I haven't done a Copy Borrow Steal for ages. Inspired by Tim English' fine book Sounds Like Teen Spirit ( website and buy ), it really is a very occasional series: this is the fifth article in two and a half years. In this instalment we'll look at a Van Morrison hit that sounds a bit like a soul number from 1968/71; an early Elvis hit written almost a hundred years earlier; and a Led Zeppelin song that doesn't draw inspiration from some blues singer, but from the Doobie Brothers. * * [...]
The titles of posts in this series may be a bit confusing. They will refer to the timespan covered in the mixes. But this post looks at the era from about 1930 to about 1941. The next post will include the 1937-41 mix, but the text will be a sidebar to this article, also referring to 1930-41. I hope that nakes sense... Record sales collapsed dramatically with the Depression, with sales dropping from 104 million in 1927 to just 6 million in 1932. Some records still sold prodigiously, [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, my attention this year, as far as music goes, has been diverted in a variety of ways. Doing a 2009 playlist seemed to miss the thrust of what my year was all about (and probably redundant with every other blog out there); doing a collection of old yet new-to-me stuff would have missed all the music that wasn't new to me that I spent so much time with. So instead I offer this: a 75-track playlist that comes as close as I can to giving some impression of what my listening year has really [...]
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Pretty Goes with Pretty
heartonastick.blog-city.com
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
New Music Tuesday
