I was watching CNN this morning and saw a commercial for Here and Now. Man, I've totally forgotten about America! Even with a stun gun to my temple I couldn't have told you who sang "Sister Golden Hair" but yet, I hear a clip and I'm thinking, wow, that's one of my favorite songs! I grew up with Ventura Highway, Horse With No Name, etc. but I guess the music data base in my brain replaced Amer...
for those that dont know, i moved to Auckland a couple months ago, and since i got here, ive heard people tell me about this huge music store thats apparently downtown... from what i hear, its the size of Barns and Nobles, FULL OF JUST MUSIC.so my friend Carly said on friday, we're going there... an alll week i feel like a kid about to go to six flags or even the candy store... im so excited im...
New MOG or old, Toxic Tuesday is alive and unwell!Never was a big fan of America. And I'm not referring to our magnificent (if imperfect) country - Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, Refuge of the Slacker - which I love with all my heart, soul, etc. No, I mean America, the wimpy Anglo-American folk-pop trio.Comprised of singer-guitarists Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley, and Dewey Bunnell, America bro...
(please read below before pressing the red button)I always wondered why people outside of America would say such bad things about us or would want to do us any harm. At our core we are just good, peace-loving, god-fearing people much like every other society in the world. Then today I found this little bit of information that would change my understanding of things.You see, when people in far o...
Here covered by America - sorry, I like the original better :-)According to John Phillips in a Bravo documentary, and Michelle in an NPR piece, the song was written in 1963 while they were living in New York. He dreamed about the song and woke her up to help him write. She had stopped in St. Patrick's a few days earlier, which led to the second verse. At the time, the Phillipses were members of...
Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressedThat I set my sights on Monday and I got myself undressedI ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's timesWhen a woman sure can be a friend of mineWell, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surpriseAnd I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to...