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Friday, April 30, 2021

It's Rolling Stones Cover Week: Part V -- Saving the Best for Last

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I've posted both of these before, but they behoove reposting. So from the Jimmy Fallon show in 2010, please enjoy country star/Mr. Ni...
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Thursday, April 29, 2021

It's Rolling Stones Cover Week: Part IV -- She's Late For a Very Important Date

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From 1966, please enjoy pleasantly gruff-voiced blue-eyed soul guy Chris Farlowe and his hit (in the UK) version of the Rolling Stones ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

It's Rolling Stones Week: Part III -- the Divine Cis Female M

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From her album No Frills , please enjoy Bette Midler as she absolutely nails the Stones' great "Beast of Burden." Originally ...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

It's Rolling Stones Covers Week: Part II -- Hideous Noise for Now People

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From 1988, please enjoy Slovenian industrial music collective Laibach and their shall we say sepulchural take on "Sympathy for the Devi...
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Monday, April 26, 2021

It's Rolling Stones Covers Week: Part I -- Outlaw Blues

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From 1997, please enjoy the incomparable Steve Earle , along with cowpunk giants The Supersuckers , and an utterly idiomatic rendition of Ke...
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Friday, April 23, 2021

The Dog Days of April

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From 1971, and Farther Along -- the last studio album by the late version of The Byrds (before the reunion album by the original members t...
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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Closed for Monkey Business

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Sorry kids, but this vertigo problem I've been having is kicking my ass. Cool post -- trust me -- tomorrow. And next week will...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Your Tax Dollars at Work

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Apparently, there was another death by cop yesterday. Police in Ohio shot and killed a 16 year old black girl shortly before the Chauvin ver...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Keith's Record Collection™

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[I originally posted this back in early 2011, when this blog and the world were young. I'm putting it up again, for reasons that will be...
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Monday, April 19, 2021

Okay, I Was Wrong and I'm Big Enough to Admit It.

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Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox take the (you should pardon the expression) mickey out of the Stones' "Satisfaction." Fun...
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