SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 01/04/2010
Songs for the Dog and Duck The Dog and Duck is a real boozer in the heart of Soho. It doesn’t actually have a jukebox but Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley has chosen it as it was one of the after work gathering points for staff from the nearby Heavenly label. Through his excellent sleeve notes he tells the tale of a night in it, the beer and snacks consumed, the tracks played on its mythical...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The members of Saint Etienne can certainly pick a tune, especially when those tunes are from the Ace Records archive, so Saint Etienne Present Songs from the Dog and Duck looks a winner from the off. The second in a...
tantramar (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
I'm doing some more music stuff and while I'm remembering what I'd forgotten I threw this little Southern Soul mix together. Hope you like it. 1) Bettye Swann - My heart is closed for the season. 2) Clarence Carter - Slip away 3) Willie Hightower - Walk a mile in my shoes 4) Solomon Burke - Lookin out the back door 5) Margie Joseph - Sweeter tomorrow 6) Clarence Carter - Snatching it back 7) Curley...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 05/22/2009
Forgive me if I’m playing catch up here but I have only recently heard of Bettye Swann ( via this excellent blog ). I was immediately entranced by the reserved power of her singing and the sweetness of her voice. Bettye seems to have a reluctance to explode into the histrionics in the way that many of her contemporaries and many, many more since do. Also the simple pared-down precise music seems...
You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Big Up Obama! Compiled By Fullundie! 01 Prince Buster - A Change Is Gonna Come 02 Ken Parker - A Change Is Gonna Come 03 Baby Huey - A Change Is Gonna Come 04 Bettye Swann - A Change Is Gonna Come 05 Bob Dylan - A Change Is Gonna Come 06 Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come 07 Offset - A Change Is Gonna Come 08 Fire Arcade - A Change Is Gonna Come 09 Aretha Franklin - A Change Is Gonna Come 10 Gits...
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America."— President-Elect Obama In case you missed WFMU's election day "coverage" yesterday with...
Caesar Tjalbo (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Soul by label: LA based Money records, soul from the 2nd half of the 60's and 1973 (the label had several phases of existence, see booklet). A few previously unissued tracks and no really big names, save for Bettye Swann perhaps, or hits. A mix of everything: ballad style works, up-tempo poppy tracks and a funky organ instrumental (the TKO's ?!?). Music quality varies and you can tell which are
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
“Every generation has its own unique form of expression. Nothing really changes, only the people change???we are the reflection of those that came before us.” It was this particular statement that truly stuck out for myself. There is such truth squeezed in-between those words. It [...]
tantramar (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
I've been posting one track a week (from a 45) on my music blog and it seems to be coming together quite well. I have a whole bunch more stuff to put up there but one a week keeps me out of mischief. So far people as diverse as Talking Heads, Bettye Swann, Georgie Fame and Jeffrey Lewis have made it into the Jukebox. Today sees the inclusion of BMX Bandits.
Soul Sides (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Two bits of personal trivia. 1) I have never, in the 15 years I've been a DJ, DJed a wedding. The reasons are partly logistical (I don't own speakers, lights or an amp), mostly personal (I've heard enough groom/bride-zilla stories to want to steer clear). In fact, at my own wedding, we didn't even have music, something that surprised many of my friends but seriously, it never occurred to me (note:...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
First up, former Luna bandmates and New York City residents Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham did "Night Nurse" from their album L'Avventura ( Amazon ). They have a new album coming out soon, so you know you'll hear something from that before too long. There's also a new documentary about Luna called Tell Me Do You Miss Me ( Amazon ) coming out on DVD soon. Next was Portland's The Helio...
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
… They didn't say anything. The man and the woman moved closer to each other, The round table between them. The stove was still on and burned the empty pot. She started to get up. One of them shot her. She leaned over the table like a schoolgirl doing her lessons. She thought about being beside him, being asleep. They took her long gray [...]
Someday I Will Treat You Good (Free subscription) | 09/05/2007
Skuds’ provides an excuse to produce a list: Cotton Crown - Two Nice Girls (covering Sonic Youth) How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green (covering The Bee Gees) Bring It On Home To Me - The Animals (covering Sam Cooke) Je T'Aime…Moi Non Plus - Barry Adamson (covering Serge Gainsbourg) Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (covering David Bowie) Words [...]
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