
I do these shout-out posts periodically, but don't get much reciprocation. Bloggers used to be much more community oriented. Kinda sad. 1. Danny! is a fresh voice in hip hop, and here's his new mixtape. 2. Covered In Folk just featured a bunch of Cure covers . I've been thinking about doing that, too . . . I'll probably get around to it soon. 3. And check this out . . . A buncha covers of Prince's [...]

I can't believe I haven't done this one yet! The indie and indie-minded love to cover some Petty. He may be terrible at taxes, but he's great at writing songs. The zip file does NOT have the direct-linked ez archive songs in it; just the savefile ones. A is for Tom's most famous song . . . American Girl-Melora Creager B is for Backyard Tire Fire's tribute to this great songwriter . . . Tom Petty-Backyard Tire Fire C is for Change the Locks-Keller [...]

This is the second part of this tribute to the songs that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the Me Decade. For part one, go here . 10. Down Under-Men at Work. I chose to use this song, rather than the paranoid "Who Can It Be Now?" to represent my favorite member of the invasion of the Aussies in my top 20. Arguably, "Who" is more appropriate because there were so many paranoid songs in the 1980s (one of the best: Norman [...]

Last year I built a comprehensive list of NYE shows, and have been studiously working on another this year.... So if yer looking on info on where the party is at when they drop the big ball... Uh, so here it is... The most comprehensivve concert list just about anywhere...and a work in progress that gets fatter everyday... so keep coming back until the big say as we'll keep ya posted with uypdates as we get em... and be sure to send in yer show if ya [...]