tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1756999633007081605..comments2024-03-28T10:21:05.424-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Steve Deaton is Not Fucking AroundNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13427825908552955022015-11-19T23:10:19.710-05:002015-11-19T23:10:19.710-05:00I'll have to go with these guys. Beautiful con...I'll have to go with these guys. Beautiful congenital failures. Stick with them until they start singing.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOgyytldfow<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72370369647539669862015-11-19T09:54:00.770-05:002015-11-19T09:54:00.770-05:00Good stuff, Steve. Thanks.
Dave F.Good stuff, Steve. Thanks.<br /><br />Dave F.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67942895564101215492015-11-18T12:56:06.123-05:002015-11-18T12:56:06.123-05:00Great song, this DUKE OF HIGH SCHOOL. I hear the ...Great song, this DUKE OF HIGH SCHOOL. I hear the slicker side of The Replacements and Tommy Keene here, and it makes me think of two things, one of which is hearing a song like DUKE while driving, which is a particular type of listening pleasure that I enjoy to this day. The other is that at my high school, John Adams, in South Ozone Park, Queens and in the mid-1960s, we had a term for such Dukes: Super Seniors (read dropouts) who would drive by the school in their souped-up and/or growling Bonnies, Novas, and my favorite, the Olds Starfire, impress the ladies, go home to watch the game shows and soaps on TV, and then do a second drive-around at 3:00pm. <br /><br />By the way, this Steve Deaton album is least expensive at Bandcamp. Five bucks. And that's just one of the reasons Bandcamp is great.<br /><br />And on another note of interest to old farts ... I mean, rock historians ... like us, Louis Menand looks at Peter Guralnick's new book, SAM PHILLIPS: THE MAN WHO INVENTED ROCK 'N' ROLL in the current issue of The New Yorker (see http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/the-elvic-oracle).<br /><br />Louis Menand is a cultural historian, a Professor of English at Harvard, a NEW YORKER staff writer and contributor to the NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. And one hell of a brilliant writer and thinker. Good cultural historians -- like Menand -- look at historical events as they really happened, and not how big-deal pop media outlets, cultural romantics, blowhards and many others would like to believe they took place. Menand's among the best, and his look in this piece at the 1950s rise of rock 'n' roll as a business and cultural force is about as clear-eyed as you can get.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-65161869521953416502015-11-18T12:55:28.826-05:002015-11-18T12:55:28.826-05:00Rockin'. Solo and cowbell are great. Maybe it...Rockin'. Solo and cowbell are great. Maybe it is just me and my crappy computer and headphones, but I would like to have the vocals a little more distinct in the mix on the verses. Or maybe I should shut the hell up and listen to more REM.Ken J Xenozarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024446764828171613noreply@blogger.com