Morphine

Thank you Anna, for reminding us, quite eloquently I might add, that it was nine years ago tonight that Mark Sandman, the gravely voiced front man and lead songwriter for the amazingly influential rock noir band Morphine, collapsed and died on stage in Italy.   I listen to these old Morhpine records all the time and I am still mesmerized by the forboding lyrics and the dark jazzy sounds. Thank you so much for the music Mark...anyone who ever bought a Morphine record or... MORE

It's funny the things that get to me these days. Normally I'm not really phased by much, but there are some things that I've come to expect. One of these things is a turn away from some of the traditional thinking about music that most of the people here on Mog tend to express, so imagine my surprise when I see a mogger clamoring about one of the big music traps I keep seeing the music industry trap other, less demanding listeners in... singles and the bands that become fa... MORE

Morphine was huge in my eyes back in the early 90's. They opened my eyes to the nontraditional "alternative" music scene which ultimately led me down to appreciating bands like firewater, gogol bordello, eels. Notable for using a 2 string bass the sound that mark sandman would get outta that beast would make your spincter quiver. sandman met an early death on my birthday july 3, 1999. i never had a chance to catch morphine but i did make it a point to check out mark sa... MORE

that it is Shark week on the discovery channel!! What am I doing sitting in front of a computer when I could be deepening the psychological effects of my most irrational fear...SHARKS. Shark Week Question 1 Do you think that the fact that I am moving from land locked Ohio to LA during shark week is a bad omen? Shark Week Question 2 DO you believe that this is the 20th year of shark week? Yes, I have a shark song...courtesy of the brilliant Mark Sandman

listen to the word and world of mark sandman. a rush of thoughts and stories from the bed and breakfast of american neo-beat. the slow, low groove that whispers about a forbidden past of drugs and many, many women. the beaty beauty of an easy life... wish things were easier nowadays.

i meant to post on and about my father's birthday last May 11th. yuh, i am that busy. he's 87 and has advanced Alzheimer's, and i thought that if he'd not remember me ringing him up from across the miles, then i'll just do it another way and put my greeting out there. cut to twelve days and twelve tunes later. rain on your parade mix Let's Take a Trip Together : Morphine : Cure for Pain Diminished Clothes : Salad : Diminished Clothes EP Oompa Radar : Goldfrapp : Fe... MORE

I flipped Live Earth back on...but the Police just weren't keeping me entertained. So i am back to deejaying my own private party. Listened to this gorgeous Morphine song today, and it struck me as one of the best saying goodbye songs i had ever heard...considering the sea change my life is about to undertake. A beautiful tune indeed...

Morphine - What a great band. I saw them maybe 3 months before Mark's death. They are amazingly talented. Mark Sandman played two saxes at once! The two surviving members, Dana and...(the other name escapes me) are in a band w/ a female singer, not as good but similar, called Twinemen. They played an instore performance a year and a half ago at the now defuct record store, NYCD in Manhattan. There were maybe 20 people there total. Cure for Pain is one of the best a... MORE

http://www.rockinboston.com/morphine.htm http://www.hi-n-dry.com/mark_sandman/ Another band I don't know much about, but I'd like to. I've copied and pasted some info from Daily CD below. I'd like to hear from Morphine fans. December 8, 2006Cure for PainMorphine 1993 "The music of the Boston-based band Morphine was all about the midnight creep, the homicide walk. Lead singer, bassist, and songwriter Mark Sandman—a perfect last name—who wore the baggy-eyed look o... MORE

Really wish I would've gotten into this band sooner.

i love this band, and i really miss them. "We used to meet every Thursday ThursdayThursday in the afternoonFor a couple of beers and a game of poolWe used to go to a motel a motelA motel across the streetAnd the name of the motel was the Wagon WheelOhOne day she said come on come on she saidWhy don't you come back to my houseShe said my husband's out of townYou know he's gone till the end of the monthWell I was just so nervous so nervousYou know I couldn't really quite r... MORE

No, that's not a bass you hear; that's a heartbeat — a heartbeat of someone not quite like you and I, but similar enough to have a heart that beats and bleeds (and, sadly, leaves). It's a heartbeat buried deep and far away, but still strong enough to vibrate two metal strings and broadcast itself out to you (and make no mistake: there are things standing nearby that you cannot see listening to frequencies of those vibrations that you cannot hear). Drums kick in — there a... MORE