This is yet another article that should be of interest to those who
just can’t understand how anybody could possibly have voted for DJT. (Hint: it’s
less “economic hardship” and more “economic anxiety”.)
Monday, January 9, 2017
#134 It's Gonna Take A Miracle – The Royalettes (1965)
Since I
referred to this as a must-hear in an earlier posting, I really should give
this soul music classic its own entry. This was the Baltimore girl-group’s
biggest “hit” (falling just short of the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100), but
don’t for a minute think that it’s the only good thing they ever recorded; “Blue Summer”, for one, is also well worth a listen.
Serendipity #65
Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
Heard 1/7/2017 around 5:10pm, at Chipotle (Fallsgrove)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Best Music of 2016 (Update)
I updated my earlier post to include the results of the
three radio polls in which I voted. The overlap between my choices and the
consensus of the various electorates seems to be relatively coincidental.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
George Michael
I certainly
hope this will be the final entry in this category for 2016.
While he
wasn’t one of my all-time favorites, he was definitely one of the biggest
hitmakers of his day, and did produce some irresistable pop classics,
especially in the earlier, more carefree days of his career.
Favorite
songs:
Faith
Last
Christmas
Wake Me Up
Before You Go-Go
Everything
She Wants
Careless
Whisper
Friday, December 23, 2016
Best Music of 2016
[NOW UPDATED
with the results of the radio station polls in which I voted]
Songs (AAA
division)
- Off The Ground – The Record Company (#16 WXPN Top 100, #13 WTMD Top 89)
- Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#51 WXPN)
- Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay
- Quiet Corners And Empty Spaces – The Jayhawks (#90 WXPN, #48 WTMD)
- Don’t Know What It Means – Tedeschi Trucks Band
- (Baby) Hold On – The James Hunter Six
- Cautionary Tale – Dylan LeBlanc (#66 WXPN)
- Trailer – Mudcrutch (#93 WXPN)
- Wristband – Paul Simon (#40 WXPN, #59 WTMD)
- S.O.B. – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
- Smooth Sailin’ – Leon Bridges
- Vaporize – Amos Lee (#21 WXPN)
- Rita Mae Young – The Record Company (#9 WXPN, #40 WTMD)
- Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With That – The Marcus King Band (#17 WXPN, #14 WTMD)
Songs
(other)
- Cake By The Ocean – DNCE
- I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner
- Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor
- Me Myself & I – G-Eazy f/Bebe Rexha
- This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris f/Rihanna
- Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
- In The Night – The Weeknd
- One Dance – Drake
- This Girl – Kungs & Cookin’ On 3 Burners
- Comeback Kids – The Jayhawks (from Paging Mr. Proust)
- Unintended Consequence Of Love – Bonnie Raitt (from Dig In Deep)
- Live In The Moment – Teenage Fanclub (from Here)
- Here – Teenage Fanclub
- Hold On! – The James Hunter Six
- Give It Back To You – The Record Company
- Side Pony – Lake Street Dive (#6 mvyradio Top 25)
- We’re All Gonna Die – Dawes (#11)
- Kin – KT Tunstall
- Delilah – Anderson East
- Love On Your Side – Owen Danoff (EP)
- Dig In Deep – Bonnie Raitt (#5)
- The Things That We Are Made Of – Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Stranger To Stranger – Paul Simon (#7)
- Paging Mr. Proust – The Jayhawks
- Little Windows – Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
You (probably) haven’t been married often enough to be in Trump’s inner circle
The third
time is apparently the charm.
It’s not
explicitly called out in the article, but in all except one of the cases
listed, the latest wife was at least 10 years younger than the husband.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Rams Head On Stage, 12/15/2016
Table 102,
Row A, Seats 2 & 4
Rams Head
has a row of 4-person tables, each of which is right in front of the stage and
perpendicular to it. Table 102 is just left of center; we had the rear two
seats, which were just about as good as the ones we had for their show last December.
No real news
here. Another great two hours of musical entertainment from the crew.
Highlights –
killer start with “Every Day Will Be A Holiday”, the Stones’ “Happy” (with a
touch of “Dancing In The Street” tossed in), “Don’t Waste My Time”, and “Love
On The Wrong Side Of Town” … a crowd whistle-along to “Jingle Bells” at the end
of “Talk To Me” (with him joking that “You won’t get anything like this at
Bruce’s shows”) … more Christmas material than last year, including “Santa
Claus Is Back In Town” (a new one for me), “Please Come Home For Christmas”,
and a valiant attempt at “O Holy Night” … “I Don’t Want To Go Home” and the
closing “Havin’ A Party” during the encores … classics “Walk Away Renee” and
“The Fever” (of course), not to mention “Without Love” and “This Time It’s For
Real” … enthusiastic crowd despite some empty seats (for the first of 3 area
shows in 3 nights)
Thursday, December 15, 2016
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