Thursday, December 31, 2015

You Know, Until I Watched This Clip I Had No Idea It Was Possible to Sing Without Auto-tuning!

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You've probably seen this Aretha Franklin performance from this week's Kennedy Center Honors show (for Carole King ) by now... ....
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

To Paraphrase the Supremes, Love is Like an Itching My Crotch. Or Something.

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From 2001, please enjoy country star (with the soul of a rocker) Charlie Robison ... ...and his kick-ass cover of NRBQ 's great ...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Closed for Monkey Business

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Have I mentioned I hate the holidays? Not to mention this weird fricking weather. In any case, regular and less angst-ridden posting resu...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Stevie Wright 1947-2015

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The lead singer of The Easybeats has gone down under permanently. Okay, I'm going to hell for that joke. One of the saddest rock...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Nora's Freezing on the Trolley....

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From the 1991 alt-rock Christmas compilation A Lump of Coal ... ...please enjoy (from Canada) The Odds and perhaps my favorite Christmas...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Deck Us All With Boston Charlie...

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From 2015, please enjoy "A Brand New Christmas." Written and performed by my old pal (and more recently honorary Floor Model ) R...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Your Wednesday Moment of Words Fail Me: Special And Schroeder on Piano Edition

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Buddy Holly 's "Fools Paradise." In true stereo at last, as nature intended. This is actually my favorite sort of obscure ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Your Tuesday Moment of Words Fail Me: Special Can Blue Men Sing the Whites? Edition

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From approximately 2011, and the praise Jeebus just renewed for another season cable music show Live at Daryl's House , please enjoy Dar...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Oh Well, At Least He's Better Than Heino

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From Italian television, sometime in the late '50s or early '60s, please enjoy -- if possible -- the literally incredible Adriano Ce...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Once Upon a Time in the Weinsteins

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The main title music (the soundtrack album drops, as they say, on December 18) from Ennio Morricone 's score for the new Quentin Taranti...
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