Earl Brooks – I’m To Blame
OnThe murder ballad is one of the few really American forms of music. Strange, I suppose, but it’s not one you really see in other cultures. Actually, truthfully, you don’t really see it much in our culture anymore — there’s a few…
Stupid Ideas I Haven’t Done: SEXY KEVIN
OnImage via Wikipedia Like everyone, I tend to come up with a lot of ideas that I never get around to doing. Sometimes out of laziness, sometimes because I can’t figure out how to make it work, and sometimes, it’s just because…
Review: Snobby Little Elf
OnI suppose it was nigh inevitable that I’d post about the new Morningwood video — after all, I love music and I love animation. I’ve also been a fan of Morningwood since the debut record — and I’m happy to report that…
Guilty Pleasures: Tammy Wynette
OnI am a Tammy Wynette fan. Most people assume this is because of her association with the KLF in the early 1990s; their song “Justified and Ancient” harkened back to her massive 1960s hit about submissiveness to men, “Stand by Your Man.”…
Kit Kelley – Moonstruck Rhymesters & Common Romancers
OnPhoenix has a pretty good history of awesome rock and pop. The Tubes came from there, f’rinstance. And now, there’s Power Pop Songstrix Kit Kelley. You can download for free some of her songs over at Bandcamp. I particlarly recommend “The Tragical…
Stupid Ideas I Haven’t Done: Wasted Opportunities
OnDavid Bowie via last.fm Like everyone, I tend to come up with a lot of ideas that I never get around to doing. Sometimes out of laziness, sometimes because I can’t figure out how to make it work, and sometimes, it’s just…
Review: ABCDEFG
On[Purchase CD] Chumbawamba really is an underrated band — like a lot of one-hit wonders, their one-hit ended up doing them in in the eyes of 99% of music listeners. For a long time, I couldn’t stand ’em just because of the…
ANGRY JOE!!! Vs. George Jones
OnGeorge Jones via last.fm One of the most important questions of all time are of the form “Who could win in a fight?”. Wars are even often fought on the basis of it. So, in that tradtion, I want to know who…
Book Review: Evguénie Sokolov
On[Purchase Book] When I bought a copy of Evguénie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg, I thought it was, in fact, Serge Gainsbourg by Evguénie Sokolov. I had no idea that Gainsbourg had written a novella — I just figured the slim volume was…