Ha! I've actually had Thomas Dorsey in my mix lately.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Hayden - May 10, 2011 5:38:16 pm PDT #4491 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - May 11, 2011 9:09:34 am PDT #4492 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know what you want but didn't realize it until right now?
The Clash board game. (Download it and print it out! You can play at home.)
Trudy Booth - May 11, 2011 7:09:06 pm PDT #4493 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Where'd you see them, Trudy?
May 22nd and 23rd at Terminal 5 in NYC and then May 6 - House of Blues Boston, May 7 - Tower Theater Philly, May 8&9 - Sayerville NJ, May 10 9:30 Club Washington DC.
Here is Frank's epic dive. [link] He's an insane little monkey. He rolled in the air, landed on his back, and kept his guitar up. His feet were in the fourth row, his head in the sixth.
His chief of security, Mehdi (picture Rock Hudson Persian, muscular, and about six foot five) climbed in while another guard held his legs. The poor man didn't even flinch when Frank launched...
I got him a Thank You card, pink with a butterfly.
"Dear Mehdi, Thank you for not killing Frank. I really would have missed my favorite band. If you had dropped the little Monkey on his head no one would have blamed you. In fact, this is Jersey -- we all know by kindergarten how to say, "I din' see NOTHIN'. It was a tragic accident. Poor kid musta fell".
He laughed. The man is gorgeous.
tommyrot - May 12, 2011 10:53:06 am PDT #4494 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Trudy Booth - May 12, 2011 12:17:37 pm PDT #4495 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
One of the interesting facts that came out of it was that much of the music we associate with the movement was brought to some of the organizers by a couple of white folksingers. True, some of the songs were spirituals, some were folk songs, and some were blues songs, but in the early part of the 20th century, those kinds of genre distinctions were primarily made by the race of the singer and how often they mentioned Jesus.
Yep. Pete Seeger (indirectly via the Highlander Folk School) taught the Civil Rights Movement We Shall Overcome. He took out a "defensive" copywright on the song (so The Lion Sleeps Tonight didn't happen all over again I guess) and gives away his share of the rights to various Civil Rights orgs.
The folk/punk connection is a lot of fun too. I was raised Folkie and came to Punk later in life -- only to find various front men from punk bands (Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music, Tim Barry of Avail, Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds) picking up acoustics and touring solo. I meet these dudes and we sit around talking about the Weavers.
Tao Seeger sighhhhh (Pete's grandson and my one true love) and I have discussed it as well. He loves folk but "sometimes you just want to rock". His own solo stuff isn't particularly punk sounding, but its certainly DIY and, dude, the guy blows banjo feedback in his shows.
Jon B. - May 12, 2011 3:15:53 pm PDT #4496 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"Rock 'n' Roll is folk music pretty much... cause... it's for folks!" [link]
billytea - May 12, 2011 3:20:56 pm PDT #4497 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
He took out a "defensive" copywright on the song (so The Lion Sleeps Tonight didn't happen all over again I guess) and gives away his share of the rights to various Civil Rights orgs.
Apropos of nothing, I have been known to serenade my son with "The Ryan Sleeps Tonight". I regretfully report that the "WHEEEEeeeeEEEEeeee-umumaway" part of the song is counterproductive to the stated purpose.
DavidS - May 12, 2011 4:10:36 pm PDT #4498 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Rock 'n' Roll is folk music pretty much... cause... it's for folks!"
The commercial that destroyed their credibility.
I regretfully report that the "WHEEEEeeeeEEEEeeee-umumaway" part of the song is counterproductive to the stated purpose.
Try serenading him with "Friday."
billytea - May 12, 2011 4:22:20 pm PDT #4499 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Try serenading him with "Friday."
That would just be mean. He doesn't get to choose which seat. He gets the child seat, end of discussion.
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2011 2:05:01 pm PDT #4500 of 6436
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Speaking of covering the Kinks, my all-time fav Kinks cover is "Days" by Kirsty MacColl.
Hey, Pix sent me that song years ago! I didn't know it was a cover.