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Via Invisible Oranges, I discovered a treasure trove of artists who have covered the lads’ Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. A few of the tracks I had come across before but one stuck out. A version by Lesley Gore. Yes, the Lesley Its My Party Gore. From the album When Pigs Fly, a collection of [...]

Today there was a book bazar at the the local Sea Scouts hall (Supposedly like sea monkeys but with the ability to tie knots so I’ve been told). All books were $2 we wandered down to try our luck. I picked up some interesting tomes. I’m going to start a philosophical tussles with Roland Barthes [...]

A new muxtape. No real method inherit in the madness other than songs I dig.

One of my fave albums of the past few years was Mouthful of Love by Young Heart Attack. A Texan band that rolled the MC5, AC/DC and the Who into flat out guitar heavy mix powered by twin lead vocals, gender equally represented. After releasing a powerhouse of an album they vanished. Label troubles seems to [...]

Thanks to Amanda I’ve discovered Muxtape. A service where you can upload up to 12 mp3s and recall the heady days of mix tapes. A grand idea that will be shut down by the recording industry in a manner of weeks. If it wasn’t for Muxtape and Amanda’s suggestion to check out Phineas’ muxtape, I wouldn’t [...]

Never ‘eard of them. This phrase has always bothered me. You tend to come across if someone wanders into your listening sphere and asks about the music you are enjoying. The expression can be delivered with a curious tone that invited further discussion by the enlightened. However it usually is uttered in a dismissive manner, indicating that [...]

I could buy this CD. And I may just do that. But any lullaby suggestions from my gentle readers? The Little One was a tad ill tonight and have spent the past hour or so rocking her to sleep. The only lullaby I have in my repitoire is Silent Night. Not exactly a lullaby or that [...]

On the weekend I watched the documentary The Devil’s Music that examined the communities reaction to the advent of jazz in the 1920s. One thing that I remember was the mention of an article, Does Jazz put the ‘Sin’ in Syncopation. It was by Anne Shaw Faulkner writing in Ladies Home Journal around 1921 warning [...]

If you leave guitars lying around the house always make sure they are in an open tuning. Makes a much better sound when your toddler tries to play it by raking her hand over the strings (which is quite cute).

Not music but worth listening too. Someone unwisely lets Spike Milligan loose in the ABC news room during a live read in 1971. spikenews.mp3