It was somewhere in New Mexico, while out in the desert on a road trip listening the old Nuggets compilation, that a bunch of us got to listing our favorite Dylan homages/ripoffs. Specifically the track “A […]
Month: January 2012
Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Nine — Blues Heaven (Pt. 2)
(Volume nine of Clifton’s Corner . Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch , shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond. — AD) […]
Randy Newman :: WPLJ FM – New York City – August, 1971
Twenty-three track radio session Randy Newman cut while in New York City in August of 1971 for WPLJ FM. Stripped down, solo piano. The session serves to both highlight material culled from Newman’s first two […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 230: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane […]
Cass McCombs :: I Went To The Hospital
Bill Fay :: Time of the Last Persecution
Bill Fay is a name that has crept back into the underground consciousness in recent years due to some unexpected word-of-mouth publicity culminating in a series of commendable reissues of the artist’s work. Going into […]
The Dirty Three w/ Chan Marshall :: Great Waves
As I mentioned earlier in the month, the Dirty Three have a new LP dropping in February. My copy has been on repeat, but revisiting the Melbourne trio’s last output – 2005’s Cinder – I was […]
Leonard Cohen :: Old Ideas
Leonard Cohen’s Old Ideas , his 12th studio album, will be released a week from today. If I might I offer a suggestion, listen to the album cold – sans any outside editorial critique. You’ll be glad […]
White Hinterland :: Requiem pour un Con (Serge Gainsbourg)
Serge Gainsbourg cut “Requiem pour un Con” in 1968 for Jean Gabin’s film Le Pacha (see clip below). Forty years later Casey Dienel, under the nom de tune, White Hinterland , released the Francophone, six song, Luniculaire ep. I’ve been […]
Sandy Nassan :: Just Guitar
This shit is intense. My friend Ryan happened upon Sandy Nassan’s Just Guitar while digging at Folk Arts Records in San Diego a few weeks back. Released in 1970, the opening track, “Jam,” is just that. […]
Destroyer :: Leave Me Alone (New Order)
RE: Dan Bejar. The latest Mojo compilation to hit newsstands is a disc comprised of reinterpretations of New Order’s second LP, 1983’s Power, Corruption & Lies . The covers range from the fairly catholic to wholly re-imagined versions, with the […]
Le Blues De Memphis :: Behind The Scenes STAX & FAME, 1969
How’s your French? I watched this twice last night before going out — 1969 footage from a French documentary on the Stax and Muscle Shoals sound. The description bills its 11 minutes as featuring “Brook […]
SIRIUS/XMU :: Aquarium Drunkard Show
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU , channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. SIRIUS 229: Jean Michel Bernard – Generique Stephane ++ […]
Merit Hemmingson :: Brudmarsch efter Florsen i Burs
To these American ears, Merit Hemmingson’s Swedish lyrics on “Brudmarsch efter Florsen i Burs” come across like an inspired – if whimsical – jazz scat vocal. Known as the “queen of Swedish Hammond folk groove,” […]
Ike & Tina Turner :: Nutbush City Limits
I came across today’s Videodrome entry last month while digging around in search of an Ike & The Rhythm Kings performance I’d previously stumbled upon (late) one night. I never did find the Ike clip, but […]