07/14/2008
Video: Feist Performs "1234" on Sesame Street; Elmo Swoons
In some cases, a band or an artist altering their song for the tikes and performing it on Sesame Street may come off badly, but not in this case. The kiddie version of Feist's "1234" is actually more charming than the original. God, I love this ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/14/2008 10:05 AM EST in YouTube, Indie-Rock, TV Music | Permalink
07/02/2008
On Repeat All Day: NoBunny - "Boneyard"
Nobunny's "Boneyard" is the stuff that your fuzzed-out new-wave, garage rock, etc etc dreams are made of. A naive surf riff, a drum-machine that sounds like it's about to break any second, and an insane, bunny masked dude from Oakland with a voc ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/02/2008 2:20 PM EST in YouTube, Garage Rock | Permalink
06/23/2008
Video: Donovan Reflects On the Creative Process
Donovan, one of the most poetic singer-songwriters of the 60's psychedelic era discussed his creative influences with The Atlantic. From The Beats to The Beatles and beyond, the great transcendental troubadour reveals the inspiration behind song ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/23/2008 3:52 PM EST in Folk, 60's Psych, YouTube | Permalink
06/18/2008
R.E.M's Harbor Coats and High-Waisted Pants
Twenty-four years ago a curly haired mop top from Athens, Georgia by the name of Michael Stipe, sang and danced his way into the heart of America while wearing fashionably understated high-waisted pants. [yt]http://www.youtube.com/v/v4Ouyl7k_ ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/18/2008 3:36 PM EST in YouTube, 80's Pop | Permalink
06/13/2008
Shh Shh Haa Haa, It's The Friday the 13th Part 3 Awesomely Crappy Disco Theme Song!
So since today is Friday the 13th and you are probably in for a lot of bad luck throughout the course of the day, I figured I would bring a little bit of joy and happiness to your life with this post. I think it's safe to say that most of you ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/13/2008 10:18 AM EST in Electronic, YouTube, Disco, Movie Music | Permalink
06/10/2008
The Undertones Predict The Impending Summer
Oh my God, it is so frigging hot in this city. The Undertones are right, "Here Comes the Summer." [yt]http://www.youtube.com/v/kUg7OO1gZk0[/yt] Kick out the summer jams with The Undertones 1979 self titled classic pop - punk album, The Unde ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/10/2008 11:43 AM EST in 70's Punk, YouTube | Permalink
06/09/2008
Lou Reed Takes the New "Moog Guitar" for a Test Drive
Robert Moog was a genius, plain and simple. In the 60's his revolutionary Moog synthesizer, the first widely used electronic instrument, introduced musicians to a brave new world of sound. From the Beatles to Yes to Stereolab, his creation trans ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/09/2008 11:49 AM EST in Electronic, YouTube | Permalink
06/06/2008
Video: Jeremy Jay is Walkin' on Air
This morning I caught this on Buzzfeed and after just a few seconds I was nodding my head. Jeremy Jay's "Airwalker" is like a funkier version of a Galaxie 500 tune, or what Lou Reed would've sounded like in the late 70's had he traded in his whi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/06/2008 11:26 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Rock, YouTube | Permalink
06/03/2008
Bo Diddley Bounces into the Beyond - A Walrus Tribute
Bo Diddley, one of Rock music's originators, passed away yesterday of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida. Diddley's innovating music was an inspiration to many popular blue-eyed soulsters of his time like Buddy Holly, Mick Jagger, and ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/03/2008 12:13 PM EST in Rock, YouTube, Blues | Permalink
05/28/2008
"Get F*cked!" Say Millie Jackson and Glen Branca
The other day WFMU posted a video from 1984 of Millie Jackson performing her "Phuck You Symphony." She wrote this now infamous song in 1979, just around the same time Glen Branca penned his subjectively similar "Fuck Yourself." I don't know wha ...
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