Since I’ve been badgering her about it for, oh, about eight years or so, it’s only fair to note that this past weekend, from out of left field, Heather gifted me for my birthday six CDs comprising all the songs from the long awaited 80s list compilation. The page with the track list no longer [...]
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I had little momentum there didn’t I, back in May? And then I went and vanished. I contemplated abandoning this whole blogging thing. Apparently it is just not the thing anymore, and I since I had few readers to begin with, I think I can safely assume I have even fewer now. But! But, I [...] The magic of the internet returned to me two much-loved and long out-of-print albums, and now I share with you. Feel the love. Cowboy Songs – National Geographic I received this as a two record set for Christmas 1976, and played the hell out if it the next five years -my first exposure to American [...] The weather has snowed us in here at Silver Fox Mansions, but I am spending a (half) day working from home. The internet gives, and the internet takes away. Still, at least it is not old school winter. For those of you with more leisure time today, I offer up a consideration of the album [...] The wind is picking up, but we are still waiting for the threatened snow here in Q-town. Hope everyone is warm, well-fed and watered, and enjoying the holiday season. Eighteen-year old kid records a cover of Boston’s Foreplay/Longtime. Seriously, check it out – it’s really good. BONUS: a Muppet wiki. Because who doesn’t want to know more about Pepe the King Prawn? There’s a storm coming Friday and all sorts of nasty colds are circulating through Boston-area offices. Luckily the Intended and I prepared for this earlier in the week, by buying a bag of lemons, a fifth of Jameson and all the other fixings necessary to make a Hot Toddy the Silver Fox way. A Hot [...] You were probably already aware that there’s about 1500-odd free MP3s available for download from Amazon? But maybe you didn’t know there’s more free bagpipe music available than you’ll ever need. Unless you’re me of course. I like bag pipe music. It’s just the thing to get you marching about the house when there’s work [...] Submitted for your consideration: an interview with Brian Ibbott, host and creator of Coverville, the podcast you should all be listening to on a regular basis. Tomorrow the first four Replacements albums – Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash, Stink, Hootenanny, and Let It Be – will be reissued, in remastered form with bonus tracks, by Rhino Records. My initial reaction was ‘meh, I don’t really need to buy these albums again,’ but this article may have changed my [...] I’ve written previously of the limited selection of LPs in my house growing up, and the fact that any LPs my sister and/or I liked were absolutely played to death. My sister favored Annie and Free To Be You And Me, while I tended towards the Clancy Brothers and my anthology of cowboy songs. I [...] You may have already seen this, but Muxtape is a pretty interesting way to share music. You upload mp3s to a digital mix tape that other folks can listen to by streaming the audio. Here’s mine. And here’s someone else’s. I was delighted to learn that Carrie Brownstein, a member of the sadly defunct Sleater-Kinnney, one of my favorite bands, is also a huge fan of the Replacements: …The Replacements are one my favorite bands. Not just at this moment, or when I first discovered them in high school, but a band I return to [...] This could turn out to be very handy: an application that allows you to download music from a friend’s iTunes library. Still in beta for Windows though. Hi. It’s me again, still with Solid Gold on the brain. Lucky for me, YouTube is there to function as a sort of way back machine. Here’s some samples of the goodness… Ozzy on Solid Gold. Who knew? I have no recollection of this event. Ronnie, Bobbie, Ricky and Mike… if I love the girl [...] |
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