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| Joss Stone - Soul Sessions O/T - Just out of curiosity, has anyone seen "Standing in the Shadows of Motown"? I was contemplating buying the 2 DVD set, based on reviews I've read (only $12 at a local store going out of business - although I think it's cheaper at Amazon. Stil... | |
| Records of the Year 2003 Catchiest tunes and lyrics of the year: Fountains of Wayne's "Welcome Interstate Managers". Nods to the Cars (Stacy's Mom), Oasis (Super Collider), country (Hung Up On You), and no doubt multiple other influences, all made into their own. Mixed fe... | |
| What are your favorite web pages? I find myself FEELING political for the first time in my middle-aged life. I'll leave my personal politics out of the post, but for great analysis of the players and peoples in this newly reshaped world, I find myself checking out The Whiskey Bar ... | |
| Your Holiday/Christmas Favorite Recordings Christmas in Suburbia by Martin Newell(from The Greatest Living Englishman)Going home for Christmas in suburbiaWhere the sodium lights are golden in the rainOn the plastic and the chrome of the people going homeThey will jingle jangle by electric ... | |
| Polk Speakers: Good Wood? Have never heard them, but it sounds like Castle Speakers put a great deal of emphasis on their cabinetry (hand finished in the UK). Audio Advisor is selling some at 50% off ($450 for the Durham 3's - a smallish bookshelf; $585 for mid-sized Warwi... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples Kirsty McColl - Tropical Brainstorm | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples AOW - Week 8Kirsty McColl's posthumous 2001 release Tropical Brainstorm What do you get when you cross Cuban/Latin rhythms with the cheeky, acerbic, and sexy/earthy humour of a middle-aged British divorcee with a sultry voice? Well - the musical e... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples Sort of off topic - but in response to Snook's comments on "New Releases" - I found it interesting that Sony Music (among others?) are urging artists to reduce the number of tracks on their CD's, because of the fear that the populace is regarding ... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples Okay - I'll bite. What qualifies as "moving music"? Are we speaking lyrically? Compositionally? Technique/musicianship? Scale (a la prog rock)? Norah? Eva? U2? Debussy? | |
| Peter Gabriel and music like his Guess Peter Gabriel must be pretty unique judging by the lack of responses.If you're interested in chasing down music similar to early Genesis, you might want to check out Anthony Phillips - one of Genesis's founding members - who followed a littl... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples AOW - Wk 7Francis Dunnery - Let's Go Do What Happens.Francis Dunnery is a transplanted Brit, now living on a farm somewhere in Vermont. In his early days, he fronted a Prog Rock band called "It Bites" (which apparently were a UK success); as a sol... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples RE - The Jayhawks. Danvetc, if you like the CSN(Y) sound of Rainy Day Music, you'd like The Thorns debut (Matthew Sweet - who also appars on RDM; Pete Droge; Sean Mullins). The album nails vocal harmony/instrumentation of CSNY and their wide-open ... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples Okay - with 10-minutes to go at work I nominate (and only because it's here in the office) World Party's "Goodbye Jumbo" for album of the week, originally released in 1990 (although appears to be re-released with bonus tracks and media tracks).And... | |
| Album of the Week - Opinion/Samples In the spirit of Halloween, I'm making this THE THREAD THAT WILL NOT DIE - with my Album 5 selection from the crypt...Epic Soundtracks - Rise AboveDo any of you have albums that you listen to rarely, yet when you do, you wonder why you don't pull ... | |
| What time do you wear? Timex Ironman Triathlon. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking (well, it would if it were mechanical). For a reasonably cheap investment, it performs the job admirably. As a kid I used to have a thing about watches - mostly seeing how well they liv... |