Sort by Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) - 08/04/2008 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3CE0P6_I4 New and very funny video from Festival, a folk-pop outfit out of Brooklyn who record for Language of Stone. Granted, my bias is clear, as I’m friends with ex-Stylusite, sometime Pitchfork writer, Mike Powell, the band’s drummer/viola player/poolboy heartthrob. But the song’s quite good, particularly when the drums and tambourine come...
Sort by Right Truth (Free subscription) - 06/02/2008 - YouTube
Described as 'one of the most important influences in the development of popular music' Bo Diddley, born Otha Ellas Bates (or, according to some sources, Ellas Otha Bates), is dead at age 79. Known for his square guitar and signature beatthat influenced musicians Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, to name a few: He scored only a few hits in more than...
Sort by Noise Pollution (Free subscription) - 06/03/2008 - YouTube
The blues legend dead at 79 I enjoyed the music of Bo Diddley before I knew who he was. The Rolling Stones' Not Fade Away with its syncopated shuffle that adapted a Buddy Holly song that in turn was a popped up version of the Bo Diddley beat, then Mona from their first album, The Yardbirds' I'm A Man , a macho strut with that beat once again, The Animals and The Pretty Things, who took their...
Sort by NotSoSage (Free subscription) - 05/29/2008 - YouTube
When you call me close to tell me your body is not beautiful I want to summon the eyes and hidden mouths of stone and light and water to testify against you. ( Leonard Cohen , Beneath My Hands) There seems to be a bloggy love fest (at least in the Canadian maritime region...okay, two blogs but still, I don't get around much) recently for the man who penned the above words. Bon's amazing post...
Sort by Listening Post (Free subscription) - 05/10/2008 - YouTube
Like their indie label peers at Daptone on the East Coast and Stone's Throw on the West Coast, Brooklyn's Truth and Soul is invested in carving out a space in pop culture for the lost funk of yesteryear and the...
Sort by composite drawlings (Free subscription) - 03/11/2008 - YouTube
... Arthur Honegger , Sir Charles Groves , Marion Hutton , Georges Dor , Dean Torrence , Tom Scholz , Jeff Ament , Neneh Cherry , Edie Brickell , Robin Thicke , Carrie Underwood , Paul Haggis , Broncho Billy Anderson , Richard Haydn , Joe Viterelli , Mitchell Lichtenstein , Shannon Tweed , Sharon Stone , Jasmine Guy , Paget Brewster , Bree Turner , Katharine Isabelle , Emily Osment ,...
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 01/25/2008 - YouTube
There were over 200 submissions in our frisson contest the other day. The Byrds set goes to Jill G in Florida for her incredible essay about “Luka” by Suzanne Vega. Ten honorable mentions for exceptional paragraphs– each of which could easily have won– by Ivan (Brel's “Le Port d'Amsterdam”), Jeff B (”All Along the Watchtowner” [...]
