I have written about my encounters with the fairer sex on numerous occasions. Some but not all of the stories are interesting. What can I say I have always had a healthy libido. Before I was married I was always on the make and looking for the next chance to hop in the sack which is kind of ironic because I didn't really start to have sex (actual sex, not the fantasy kind or the fairy tale kind...
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Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild(Vapor, 2008)9 out of 10 On "Monologue About Bermuda," from one of Jonathan Richman's 18 albums (Having a Party with Jonathan Richman, 1991), he tells a story to a live audience about his band from back in 1973, the proto-punk Modern Lovers, and the sea change he went through that caused him to leave the band and adopt a new attitude. In Ber...
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...When I threw my gladiator's helmet onto MOG's proverbial colusseum floor and began posting on here back in August I did so with reviews of albums I'd either covered in publications or just happened to be listening to at the time, to see what in the hell "this MOG Thing" was all about...well, the wheel in the sky kept on turning and I'm still throwing shite on here and have gotten with a grip...
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Jonathan Richman(Marilyn's, Sacramento CA, 12/16/2006)Richman performed with his trusty sidekick, the drummer Tommy Larkins, to an audience of about 120. If you haven't caught him live before, I'm not sure I can describe it to you briefly. If you have, this was business as usual. Not quite as good a show as I saw a few years ago, but his little improv, dance, and percussion bits were reliably e...
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Allow me to briefly rhapsodize about my home. (ha! rhapsodize! get it?)Ahem. Yesterday it started snowing at 1 pm. Traffic was completely gridlocked by about 2. Fortunately all I had to do was drive my wife and kids home from school a mile away. It took us 40 minutes. And then I had to shovel. (we have 35 steps from our house to the street.) Oh yeah, and my wife has a broken leg. And...
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Happy New Year everyone!Hey, ever wonder why Jonathan Richman ran for the hills after recording great songs like "she cracked" and "hospital" and "pablo picasso"? Me too! That first album has such great stuff on it and it arguably was a driving force in the earliest of punk days: my old buddy Chuck Vaughan called it "proto-punk" when he first turned me on to it many years ago. The biting sarc...
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Jonathan Richman has announced a run of west coast shows with drummer Tommy Larkins. These eight shows, including a three-night stand at The Mint in Los Angeles, will round out a successful year of touring in the U.S., Canada, U.K. & Europe. Upon wrapping up these dates, Richman will continue ...
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My friend Juliet introduced me to this song. She's always pulling wonderful tunes out of her eclectic bag of musical goodies.Just seems to be one of those songs you can have on repeat and never tire of...I hope you agree. As the song goes, "it's gonna haunt you".Let the sun shine in...AbiPurrrrrrrrrrrr
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You might know Jonathan Richman as the lyrical powerhouse and front-man of The Modern Lovers . Most people haven't heard his solo work, or better yet, his instrumentals.Photo: waltzcore I've wrangled up three of his finest tracks without lyrics, for your listening pleasure. We also threw in a Basement Jaxx bit that samples Richman's "Egyptian Reggae," turning his acoustic guitar riffs into a ...
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Mention, yesterday, of Jonathan Richman 's disregard for the great Modern Lovers album that John Cale produced made me think of this most juvenile thread: What talented rock artist would you most like to give a wedgie? For me it's Richman. Once he ditched the straight-edge VU sound of his early recordings and got into all that cutsie thumb-sucking music, I'm ready to yank up his briefs and see...
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You've been granted the ability to deliver three wishes for the benefit of the music world, one in each of the following categories:A song you'd like a favorite artist to coverAn upgraded Look for a treasured musician (please detail upgraded Look )A graceful exit strategy for The Rolling StonesRock Town Hall Genies, commence granting!Original post blogged on b2evolution .
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I saw Jonathan Richman for one of his unique concert in Paris at the Trabendo (oct 17th), I was waiting for an outstanding show...never had the chance to see him before.I was looking forward to this exceptional night, it started nice and easy, with some nice ballads, I loved in "In che mondo viviamo"...Jonathan magnetism on stage just enchanting....Some of the crowd must have been dissapointed...
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