Why, hello there, Mellow Miners! My, you’re looking fine today! I’m in a romantic mood. Maybe it’s because it’s Valentine’s Day, or maybe it’s because I’m giddy over making it…
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I’ve been keeping this under wraps until now, but it gives me no small amount of giddy, schoolgirl-like joy to introduce to you: Now, I really want to take credit…
We spend a lot of time on this site talking about the forgotten music of years past. While we tend to focus on Mellow Gold, clearly we could apply the…
So close, yet so far. The story of the Family is one of missed opportunites boiled down to its most basic – Good Decisions vs. Bad Decisions. Let’s start at…
Hey hey, it’s Friday, and that means it’s time for yet another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week, let’s go back and check out the charts from February 11, 1989!…
Hello everybody, and welcome back to yet another edition of Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Thanks for waiting patiently an extra day, although after today’s choice, who knows?…
Nasty Skank Alert! I think the people at the late, much lamented BlairMag (linked above) summed up best what was so damn appealing about a trio of barely-talented girls in…
Natural Selection – Do Anything (1991) Now here’s a special one. In a way, Natural Selection was formed a few decades too late; the technology used to create its music…
The post title says it all, doesn’t it? Will your favorite purple protege be featured? Stick around all week and see. Kicking things off is Miss Escovedo, who Prince discovered…
Another Friday, another jewel in the crown of Joe at 125 Records, who served up this week’s Bootleg City specifically for February 2, 2007. Why? I’m not sure. Perhaps it…
Hello again and welcome back to yet another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! Today we’re going to take a look back at a pretty good week – not amazing, but…
Fountains Of Wayne – Radiation Vibe from Fountains of Wayne (1996)Compay Segundo – La Enganadora from Calle Salud (1999)Chris Trapper – Forget Me from Hey, You (2006)Blackalicious – World Of…
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Giant Steps – The Book of Pride (1988)purchase this album (Amazon) It’s easy to laugh at them now — we do it here every week — but truly, there are…
There’s a scene in one of my favorite TV shows, Arrested Development – specifically, the episode entitled “Good Grief” – that manages to be both hysterical and sad at the…
[Jefito’s Note: I’ve been thinking about starting this series for awhile now; the way I see it, these Hooters and Peter Wolf CDs I’ve got lying around might as well…
All of his albums have great songs on them, but for my money, 2001’s Last Man on Earth is Loudon Wainwright’s best front-to-back record, not least because of “Living Alone”…
It hasn’t quite turned into a Behind the Music-style formula yet, but — as our pal David pointed out to me, when he was in the throes of his They…
Al B. Sure! – Missunderstanding (1990) I’m pretty sure I’ve gone into this in detail before, but if I’m wrong, and haven’t explicitly stated this already, I’ll do it here:…
His last few albums haven’t done anything for me, but between 1990-1995, Cliff Eberhardt was making some of the best Northeastern folk on the market. (It was a small market,…
Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (2007)purchase this book (Amazon) As my Dad and I sat around the house one Saturday afternoon, playing…
Don’t ask about the picture. It dates back — way, way back — to this blog’s LiveJournal origins, and was the product of an inside joke that was probably only…
Welcome back, friends, to another edition of CHART ATTACK! Well, maybe I shouldn’t say "friends." I don’t think you’ll like me very much after you review this week in music. …
James Perry – Spend from Stuck (2006)David Kilgour – Sun of God from The Far Now (2007)Loudon Wainwright III – I Am the Way from Attempted Mustache (1973)Steve Howe –…
If you’ve been hanging around here for any amount of time, you’ve probably picked up that I can be a bit of a cynical bastard. But this video of 17-year…
Oh, Wednesday morning, you gave me no warning. Instead, you just showed up and offered me the wussiest music imaginable. So I suppose I’ll do my duty and present you…
Is Billy Squier gay? I ask not because it matters in any way, (I mean, really, it is 2007), but because I swear I read/saw an interview with him about…
If sales are any indication, you haven’t listened to David Baerwald’s work. Here’s why you should.
Del Amitri – Tell Her This (1995) I like to think of myself as being a fairly pragmatic music fan, at least insofar as I am generally able to resist…
It’s Friday, and here we are again for another edition of CHART ATTACK! As I’ve said before, 1988 is my favorite chart year of the ’80s; I know each of…