Category: music
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Whole Lotta War Pigs Love
(via Laughing Squid) comes this mashup of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” – masterfully mixed by Wax Audio.
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Well Rounded Radio
Just discovered this local music interview podcast to help folks discover new music. Very eclectic set of artists, genres, and other interviewees: everything from Amanda Palmer to Larry Lessig to Yoko K. (Ok, just realized the Amanda Palmer interview goes all the way back to 2008 – guess I haven’t been paying enough attention!). Subscribe…
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Nirvana BBC Sessions
(via Muzzle of Bees) Although we lived in Seattle from 1992 to 1999, I have to admit I came to appreciate Nirvana late. I had no real sense of the grunge scene or the importance of SubPop other than what you might get from a careful watching of Singles. Since then, though, I’ve really come…
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Animated Painting: Avett Brothers
(via ze frank) Beautiful video for the Avett Brothers’ song “Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promises” – an animation by Jason Mitcham. There’s also a “making of” video, but watch the real one first.
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Wisco
Via Muzzle of Bees comes Wisco: A Tribute to Wilco’s Summerteeth album by Wisconsin based artists. You can download individual tracks or the whole thing, and if you enjoy it, make a donation: This is our gift to you, please enjoy it and share it with your friends. We would love for you to show…
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Save Paste Magazine
I’m a great fan of Paste Magazine, and subscribe as a Paste Digital VIP. I’d thought of Paste as one of the success stories of publishing online – as they made the transition to download for samplers rather than the physical CD – and as they started to offer a premium model (VIP) online, sell…
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New Years Day
One of my favorite songs from what I think of as “first-period” U2 (the era before Unforgettable Fire) has always been “New Year’s Day,” with its juxtaposition of optimism and acquiescence, suggesting: Nothing changes on New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Day. But then at the center of the song declaring with renewed affirmation: Though…
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Yes We Can Ringtone
OK, so the election’s over and all, but I just got a new iPhone and wanted to play with ringtones. So I took Tana Sokolow’s remix — which put Obama’s speech over Lee Dorsey’s early seventies performance of Allen Toussaint’s Yes We Can — and created a ringtone. This’ll get annoying shortly, I’m sure, but…
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A Holiday Tune for the Rest of Us
(From The Satirical Political Report via boing boing) A version of Adam Sandler’s Hannukah song reworked with new lyrics by Don Davis, as performed by Louie Aronowitz: Put away your Fathiesm, its time to celebrate atheism: Atheism is, the festival of Enlightenment, Unlike many religions, it doesn’t depend on crazy enfrightenment Very Sandler-esque.
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Vegan Night at the Pops (Betty’s, Natalie Merchant)
Well, it was a vegan night at the Pops for Jo and I anyway – maybe some day they will have an official night. Started out with dinner at Betty’s Wok and Noodle, followed by Natalie Merchant with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall.
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Anti- Records Sampler
For a limited time (doesn’t say when they’ll stop) you can get a wonderful 16-song sampler of ANTI- records artists at their blog Click on the image to get the sampler directly, or go to the Anti Label Blog – it’s in the left nav.
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Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson at the Somerville Theatre, 4-15-08
Although our seats weren’t as good this time as they were for Eels, Gibson and (especially) Meloy put on one heck of a show. (More photos in the set) Gibson’s opening set was charming and delicate, but honestly a bit flat. She’s got a lovely voice, compelling lyrics, and intriguing song structures, but there just…
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Eels @ Somerville Theatre, 3-31-08
Finally got a chance to see Eels live at the Somerville Theatre back on March 31st (slideshow below). Sorry for the quality of the pics – managed to forget my actual camera and had to fall back on the phone camera instead. Opener was a film instead of a band – the BBC documentary Parallel…
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Eels, eels, eels
Eels are coming to Boston! Playing the Somerville Theater on March 31st, 2008. If you don’t know Eels, you should check out Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1, which includes a 24-song CD (sort of a greatest hits album, with 2 unrelased songs) and a 12 song DVD of videos. Also worth picking…
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Coverville Countdown FTW!
Brian Ibbott of Coverville allows encourages people each year to send in brief “intros” to each of the top 40 songs in the Coverville Countdown. This year I took him up on the offer – and he used my entry! Check out part III of the 2007 Coverville Countdown (assuming you’re not already a subscriber).…
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Thanksliving 2007
Yesterday was Thanksliving 2007 at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. It was a fantastic event, which started with meeting three baby lambs recently arrived: We also toured around the farm and took some photos and met some animals before dinner began see the photoset at flickr. The menu was, as expected, absolutely fantastic, featuring food…
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Mary Gauthier at Club Passim
(Sorry the photos are so dark – I find flash photography at shows like this annoying so I try to stay away from the Flash). A few weeks back Jo and I caught Mary Gauthier at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Passim is an excellent place to see anyone – a folk club about to…
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Thanksliving
The good folks at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary hold a major event the weekend before the observance of Thanksgiving in the US. The basic idea is a major party where the Turkeys are the guests of honor rather than the main course: celebrating (and raising money for) compassion. In addition to the food (main dish…