Here are the submissions that didn’t get deleted.
Jake Riley presents Magic Tricks- Music
al Minded posted at Free MAGIC TRICKS.
Jan Lindholm presents Cansei de Ser [...] Read more:Carnival
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