And lord knows we all need it.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Live From Some Weekend in 1982
More proof, if any was needed, that the best rock-and-roll is made at two in the morning by people playing at a dive bar -- in this case, the old Other End on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village -- in front of a bunch of drunken louts.
More specifically -- The Floor Models covering "19th Nervous Breakdown." Shall we say enthusiastically.
Recorded with a boom box in front of the stage; the singer's girlfriend can be heard arguing about the check.
As you can see (and hear, at the end, if you click the link) I was doing my Bill Wyman impression at the time.
We had a more or less two year weekend residency at the aforementioned Other End, and if memory serves I believe I have mentioned on previous occasions that I look back now on the experience as the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on.
More specifically -- The Floor Models covering "19th Nervous Breakdown." Shall we say enthusiastically.
Recorded with a boom box in front of the stage; the singer's girlfriend can be heard arguing about the check.
As you can see (and hear, at the end, if you click the link) I was doing my Bill Wyman impression at the time.
We had a more or less two year weekend residency at the aforementioned Other End, and if memory serves I believe I have mentioned on previous occasions that I look back now on the experience as the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Eddie Money 1949 - 2019
On the Letterman show in 1986, with Ronnie Spector. He knows he's being upstaged big time, and he's totally cool with it, which says a lot for him.
He looked almost as good in a suit as Robert Palmer, too.
He looked almost as good in a suit as Robert Palmer, too.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Closed for Monkey Business
YouTube isn't sharing the embed code of something I wanted to post today. Regular stuff resumes after I get the problem resolved.
Monday, September 16, 2019
Ric Ocasek 1945 - 2019
I had forgotten how funny Ocasek was in this. Strange what pops into your head when you least expect it.
I heard the news of his passing last night and was genuinely saddened. Obviously, like any right-thinking rock fan, I thought The Cars were totally awesome, but as a New Yorker -- well, let's just say that when I lived in the Village, Ocasek was about as approachable a star as you could imagine; you were constantly bumping into him (sometimes with his charming wife) while grocery shopping or at the video store. He was just a neighborhood guy, albeit one who kind of looked like some kind of weird stick insect.
I should add that I have long insisted that someday some very hep country band is gonna cover "My Best Friend's Girl" and have a huge hit with it.
I should also add that "You Might Think" is one of my Top Ten favorite records of all time.
And that this bluegrass cover of "Just What I Needed" is one of the greatest things in the history of things.
Have I mentioned that this death shit is really starting to piss me off?
I heard the news of his passing last night and was genuinely saddened. Obviously, like any right-thinking rock fan, I thought The Cars were totally awesome, but as a New Yorker -- well, let's just say that when I lived in the Village, Ocasek was about as approachable a star as you could imagine; you were constantly bumping into him (sometimes with his charming wife) while grocery shopping or at the video store. He was just a neighborhood guy, albeit one who kind of looked like some kind of weird stick insect.
I should add that I have long insisted that someday some very hep country band is gonna cover "My Best Friend's Girl" and have a huge hit with it.
I should also add that "You Might Think" is one of my Top Ten favorite records of all time.
And that this bluegrass cover of "Just What I Needed" is one of the greatest things in the history of things.
Have I mentioned that this death shit is really starting to piss me off?
Friday, September 13, 2019
Insert Dental Joke Here!
From 2019, please enjoy The New Pornographers and their utterly delightful "Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile."
Yeah, it starts -- both musically and visually -- too close to "Billie Jean" for comfort, but it almost immediately develops into its own thing, and I gotta say -- this is now my favorite song of the year that I wasn't personally involved in.
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
[h/t Peter Scott]
Yeah, it starts -- both musically and visually -- too close to "Billie Jean" for comfort, but it almost immediately develops into its own thing, and I gotta say -- this is now my favorite song of the year that I wasn't personally involved in.
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
[h/t Peter Scott]
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Your Thursday Moment of Words Fail Me
Okay, this has nothing to do with music, but it is my new favorite thing ever and I just had to share.
Regular music postings resume on the morrow, assuming I've stopped laughing.
Regular music postings resume on the morrow, assuming I've stopped laughing.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Annals of the Meaning of Life
This is without a doubt the cutest and/or coolest thing I have ever seen.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Closed Due to A Demon on My Back
Don't get old, folks. Just saying.
Regular posting resumes tomorrow, if I live.
Monday, September 09, 2019
Esprit De Floor: Andrew Pasternack 1955-2013
Well, the new Floor Models album has finally arrived, and I am beyond stoked that this project, two years in the making, has finally resulted in a disc.
It's especially gratifying because the project originally began as a sort of tribute to our late great 12-string ace Andy Pasternack, who founded the band, came up with the album title, and wrote more great songs than you can shake a stick at.
Here's the one we recorded two years ago to get the album rolling; it was a live favorite of ours back in the day, but for some reason we never even demoed it at the time.
In any event, the physical CDs are wending their way off to our distributor on the morrow, but the album itself can be listened to (for free) over at YouTube.
Or if you wanna be a patron of the arts, you can download/stream it at CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and the rest of the usual suspects.
And I should add that Andy himself gets the last word on the album, via a live solo recording he did on WBAI-FM on a night in the early 80s. It's utterly charming; I like to think of it as our equivalent of "Her Majesty" on Abbey Road.
[cross-posted at FLOOR YOUR LOVE.]
It's especially gratifying because the project originally began as a sort of tribute to our late great 12-string ace Andy Pasternack, who founded the band, came up with the album title, and wrote more great songs than you can shake a stick at.
Here's the one we recorded two years ago to get the album rolling; it was a live favorite of ours back in the day, but for some reason we never even demoed it at the time.
In any event, the physical CDs are wending their way off to our distributor on the morrow, but the album itself can be listened to (for free) over at YouTube.
Or if you wanna be a patron of the arts, you can download/stream it at CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and the rest of the usual suspects.
And I should add that Andy himself gets the last word on the album, via a live solo recording he did on WBAI-FM on a night in the early 80s. It's utterly charming; I like to think of it as our equivalent of "Her Majesty" on Abbey Road.
[cross-posted at FLOOR YOUR LOVE.]
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