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Had a shitty commute both to and from work today (see this, this, this and this for deets). Stopped for a beer on the way home. Was inspired to tweet this: Turns out a local pastry shop worker by day likes spinning rare disco gold by night. Cool! Among the rarities I’d like to hear again [...]
Tue, September 28 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
I posted these to Twitter. The first is the theme song for Sergio Leone’s For A Few Dollars More. I love the film’s set-up lines: “Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared.” Gunfighter songs: Ennio Morricone, “For a Few Dollars More” -http://tinysong.com/yHu1 Johnny Cash, “Don’t take [...]
Sun, September 26 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Wednesday night was to have been a super harvest moon (I didn’t see it — work, work, work). But it did inspire me to tweet some tunes: Oddly enough, I never saw this song rotate through my tweetstream tonight: Neil Young, ‘Harvest Moon’ - http://tinysong.com/saFh Another personal fave with that title: Jason & the Scorchers: ‘Harvest [...]
Thu, September 23 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Possibly the greatest rock guitarist who has lived to this point in human history died on Sept. 18, 1970.
Sun, September 19 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Some tunes I tweeted, but I’m not sure if they hold together as a group: LCD Soundsystem, Losing My Edge - http://tinysong.com/t3ZD Nine Inch Nails, I Do Not Want This - http://tinysong.com/8qaP Dirty Sanchez, Fucking on the Dance Floor -http://tinysong.com/gcDq Beastie Boys, Jimmy James - http://tinysong.com/lfzB Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground, Perfect Day -http://tinysong.com/fs5r
Sun, September 12 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Sun, September 12 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
Through the serendipity of Twitter, I saw a tweet from Roger Ebert noting that today was Patsy Cline’s birthday. She was born on Sept. 8, 1932, according to Wikipedia. She was only 30 years old when she died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963. Despite her short time as a high-profile recording artist [...]
Wed, September 8 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Here’s what I tweeted tonight: Some late working-themed songs for Labour Day – Merle Haggard, Workin’ Man Blues - http://tinysong.com/k5Yx Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man - http://tinysong.com/iqya Grateful Dead, Cumberland Blues - http://tinysong.com/jnWk James Keelaghan, Hillcrest Mine - http://bit.ly/bPmJW1 (YouTube video, song starts at 0:55) Utah Phillips, Joe Hill - http://tinysong.com/gQsK
Mon, September 6 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Colin Smith posted the following to Facebook, and it seems like a decent holiday Sunday meme: The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you.
Sun, September 5 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al » 2 Comments
Fred Eaglesmith will be playing the Shelter Valley Folk Festival (just east of Grafton) this Friday evening. I tweeted the following Monday night:
Wed, September 1 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al » 2 Comments