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Bass Clarinet

Today’s Vegetable:
Punched In The Code, Ran Up The Stairwell

March 4, 2010

I’m going to bring the celebratory mood down a little bit with a beautiful and intensely personal song from John Vanderslice. The recorded version can be found on Pixel Revolt, but this version is snipped from a performance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” — a beautiful arrangement, performed with the folks who accompanied Vanderslice at [...]

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Noise Popped! Friday 2/26:
John Vanderslice / Nurses / Honeycomb / Conspiracy of Venus @ Swedish American Hall,
Spencey Dude & The Doodles / Weekend @ Bender’s

March 1, 2010

Phew, holy crow. You can have one of those “this is why I go out to shows” nights any time of the year, but to have three nights like that in a row, you probably need an assist from a festival. Noise Pop packed the weekend with great music and made it hard not to [...]

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She Sends Her Regards

April 14, 2009

I’ve tagged a number of songs “Greatest Song Of All Time” because they really made me feel that I needed no other songs.
But really “greatest”? Like, as in I’m actually ranking things or making an ordered list? Mmmm, I try to stay away from that sort of thing.

But “Famous Blue Raincoat”?
Come on, man. GREATEST EVER!
The [...]

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As A Matter Of Fact

March 13, 2009

If Vegetables can reach Morocco (mmmm, couscous), here’s a huge hug and a thanks to Quiana for introducing me to Bilal.
And a thousand hugs for the person who decided this song needed some bass clarinet dropped in it.
Bilal – For You from 1st Born Second

http://www.myspace.com/bilaloliver
Bonus Genius
So The Roots do this annual jam at at a [...]

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