Bobby Vee has announced that he has Alzheimer’s and will be retiring. Despite obvious bathos, I always liked “Take Good Care of My Baby,” a Goffin-King composition where the rhythm players find some kind of groove which then triumphs over the pizzicato violins. Here’s a nifty blog entry from a card-carrying Vee apologist:
Month: April 2012
When you lose the ability to make distinctions in a world of greys, you enable those who see things as black and white to win. When it has to be all or nothing, you end up with nothing. These are self-fulfilling prophecies and only lead to more cynicism. We must make choices in the real …
“My First Lover” – Gillian Welch. Sung softly but cuts like a howling punk anthem She knows to bail from a bad scene. Me too. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZcAkcypgY
The best Rock & Roll singer combo in American history was with out a doubt Ike & Tina. And I’d put them up against Jagger/Richards and Page/Plant and Jeff Beck / Rod Stewart any night of the week in any decade Ike was alive. Tina is straining but this is what the Stones were really …
Life’s deepest mysteries. How could Ike & Tina have been the best LIVE Rock & Roll band EVER while never once capturing that true lightning in a bottle in any recording studio? It’s almost not fair. This recording sounds terrible in terms of fidelity but holy SH*T, they sound incredible. Were they just the best …
On Saturday, April 28, 2012, rallies put on by UniteWomen.org took place all over the country. I attended the Seattle event. My estimate is that probably between three and four hundred people of all ages, genders and backgrounds were in attendance. I even spotted a group of teenaged boys! There were a multitude of homemade …
Saturday night April 28th the stars all aligned and the moon was in the right phase and I took a trip back in time. Legendary cult figure Roy Loney played a fired up, good old-fashioned rock and roll show at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern. San Franciscan Roy Loney has been around a long time — since …
Nashville musician Katie Herzig will be performing at The Aladdin Theater in Portland on May 6th and the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle on May 9. Ms. Herzig will also be performing at Portland’s Music Millenium record store for an in-store at 2pm, May 6.
Recently I was asked, “What is wrong with CSN? They sold millions of generationally anthemic records, why do critics hate them?” and this is my response: Among the relevant arguments, with which I largely concur: Each of them emerged from a notably SUPERIOR band (The Byrds, The Hollies, Buffalo Springfield); the “American Beatles!” hype with …
“Out Of My System” – My Morning Jacket. Joyful hymn to maturation. Some of us in the music biz could stand to learn from it. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Swedish born, New Orleans based soul singer Theresa Andersson is back with a new record, Street Parade: a lush, joyful and sometimes melancholy ode to they city she has called “home” for nearly 20 years. A stunning vocalist and a talented multi-instrumentalist, Theresa is best known for her technologically superlative live shows, where she crafts …
French DJ and producer Simon Delacroix, operating under the moniker The Toxic Avenger, has shattered the boundaries of electronic music, creating a chillingly dark place all his own. Crafting heavy-hitters that range from dizzying, dance club numbers to twisted, otherworldly creations, his signature sound speaks to the depths of the imagination, rousing images straight from …
“That Man” – Victoria Spivey. Saltiest blues singer. Hurry and re-discover her so we can get the Hollywood bio-pic rolling. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ06tV2QnVQ
The Latest From Steve Stav is Part Two of a three part series on the Seattle World’s Fair: http://www.stevestav.com/2012/04/elvis-jfk-and-it-happened-at-worlds.html
About 25 years ago it suddenly dawned on me that Todd & Daryl were/are vocal doppelgangers, in addition to being Philly boys who made good! It then occurred to me that Daryl’s truest vocal model wasn’t David Ruffin or any of the other Soul Immortals he’s cited, but rather the wunderkind known as Todd! So …
I heard a stirring tune sung in Italian on my evening commute the other day. I went to the station’s website, www.wnur.org, which is the student-run, self-sufficient radio station at Northwestern University. My one source research has led me to Italian prog. GOTTA visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz86bw70Beg and search for Museo Rosenbach on YouTube. – Mark Erickson
Thanks to Ann Cohan for these pix of this year’s tulips up in Washington’s Skagit Valley near Mount Vernon.
“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” – U2. I’ve been her. Haven’t we all? – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Steve Stav’s latest is part one of a three part series on the Seattle World’s Fair: http://www.stevestav.com/2012/04/50-years-of-wonder-and-counting.html
On 4/26/2012 3:08 PM, Kipp, Thomas J wrote: https://www.burningshed.com/store/kingcrimson/product/450/3794/ By the by, Marc, if you ever need a birthday gift for our ol’ D.C. Prog Rock pals, now you’re set! (Burning Shed has four different mugs for Jethro Tull, as well! And two others for Crimson.) And I love that they’ve printed onto …
“Not This Time” – Kate Bush. Impossible to over-state this artist’s influence on me. Chose a rare b-side for true KB fans. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Here’s the latest from my friend Davin Michael Stedman: The very first Soul United Film Festival takes place May 3rd, 2012 from 7 to 10pm at Cinebarre in Mountlake Terrace. The festival features a unique program of music videos and short films, produced on both a local and national level. The Soul United Film Festival …
Perennial L.A. punk-rockers, X, are touring the West Coast right now, before heading to Europe to join Pearl Jam this summer. Now celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, X is the last musical group out of the iconic “class of ’77,” which featured such greats as The Ramones, The Clash and The Sex Pistols, …
On Tuesday evening April 24, I headed to Seattle’s artsy Fremont neighborhood to The Nectar Lounge – where legendary Ska band The Skatalites were playing. The Nectar Lounge is a great little club with an ample dance floor, a large loft and even a covered patio where patrons can go smoke and still watch the …
“Morning Sun” – Dot Allison. Swirl yourself around inside this strange, slow mystery. Take a deep breath and exhale into blissful relief. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Thanks to Randy Rendfeld for finding this video: Finding Portland from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo. Here’s the Vimeo page description: Finding Portland was produced, shot, and edited in 51 days during March and April at the invitation of TEDx Portland, where the video was unveiled to a sell out crowd of 650 and …
http://youtu.be/pl8j_nFpajI This movie includes all of the following 2 Tone bands and songs live: “Nite Klub” – The Specials “The Prince” – Madness “Ne-Ne-Na-Na-Na-Na-Nu-Nu” – Bad Manners “007 (Shanty Town)” – The Bodysnatchers “Three Minute Hero” – The Selecter “Ranking Full Stop” – The Beat “Big Shot” – The Beat “Concrete Jungle” – The Specials …