Well, reading LemonTwist's always wonderful posts got me to thinking about some of my favorite romantic songs. And it's a good time, too: yesterday was my girlfriend's birthday, and today is Valentine's Day.Some here are some of my fave love songs:1) Love Me Tonight, Annette Hanshaw. Wonderful, wonderful early 30s song with lyrics expressing uncertainity and hope. Hanshaw's is charming and tota
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Lemon Twist's recent post and praise about hearing The Velvet Underground for the first time made me think about when I first of them....(thanks LT for triggering fond memories in my mind!)During my senior year in high school (Spring '88), I sat in front of this guy named John in history class. We often talked about music, and he turned me on to lots of cool things (like the Dr. Demento show for
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Over the past couple of years, I've been listening to lots old time radio shows (and also finding lots of inexpensive box sets as well!)For those who haven't listened to radio comedies, dramas, sci-fi, etc., there's nothing quite like it. You lose yourself in an audio theatre of imagination. Because it's radio, everthing has to be put across through words, music or sounf effects. A show like "S
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I hope everyone in Mog World had a wonderful Christmas (and I wish everyone a nifty New Year as well!) As we usually do during the holidays, my girlfriend and I go on a road trip to see friends and family (and it's nice to get out of town for a few days). San Antonio and Houston are nice places to visit during the holidays.We received lots of neat presents, and also did some thrifting. And I fou
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Sitting here listening to The Fugs, another great 1960s band. They had lots of very funny, no holds barred songs like "Nothing," "Kill for Peace," "Group Grope," and "Boobs a Lot." "Kill for Peace" is still sadly timely, a biting inditement of war mongers who foist their ideas upon the rest of the world. Some of these songs I still CAN'T play on the radio, due to the earthy language and frank d
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Having trouble sleeping, so I'd thought I'd write (or "mog") some more tonight!As I've mentioned before on these posts, I do a weekly radio show on the community radio station in Austin, KOOP 91.7 FM (click "koop":http://koop.org to listen) Saturday afternoons. It's on from 1 to 2 p.m. (CST). I'm sure this will be the first of many posts I do on radio shows, since it plays a significant part in
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I've been listening to lots of Christmas music lately (and playing plenty on my radio show as well). Some folks don't dig the holiday tunes; true, there are lots of bad, sacchrine numbers out there. And some tracks are played to death!But there are also scores of great Christmas songs that aren't played as much, and here are some of my favorites below. I've played most of these on my radio show
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My girlfriend got me a super awesome birthday present this year: One Kiss Can Lead to Another, Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found. It's a four cd set devoted to fem sounds from the 1960s (it also comes in a ladies hat box, 60s style!)Some of the artists are well known (The Supremes, Lesley Gore, The Ronnettes, etc.); others should be better known (e.g. The Luv'd Ones, an all gal band who actually p
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In case you're wondering where I got the name "Signed D.C." from, there are two sources. They are my actual intials, and a song from the great 60s band, Love. Signed D.C. is a cut on their first, self-titled Lp (from 1966). It's a stark, acoustic number about a heroin addict. Arthur Lee sings it in an especially anguished, tired voice.I first started listening to Love about fifteen years ag...
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Well, hello to all out there in mog land! This is my first post, and it is pretty exciting to be on here (after looking at friends' mogs for weeks). I just joined today, so it's a little sparse right now, but more items will be added as the days and weeks go by.A little bit about me: I love music, and spend most of my spare time in record and thrift store looking for cool tunes. Finding stuff...
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