Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
POP was smarter in the Eighties. Synth trio Scritti Politti wrote songs about French philosophers and Morrissey liked to names drop Oscar Wilde. Canada’s Martha And The Muffins’ Danseparc offered a critique of urban space with songs such as Obedience and What People Do For Fun, using motorik funk a la Talking Heads. Music to dance and think to.
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
in post Martha and the Muffins - These Dangerous Machines from The Beat! .
BLCKDGRD (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
KEXP's DJ El Toro loves him some Martha and the Muffins: My passion for Martha and the Muffins is no secret. The name of my weekly program, “In Between Sleep And Reason,” comes from the first track on Side 2...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
My passion for Martha and the Muffins is no secret. The name of my weekly program, “In Between Sleep And Reason,” comes from the first track on Side 2 of their 1984 album Mystery Walk. Heck, the original invitation from our KEXP online content guru to blog here came after he peeped something I posted [...]
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
I'm running out of embarrassing photos of me from back when I was a tap dancer, I'll have to work on that. But since my pic is from back in the 80's I thought, heck, a Flashback Friday 80's set featuring Martha and the Muffins , The Modernettes and The Gruesomes ! Today I heard that the Canucks are having a used equipment sale at GM Place on Saturday. My friend Colin is bringing me along (he thinks...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
by DJ El Toro I spent the weekend listening to Martha and the Muffins records, and editing a Q&A session with Thomas Dolby (for his press kit to promote a new DVD — yes, that one), and am feeling a wee bit nostalgic this morning. In that spirit, here are updates on a few of [...]
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1 # Might dip below freezing during the night for a couple of days here. # Packing before driving down near DC for the OAGi conference. # Loading up iPod for trip. Just downloaded Then Again: A Retrospective by Martha and the Muffins # Stopped for gas and food, in that order, at Sheetz on Rt [...]
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Then Again: A Retrospective (emusic) by Martha and the Muffins. I first heard this Canadian group in college and I still remember their sound, which is mixed in my mind to some extent with that of groups like the Talking Heads. © Robert S. Sutor for Bob Sutor's Open Blog, 2008. This work is licensed under a [...]
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
[photo source] By DJ El Toro This weekend, my partner asked my opinion about some decisions concerning flora for the garden in front of our home. I balked. My thumbs are barely opposable; asking them to be green would be too much. “I don't pick plants,” I quipped. “But if you need help picking music for plants, [...]
http://afreeman.org/?feed=rss2 (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
I have no clue how I got my hands on Columbia’s “The Sound of the Suburbs” compilation in my senior year of High School. I certainly didn’t get it from the local mall’s record shop - they didn’t get much more daring than U2. I most likely picked it up in the college town a [...]
Mashuptown.com (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Probably the first Martha and the Muffins mash you've ever heard I reckon. I know it was the first for me and when DJ Le Clown told me he had a new one featuring the band I just had to...
Crossword Bebop (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Douglas Coupland used the term Generation X to describe people born in the 60's and 70's. It sounded better than "the baby-bust generation." I've heard people refer to Generation Y and Generation Z . Sometimes when I go to my church, Solomon's Porch, I announce in my best radio announcer's voice, "Solomon's Porch, where Jesus is saving Generations X, Y, Z, α and א, but not necessarily in that order!"...
Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007
An ongoing series: Diesel Park West, 'Opportunity Cost' (Shakespeare Alabama) The Outnumbered, 'Accidental Color' (Why Are All The Good People Going Crazy) Au Pairs, 'Inconvenience' (Positive Touch) The Bangles 'Getting Out of Hand' Martha and the Muffins, 'Saigon' mp3 (Far Away In Time) The Redskins, 'Go Get Organised' mp3 (Neither Washington nor Moscow) Pony Pony Run Run, 'First Date Mullet' Duran...
Inveresk Street Ingrate (Free subscription) | 11/19/2007
Factoid of the Day Peter Saville did the sleeve design for Martha and the Muffins debut album, 'Metro Music'. Yep, that Peter Saville . Posted mp3 of the day Best track from the aforementioned Metro Music : Martha and the Muffins - Saigon mp3 Yep, even better than 'Echo Beach'. According to the good people at the 5P blog, 'Saigon' was the third track off the album, but sadly it never made a dent in...
Dylan Jones-Evans (Free subscription) | 11/17/2007
Have been tagged by ValleysMam to do this test. Very difficult to do and if I did it again next week, half of it would change. As I have been up since 5am and couldn't be arsed to read an academic paper until later, I have added a few links as well. 8 things I’m passionate about: My family Doing the right thing Wales Entrepreneurship Singing the Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium People...
