Do you know how many tickets you can buy at once?
I do not.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
Jon B. - Aug 20, 2008 7:44:25 am PDT #9088 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
sumi - Aug 20, 2008 7:44:32 am PDT #9089 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Man, you guys are SO LUCKY!!!
Hayden - Aug 20, 2008 7:44:53 am PDT #9090 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's awesome.
Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2008 7:50:17 am PDT #9091 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Jon, assuming I can score some tickets, I would love to take you up on your offer. Thanks.
And I just realized that it's Columbus Day. The Feelies are sticking to their holiday schedule.
Jon B. - Aug 20, 2008 7:51:16 am PDT #9092 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Feelies are sticking to their holiday schedule.
Ha!
Hayden - Aug 20, 2008 11:17:59 am PDT #9093 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
There's a nice review of my book over at KEXP's blog. I'm mobile at the moment, though, so I can't cut&paste the link.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2008 11:19:19 am PDT #9094 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, I can.
A 33 1/3 book could easy have been written around 1973’s Bright Lights (which I confess is actually my favorite album of all time), but as author-critic Michaelangelo Matos said to me, “Yes, it’s probably a better album even than Shoot Out The Lights, but the latter has a better story behind it.”
That's why I did Swordfish even though Rain Dogs is probably a better album. (Though it's pretty close.)
Hayden - Aug 20, 2008 11:24:38 am PDT #9095 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Funny, I thought of your book for precisely that reason when I read that line.
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 7:58:25 am PDT #9096 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Hec or any other music historian types, can y'all point me to a good source for music trends across the American South, circa 1965? I can access the overall Billboard charts, but I'm very specifically looking for what would've enjoyed popular radio airplay across the region.
Yes, this is me being exceedingly picky for something that might make it into one or two lines of text.
DavidS - Aug 21, 2008 8:05:04 am PDT #9097 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec or any other music historian types, can y'all point me to a good source for music trends across the American South, circa 1965?
Stax soul, baybee! Also James Brown, Ray Charles, Motown. On the country side of the dial you're smack in the classic countrypolitan era Patsy Cline, Roger Miller. Might have a few early tracks comingout of Bakersfield by then (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard). The British Invasion has already happened and a lot of American response bands are going on. You'd have a fair amount of frat rock in the south - one offs like The Gentrys ("Keep on Dancing") or Swinging Medallions ("Double Shot of My Baby's Love").
By '65 you're well into Beatlemania, plus bands like Beach Boys but they'd get less play in the south.
I'd look at the Billboard Country charts and R&B charts for 1965, instead of their Hot 100. In 1965 there were still lots of odd crossover pop hits - by which I mean Frank Sinatra and Doris Day and Dean Martin were still having hits.