I am beyond happy right now!! The worst thing about having your house burn down(to me) is losing a life-time's worth of music you loved. And thanks to the internet, I found one of the songs i have had trouble replacing...or havent gotten around to replacing...whatever...its been a long summer...but this little 4 minute video makes me happier than you will ever know!! So...here is Soul Asylum do...
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Because I was very intimate with "Hang Time", their masterful 1988 album. From the intricate time signatures of "Down On Up To Me" and "Little Too Clean" to the countryfied "Twiddly Dee" to the anthemic pop of "Cartoon" to the stadium ballad "Endless Farewell".Next to this full album, their other stuff sounds like pandering hit-grabbing. Which they did, and good for them. It garnered Dave Pirne...
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so my hard drive crashed about 3 weeks ago and it took applecare, here in france 2 1/2 weeks to fix it - all it needed was a new hard drive = open laptop, uplug old hard drive, plug in new hard drive, close laptop... but that's a different story.anyway, luckily for me, i have all of my music on an external hard drive - which, knock on wood (or as the canadians say 'touch wood' - i giggle every ...
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It's early on a Sunday morning, and it's been hotter than anything in Vancouver lately. 32 by the water, 37 inland (all temperatures are in Celsius; for you Merkins out there, take the number, multiply it by 9, divide by 5, and add 32; in algebraic terms, it's X x 9 / 5 + 32).That means it's officially summer time on the wet coast, the time of year when it stops raining, and the ladies wear les...
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"Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?These hang-ups are getting me downIn a world frozen over with over-exposureLet's talk it over, let's go out and paint the townI'm waiting by the phoneWaiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone"--??"Somebody To Shove"?? by Soul Asylum
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Here's the Clerks theme song (from the first movie). I love this song! I still want to buy the actual soundtrack...
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Soul Asylum is one of those bands that has the unfortunate distinction of reaching the mainstream, but still generally only being remembered because of one song. Albeit, Runaway Train IS a great song, but no matter how many other singles they released, it seems as though that's the only one people truly remember. It's a shame, really.Musically, Soul Asylum, while being a quite solid band, is ...
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The release Hope Rocks! Vol. 2 Benefitting Faith’s Lodge is part of the money raising efforts for local non-profit Faith’s Lodge. Faith’s Lodge is dedicated to assisting parents of ill children or those who have lost a child. Epic Event Center will host the release party for Hope Rocks! Vol. 2 which will include a fashion [...]
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It's only recently that I've started listening to radio regularly again, which has a lot to do with traveling and driving here and there, and less with any sort of grand plan I'd had. But as this old habit has returned, it did make me realize how living in an iPod world has made it much more rare to hear new songs (well, beyond this blog and others), but moreover, how this particular listening ...
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Greg Swan of Perfect Porridge forwarded me news of a forthcoming local music compilation for a great cause. Hope Rocks Volume 2 is a lovely mishmash of local music that cross-cuts musical genres – from Soul Asylum to Owl City, Quietdrive to Haley Bonar. Below is the official word from promoters:“Hope Rocks! Vol. 2 Benefiting [...]
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8 songs featuring Paul Westerberg, Gear Daddies, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum...
12 songs featuring Silversun Pickups, Spain, Soul Asylum, that dog....
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