It’s no secret that many of our readers have had plenty of spirited discussions over the last few months, or maybe years, discussing what classic album Phish would cover at the next Halloween show. The concept of this live “Musical Costume” was launched by Phish on Halloween in 1994 when they performed The Beatles White Album in its entirety. Errr, except Good Night which was played over the
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I know, I know. *Puts on a mocking, whiny voice* "Confusion, there are too many videos! We want mp3s!" Shhh. Just watch this. Paul Simon backed by The Roots and Antibalas on the horns for a great take on "Late In The Evening". It's one of those moments in music that you didn't expect, but when it happens, it feels right.PigeonsandPlanes
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In May of 2007, Paul Simon was awarded the first Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress (Stevie Wonder received the second a couple of weeks ago). The award ceremony included performances of Simon's songs by Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Marc Anthony, Art Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder and others.That night was captured on film and in 5.1 surround sound and will be re...
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Paul Simon isn't exactly hitting the road. The iconic singer-songwriter will be holding an unprescedented month-long residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, starting April first adn ending April 27th. "Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon": will feature three installments - ‘Songs from The Capeman’, ‘Under African Skies, and ‘American Tunes’ - with Simon inviting different mu
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I took an acting class in my schooldays, and was rather dismayed by it. There were a lot of silly exercises like sitting in a circle and passing an imaginary "ball of warmth" to the person next to you, "identifying" with various inanimate objects - rubbish like that. A few years later, I heard about an acting class taught by Michael Caine that took an approach so practical and simple that I e...
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I've always felt like a generational defector whenever declaring aloud my affinity for Paul Simon. Call me a babyboomer wannabe if ya wanna, but the guy is an incredible talent and the clip on this post captures one of my favorite Simon performances: "Obvious Child" at the 1991 Central Park Concert. What I find compelling about this song is not only Simon's decision to employ enough percussion...
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Way way back when Detroit was just beginning to overcome its bad case of "Not invented Here" in the matter of disc brakes, discs were first fitted as an extra-cost option on luxury cars.And Ford began getting a much higher-than-normal incidence of total brake failures on its disc-equipped Lincolns; especially odd in that virtually all the systems that failed (if they survived the subsequent fes...
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It seems that a vast and previously unrealised void in my conciousness has been filled by my joining of MOG. I discovered this place by eaves-dropping on the comments-box of a friend's blog, and can't believe I didn't get my daft hippie ass to this place sooner. Long have I been in search of a place where I can rant about my strange andall-consuming taste for music to people who will actually...
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Who?Whether it's the music near-perfect folk he made with partner Art Garfunkel or the afropop-infused music he's made since turning solo, Paul Simon is destined to go down as one of the greatest songwriters to ever grace the United States.And I Care Because?- Ever heard of Vampire Weekend? Well, they might as well be a Paul Simon cover band, as the preppy gents steal most of the indie-afropop ...
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From Paul Simon's first solo effort re-mastered Duncan (Demo-San Francisco 2/71)DuncanDuncan - Live
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I have not always been into music as much as I am right now. In fact, there was time when I would be happy just listening to Casey Kasem's Top 40 Countdown and would more than likely have known the lyrics to 90% of the songs on it. Then I grew up and learned that there is a lot more music out there than is found on the radio.Why is this bad you ask? Well, at least for me it has been years since...
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From a Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork. I just absolutely love this lp, on more levels that I care to enumerate, Here are a couple of outtakes/work in progress tunes (one in comments) which highlight Paul Simon's vision.
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One and one-half wandering jewsFree to wander wherever they chooseAre travelling togetherIn the sangre de cristoThe blood of christ mountainsOf new mexicoOn the last leg of the journeyThey started a long time agoThe arc of a love affairRainbows in the high desert airMountain passes slipping into stonesHearts and bonesHearts and bonesHearts and bonesThinking back to the season beforeLooking back...
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| 1 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover |
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| 2 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard |
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| 3 Slip Slidin' Away |
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| 4 Kodachrome |
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| 5 Loves Me Like a Rock |
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