Alan Parsons Project - Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Eclecticity (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From I Robot , 1977. Think this album put The Project on the map. At least E.'s map. MP3 File
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CD Review: The Dimes
local Cut (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The King Can Drink the Harbor Dry (Pet Marmoset Records) [ANTIQUE POP] Dimes, can you spare a brother? Spare me your tedious mid-tempo strumming, wan melodies, sedate vocals, and especially, your humorless lyrical gloss on a CliffsNotes summary of a high-school American history textbook. Yes, your sophomore release, The King Can Drink the Harbor Dry, sure [...] Related posts: The Dimes, “Lovely...
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CFCF Brings Disco Beat Back on 'Continent'
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Exclusive , You Oughta Know , Canada If you're a Montrealer, the name CFCF probably conjures up images of a local television station that has since been swallowed up by the CTV Globemedia conglomerate. But for electronic music fans, the TV call sign is better known as the moniker of Montreal synth-disco revisionist Michael Silver, whose debut album, 'Continent,' was recently digitally...
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Gordon Ramsay cooks up new show
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Fox's master foodie is at it again. Gordon Ramsay has conjured up a new show called MasterChef , only it's not really his idea. See, it's already been done in England and Australia, but Gordon will put his spin on this show. So for all intents and purposes, it's another Gordon Ramsay project. (Like the Alan Parsons Project without Alan Parsons and a small 'p'). In MasterChef , amateur chefs will compete...
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How Spotify Became Essential
The Fear, Hope and Loathing in Technology Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
In a really short article, its because I left my iPod at home. To drag it out a bit, there I was stuck at work with a bad document to extensively edit/rewrite and nothing to divert my brain. Then I remembered Spotify , and, once I'd remembered my password, I was left wondering if I'd ever need anything else. In the course of six hours battling some horrific Manglish (Mandarin meets English in a way...
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Noose Lube
Puritan Blister (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
"I thought, Christ eats the dead ." --Rodney Jones 1. Hellsongs- Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth) 2. Hellsongs- Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) 3. The Damned- Jet Boy Jet Girl (Elton Motello) 4. Cathy Berberian- Ticket To Ride (Beatles) 5. Bwl- Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus) 1. Hood Internet- Knocking Fablez Down (Pimp C vs New Pornographers) 2. CjR- Missing In The Fog (Everything But The...
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Halloween is still not my bag
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Working on Saturday night, sometimes a drag, will be a delight this Saturday night. Nothing like sitting within earshot of the police scanner on Halloween night. As noted here a while back, Halloween is not my bag. However, at this time of year, I always enjoy listening to “Tales of Mystery and Imagination,” the first album by [...]
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Gary War [MP3s]
Read:My:Back (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
I was a little bit late to the Gary War party, but tracks from the recent Horribles Parade LP were a recurring presence on my final few shows of the most recent WFMU season. The hype surrounding War had cast...
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My latest Spotify playlist – Totally Trevor Horn
Failed Muso (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
I’ve blogged about the wonders of Spotify and how it’s the greatest thing to come out of Sweden since…., well, Abba I guess (seeing as I hate Ikea!) I’ve also blogged about the fantastic 3rd party playlist gathering site called ShareMyPlaylists.com. Well, after a long absence of putting playlists together, I was inspired to compile a [...]
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So far so good
Plymothian Transit (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
"The real test will come when the special fares end” Plymouth Local History This very rare photo shows a tram at Saltash Passage in 1929 … Omnibuses2.0 Stagecoach or GoAhead - You choose! another Plymouth related post! From This is Plymouth BUS firm First Devon and Cornwall has launched its four new Plymouth services – with help from some of the people whose faces will appear...
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Al Stewart
blogvine (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Download: " Time Passages " Al Stewart Time Passages, 1978 This is a re-post of the first song I posted in March 2008. Not too long ago, but it's a dead link, and I will re-post old songs from time to time. Original post from 3/30/08: "New regular feature. I'm going to try something out for the first time since I'm such a persistent blogger now, ...a regular feature. The "Sunday...
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Observation
The Panopticon (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
I have an excessively negative iPod. I was clicking around in search of Mimi's addio from La Boheme this morning and noticed for the first time how many songs I've loaded that begin with the imperative Don't . "Don't Be the Bunny" (John Cullum, Urinetown Original Broadway Cast) "Don't Answer Me" (The Alan Parsons Project) "Don't Bring Lulu" (Gladys Mills) "Don't Call...
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Chromeo - I Can't Tell You Why (Eagles Cover)
RCRD LBL (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
!K7 released their first DJ-Kicks in two years yesterday, this one guided by the hands of lite-funk maestros Chromeo , who put everything from Shazam and Lifelike to The Alan Parsons Project and Kano on there. Buried in the second half of the mix is this Eagles cover , exclusive to the release and the only Chromeo song to make the cut. Honestly, there are few bands we deplore more than the Eagles...
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The Tyranny of Choice
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
So, there I was, sitting in the middle of the living room floor, surrounded by piles of LPs, stacked ostensibly in alphabetinumericological order or somesuch, and beginning to get the nagging suspicion that I'd Bitten Off More Than I Could Chew. Indeed, LP collections seem to be things that sneak up behind you, breeding as it were like rabbits. I could have sworn I only had maybe twelve feet of vinyl,...
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If your political party of choice were a band who would you like them to be?
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
I have previously voted Lib Dem but having just seen the review of their conference on Newsnight this may change! Musically they seem to be a bit like the "Alan Parsons Project" i.e smooth and unoffensive but ultmately unfulfiliing.