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Month: January 2010
Off The Record :: The Idaho Falls, Los Angeles (Rancho Park)
Aquarium Drunkard Show :: A Companion Mix, Vol 2
A mixtape. Some new, some old, some new(ish). This is the second effort to somewhat merge the weekly AD show on XMU with that of the blog proper. After the […]
AD Presents :: Parson Redheads @ The Echo January 28th
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight […]
Come Back Jonee :: (Harlem/Devo Cover)
Up until a minute ago this post began with me relating an anecdote about my friend, Adam who, after catching Devo in Brooklyn recently, said something to the effect of […]
Bobby Charles :: 1938-2010
We lost yet another legend today. Bobby Charles , aged 71, passed away at his home in Abbeville, LA. Charles’ music has graced the pages of AD countless times over the years, […]
Next Stop Soweto :: Volume One of Three
Complaining about L.A.’s traffic is about as tired as, well, complaining about L.A.’s traffic. I’m aware. Regardless, last week I found myself on multiple occasions making the east-west commute. For […]
Elvis Presley :: Unchained Melody (The Final Concert, 1977)
A honey-throated god—mere months away from death—Presley, solo at the piano, performs a spellbinding rendition of “Unchained Melody.” Ladies and gentlemen, this was showmanship. A king indeed. + Download Elvis […]
The Strange Boys :: Baby Please Don’t Go (Woe Is You And Me 7″)
Not unlike Harlem , their Austin brethren, the Strange Boys concentrate on rock & roll’s primal roots forgoing the bullshit and pretense. It is what it is—refreshing. Their debut album, …And Girls Club, is […]
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night :: Albatross
The Besnard Lakes are responsible for one of the best LPs of 2007—the eight track soundscape that is The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse. With “Albatross” (the first single from their forthcoming […]
The Ox-Bow Incident :: Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
A couple of years ago I had Le Switch guest DJ my radio show. The stacks they were pulling from consisted of a lot of old Motown, Stax and Harry Nilsson (and […]
Tom Waits :: April 27, 1979, Paris France, Palace Theater
Before I cool it with the Waits stuff , I thought I’d share this last bit as I’ve been in a heavy early-late ’70s Waits mode for awhile. It’s that time of […]
Jerry Jeff Walker :: Driftin’ Way Of Life
It kind of amazes me that nobody seems to know the man behind one of the world’s most well-known songs . Not that this is too uncommon, it’s just that Jerry Jeff Walker’s music is so […]