About Time...
Cool, a Horslips tribute band! Horslypse.
(New York Wakes is by far the better song, about halfway through the clip)
Thursday September 27, 2007 at 9:55am
Thursday's Cassette
A double dipper of Garland Jeffreys...
Escape Artist
Ghost Writer
Hey, his MySpace page has a lot of friends!
Of the two albums, I strongly recommend Escape Artist, even though Ghost Writer has his biggest hit, "Wild in the Streets". I'm probably going to end up buying a best of album, however, since both albums have quite a few infectious pop songs.
Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 11:58am
Wednesday Tape
Would I lie to you? I took a listen for the first time in a long time to The Eurythmics "Be Yourself Tonight". I like Annie Lennox, a lot, she's taken a lot of interesting angles at performance and recording and she has the vocals to make those efforts work, and Dave Stewart knows how to create a song, but there's something too... corporate... about this album, especially compared to a classic like Touch.
BTW, Annie is on tour, and will be getting to Philly in November.
Tuesday September 25, 2007 at 5:42pm
Tuesday's Tape
The Fixx - Phantoms
I dunno, it's okay, but I liked Reach the Beach better.
btw, they're still touring...
and even more btw, they were in Mechanicsburg this summer!
(see, I'm so out of touch)
Friday September 21, 2007 at 8:30am
Thursday's Music Cassette
Color me uninspired by Cactus World News "Urban Beaches".
It's almost... almost... amazing that even the most obscure bands that had record contracts can have their own web sites, although I almost always find the Wikipedia entry for a band more helpful in providing the history I'm interested in.
Tuesday September 18, 2007 at 12:27pm
Tuesday's Cassette
Apparently, this was an obscure one - and it is bluesy rock.
New Adventures (self titled album)
Apparently they're Dutch, although they sing in English.
I do remember the song "Come On" getting airplay on the radio.
Monday September 17, 2007 at 2:41pm
Monday's Cassettes
I had a chance to listen the past few days to:
Easterhouse - Contenders
Zzzzzzzzzzz. Huh, still on? Zzzzzzzz.
The Men They Couldn't Hang - How Green is the Valley
I can see the comparisons to The Pogues. It doesn't look like you can buy it on Amazon, which is a shame, since I think this album has some pretty good tracks, particularly Ghosts of Cable Street.
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
I kinda like this album. I don't remember "darkwave", though, as a genre. However, I find myself liking many of the groups that were lumped into that definition, particularly The Cocteau Twins.
Saturday September 15, 2007 at 7:56am
Friday's Cassette Listening
Pretty good, but I'm pretty sure there's a better album of theirs on tape in my collection. I'll be looking for it.
Just can't get very excited about this album. Very unexciting music.
Friday September 14, 2007 at 7:49am
Thursday's Cassette Listens
More dropping in on the work I did in the 1980s of making music tapes. Yesterday I listened to:
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark - The Pacific Age
It's fine as background music. (Forever) Live And Die has a nice vocals hook.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Broadcasting from Home
I remember listening to this quite a bit. I also remember that they had some pretty cool album covers, if you like penguins. You'll recognize some of the music, as it has been used in television and commercials over time.
Oh yeah, good times. Cranking up Godzilla and Golden Age of Leather in the old Nissan truck. I'm surprised, I still like this album.
Thursday September 13, 2007 at 4:28pm
This Blog Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
The Ultimate PSOTD Experience ...
Siouxsie and the Banshees cover version of Sparks "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both Of Us"!
Thursday September 13, 2007 at 7:49am
Wednesday's Cassette Listens
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Tinderbox": Nope, not gonna give it another listen.
Sparks - Best of Sparks: Those 1980s drugs must have impaired my judgement a lot more than I thought. Never again!
Wednesday September 12, 2007 at 8:44am
Those Old Music Cassettes
I've decided to take a listen to all the old music cassettes I made in the 1980s, and replace anything that I like with a digital version, and toss the rest. I haven't heard some of these tapes for 20 years, and some of it feels like a first listen, although I know I have listened to them at least a few times before.
Yesterday I learned this: I don't know what I ever heard in "The Icicle Works" that made me think it was worth taping.
Sunday September 9, 2007 at 10:20pm
From the Land of Abba
Subversive Swedish popster Jens Lekman's latest album "Night Falls Over Kortedala" was released in Sweden last week and will be dropped worldwide in October. This video is from his first record. Actually he's not much like Abba at all.