Last fall my mate and I were booked to play THE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL and I was at a loss for electronic-based material a bunch of hippies would dance to. I can't remember where or how, but I came across LANCE HERBSTRONG a few days before the gig and put three of their tunes in my aresenal. Since then, they've released their first long player and they're about to let another loose. Here's the first single from the trio's upcoming album. You should know however, "many plants have been [...]
By the autumn of 1984, my friends and I all had our driver's licenses. Not that much could be done with them sans a mode of transport. A fair number of the kids in our high school had cars. Our small town was rural enough that it was a necessity for some of the kids living on farms in the hinterlands. (thus making the pick-up to car ratio close to 50/50 in our high school parking lot) There were also those who had inherited vehicles from older siblings and, as there was [...]
Working in one of the larger record stores I'd ever stepped into for much of the '90s provided the opportunity to encounter a collection of characters that one might ordinarily have to do time to experience. (an outcome that one co-worker narrowly avoided after being busted for manufacturing his own money) Of these compatriots, The Drunken Frenchman was certainly one of the more memorable. A good decade older than most of us, he had eased into the role of gruff, cantankerous elder so effortlessly that there was a yard no doubt lamenting his [...]
The Canadian quartet go from fast rocking to slow grind on "Everybody Wants You," the last in the A.V. Undercover series.
Big Daddy Kane: Ain't No Half Steppin From: Long Live the Kane [Warner Bros, 1988] Heatwave: Ain't No Half Steppin From: Too Hot to Handle [GTO, 1976] Diana Ross and Michael Jackson: Ease on Down the Road From: The Wiz soundtrack [Motown, 1978] Billy Squier: Big Beat From: The Tale of the Tape [Capital, 1980] [...]
Miami's the Bassinvaders put a nice dub touch on their newest remix of Billy Squier's The Stroke . Check it out below: Billy Squier - The Stroke (Bassinvaders Dubstroke Remix)
(written last Saturday, remixed from last year ) Most everyone with a passing interest in Christmas, movies, and/or Christmas movies knows the tale of It's A Wonderful Life – how it slid into relative obscurity only to become a beloved classic in the '70s after its copyright lapsed and the film was shown repeatedly during the holidays. There are no memories for me of seeing the movie as a child in the '70s. Actually, I didn't see it until a good decade [...]
Here's a delightfully synchronized video for Orba Squara 's title track from their new album, The Trouble with Flying, featuring guest vocals from Billy Squier . A cross country photographic journey, it's woven from thousands of photos taken on their bus tour from NYC to Portland. On a side note, I love how the video has this jerky, not-quite buffered feel to it. It's very "now", in my opinion. To purchase (and stream) the new album, click here . And afterwards you absolutely must visit their adorable website . [...]
Thanks should go to Joee for collecting these, and Semothy Jones for the idea! Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex" DSK - "What Would We Do" Roll Deep - "Shake A Leg" The Maisonettes - "Heartache Avenue" Dizzee Rascal - "Pussy 'ole" The Galactic Force Band - "Space Dust" Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two" Lyn Collins - "Think (About It)" Dizzee Rascal & Lily Allen [...]
A betting man would wager that Billy Squier must toss and turn like a war vet through many a sleepless night, plagued by visions of a long-buried tragedy. Instead of bombs and bullets, though, he's haunted by silk sheets and mirrors, pulling him further and further into rock 'n' roll suicide. When he wakes up, sweating to the strains of "Rock Me Tonite", he knows it's all real, and that's when the real nightmare begins. [...]
Is Billy Squier gay? I ask not because it matters in any way, (I mean, really, it is 2009), but because I swear I read/saw an interview with him about five or six years ago where he quietly came out, and now I'm unable to find any evidence of such. So I just want to make sure I'm not going completely senile just yet. I mean if he isn't, that's okay. I won't reject him or love him any less. After all, this is the guy who gave us [...]
Ashlee Simpson made an ass of herself on "Saturday Night Live" This is just too painful. Remember Ashlee Simpson trying to lip-synch a song on "Saturday Night Live"? In 2004 she appeared as a musical guest and performed one song without incident but during her second spot the pre-recorded vocals for the first song came over the PA while her band kept playing. Caught red-handed, Simpson did an idiotic jig then ran off the stage. Ass. Milli Vanilli . These guys took lip-synching [...]
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Rhythm Scholar VS Billy Squier - The Stroke (Rhythm Scholar Funk Solution Remix) [ mp3 ] Rhythm Scholar is back he was a very busy boy busy to sample, compile and layer 40 different sources into this remix
Do you know what that little girl in the above picture needs in order to maximize her Wii bowling score?? She needs some bowling tunes, and we've got 'em. Whether directly from a movie that features prominent bowling scenes (see tracks one and thirteen) or simply a bunch of songs sounding as though they ooze with all the goodness of bowling alley cheese whiz (see: all other tracks), this mix is sure to turn your living room/party into the bowling alley of your wildest Camaro dreams. So grab your Wiimotes, turn up the volume, and remember: "this is [...]
I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas music. I genuinely love it, but there are rules. First, I'm a big Grinch about playing Christmas music early. I'm stricter than most people on this issue, but can't we all agree that Thanksgiving is the absolute earliest date to break out the sleigh bells? Also, I understand that the holidays are all about tradition, but there is too much really excellent Christmas music out there to accept listening to the same bad '50s schmaltz every year. With those sentiments (and a little Christmas cheer) I offer up the [...]
It ain't funny anymore -- if it ever was. You want to trick someone into watching a cheesy music video? We've got the nuclear option.
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When you looked at the above image, who did you think it was? A. Billy Squier: B. Robert Plant: C. Jay Reatard: D. The old guy from the cover of Aqualung : Choose wisely, as your answer will not only reveal the locus of your rock expertise, it may influence Brandon [...]
Hard-rock guitarist Billy Squier seemed to be an overnight success story with his 1981 breakthrough album Don't Say No , but he had actually spent nearly a decade struggling as a musician. He had been a member of the Boston-based band Piper during the mid-'70s, who had released a pair of albums on Capitol Records to relatively little interest. When Piper broke up, Squier opted for a solo career, issuing Tale Of The Tape in 1980 with minimal success. However, everything clicked for Squier the following year with Don't Say No . MTV, having [...]
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