halloween resurrection
Biggest News (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Apparently it's impossible to keep a masked homicidal maniac down. Despite being shot numerous times at point blank range (“Halloween”), [...]
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That Boy’s Messin’ Up My Mind
Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
With two-thirds of their lineup consisting of Brill Building vets Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, The Raindrops had access to plenty of good material, and their eponymous 1963 debut brims with wonderful songs. And while it wasn’t one of their hits, the album’s “That Boy’s Messin’ Up My Mind” just might be The Raindrops’ best. [...]
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Footnotes
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
I've been thinking a lot about this, from a post by oisleep (aka ross ) about a dispute over water in Valle de Abdalajis, Spain: There is one non Spaniard involved in the occupation... Darron has freely admitted in the past that he ‘knows nothing about politics’ – yet time and time again in the last year from the schools occupations to the factory occupations it appears that those...
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Groovy Guy: Bruce Springsteen
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The ladies love Neil Diamond, but men love The Boss. Having now been to concerts of both singers, I can honestly say that this is true. I've never seen so many straight guys reach out and touch another man in my life--in a non-sexual way, of course. They just worship Springsteen and his music--and maybe a few of them secretly wish they could be the Grammy and Oscar-winning rock 'n' roll legend, who...
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September 20: Chicago
Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen News (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
As promised, Chicago got the full Born to Run album performed in its original album order. And that brought substantial changes in the set list. The show started with the powerful "Seeds", followed by "No Surrender", "Johnny 99" and "Cover Me". Later came "Outlaw Pete", "Hungry Heart" and a disastrous "Working on a Dream" ("That...
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It May Be True
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
that there have been no more celebrity deaths this summer, let alone year, than previous ones, but it's the prominence of the celebrities that makes it striking. It was the same case in 1977 as well, when a huge number of major celebrities died. But this explanation has been offered as to why a perception of there being more celebrity deaths this summer exists : Consider that along with the death of...
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The Summer of the Celebrity Deaths?
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Notable deaths this year trouble self-reflective baby boomers.
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The Grim Reaping Summer Continues: Now Mary Travers
Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
I don't ever remember a summer with so many good people, from so many parts of our lives, dying. From politics and good governance, Ted Kennedy. From news reporting, Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt. From music, Michael Jackson and Ellie Greenwich. And tonight Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Here she is singing "If I Had Hammer" with Peter and Paul in the summer of 1963. A face, a voice,...
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I loved Ellie Greenwich’s music more. I...
Courting Destiny (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
I loved Ellie Greenwich’s music more. I had a total crush on Jim Carroll. But Mary Travers–she was Mary. Of Peter, Paul &____. Honestly their music wasn’t my first nor tenth choice. But we sang their songs in camp and Peter, Paul & Mary were a big big part of [...]
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A Troubling Timeline for a Certain Age Group
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Notable deaths this year trouble self-reflective baby boomers.
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Fluffy Links – Tuesday September 15th 2009
Damien Mulley (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
I was in London for Interesting and this is a nice summary of who and what was on. Some nice online stats for Ireland. Dublin bikes Twitter app. Darragh gets Dublin tikes fiddling with bikes. And on that, I want this bubble blowing robot that hooks into Twitter. Danish Tourism is edgy. Unmarried mothers selling the country. Countermeasures. Glee – Gold [...]
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Sept. 13th: Ft. Lauderdale
Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen News (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The tour continued in Florida yesterday with a show in Ft. Lauderdale. With his voice back in full shape, Springsteen and his band delivered an stunning performance, with a sublime "Backstreets" being the highlight of the show. But there was more: "Working on the Highway" was an unusual opener, followed by "Badlands", "Night" and "Cover Me", setting...
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You know it's driving me mad
The Sideshow (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Now that the day is past, and despite the fact that a search on my archives shows that some of the best links of the time seem to be, uh, renovated, I just want to say that Bush knew , Bush knew , Bush knew . Boehlert on reports on the teabaggers' protest march : " Yep, Malkin claims ABC is reporting 2 million, but Malkin can't find the link to the ABC report. Funny, neither can anybody else....
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‘Bulo’s Music for the Masses-Brill Building Edition
Delaware Liberal (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Editor’s Note: El Somnambulo had already prepared this piece last week before he accepted Nemski’s challenge to post his 10 ‘Desert Island’ songs. He did this in memory of Ellie Greenwich, one of the great Brill Building songwriters. As ‘bulo’s return draws near, he wants to share this with you: While the Brill Building itself was [...]
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Weekending: Bob's beats
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
This week's edition is all music-related, some items more far-fetchedly so than others. On Locust St. First, I've neglected Locust St (last featured back here ), so have missed some of the juicy-looking mp3s. One of the features of this wonderful blog's series on the music of the 20th century is putting in place some of the jigsaw pieces of how American forms of intercultural conviviality sometimes...