Now that I've put all of you on the defensive by asking a somewhat patronizing question, rest assured that the title of today's post is more of a play on words than a presumption that most of you don't know your asses from your elbows as it pertains to music history. In fact, I tend to think of my readers as knowledgeable, intelligent and resourceful...and if you're not...well...I suppose my stupidity would trump all for talking to a bunch of idiots in the first place... Since that isn't the case, what I'm really making reference to is a [...]
I always love a juicy story of a misappropriated song. It's terrible when someone else co-opts your writing and makes it their own, and it seems like back in the day there used to be more of it with less complainin'. So I listened with great interest over on the excellent Grace Potter blog This Is Somewhere when they unearthed a forgotten tune by one Irma Thomas , a soul singer from New Orleans: Ruler of My Heart - Irma Thomas [...]
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield Specialty : 1950 Available on: Poet of the Blues Specialty : 1990 [Buy It] WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW The Shirelles Scepter : 1961 Available on: 25 All-Time Greatest Hits Varese : 1999 [Buy It] LOVE GOES TO BUILDING ON FIRE (DEMO) The Talking Heads CBS : 1975 CBS Demo Recordings [Unreleased] TEENAGER IN LOVE [...]
( Editor's Note: So...the other day, I get an email, out of the blue, from someone who wanted to share an Irma Thoams song with me. I look at the sender and it's John Cameron Mitchell, aka actor/filmmaker/writer/et. al. , best known for his 2001 film, Hedwig and the Angry Itch , which, amongst its finer qualities, introduced me to the German way of pronouncing "Gummi Bears" (like goo-may, instead of gummy) which I have since adopted, much to the amusement and/or annoyance of my friends. It stands to reason that [...]
I'm working on my Best of 2007 lists, so just you wait. They'll slowly start appearing up here over the next couple days or so. In the meantime, check out this featurette on the upcoming Death Cab for Cutie album. Exciting! Irma Thomas: "Time Is On My Side" (download)
How does one make sense of an annoying, hours-long, Amoeba voyage? My approach: wine, cigs and a scattered bag of shit for y'all. Dig it. -- Let's lead off with a little Ike Turner. Ike was good at things. Yes, hurting women. But he also knew how to play some shit-funk guitar, tickle ivories and arrange what most of you may know as a J-5 joint. Let's hear it: Ike Turner and The Kings Of Rhythm—Getting Nasty [...]
Another part of our sonic landscape is disappearing: Time of day calling it quits at AT&T It's the end of time, at least as far as AT&T is concerned. The brief note in customers' bills hardly does justice to the momentousness of the decision. "Service withdrawal," it blandly declares. "Effective September 2007, Time of Day information service will be discontinued." What that means is that people throughout Southern California will no longer be able to call 853-1212 to hear a woman's recorded voice state that "at the tone, [...]
It's not every show that you get to play in a giant concrete world war II ex-nazi bunker that contains a nightclub, rehearsal and recording studios, artist studios and more... Many thanks to Raf and Thomas from mfoc for taking such good care of me, it was a great party, really nice crowd. I got to play on the same bill as the one and only John Callagher. Although I wished I'd planned a
It's been raining and raining since yesterday, and it hasn't really rained here all summer. So big shock. I've been running errands all day while catching up on podcasts - Common Sense with Dan Carlin, On the Media, Mugglecast, and This American Life. Regina Spektor - Raindrops OK Go - Let It Rain Dressy Bessy - Who'd Stop the Rain? [download or die] Page France - Wet Dog Afternoon Sambassadeur - If Rain [...]
Irma Thomas - While the City Sleeps I couldn't let the first (sunny?) week of July start with that zombie pic so for Casper and co. here's Irma Thomas with one of my most favourite tracks. I have nothing more to say on the subject other than I was just eating a delicious Sunday roast dinner and this came on and I thought by crikey this is good. Dinner and song you know! And as a snap well
1959 Irma Thomas, (You Can Have My Husband But Please) Don't Mess With My Man. Meet Ms. Irma Thomas, who has one thing to say to you ladies: do what you want with her deadbeat husband, but leave her lover alone. The money my husband made was for red beans and rice But my man keeps me in steaks, now ain't that nice? Thomas, born in 1941 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, knew something about
Chromatics - In the City (callmemickey.blogspot.com) LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (callmemickey.blogspot.com) Irma Thomas - I Need Your Love So Bad (moistworks.com) Menomena - Evil Bee (ampcamp.com) Natural Self - Olufeme (bennloxo.com) The Apples in Stereo - Energy (youaintnopicasso.com) Rich Boy - Throw Some D's (Them Jeans Spinto Band Blend) (still-listen.com) The Arcade Fire - Black Wave/Bad [...]
This month's WFMU DJ mp3 collection is Monica's stunning "Feelin' Bitchy" from 2005, featuring the awe-inspiring Feelin' Bitchy Monologue Medley , (mp3) produced by the one and only Steinski. (14 mp3s below) Here's how Monica tagged it for the '05 FMU marathon: A sassy stash of 60s and 70s soul sisters bust out the baddest and bitchiest man-eating monologues, raunchy raps and "tell it like it is" tracks. Dedicated to the fine art of homewreckin', heartbreakin', and all other manner of down [...]
16. CRY Joe Bataan Latin Funk Brother Fania/Vampi : 1972 [But It] 17. I NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Irma Thomas Imperial : 1964 Available on: Time Is On My Side Ace/Kent : 1996 [But It] 18. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL The Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings and Food WEA : 1978 [But It] 19. [...]
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season has gotten the better of me. So much so, that I've not posted in nearly a month (which is longer than usual). As 2006 draws to a close, I want to extend a big 'thank-you' to everyone who have supported this site by purchasing copies of Womenfolk: Volume One and just regularly visiting and saying hello. Please enjoy the goodies below and have a safe and joyful holiday season. We'll see you in 2007! Downloads : [...]
"Une autre, s'il te plaît. la même chose ? oui, merci"L'envie est toujours présente, à jamais la recherche de l'étourdissement, le désir de se faire péter le oreilles et le coeur, d'en prendre plein la gueule. Et de vous rendre, tant bien que mal, les secousses de cet écosystème personnel. Moins de posts cette année, mais plus de lecteurs au-delà des frontières : des timides, des réguliers, des
See, I love all types of music. While I am very much enjoying the early 90's stuff that is a good percentage of the tapes left in the Oxfam bin, there are always lots of other good things. This last week I also picked up some other good early jazz/rocknroll stuff and a great tape from Ivo Papasov Tina Turner - I Can't Belive What You Say 2. Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty 3. The Olympics -
Fiery Furnaces - waiting to know you Sailcat - motorcycle mama Wilco - kamera Red House Painters - I feel the rain fall Kimya Dawson - hadlock padlock Irma Thomas - anyone who knows what love is Image: Jean Lecointre .
Wow, it sounds like New Orleans is going to be rockin' this spring! Some really cool things are happening down there... The Tipitina's Foundation is helping musicians come back home to find work. It's one of several organizations helping artists in the aftermath of huricane Katrina. They've helped about 300 musicians with financial aid, replacement instruments and referrals for housing and gigs. Tipitina's bar has been showcasing local bands since the seventies. Nowdays, it has [...]
Flanked by an honor guard of local musicians Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel, amid Mardi Gras festivities, Jazzfest producer Quint Davis announced the annual music celebration will return this year, and invited all the displaced citizens of New Orleans to return. The 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will feature an all-star lineup including Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffett, the Dave Matthews Band, Lionel Richie, Keith Urban, Yolanda Adams, Elvis Costello, The Ohio Players, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and Little Feat. They will join hundreds of local favorites at the [...]
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