Disco Shoegaze FTW.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Out of the Office
Rawk Club is on indefinite hiatus. I hope you weren't appalled at the peak into my psyche. Maybe one day I will share more with you, but that day isn't today. Now go listen to your favorite song. Cheers.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Push..
..is Dave Wesley and Casey Borchert. Swadishthana Orange.
The Push - Swadishthana Orange 67_5 - EPv1 by davewesley
The Push - Swadishthana Orange 67_5 - EPv1 by davewesley
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday Morning Ear Worm
Today's ear worm was a simple four-bar hook. Straight four time, drums and keys.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
I Need More Noise
Comfort food for the agitated soul. Killing Joke. Asteroid. Live version. From their 2003 self-titled album.
Tuesday Morning Ear Worm
Steely Dan, Everyone's Gone to the Movies, from Katy Lied.
Unfortunately the original recording is unavailable as a You Tube clip, and I'm not going to take the time to find streaming audio of it. Suffice to say if you aren't familiar with it, you should be.
Unfortunately the original recording is unavailable as a You Tube clip, and I'm not going to take the time to find streaming audio of it. Suffice to say if you aren't familiar with it, you should be.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Busy Monday Evening 1
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Hotlegs
When I was six, our family was host to a young Native American boy and girl, siblings, for a summer. The boy, Hiram, bought a 45 of a song called Neanderthal Man by a band called Hotlegs. I did not like it. The drums were too loud, the vocals were too soft, and the motif was too simple. When that summer ended, Hiram didn't take the 45 with him. It ended up in my care. Over the years I listened to it occasionally to see if I still hated it, and I always did. I kept it despite this, and still have it. When/If you listen to Neanderthal Man (video #1 below), it's worth noting that it went to #2 in Britain and #22 here, and sold 2,000,000 copies. I wonder how many remain.
When I was twelve, I joined the Columbia House Record Club and got 10cc's The Original Soundtrack with my initial shipment. I wore out the grooves on that album. But over the years I didn't dig into anything else from their catalog beyond The Original Soundtrack, Deceptive Bends and Bloody Tourists.
Starting about sixteen years ago, the internet enabled me to indulge my idle curiosities. I discovered, and found terrifically interesting, that Hotlegs actually was 10cc. Three quarters of 10cc anyway. They were later joined by Graham Gouldman, the author of For Your Love, Bus Stop and other hits from the mid-60s. They soon changed their name, etc. etc. Naturally I read everything I could get my hands on about the band and its members, most of which I've long forgotten. But it's an interesting history, and too much for me to rehash here. If you're curious, here are links to other sources.
BTW - The author of this video has mislabeled it as "10cc".
When I was twelve, I joined the Columbia House Record Club and got 10cc's The Original Soundtrack with my initial shipment. I wore out the grooves on that album. But over the years I didn't dig into anything else from their catalog beyond The Original Soundtrack, Deceptive Bends and Bloody Tourists.
Starting about sixteen years ago, the internet enabled me to indulge my idle curiosities. I discovered, and found terrifically interesting, that Hotlegs actually was 10cc. Three quarters of 10cc anyway. They were later joined by Graham Gouldman, the author of For Your Love, Bus Stop and other hits from the mid-60s. They soon changed their name, etc. etc. Naturally I read everything I could get my hands on about the band and its members, most of which I've long forgotten. But it's an interesting history, and too much for me to rehash here. If you're curious, here are links to other sources.
BTW - The author of this video has mislabeled it as "10cc".
It's a far cry from that....to this: (caution, video #2 is much louder than #1)
Spanky and Our Gang
Like to Get to Know You is an amazing slice of pop, but what happens starting at 2:13 takes it to a level seldom equaled. It goes from amazing to uniquely transcendent, a high water mark in modern popular music.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Dream of You
In December 1986 I got a job in a restaurant called the Ediner, washing dishes. Typical starving artist job. It was a retro diner, and part of the vibe was the music they piped in - hits from the 40s and 50s. It was my first exposure to the Mills Brothers, and it was love at first listen. There were only two Mills Brothers songs on the tapes they played, Paper Doll and Dream of You. There are many recordings of Paper Doll, which was one of the biggest hit singles of the 1940s. Dream of You, however, proved to be difficult to find. Find it I did, though, and here it is.
Saturday Starts
With "Always Returns" from Brian Eno's "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks" album, then moves to "Simplesmente" from Bebel Gilberto, the Tom Middleton Balearic Remix, from the compilation album "Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound of Brazil, Vol. 2".
Working to Music
There's a balancing act involved in selecting music for certain activities, like working. It ought to stimulate and percolate but never distract. I prefer instrumental music, like Ulrich Schnauss. But my favorite "working" music is Zero Tolerance for Silence by Pat Metheny. I once brought this piece, #3, to music club, and the other guys agreed that it was the probably the worst selection in club history. The entire album sounds much like this track. There are only a handful of albums I'm aware of that step out on this limb - Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music is one, Neil Young's Arc is another. Unsurprisingly, Thurston Moore is on record as loving both Arc and ZTFS. Most critics and fans seem to hate these excursions, but I love them. Because a lot of the time, this is what it sounds like in my head.
St. Vincent
One of the best albums of 2009. For more than a month that year, this was my #1. Stellar, front to back. It's a shame "Actor Out of Work" got so much airplay. Other songs on the record are more deserving, IMO. "Save Me from What I Want", for example.
Music
There are times I'm convinced it's only about imbuing meaning in ephemeral things that have none. An indulgent pretense.
Friday, January 14, 2011
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