Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Friday: The Easybeats – Friday on My Mind Australian Band The Easybeats had a worldwide hit in 1967 with the raucous, rave-up Friday on My Mind. It is definitely one of our favorite Friday Anthems. So Crank It, It’s Friday! Note: The band’s chief song writing team, George Young and Harry Vanda, went …
Song of the Day: Sweet Pea Atkinson – Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight (1982) This one is SO ’80’s! Sweet Pea Atkinson is the featured vocalist on what is essentially a Was (Not Was) record and the song is a cover of an Eddie Rabbit hit, heavily synthesized and drum-machined. Still, the Was Brothers added …
Video of the Day: Deadbolt – Swamp Witch We don’t even know WHAT to say about this! Sometimes the Internets throw up something weird and ya gotta just roll with it. And, this is REALLY Weird but, it’s our kind of weird. We are not even sure if the band, Deadbolt is in anyway connected …
UNDERRATED Album Hall of Fame: A. C. Newman – The Slow Wonder (2004) Our favorite New Pornographers album is actually their leader A.C. Newman‘s solo debut The Slow Wonder! It’s one of those rare records that engages immediately from the first notes and continues to reward repeated listens for years to come. Each concise, catchy song has …
Song of the Day: Homer and Jethro – Over the Rainbow Country Comedy Duo Homer and Jethro submit their sprightly, slightly silly but, insanely catchy version of the classic Over the Rainbow as our Song of the Day. Their uptempo version (which as near as we can tell was recorded in 1947) features goofy …
Everybody Loves some Wonderful WENE Wadio… Sometimes…
Can Blue Men Sing the Whites, or are they Hypo-Crites? This does not answer that thorny issue but, it does provide some musical musing on the subject for your delight and edification.
Video of the Day: Zig Zag Wanderer by Captain Beefheart and a Dog Take one energetic dog, strap on a camera, add one of our favorite Captain Beefheart songs and Magic Ensues. Enjoy.
Song of the Day: C. C. Adcock – What I Like (Womans) Louisiana Swamp Rocker C. C. Adcock brings us our Song of the Day from his 1994 debut album. Raw guitars and salacious vocals power this sleazy, sinuous swamp groove and make this one just What We Like. Enjoy.
Video Of the Day: Humble Pie cover For Your Love Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton and the other ‘Umbles do a sly, slinky, unplugged version of For Your Love on Germany’s fabulous Beat Club circa 1970. A great, unexpected version of the Yardbirds classic.
