Well, gang, it’s finally finished: the newest single from Bloom, called “See the Light.” I slaved over it, as always, but this time I had production help from Simon Knight and Johnny Helyar (as well as moral support from Daniel and Todd). It’s a song with a groove and a heart, and I [...]
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“See the Light” is finished!
Posted in Bloom, Music on January 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Turn It Slightly Louder
Posted in Music on January 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Simon has done it again.
His recent post in Chalkhills about the current record company practice of mastering music too loudly has cleared the cobwebs from my brain. It now explains why, although I love listening to “Stupid Girl,” I can only do so about once every month. Simply put, modern music is mastered [...]
Bob is Back!
Posted in Bands I Love, Music, guitar gods on January 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bob Mould’s fantastic new single, “The Silence Between Us,” is available for free here. Download and enjoy!
Record Companies: Then and Now
Posted in Music, Politics, Record Labels, consumption on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I pulled out my copy of Todd Rundgren’s 1973 album A Wizard/A True Star on vinyl tonight because I was feeling in the mood for some analog love. While perusing the sleeve, I came upon Todd’s handwritten note at the bottom of the insert. (You can click on the image to see the [...]
“Who got the coke? Yeah, the kids got the coke!”
Posted in Bands I Love, Music, Weird stuff, videos on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Jones/Babybird is going to release some marvelous madness soon with a new album, Death of the Neighbourhood. The first single is called “Cokeholes” and it takes the lyrics to Jones’s little-known song “Quaaludes” and mixes them up a bit.
Mixes them up a bit? It’s the strangest hip hop song in Babybird’s [...]
Obsolescence Is So Obsolete
Posted in consumption on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you click on the above image, you can read an advertisement for a newfangled “compact disk player” in Sears’ 1983 Christmas catalog. What is perhaps most interesting, especially as pundits are beginning to decry the end of the CD, is the fact that what cost $589.99 in 1983 would cost $1,188.23 today. Intriguing, [...]
The Song of 2008
Posted in Bands I Love, Music on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had planned to spend New Year’s Eve and the first day of 2008 at Paul and Jackie’s house. I arrived there at about 3:00 on Monday afternoon to find Jackie preparing for the party and Paul, sick as a dog, Dysoning the basement. The crowd came and we had a great time, [...]
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