
Merry Christmas, Internets. Peace and love to you and yours. PIMPS OF YULE: Christmas 2006 1. "Specialized Nutcracker Suite" by FLIP 2. "Another Christmas At Home" by EUX AUTRES 3. "Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney)" by ELLA FITZGERALD 4. "Merry Christmas Baby" by IKE AND TINA TURNER 5. "Don't Believe in Christmas" by THE SONICS 6. "Holiday Hymn" by ORANGE [...]
Last night I attended a holiday shindig featuring one of my all time fave bands Soul Asylum, and the popular "stadium disco" band Scissor Sisters... It's always good to see Dan & Dave of Soul Asylum, even if audiences only know them for that one song. I happen to be a huge fan, and recall them as one of the best & most passionate live acts ever. They may have mellowed with age, death, kids, meteoric media rise and inevitable fade from platinum status, but they still have some chops to share... here's atrack [...]
6 Cardinal Colors: Yellow Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington, Yellow Days. Frank Sinatra, The Moon Was Yellow. Zhang Ruei, Song of the Yellow River. Oregon, Yellow Bell. Syd Barrett, Golden Hair. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Yellow Coat. The Ventures, Yellow Jacket. Yo La Tengo, Yellow Sarong. Peggy Lee, Golden Earrings. Cab Calloway, Yaller. Leadbelly, Yellow Gal. Gene Autry, The Yellow Rose of

July 20th, 2006 Just in case you thought that this blog was always going to be about the slow stuff, we decided to prove once again that geezers like all kinds of music. (Well, almost all kinds.) In this instance, we're going to focus on some music that triggers memories of Frankie and Annette dancing on a California beach. (Not that I've actually [...]

Reason #4,765,892 why the internet is fantastic: The other day I was in town meeting jds for beers when I walked by Langdon Street Cafe and heard some guy say to a bunch of people, "Hey, you might want to put out the cigs and go inside. They're playing "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"! I did a quick snot-burst snort/laugh as I immediately recalled my sister going to a big country rock festival in the early 80's called The Roundup with bands like The [...]