There is no doubt that Bearsuit is a band that will provoke a strong and somewhat immediate response from listeners. As a litmus test for this theory, I offer up one of the band’s new singles, “When Will I Be Queen?” Many listeners will love it; many others will positively despise it. Personally, I share …
Month: April 2011
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. Human Planet is the first BBC/Discovery Channel co-production to focus solely on human behavior. Since premiering in the UK, the series has received overwhelming critical acclaim including The Telegraph proclaiming, “it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before” and The Sun stating that it’s “visually stunning and utterly fascinating, this is seriously impressive stuff.” From …
. According to the group’s publicist: The 4-song EP includes the anthemic, synth-fueled tracks “Demons,” ” Stone Bridge” and “Lies” from the forthcoming full length that has already been bringing the band buzz from UK tastemakers including NME, BBC 1, and Q Magazine. Fenech-Soler’s music draws from a diverse group of influences ranging from The …
Thanks to Bob Smietana:
Two versions of the same song, recorded in the same city- Chicago- many years apart. Muddy’s 1947 recording, with Ernest “Big” Crawford on stand-up bass, established him as a blues star and altered forever Leonard Chess’ ideas about music. The Stones’ 1964 version, recorded at Chess Studio, went nowhere commercially, but reworked and re-imagined the …
This song has been the most popular song on Indian radio so far in 2011. It’s mostly in Hindi, but has lots of English. Lyrics are in the lower left. – Robert http://youtu.be/hcKtDXUb6Cg
Here’s one for ya. Kind of a weird song, partly spoken (with a Polish accent?). Seems to be kind of about the fall of the Iron Curtain, though I’m not completely sure… – Robert
Thanks to Dennis White for this: . . . . . .
Indescribably beautiful: .
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to the Kids Choice Awards:
And here’s a video which shows a great street level view of the North Side of Chicago including a pizza joint, a Catholic (or maybe Orthodox) Church, a gospel choir, an alley with brick walls rising on both sides and an apartment full of empties.
Here’s the latest from Kidd Russell: Hey Guys – Here is my new weekly recap show via youtube called “Everyday’s Pulaski Day.” It will document what its like to chill with me and my homeless DJ John Blaze. Episode 1 has us hanging out on the Chicago music video set of Interscope’s newest artist, Kay. …
Jared at the cell phone store was telling me about some great bands in the Philippines and in particular he recommended a band called, Manila High. I haven’t found a band called Manila High yet, but here’s a really nice little song and video. The band is Kala, the song is Manila High. It’s a …
For the purposes of this list, I will refer to one’s position on the diagram of monogamy vs. various types of non-monogamy (polyamory, open marriage, swinging, religious polygyny, etc.) as simply “relationship orientation”. Note that for the purposes of this list, “relationship orientation” does NOT refer to one’s sexual orientation re: the Kinsey scale (heterosexual, …
Thanks to Colette Moran.
This is way better than the title, and it’s not Oregon-specific: