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…
Jason Hare
9 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Via… After you assemble your brain fragments, join us here tomorrow for a new post!
Jeff Giles
3 Min Read
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…
Jason Hare
6 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
5 Min Read
[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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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”…
Jeff Giles
11 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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:…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
5 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Pete at IckMusic catches Diddy ogling Jessica Biel, then serves up Old School Friday — (Slick Rick alert!) — then does a little Harlem Shufflin’. Bruce at Some Velvet Blog…
Jason Hare
9 Min Read
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. …
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
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 –…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
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…
Jason Hare
5 Min Read
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…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
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…
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Jeff Giles
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If sales are any indication, you haven’t listened to David Baerwald’s work. Here’s why you should.
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
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…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
As another work week draws to a close — and some snow, finally, begins falling on the de facto hockey rink in my driveway — it’s time once again to…
Jason Hare
7 Min Read
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…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
Ah, Stacey Swain aka Stacey Q aka sweet, innocent “Cinnamon” from “The Facts of Life”. Not so innocent, are we? Oh, I know alllll your dirty little secrets, missy. But…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
There will be no Adventures in Smooth Jazz with Lance Mueller, Office Drone this week — maybe next Wednesday — but those of you who were goofing off in the…
Jason Hare
8 Min Read
Welcome back! Wednesday means only one thing – more Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold! Let’s get feminine! No, seriously: let’s get feminine. Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Let’s start this off by Snopesing what I believe to be apocryphal – just about every overview about Alphaville I read says something to the effect that “Forever Young” was…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Work commitments had me tied up all week, but never fear…Lost in the 80s returns in full force next week, with music from Alphaville, Stacey Q/SSQ and…um…Billy Squier. Seeya then!
Jason Hare
9 Min Read
Welcome back, folks, to another edition of CHART ATTACK! I have sad news for you this week: there is no Stevie B. track on this Top 10. In fact, you…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Welcome back to Bootleg City, motherfuckers! Are you ready to get your unofficially-released rock on?!? Not “rock” this week, actually; we’re jammin’ to some Bob Marley today — specifically Marley…