Conan's getting boned. We all know it. I've been a fan of Conan since I knew what laughter was, and I'm betting somewhere in this whole process something just isn't right. So I made a mix. Some of these songs are for Conan, some are for Leno from Conan, some I think speak pretty well for themselves. *MP3: Johnny Cash - "Ring Of Fire" *MP3: Joan Jett - "Bad Repuation" *MP3: Weezer - "Say It Ain't So" *MP3: Jay-Z - "Empire State Of Mind" *MP3: Beach Boys - "Wouldn't [...]
This week is National Bike Week in Ireland (June 14-21). According to its website, it is a week devoted to "a series of nationwide events organised by cycling groups, communities and local authorities supported by the Department of Transport." These events have included inititiaves aimed at getting Irish workers to cycle to work instead of taking their cars, free bike check ups, and sponsored cycles and races. In tandem with National Bike Week, the Department of Transport hope to implement the first National Cycle Policy Framework in this country. One of its main goals is to [...]
Little Debbie has lopped two dounts out of the six-pack. If this isn't deserving of federal bailout money nothing is. It's marketing genius; they know six filled me up, now I'll have to buy two packs of four as they attempt to turn me into Fat Bastard's little brother. But they will fail; here at the beach there are plenty of seagulls that will body-slam one another for a good donut. mp3: The Donut Apocalypse Reactionary Song
Here's an oddity nobody else is likely to repost this year. It's blogger Lee Hartsfeld's mistletoe-and-candy-cane tribute to Napoleon XIV ( which of course I love! ). I first ran across this last year on Lee's excellent archival blog, Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else . A lot of the pre-1950 music on my computer came from Lee's site, and it's certainly worth your time to click and explore his site. Lee Hartsfeld - Christmas Is Coming Again, Ha Haaa!
Associated Recording Studios, New York According to legend, it was two in the morning at Associated on New York's Seventh Avenue when engineer Jerry Samuels closed the door to the studio, turned on the Scully four-track at the back of the room and, along with a siren, a clapper, a drummer and a $30 budget, cut a top 40 hit. Using a new piece of equipment he and studio owner, Nat Schapf, had invented (called a variable oscillator), Samuels was able to speed up his voice without speeding up the track. With a few [...]
Pas de photo. Voilà ce que les polémiques réussissent le mieux: l'abnégation. Pffff. En attendant je me propose de faire une petite spéciale rareté du rock. Du petit rock barré. Tout a commencé lorsque je creuse le filon des "Coasters" (le morceau du strip-tease du dernier Tarantino) et là je découvre pleins de titres étranges. Allant du drôle (souvent) au tendre en passant bien évidement par le ridicule... On commence par deux titres qui marquent bien la cadence. Le premier sorti en 1966 d'un certain Napoleon XIV, à l'époque ce fut un petit succès. Il s'agit [...]
[There are 21 MP3s contained in this post] Call me crazy, but in 2005, I compiled a bunch of whacked out tunes for my WFMU marathon premium. Back then, the disc, Loony Tunes , was given out exclusively to pledgers to my show Give the Drummer Some , but now, invoking the insanity clause, I'm making the whole shebang available here. Posted below are the original liner notes, MP3s of (most of) the tracks, and quotes uttered by each manic maestro. Go nuts! [...]
Screaming and crying, Paris Hilton was escorted from a courtroom and sent back to jail Friday after a judge ruled that she must serve out her entire 45-day sentence behind bars rather than in her Hollywood Hills home."It's not right!" shouted Hilton, who violated her parole in a reckless driving case. "Mom!" she called out to her mother in the audience. Usually I wouldn't stoop so low to pollute this blog with stories of a no-talent, spoiled little whiner going up against the quasi-dysfunctional California legal system, but this is [...]
Minneapolis Fucking Rocks
A Town Full of Losers
Local Vertical
She'll Grow Back
Fusion 45
L.A.D.R.I.
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
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Diplo - "Climax" (MP3 Stream)
All Things Go Valentine’s Day Mixtape VII
Skrillex Uses Satanic and Homosexual Influence to Win Grammys
[Ones To Watch] – Introducing – Silver Tongues
