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Here’s a list of our recently acquired music. Remember, any item with an asterisk we’ll blame on Petra B! It’s OK, we love her! And remember, some of those might be good too! See what you think:
Prince “Superemix-3″ vinyl 12″ *
Waits, Tom “Glitter And Doom Live” 2CD
Hutchinson, Eric “Sounds Like This” CD
Bazan, David “Curse Your Branches” CD
DiFranco, Ani “Sacramento [...]
Are these really the best of 2009? Hmmmm…
As usual, I included plenty of singer-songwriter types. But there’s also some modern rock, classic rock, art-folk, polka, whatever. Maybe not too much polka now that I look at it. I’m sure there are plenty of other good albums out there that were released this year, but maybe [...]
That’s what happened. I didn’t plan it but these things happen. There we were enjoying the all-you-can-eat Indian food buffet lunch at Curry Corner. Harmless enough, and tasty too. But then we waddled out the door and [poof] there was the video store nearby with a big ole ”Five DVDs For $20″ sign. We were powerless. [...]
Some of you dear readers may know that one of my favorite bands is XTC (learn more, web site, awesome fan site). I’ve collected hundreds of items by them and I like it all: the early faster stuff, the not-quite-as-early new wave and beyond, the middle more difficult stuff, the return to pop stuff, the [...]
Sadly, no Terrific Tune For Tuesday this week. Too much time, to little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.
Instead, all of us me here at the vast stevenology empire wish you a super happy holiday season! Whatever you do or don’t celebrate, and whomever you do or don’t celebrate with, it’s all [...]
Today’s Terrific Tune is from an album that was a collaborative effort from vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine. It’s by The Postal Service (learn more, web site) from their album “Give Up“. Why are they called The Postal Service? From Wikipedia:
The band’s name [...]
Earlier this year, Blender picked the “50 Worst Artists in Music History”. Any list of the worst has got to be very subjective, of course. To Blender’s credit, there are some truly awful artists on the list. From the expected (Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Vanilla Ice, Whitesnake, Starship) to the less expected (Primus, Mick Jagger, [...]
Today’s Terrific Tune comes from the glory years of English punk, the late seventies and early eighties. But don’t let that punk word scare you. The Clash (learn more, web site) burst on to the music scene with a self-titled first album featuring a bunch of great punky tunes. But a few things set them [...]
This past Wednesday night, we went to a free concert called “Acoustic Christmas”. Well, it was free if you donated a toy for homeless kids. Not a problem! They deserve holidays gifts just like everyone else. It’s not their fault they are homeless.
First, thanks to local radio station 100.5 The Zone for putting this on [...]
On Saturday December 12th, 2009, the Swell Sister Society will be hosting their second annual group art show at the Coffee Garden. My wife and partner Petra B will be showing at least one piece of her fused glass art and I have to say it’s a really nice piece too!
The Second Saturday reception for [...]
I’ve wanted to use a David Bowie (learn more, web site) video for my Tuesday Tune for a long time now. I had a few videos in mind but I couldn’t find versions that would give me permission to embed them into my blog. Plus, he has some forty years of video floating around, so [...]