Tumblelink September 25, 2008
Suzanne Vega writes wonderfully on Luka, Tom’s Diner and being a ‘two hit wonder’.
« »Tumblevideo June 6, 2008
Big Ideas (Don’t get any) by 1030.
I have no idea what the original Radiohead song sounds like, but this is great.
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Tumblelink April 20, 2008
Me And Billy Bob: artist Jillian MacDonald has a thing for Billy Bob Thornton.
« »Tumblevideo April 8, 2008
Gershon Kingsley plays Popcorn on the piano!
# 1960s, acoustic, electronic, music
Tumblelink March 7, 2008
Greg Wilson was the first British DJ to mix on the telly. (Via Andrew.)
« »Tumblequote January 14, 2008
We singlehandedly lowered the standards of a whole industry–David Johansen, in Once Upon A Time In New York.
« »Tumblelink December 21, 2007
DJPremierSalutesJamesBrown – TheFoundationofHipHop_2Cd`s Mp3 Album Download–ace mixtape, the first mix pure James Brown, the second songs that sample him. I hardly ever listen to Hip Hop, but this has been on permanent rotation.
« »Tumblephoto December 13, 2007
From a brilliant game of ‘guess the album from an MS Paint version‘ at Optimo (Echatio).
« »Tumblevideo April 5, 2007
A micro-documentary on ‘no input’ music, featuring Sachiko M. and Toshimaru Nakamura.
« »Tumblelink February 27, 2007
» Kill Your Idols–a documentary on New York music from post-punk to the recent past.
# documentary, music, NYC
Tumblevideo February 4, 2007
Prince live at the Superbowl: Johnny B. Goode, then Anotherloverholenyohead.
« »Tumblelink January 24, 2007
A Red Cat’s Journey, Enhanced by iTunes–Ry Cooder used a CD burned with iTunes’ Sound Enhancer feature to master his new album.
« »Tumblelink January 9, 2007
SonicSwap Boink does a variety of iTunesy things, but I’m using it to grab cover art for albums not in the iTMS. Works well.
« »Tumblelink August 8, 2006
You Spin Me Round, a rather lovely acoustic cover of the DoA classic on MeFi Music.
« »Tumblevideo August 8, 2006
I Wanna Be Your Lover, then an awkward little interview, then Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?. Brilliant.
# interview, live, music, prince
Tumblephoto July 13, 2006
From a wonderful gallery of BBC Radiophonic Workshop snaps, many never before seen. It’s a shame they’re mostly of very poor quality (bad scanning, bad compression or both).
# BBC, delia, music, photography
Tumblelink April 19, 2006
A little video clip of Alva Noto playing live at the AV.06 festival, Newcastle.
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Tumblelink April 1, 2006
10 Banned Albums–artist/musician Brian Joseph Davis took ten banned records, set fire to them, then played them, resulting in some surprisingly lovely sounds.
« »Tumblelink February 11, 2006
NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN: KID CONGO POWERS PT 1 – audio reminiscences, Cramps-era scrapbooks, an exhaustive discography, and, um, a recipe for enchiladas from the legendary guitarist (and lovely bloke).
« »Tumblelink January 21, 2006
3121, Album release date and singles announced – out on March 21st, just in time for my birthday ;-)
« »Tumblelink January 3, 2006
they came from the stars, i saw them are a band. One of them is in my house at the moment (though not threatening me to make this post this post nor nothing).
« »Tumblelink December 17, 2005
Prince videos at VH1, including Te Amo Corazon, the new single, video directed by Salma Hayek. In other news, Prince just signed a deal with Universal, who will be releasing new album 3121 next year.
« »Tumblephoto December 13, 2005
Ian Dury and the blockheads, by uground1 (better known as Andy Rosen).
« »Tumblelink November 12, 2005
20 Jazz Funk Greats – cracking MP3blog from folk who are members of that site it is verboten to mention of which I am also a member, yeah?
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Tumblephoto November 8, 2005
Woke Up This Morning, Diddley Bow At My Door, by Mot.
Woke up this morning, diddley bow at my door. Also woke up this morning with no discernable musical talent, but, hey, it’s fun twanging away noisily! Must resist urge to buy distortion pedal…
« »Tumblelink November 4, 2005
The Long Blondes are playing at the nightclub this Sunday. Lazy hack description: a bit Elastica-ish. The entire band have really nice noses, too, judging by the photos page. Important in a band, good looking noses, I’ve always thought.
« »Tumblequote November 1, 2005
Some people call me Mister Ra. Some people call me Mister Ree. You can call me Mister Mystery – Sun Ra
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