Bottom line: I was pleased as punch recently to be asked to contribute to the smart-as-a-whip new music blog Mixtured pictured below.
Its mission statement:
A website that offers streaming mixes created by diverse groupings of music fanatics. Mixtured is music nerds making mixes for music nerds.Obviously, those mixes will be assembled thematically; the theme of the debut mix, as you can see, is somewhat relevant to the mission statement of the blog you are currently reading.
And how does Mixtured work?
Funny you should ask.
Here’s how this process works: Each [of the 20] participant[s] was asked to choose one song that fit their definition of power pop. The participants selected songs one after another in a pre-determined, random order, with the only stipulation being no repeats (of songs or artists)...There's lots more, including some interesting and perceptive mini-essays by the folks who made the selections [there's a couple of names you may recognize besides my own] plus clips of all the songs, over here. Feel free to weigh in at the comment section -- and when you do, tell 'em PowerPop sent you.
Oh, and a coveted PowerPop No-Prize to the first reader who guesses which group or artist performed the song I chose.
No peeking, obviously....
11 comments:
Bram Tchaikovsky. I didn't peek.
Nope. Although I don't know if I've mentioned this, but my old high school garage band buddies The Weasels have a very nice little recording studio in their attic and sometime in September I will be attempting a cover version of "Why Does My Mother Phone Me" with their assistance. This could be either very funny or very pathetic, but I'm sure I'll share it with everybody in either case.
:-)
Hey Steve,
Have you heard Jenny And Johnny's I'm Having Fun Now?
Power pop for 21st century people.
Our friend Sal Nunziato was just raving about that over at his place today.
http://www.burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/
Obviously, I will have to give it a listen...
Three guesses okay?
The Raspberries
The Byrds
The Yardbirds
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Shoes.
I had to.
:-)
Yes, you had to!
You must have been spending your days, nights, dreams, etc, thinking about them lately . . . when is the pub date on that book?
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I opened up at random to No. 24, "I don't Wanna Cry" by the Keys. I knew right then it was going to be a great list ...
Steve, I also sent you some 21st Century Power Pop from Army Navy - did you get it?
Off to check out Mixtures now..
Is this a joke? No Kinks,no Who[what about the post yesterday of"can't explain"] or the Beatles album's "For sale" or "Rubber Soul"?
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