I often think of doing this karaoke style for my wedding, if I ever have a wedding, that is:

Simply replace "boy" for "girl", and so on. Maybe I can kidnap Steven Drozd (the guy playing keys/synth here) for the occasion ( Read more... )

1: "There's no need to worry."

2: "Why's that, Stevey?"

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In a bit of a Gorky's [Zygotic Mynci] mood lately:

My friend Johnny introduced them to me back in high school, and I'm trying to pinpoint the earlier psychedelic stuff. I like it more than their later, almost strict adherence to, folk/acoustic-centered (less ( Read more... )

Hopefully, this is an example of where I can push the lyrics aside and enjoy the vox machines and light synths. 10cc was definitely a supergroup with too much free time in a paid-for studio.

And that's live? I love you, Musikladen.

Lost a friend or two today...

It was bound to happen sooner or later, I guess.

I don't know why I spend so much time reading youtube comments, but I just found a gem ( Read more... )

Brian Eno to produce Coldplay's next album. I'm very excited to hear this.

Oh, and I deliver pizzas for Mazzio's, for over a week now. It's good so far. It pays the bills.

The Troggs - "Love Is All Around"

This and the last are for Jolie mainly. The Troggs song is one of my favorites, and The Flying Burrito Brothers are an amusing country/ R&B-inspired outfit, making inspiration for Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, among others. Both are from the late 60's, I believe.

The Flying Buritto Brothers (with Gram Parsons, who was in an incarnation of The Byrds), performing "Christine's Tune":

Magazine performing "A Song From Under the Floorboards":

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"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator"

--George W. Bush