Xmas gift for the White Stripes fan in your life:
Gotta love the sellers note: "I have been taking a break from zombies, albeit a brief one."
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2005 9:10:15 am PST #1509 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jesse - Dec 12, 2005 9:16:27 am PST #1510 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Damn you. Now I'm thinking about my doorbell again.
Fred Pete - Dec 12, 2005 9:18:00 am PST #1511 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Um, I thought the Zombies broke up. Right around "Time of the Season."
DavidS - Dec 12, 2005 9:23:33 am PST #1512 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Um, I thought the Zombies broke up. Right around "Time of the Season."
True, but they reformed briefly after "Time of the Season" became a hit. Then they all played on Colin Blunstone's first solo album One Year which I highly recommend to Zombies fans, and also Nick Drake fans as it has a similar vibe, though a bit poppier.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2005 9:31:17 am PST #1513 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks for the earworm for "Time of The Season" y'all. Like my life isn't hard enough.
DXMachina - Dec 12, 2005 9:38:01 am PST #1514 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
You could always Hold Your Head Up, Woman.
Michele T. - Dec 12, 2005 9:45:53 am PST #1515 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Sufjan Stevens's Christmas albums: [link]
Haven't listened yet, can't vouch for 'em, but hey, Sufjan Stevens, if you like that sort of thing, give it a whirl.
Also, some non-musical self-promotion: [link]
Fred Pete - Dec 12, 2005 9:56:46 am PST #1516 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
OK, how about Archie Bell and the Drells? There's a choice of "Tighten Up" or "I Can't Stop Dancing."
Hayden - Dec 12, 2005 10:19:38 am PST #1517 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Tighten Up.
Email response:
Thanks, Joe! I'll pre-order when I get the cash, then.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2005 10:26:49 am PST #1518 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
OK, how about Archie Bell and the Drells?
I love "Tighten Up"! R.E.M. covered it on a flexidisc. Also the Dolls covered Archie Bell's "There's Gonna Be A Showdown."
"Well I got ten notches / right on my shoes / when it comes to dancin' / I just can't lose..."
Speaking of the Dolls (and when do I not?), there's finally finally finally a decent Dolls performance DVD from their heydey. These are Bob Gruen's videotapes of performances by the Dolls in their prime. So they're b/w and not as crisp as film, but they capture the band's raucous stage presence perfectly. Check it out: All Dolled Up. Aside from 18 performance clips from such legendary long-gone NYC spots as Kenny's Castaways and Club 82 (a drag bar where much early punk occurred as well), it also has the "Lipstick Killers" video of the Dolls. Which seems very much inspired by The Who's "Happy Jack" gangster video.
Now if Musikladen will just release their Dolls material on DVD...
Most fun rock and roll band evah!