One of their very best, the Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands was released in 1968 off the White Whale label. The concept is pretty clear for once, with the Turtles presenting a different band on each track (greasers, a country band, surf rock group, indian tribe, psychedelicists, and so forth). This makes for an eclectic listening experience for sure but somehow the band makes the album gel together quite well. Battle of the Bands is the kind of record that would have been too eccentric for top 40 fans but not underground enough for [...]
Game changing, son - not sure what else needs to be said about De La's 1989 debut. In a a genre where original expression is king, this album redefined rap's role in projecting cultural positivity while presenting a radical style and format change from everything released at the time (or since). Homeys also invented the now-standard hip hop skit along the way. Most notably, Prince Paul built a name for himself here by permanently upping the creativity bar for sampling (even though The Turtles later sued them and won). You might have already recognized some of the more [...]
OK, that's it. I'm pitching the Nano. Too many recurring themes among the randomness...but here you have it: ABC - Date Stamp (Mp3) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) (Mp3) Thin Lizzy - The Sun Goes Down (Mp3) Danny Wilson - Aberdeen (Mp3) The Turtles - Elenore (Mp3)
gone drinking in florida. be back sometime this weekend with posts or something after i've fucked off this entire week! the turtles - happy together the jesus & mary chain - teenage lust comets on fire - the swallow's eye debris - female tracks [...]
Acadian Driftwood - The Band Strawberry Flats - Little Feet Goin' Back - Nils Lofgrin Johnny Was - Bob Marley & The Wailers You Showed Me - The Turtles Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers [...]
Of all the world's records 98% are boring. The 1% that are good, have been talked and written about so much, they've started to get boring too. These records have to do with the remaining 1% - The records you love to hate. The Rhino Brothers Present - The World's Worst Records Vol. 1 01 The Novas - The Crusher (1:55) 02 Edith Massey - Big Girls Don't Cry (2:44) 03 Jimmy Cross - [...]
Despite my intention to use this site to showcase new music I cannot resist the urge to occasionally revisit some older favourites... Rod Argent is a 62yo keyboard player and songwriter. Hailing from Herfordshire, England he was the founding member of the 1960s English pop group The Zombies and the 1970s band Argent . While at school, he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy. The three of them joined up with Colin Blunstone and Chris White to form The Zombies. In addition to playing piano and [...]
Many eons ago – OK, like a year-and-a-half ago – I started what I wanted to turn into a regular feature, posting a hip-hop song with its original sample source. Well, for whatever reason, I lost steam, maybe because the boys at Palms Out Sounds have done a great job with the same idea. But I recently got to thinking about 1960s band the Turtles for a couple reasons: 1. Because I'm cataloging my 45 collection (it's taking forever, pretty much) and three Turtles records are in there; 2. This kid . (Come [...]
In the ordinary use of discourse - for example, in a discussion between two friends - the interlocutors use any available ammunitions, changing games from one utterance to the next: questions, requests, assertions, and narratives are launched pell-mell into battle. The war is not without rules, but the rules allow and encourage the greatest possible flexibility of utterance. From this point of view, and institution differs from a conversation in that it always requires supplementary constraints for statments to be declared admissible within its bounds. The constraints function to filter discursive potentials, interrupting possible connections in the communications [...]
Pretty much just an exercise in lazy writing, the November 60 Songs in 30 Days finds its closure this evening, just minutes under the deadline. Soon, it will be December, and I'll have to go back to writing semi-cohesive posts again. Soak up the brevity while it lasts, kids. "Strawberry Fields Forever (LOVE Version)" "Lady Madonna (LOVE Version)" by THE BEATLES: I'm pretty sure I've made it a point to mention on Pimps that I love a good remix or a creative mash-up. Famed Beatles producer George Martin worked with his [...]
The Rising Storm
Butter Team
The Vinyl District
pigeon kicking
Some Velvet Blog
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
New Music for Middle Aged Men
So Much Silence
motel de moka
Pimps of Gore
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
[Listen] The Vaccines - "No Hope"
Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace plays first gig as woman, band titles new album
Donald Glover TANKS at Sasquatch.
