Providing Musical Distractions for our Sick, Sad World
Song of the Day: Shuggie Otis – Freedom Flight A spacey, psychedelic, ambient slow jam from Johnny Otis’ guitar whiz son Shuggie. Perfect mood music for a quiet Saturday morning. This is from the 1974 album Inspiration Information, later reissued by David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label.
Song of the Day: Electric Light Orchestra – Nightrider We know ELO were probably never cool. Even before they damaged their reputation with the machine-tooled Disco/Pop of their commercial hey-day, they were just not hip. But, we don’t care because we love them anyway. (We definitely prefer the pre-disco days though.) So, today, we are …
Song of the Day: Richard and Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights Shoot Out the Lights from Richard and Linda Thompson’s classic 1982 album of the same name is our Song of the Day today because, well, ya just gotta hear this one! If you are at all a fan of the guitar as …
Video of the Day: Atomic Rooster – Friday the 13th Happy Friday the 13th!
Song of the Day: The WHO – Another Tricky Day “This is no social crisis, just another tricky day for you, Fella!” Sometimes when we are feeling a bit sorry for ourselves we think of this advice from Pete Townshend and it helps, a little. It’s one of a handful of actually pretty good songs …
Song of the Day: REO Speedwagon – Keep Pushin’ We know this song is kinda corny but, we also know it’s Monday and you may need some encouragement to get through the day. Besides, this is from before REO Speedwagon became an MOR Power Ballad factory, back when they were a Real Rock Band. And, …
Videos of the Day Starring Carlene Carter Carlene Carter is Johnny Cash’s step-daughter and Nick Lowe’s ex-wife and somehow still not as well known as she deserves to be. Her catalogue is filled with under heard gems but, she had a couple of major career highlights as a duet partner. First up, this obscure Infinite …
Song of the Day: Graham Parker and the Rumour – Endless Night This frantic rave-up is from Graham Parker‘s last album with his great backing band The Rumour (until their 2012 reunion), The Up Escalator (1980). We are featuring it because it is a song even some Parker fan’s may not be familiar with, a shoulda been hit …
Song of the Day: Elliott Murphy – Last of the Rock Stars Elliott Murphy was one of the dozens of “New Dylans” back when that was a (slightly) more common thing. As with most who were saddled with that designation, it was not very accurate and it may have hindered his career more than helped …
Song of the Day: Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane – April Fool Rough Mix (1977) is one of our very most favorite albums here at Infinite Jones so on April Fool’s Day there was little question about what the Song of the Day was going to be. This Ronnie Lane tune is sad, sweet and heart-breakingly beautiful. …
