Friday, January 29, 2010

Weekend Listomania (Special Golden Throats Audio/Video Edition)

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Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental nocturnal emissions specialist Fah Lo Suee and I will be taking an exp...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

An Another Fekakteh! Early Clue to the New Direction: Special Utter of Lack of Personality Edition

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From 1984, please enjoy -- if that is the word, which I don't think it really is -- World's Most Generic Rock Singer Bryan Adams and...
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Block That Metaphor!

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Been meaning to post this for a while -- it's another track from that Live at CBGBs double LP from 1976 we mentioned last week. So -- p...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Idylls of the King

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There's rock criticism, and then there's rock criticism. From 1982, and the simultaneously funniest and most appalling bootleg of al...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Songs I've Just Realized I Can't Live Without: The Note He Wrote

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Jim Ellison , frontman of power pop faves Material Issue , killed himself (carbon monoxide poisoning) in his Chicago garage on June 20, 1996...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Those Fabulous 80s!

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A brief and belated postscript to the "favorite drum stuff" Listomania from the other week: In good conscience, I must add a song ...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Weekend Listomania (Special HCR Audio/Video Edition)

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Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental flourish of strumpets avatar Fah Lo Suee and I will be taking an emerg...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Oh Great, Yet Another Deliberately Obscurantist Early Clue to the New Direction

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From 1976, please enjoy Bowery faves The Laughing Dogs and their winningly winsome powerpop confection "It Feels Alright Tonight."...
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Hey -- I Got a Check For Fifteen Dollars For This Joke!

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My comment at the Village Voice 's annual Pazz and Jop Critics Poll, on newstands now. Not a particularly good year for music or much e...
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In Everyone's Life, There's a Bummer of '67

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You know, as a rule, I try to post mp3s here of stuff with some -- uh what's the phrase I'm groping for? -- genuine musical interest...
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