1. What's your favorite band?current: Yo La Tengo of all time: maybe The Band or Jefferson Airplane (difficult choice...)2. Do you play an instrument?a few, drums with some distinction3. Sing?kinda sorta4. Write lyrics?very few but that's because I want them to be good.5. Have you ever slept with a drummer?not to my knowledge6. What's the coolest concert you've ever attended?Randy Newman with orc
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Posts by rbrownout
meme thing by way of Masoo...
No Wave - books, music, definitions and reunions
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I find it tedious to discuss/debate "what is No Wave?" Please go to a source like Marc Masters, Byron Coley/Thurston Moore or Weasel Walter. Can we say without fear of disagreement that Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were a quintessential No Wave band, though? I thought you might agree! So, here's a track by TJ & tJ . The second band I was ever in, Information, have the honor of opening the shows
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subculture clash in Mexico
I hope I added something to the discussion here: http://mog.com/Sturgell/blog_post/149771 with my comment earlier today...Some more background:http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/emo-bashing-mexicos-latest-urban-youth-craze/18684/I was pleased to see this comment by "Elena" among some less thoughtful ones on the Rolling Stone news page:Please remember that it is commonplace in a society of intole
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Carl Wilson "Feel Flows"
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I always liked the Beach Boys as a kid, a neighborhood friend had Beach Boys Party! and I especially loved their version of "Barbara Ann" on that record and their singles always brought a smile to my ears. Later when I became more of a rock fan, I was attracted to their later, more serious albums like 20/20 and especially Surf's Up. I didn't really know then about the various Wilson family intri
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4 lines of hurt and hope
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I won't bother to try and convince any doubters of something you should all know already: one of the greatest albums of all time!But i wanted to encourage you to listen again anyway, and to pay particular attention to this typically amazing Randy Newman song. Here are the lyrics to the chorus:Just one smile, the pain's forgivenJust one kiss, now the hurt's all goneJust one smile to make my life w
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dreamy
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A friend's post (http://mog.com/ecompassrosa/blog_post/137075) has made me think of the great (now OOP??) double CD package of Sun Ra's singles. Here's a favorite track from it. By the way, Yo La Tengo do this sometimes and it appears on their rarities collection from a few years ago.
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