Find the
nearest warm, sunny beach, get yourself a margarita, and enjoy!
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
#169 Holiday Road – Lindsey Buckingham (1983)
Inexplicably
and unfortunately, this one still seems to remain unavailable for purchase in
any digital form. (Update 11/11/2018 -- now available!!!)
Shuffle #100 (November 29, 2017)
A Solid Bond
In Your Heart – The Style Council
I Don’t Want
To Go Home – Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
The Next One
– Teddy Thompson
Marie Marie –
The Blasters
It’s All
Over Now – The Rolling Stones
Oblivious –
Aztec Camera
It’s A Sign –
Teenage Fanclub
Tears Dry On
Their Own – Amy Winehouse
Perfect
World – Broken Bells
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
#168 When My Buckner Moment Comes -- Dan Bern (2012)
Another
great baseball song. Googling “Buckner moment” can be fun; my favorite search
result applied the phrase to the missteps of corporate CEOs.
Here’s the
chorus:
Every game don’t roll your way
I get down on my knees and pray
That it won’t be in the Series
Underneath October drums
When my Buckner moment comes
When my Buckner moment comes
#167 A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request -- Steve Goodman (1984)
Shuffle #99 (November 28, 2017)
Night Patrol
– The Robert Cray Band
When It
Began – The Replacements
Eleanor
Rigby – The Beatles
Getcha Back –
The Beach Boys
Great Balls
Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
When My
Buckner Moment Comes – Dan Bern
Sleep Like A
Baby Tonight – U2
Good Lovin’
Gone Bad – Bad Company
Only The
Strong Survive – Jerry Butler
Smoke On The
Water – Deep Purple
Monday, November 27, 2017
Shuffle #98 (November 27, 2017)
The Land Of
Milk And Honey – The Vogues
Why Can’t We
Be Friends – Smash Mouth
Oh Beautiful
Loser – The Radiators
Crawling
Back – Roy Orbison
Lonely
Drifter – Pieces of Eight
Bye Bye Love
– The Everly Brothers
Volcano – U2
The Heart Of
Rock & Roll – Huey Lewis & The News
Chimes Of
Freedom [Live] – Bruce Springsteen
Saturday, November 25, 2017
How to protect against fake ‘facts’
Proposal by David Ignatius: “Just as the provenance of a work of art is
established by art historians and auction houses, we need technological tools
that will help confirm the provenance of facts.”
Friday, November 24, 2017
#166 Mr. Dieingly Sad – The Critters (1966)
Although
also released in 1966, this one could hardly be more different from its
predecessor on this list. (BTW, blame the misspelling on the record label
folks, not on songwriter Don Ciccone.) Its sound has been compared to that of
the Association and the Beach Boys, with chord progressions that are unusual
enough that I never did manage to master them when I was playing around with it
on the guitar back in the day. For a much longer ode to the song, see this entry by a fellow blogger.
#165 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago – The Yardbirds (1966)
The best of
many worthy Yardbirds singles (“Heart Full Of Soul”, “Shapes Of Things”, “I’m A
Man”, to name a few), this one stands out for one of the most original and
ear-shattering instrumental breaks in the history of rock, with two of the
generation’s greatest guitarists, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, trading riffs. (It
should be noted that then-blues-purist Eric Clapton was in the band earlier,
but left because “For Your Love” was too pop for his tastes.) It has been aptly
characterized as “frightening”, and apparently scared enough radio programmers
that it only got to #30 in the U.S. and #43 in Britain.
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