Popdose (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
I was digging through some old CDs the other day and happened across a compilation disc I made in the mid-’90s that had the title “Aimee Mann: My Miserable Life.” Don’t get me wrong, I love Aimee Mann, and have been a big fan of her music since the ‘Til Tuesday days, but there’s something [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
The aforementioned Living Room 10th Anniversary celebration kicks off tonight (March 19th....at the Living Room). Here's what's happening:8pm Elvis Costello Tribute Night featuring Jim Boggia, Leah Siegel, Jim Campilongo, Milton, Julia Darling, Brian Seymour, Genie Morrow, Rachel Loshak, Adam...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
You remember these guys, right? Okay, maybe you don't. But *I* sure do. Not that they're not a great band, but the reason that it'd be easy enough to forget The Pursuit of Happiness (henceforth to be referred to as TPOH) is because Chrysalis Records seemed to want to focus almost exclusively on making the smart-ass “I’m [...]
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
Fab 80's pop music duo Yaz (Yazoo in the UK) is set to reunite for a tour of the UK in June. Comprised of (post-Depeche Mode/pre-Erasure) keyboardist Vince Clark and (Andy Bell sound-alike) Alison Moyet, Yaz only put out two albums, both huge favorites of mine: Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both. The tour is in support of In Your Room, a "4-disc box set which includes remasters and 5.1
Popdose (Free subscription) | 01/22/2008
Boston's ’til tuesday first got noticed after winning WBCN's Rock & Roll Rumble contest in 1983 which led to the band getting signed to Epic Records. Two years later, their debut album's title track, “Voices Carry,” hit #8, they won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Awards and things looked bright indeed for [...]
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
My music files are fairly well organized, but I do have a few odd ones stuck here and there. This is one. I say odd because I have no idea where this came from or even why I saved it. I know nothing about Jules Shear, but I did do some hunting. He has produced a huge number of albums but hasn't had commercial success. His songs seem to do well for other singers like All Through the Night for Cyndi...
The Record Robot (Free subscription) | 05/24/2007
Blogger ate my homework.I don't know how many of you use Blogger, or have blogs, but now that Google has merged/acquired/annexed/absorbed Blogger, they've been doing the typical Google thing and adding constant bells, whistles, and helpful features. One of these is an auto-save feature that I thought was pretty neat until last night. Even though I manually saved my article (out of habit,) and saw the...
