From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Our Lady Of Sorrows And The Long, Dark Night

December 19, 2008

Well, dear hearts, it’s been another fine year. I’ll be taking my customary (as in second) year-end break, and will return to you with love and music on Friday, January 2. But before I go, I’ll leave you with this stunning fever dream from Jolie Holland, whose beautiful new album is in near-constant [...]

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The Rhythm You Need

December 18, 2008

Holy moley, people, it’s almost Winter Break! Half Term! My, um, Y-levels are coming up!
Only two more posts until I rest up for 2009, so I better make ’em count.
Lucky for me, there’s some new illy willy from A. Skillz, whom you might remember from my previous drippy hug hug over his work with Krafty [...]

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Sometimes I Feel A Little Twinge

December 17, 2008

Enough old stuff, you say? You say? You say “I wouldn’t be on the Internet if I was looking for old music? I’d be at the Salvation Army?”
Well, son, I’ve been there and they don’t have records any more. And the CDs are all of people you’ve never heard of (and you’ve heard of everybody), [...]

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One Drink Too Many And A Joke Gone Too Far

December 16, 2008

This is another one you might have heard, maybe heard a lot, but if you ain’t, then somebody needs to play it for you — and itunes doesn’t love you, I do.
This also goes under the category of songs that would make me cry even if I didn’t understand English. Something about that backwards guitar [...]

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You Think You’re Immune, But I Can Sell You Anything From A Thin Safety Pin To A Porkpie Hat

December 15, 2008

Once in high school a friend said they remembered me playing Jackson Browne in my car. Now, I’ve never had much of a memory for details, and I have always enjoyed a wide variety of music, so I had to consider that anything was possible. But Jackson Mother Rubbing Browne??? I had to fight that [...]

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If You Need A Second Opinion, As You Seem To Do These Days

December 12, 2008

Many songwriters (some might say too many) write songs from such a personal place that the result is more than just a pop song. But when someone truly gifted applies himself to this sort of task, the result can be something so powerful that listening to it can feel like experiencing your own life, again [...]

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What?

December 11, 2008

If you ain’t done had your butt rocked a couple inches out the bottom of your underpants by the live Nasty experience, then I don’t know.
There should be something here about balls, a hammer, and a patriotic melody, but all the blood has rushed from my head and I can nnnk lofjsnghr
Chow Nasty – Ungawa [...]

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That’s Not Good Is Great

December 10, 2008

Welcome To Mali has gotten a fair amount of attention due to the fact that it was co-produced by Damon Albarn. Maybe Amadou & Mariam needed a PR boost?
They sold more than half a million copies of their previous album, recorded the official theme to the 2006 World Cup, and will be playing Obama’s inauguration, [...]

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Shake Ya Tail Feathers

December 9, 2008

Put on your iron shirts, everybody!
The Prodigy – Outta Space (Booty Space Mix)

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There’s So Little Left To Say We Haven’t Said

December 8, 2008

I just heard the Elvis Costello version of this for the first time recently (I know, I know) and was reminded what a truly amazing country song this is (thanks, Jerry Chesnut!). Elvis does a respectful and respectable job, but only George fills that coffee cup to the brim with soulful tears.
He’s the king.
George Jones [...]

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