
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , Frontier Ruckus , and Roadside Graves .) By Ben Weaver : One morning my son said to me, "Dad, when you are sleeping you can see your dreams." Sad things make me happy, and happy things make me cry, and crying does not always mean I am sad. So what [...]

It´s cold cold cold all of a sudden, with snow and ice and windchill factors all in the mix, so we´ll try make this 43rd edition of Wild Weekend as heartwarming as we possibly can. So put another log on the fire, pour a stiff drink and enjoy this six pack of fine fine tunes, while virtually travelling from Japan to Jamaica, from the deep south to the far north, and back again. Have a hot one. We´ll start off in the land of the rising sun with a hot [...]

Doris Duke's killer, long-lost, deep, southern soul gem I'm A Loser is a women's album. Taken from the liner notes: Every woman who hears this album will have the emotional shock of the forgotten past, being vividly brought back into focus; to the point that they will relive the sadness, jealousy, anger and heartbreak, that once was theirs… Soul connoisseur, Dave Godin, the man responsible for introducing Mick Jagger to 'black music,' called I'm A Loser , "the best album I have ever heard" and after a few listens this hard hitting LP [...]

Doris Duke - To The Other Woman (I´m The Other Woman) ( buy ) How do you like that one for a song title? But wait, it doesn´t end there. Because we´re talking Doris Duke behind the mike here, one of the undisputed queens of deep soul. And in the producers chair... could that be the mighty Swamp Dogg, of Total Destruction To Your Mind fame? You bet. Satisfaction guaranteed. "Everybody calls me stupid for playing second fiddle, at least I know I'm [...]

We had a power cut round my way, it lasted most of the evening and night. I get back and there are about a trillion posts! In an effort to catch up, and to cut down my list of things I want to post a little, I give you ten great songs which give advice on what not to do. There's a fine line between advice and plea or command, but I reckon these fall on the side of guidance. Leonard Cohen: Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On [...]
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