Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
/CMA/ -- By Bob DoerschukEven if you didn't know that Jypsi consists of three sisters and one brother, something in their look and performance suggests that they're washed in a river of experience that runs deeper than most band histories. ...
tinyluckygenius aka the Unicorn's t (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
I never respond to this blog tag business but saying the "unlikeliest of the unlikelies" is enough to make me do it. I'm also avoiding deadlines, so naturally, this is my first priority. And the funny thing is, these are...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Filed under: Rock Almanac Spinner.com : On This Date in 1961: Del Shannon's 'Runaway' rises to the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The Almanac Advises for April 24: "The primary catalyst for runaway children is the need to escape an unstable family life. The main... Read more
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Photos: Moe Rex, C-monster & Herschell Random Heroes - (Theme from) Gold Block (Gold Block single / 2008) Kokolo - Our own thing (Instrumental) (Our own thing 7″ / 2007) Enur ft. Natasja - Calabria 2007 (Calabria 2007 single / 2007) Del Shannon - Gemini (Pilooski edit) (Dirty edits / 2007) The Heavy - That kind of man (Great Vengeance [...]
alain finkielkrautrock (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
John Phillips - Down the Beach Del Shannon - Silently
Dartman's World Of Wonder (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Back in the 80s, there was MTV but there was also Nick Rocks! Now, for those of you who don't know or remember, MTV was still a toddler having just come out in 1983. By 1987, it had gotten picky as to what it would put on and what it wouldn't. These days it seems that they'll put anything on as long as it has nothing to do with music videos (go figure?!) Anyway, there were some videos that just didn't...
la decadanse (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Del Shannon - Gemini (Pilooski Edit) When the absolutely brilliant Optimo duo, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, DJed -- and set the monitor on fire at -- the last FIXED party, they played this gorgeous edit of the classic "Gemini" track. With it's melodic, haunting vocal, I've been unable to escape it for weeks. It's worth noting that JG also played Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk" (hilarious yet strangely...
Doug's Dynamic Drivel (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Technorati Tags: Del Shannon, what kind of fool
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
With typical flair and bravado, Madonna unleashed the Stooges on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an institution that has otherwise turned its back on the pioneering Detroit band.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Mr. Young may may have the role of a lifetime playing in the musical “Jersey Boys.” But his career milestone could turn into a millstone.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Mr. Young may may have the role of a lifetime playing in the musical “Jersey Boys.” But his career milestone could turn into a millstone.
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
in post Dirty Dancing from The ill-ec-tro-nic .
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
The calendar is relentless, spinning its fixed cycle of days and dates without prejudice or foresight as the numbers whirl by on their annual trek to yet another new year, and each of those numbers, each of those dates, has its own set of events and associations that travel with them, accumulating like stars in [...]
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
A 13-year-old runaway returned home with a horrific account of being forced into prostitution by the kind of person who should have instead come to her aid: a city detective. And I wonder-- I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder, Why, Why, why, why, why, why she ran away, Yes, and I wonder, A-where she will stay-ay, My little runaway, Run, run, run, run, runaway. Run, run, run, run, runaway. Run, run, run, run,...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Mixing a springy, tinkly, new-agey, atmospheric score by ”This American Life” regular Bobby Johnston with a healthy dose of Gogol Bordello’s Russian punk fantasticism and a few other miscellaneous song tracks, the film soundtrack for the quirky Wristcutters: A Love Story plays out like a gypsy jukebox in an out-of-the-way pub. Some of the tracks, such as Del Shannon's [...]
