Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Blogger Uncertain Times reacts to my TAFKAP post[1]. And posts wm classic #55; “Tainted Love“[2] by Gloria Jones. I’d like to throw in Ann Peebles’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain“[3] and O. V. Wright’s version[4] of Latimore’s “Let’s Straighten it Out” as number 56 and 57. The “Rain” track by Peebles is a curious example [...]
Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The Gloria Jones Channel via watcher of the skies
Karinski.net (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
After a fun day at Wireless, here’s what we played tonight: 1030 - 1145 Feist - 1234 Lykke Li - Little Bit Leon Jean Marie - Bed of Nails Hercules & Love Affair - Blind MSTRKRFT - Easy Love Chromeo - Needy Girl Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire Roisin Murphy - Moviestar Dragonette - I Get Around Soulwax - E Talking CSS - Alala Clik Clik - [...]
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The Orange County Schools district has named Gloria H. Jones principal of A.L. Stanback Middle School. Jones comes from Phillips Middle School in Chapel Hill, where she has served as an assistant principal since 2007.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
The New Haven City Council voted unanimously during an emergency meeting Monday to accept the village police chief's letter of resignation and has created a committee to determine the future of the department. Chief William Moore's resignation will take effect July 1.
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
It seems I’ve unintentionally started a movement for The Heys here in Tampa. It began, as most music related things do, with me sending friends links to MySpace pages of bands I like. Usually this results in a response of “Yeah, pretty cool!” or something equivalent. The Heys, however, have led to [...]
DATA news (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
(SPECIAL ORIGINALS EPISODE!) In this episode I played uncommon original versions of songs that I like later versions of, be they songs that have been well-covered or cleverly-sampled. First up we heard the song "Sho Nuff" by Fatboy Slim from the single for his classic "Praise You" ( iTunes , Amazon ) which was created in part using samples from the original song "Jeans On" by David Dundas from his...
spacesick (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
I think I can still draw, but I'm not sure. Maybe I'll try again after I zip up my go-go boots! Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (1964) The O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher (1968) Mary Wells - Eight Days A Week (1965) The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night (1964) David Axelrod - The Mental Traveler (1968) Oh and that hubbalicious bod belongs to "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" star Lori Williams! Yes. I want....
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
is Northern Soul! Wigans Ovation, Gloria Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Tammi Terrell, Milly Jackson, Dobie Gray, Bettye Lavette, The Reflections to name but a few... now wheres me Oxford Bags! Im too young to have gone to Wigan Casino as it closed in 1981, but Sheffield Ice Rink on a Sunday morning was as good as it got for me, boy could I dance back then! too bloody fat now... Gary Stapleton http://www.gambianenterprise.com...
Smells Like White Spirit (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
I thought Soft Cell did the original. But apparently it was Gloria Jones in 1964.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
THE CHAP who manages my local stationery shop got it right. I've known him for many years and we exchange pleasantries - "How are the family? How's business?" - that sort of thing.
Diary at the Centre of the Earth (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Fosca t-shirts: The slogan is taken from a line in ‘Storytelling Johnny': I was getting so afraid / I nearly had a t-shirt made / Saying ‘Lose Friends In Days’ / ‘Ask Me How’ *** Niklas corrects me re that Nojesguiden review I mentioned last time: Actually the smiley is the rating, so the magazine has given the album 5 [...]
Reno and Its Discontents (Free subscription) | 02/17/2008
This morning I was minding my own business, shopping for an ottoman at Bed Bath & Beyond and found myself humming along to Soft Cell's surprising 1981 hit, “Tainted Love.” That's right folks, I am actually old enough to remember the first successful cover of the excellent song originally recorded by Gloria Jones, the [...]
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 01/20/2008
You could almost feel a pang of sympathy for Marilyn Manson. Most people go through their extremo-Goth phase and come out the other side, carrying some lessons learned, some useful knowledge about when to wear PVC and when to wear rubber, and a desire to expand their characters beyond two dimensions. Manson, though, is stuck being a fifteen year-old bedroom sulker, trying to shock the neighbours, as...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
Everyone has their favourite cover versions. Here are 20 which Jim Carroll thinks are the bees' knees.
