OK, thanks! I'll check those links out.
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
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.
Calli - Apr 28, 2014 11:27:01 am PDT #5833 of 6436
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
DavidS - Apr 28, 2014 7:22:46 pm PDT #5834 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does anyone have suggestions on a) more like that or b) seminal blues albums I should check out, please?
The R.Crumb blues stuff that Tom links is the original, on-78s blues (mostly Delta blues) that is at the core of that music.
But Blues as a genre is very wide and deep. Rhino did a good series of blues compilations tracking regional variations, and development on specific instruments (guitar, harmonica (aka, Blues Harp)), various periods and sub genres.
The Blues tradition in Texas is different from Memphis or the West Coast. Chicago Blues has several variants.
Bessie Smith is practically a genre unto herself but there are a lot of early women's blues from the 20s and 30s that have a distinct, jazzier feel from Delta Blues.
Anyway, Rhino Blues Masters comps:
A personal favorite, Jump Blues.
Calli - Apr 29, 2014 1:34:59 am PDT #5835 of 6436
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, David!
Tom Scola - May 27, 2014 9:21:41 am PDT #5836 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Heavy Metal Tracks the Wealth of Nations
From what I can make out, they guy's statistics seem pretty weak.
Tom Scola - May 29, 2014 10:16:42 am PDT #5837 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Trudy Booth - May 30, 2014 6:12:19 pm PDT #5838 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
Exene has been pretty bonks for a while. A friend of mine did half a tour with her... weren't pretty.
tommyrot - May 31, 2014 5:23:08 am PDT #5839 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.
So is she just a bonks gun nut? A bonks teabagger? Or just plain bonks?
Trudy Booth - Jun 06, 2014 1:47:15 pm PDT #5840 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
Just plain bonks. Erratic and completely unreliable. Nonsensical.
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2014 12:19:22 pm PDT #5841 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.
The New Pornographers: new music! - Boing Boing
Following on Neko Case's latest solo album, the excellent "The Worse Things Get...," she's reunited with her supergroup bandmates in The New Pornographers to record Brill Bruisers, coming out August 26. Check out the infectious first track and play with the album art below!
Lead singer AC Newman says, "This is a celebration record. After periods of difficulty, I am at a place where nothing in my life is dragging me down and the music reflects that. We wanted Xanadu and we wanted Sigue Sigue Sputnik, which translated into sparklier and faster.”
I like it.
Sue - Jun 18, 2014 12:19:49 pm PDT #5842 of 6436
hip deep in pie
Lou Reed's estate is selling off some of his equipment on eBay: [link]