July 2008
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My Brightest Diamond - Feeling Good
It feels like...
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One Plus One
One performer, one instrument.
Some songs need big orchestration. The depth of sound and the play between instruments is an essential part of their character. Others just don’t need anything but a performer and some room to breathe.
They often come out of the many generations of singer/songwriters and traditional performers, but there are surprises out there: songs that were written for...
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The Velvet Underground and Nico
Not afraid to state the obvious…
theMusic Giveaway: King Khan & the Shrines Live!
So here’s the deal: I’ve got two tickets for King Khan & the Shrines’ show at the Mercury Lounge in NYC this Saturday night (that’s August 2nd, 2008 11:30pm), but I’m going to be out of town. If you…
Want to see King Khan & the Shrines live (which you should).
Can come by 23rd & Park Avenue South to pick up the tickets during business-ish...
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Keith Richards and Mick Taylor, instrumental...
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The Streets - Turn The Page
Mike Skinner recorded...
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The B-52’s, Mesopotamia
Classic, great,...
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Classic Album Covers Recreated in LEGO →
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Steve Beresford - Couleur Café (Serge Gainsbourg...
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Adam And The Ants, Dog Eat Dog
It’s hard...
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solid mashup, on both ends
thetapeleader:
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Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night...
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Stylish Jackets
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension—a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas.
theMusic checklist:
Sound? Check. Sounds piled in every corner of theMusic’s luxurious offices.
Mind? Check. Insightful commentary aplenty offered.
Sight?...
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Tom Waits - Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four...
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Public Enemy - Contract on the World Love Jam...
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The Jam, All Mod Cons
Opening track from their...
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T. Pain vs. Cloud Cult - Collide You a Drank...
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That Handsome Devil - Hey White Boy
I’m not...
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Nelly Furtado vs. Asha Bhonsle - I’m Like a...
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Party Ben - Paid for my Doorbell
One of the first...
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Bring on the RIAA
mash-up or mash·up (mash’up’) n. An audio recording that is a composite of samples from other recordings, usually from different musical styles. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Re-use of other people’s work is nothing new in modern music. Musicians have been singing each others’ songs for as long as they’ve been singing their own. And...
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Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues
To me the greatest...
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Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
Kick, push, kick,...
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Black Ox Orkestar, Az Vey Dem Tatn
A Jewish...
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Ani Difranco - Both Hands (Live)
I am horrified...
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Jonathan Richman - The Beach
This is the first...
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Manfred Mann, Pretty Flamingo
From 1965, this...
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The Go! Team - Get It Together
I first heard this...
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Summertime Rolls
In time we’ll get to Autumn, Winter, and Spring, but right now it’s a sunny summer day in NYC and I want an excuse to post my seasonal favorites. As an NYC kid I never had the “summer cruising” experience, but there are still songs that only click for me during the summer months…
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Is AC/DC a guilty pleasure? You can’t take...
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Reblogged for (and from) newspeedwayboogie:
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Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life (Live at Sin-e)
I...
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Iggy and The Stooges, Search and Destroy (original...
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Bob Dylan - Worried Blues
Dylan was just a...
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Petra Haden, Don’t Stop Believin
Original...
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Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
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Kelly Joe Phelps - Lead Me On
I grew up in a...
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Eric Clapton - Layla (unplugged)
20+ years after...