"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Year-End 1953 A year of contrasts, 1953 was. Between the Coronation of Princess Elizabeth to the gas chamber execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. It…
As long as you’re housebound: Become a Patron! Sadly, I didn’t get to work with Roy Orbison until near the end of his career. It was during the resurgence in his popularity around the time of David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Simon & Garfunkel – America – 1968 Taking a break from Non-traditional, or any kind of Christmas music tonight. When Simon & Garfunkel released America in 1968, it was a reflection on what were…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The dB’s – Home For The Holidays – 1987 Continuing our week-long dose of non-Traditional Christmas music with The dB’s. Here’s another band that was prominent in the 1980’s, but packed it all in until…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Balancing Act – Green Pants and Finance – 1987 Roaring on with our non-Traditional week of Christmas Tunes. The Balancing Act were one of those under appreciated and under-noticed bands of the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Timbuk 3 – All I Want For Christmas – 1987 Continuing our romp through non-traditional Christmas tunes, here is Timbuk 3’s contribution; All I Want For Christmas. Less domestic mayhem-oriented than last…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Spirit – All The Same – 1968 It hasn’t been a very good week for music. First losing Dave Brubeck and now losing Ed Cassidy, who passed early Thursday morning. Dave Brubeck,…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Eric Matthews – To Clear The Air – 1997 In the past, when I wrote about underrated and overlooked artists and albums, it was usually in the context of artists from the…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Francoise Hardy – Chanson D’O – 1971 Perennial favorite Francoise Hardy tonight. Last time (back in June) I posted something from her 1971 album La Question, and tonight I’m posting another track…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Suarez – Rio Parana – 2000 It occured to me that probably one of the most-posted bands on this and my other site was the Argentine experimental/alternative/Indie band Suarez, featuring the hypnotic…