Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Davy Jones 1945 -- 2012

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The cutest Monkee seems to have died of a heart attack today. Here's his big number (with Toni Basi l) from Hea d, the most underrated ...
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The Greatest Thing Ever Recorded

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Seriously. I'm not kidding about this. This is better than Bruno Walter 's Mahler 4th, Trout Mask Replic a, The Sun Sessions , Birth...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited

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Taking Tuesday off for what we used to call a Mental Health day, but we will return tomorrow. The wait will be worth it, incidentally, and t...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

These Foolish Things Remind Me Of...

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From a reunion show in 2007, please enjoy pop punksters Cheap Perfume , at some wonderful low dive in New York City, doing to "Boys...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Weekend Listomania: Special I'd Prefer a New Edition of the Spanish Inquistion Edition

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Well, it's Friday and you know what means. Actually, I am not even going to attempt a topical joke this week, having read the following ...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Yet Another Early Clue to the New Direction: Special "But at least I have a husband" Edition)

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Meant to post about this the other day during our discussion of my old colleague and chum David Klein 's splendid new book If 6 Was 9 , ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Unsolicited Track of the Day: (An Occasional Series)

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Got this via e-mail and laughed out loud. Dear Steve, Firstly, we write to you from chilly London, mind and limbs gripped by the late eveni...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

My Absolutely Last Swear-to-God-I-Really-Mean-It Post About "Waterloo Sunset"

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Fast forward through the brief interview footage and go directly to the performance. Words fail me. Seriously -- why haven't the Brits k...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

I am Not a Number, I'm a Free...Oh, Wait a Minute, I am a Number. Sorry.

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IT was conceived, like so many other things, over a beer. I had recently moved my family from the East Village to the Lower East Side (a ti...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Instrumental Backing Tracks of the Gods: Saturday Moment of "Mea Culpa" For the Last Couple of Crappy Posts

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From 1969, please enjoy the once and future Fab Four and a reconstruction of the unedited backing track of George's "I Me Mine....
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