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Category Archives: Music
Dust Bunnies
Howard Kaylan has released a new album entitled “Dust Bunnies”: Recorded in Billy Bob Thornton’s studio in Beverly Hills, and featuring the Oscar winner on guest vocals, “Dust Bunnies” is an album of little-known gems from the sixties and beyond.
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Tuh Morruh!
If you’re about my age you’ll remember an early 80s musical called Annie. It featured a song which stuck in your head like a piece of chewing gum wrapped in double sided duct tape — aaah, Tomorrow! Anyway, to brighten … Continue reading
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Dr Sharl Meets John Mayall
Early in the morning today, Dr Sharl met with the legendary John Mayall of Bluesbreakers fame — and managed to snap a photo, as well as an autograph. Kudos, Dr Sharl!
Posted in Music, Personal
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Round Swamp
… is a band whose influences include Frank Zappa, Rufus Wainwright, Wilco, Weird Al and Flo & Eddie. Whoah, will have to give their tracks a listen when I get home. Look at those influences! Might as well have thrown … Continue reading
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Rock Swings
I know most of you will have to resist vomiting when I mention Paul Anka, but bear with me: his Rock Swings album, a collection of rock covers, has an oddly irresistible charm to it which at times transcends the … Continue reading
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Seventies Singles
The inside story on the Top 100 singles of the Seventies — a fun read, but be prepared to leave haunted by the melody of “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree“!
Beefheart In Belgium
Found this on youtube.com: something for the Captain Beefheart fans outthere: More Beefheart on YouTube…
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Camp
The most outrageous (and queerest) record label of the 60s: Camp Records. An amusing characteristic of the records they issued was the “label numbers” they gave them. Almost all of them are tongue-in-cheek gay references, if the letters and numbers … Continue reading
Odds ‘n Ends
With the weekend finally in sight (hallelujah!), may I suggest you spend some time perusing Chas Radio — a deluge of wacky, hard-to-find audio stuff up for download is awaiting you there. The guy had a post about FZ some … Continue reading
Duke of Trombones
Who’d-a-thunk: back in the day, George Duke attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music – on a trombone scholarship: “They had too many classical piano players. I didn’t have their chops. I couldn’t keep up with them,” Duke said of … Continue reading
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Pygmy Gorillas plays Zappa
Tämä sivusto on tietopankki Frank Zappa tribuuttibändi Pygmy Gorillasista. Nämä sivut ovat vielä pahasti keskeneräiset, joten odotelkaa rauhassa kehitystä. Hey.
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Devo 2.0
I was contacted a while ago by someone from Disney Records asking me “to promote Devo 2.0 and to expose new and old fans to their music”. First up: yes, I get email from Disney Records. When you’re done giggling, … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Music, Pop Cult
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iTunes Sig
‘t is a thing of wonder, the iTunes Signature Maker: iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) analyzes your music collection and creates a short audio signature to represent who you are and what you listen to. After it checks your system configuration … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, Music, Personal
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You Go Girl!
Willie Nelson released a gay-themed cowboy-song yesterday entitled “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)”. What is it with closet cowboys these days? Massive outings from the prairie! As Roger Bourland puts it: “Wow Willy! You go girl!”
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Two Million Gig
So there’s this bunch of old men who call themselves “The Rolling Stones”, and they’re doing this cozy little gig in Rio de Janeiro next Saturday. Two million people expected to attend! Let’s just hope they haven’t enlisted the Hell’s … Continue reading
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