Lee Hazlewood :: Saccharine Underground

Yesterday Stereogum posted a track off the upcoming Lee Hazelwood album Cake or Death. More importantly, for me, they shed the sad news of Lee Hazelwood . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 22

First off: The A.D. podcast has been up since last spring and has grown to attract about 1,800 listeners each week. BUT, I do have a problem. I am hoping one of you may have a solution to and/or advice. I made a rookie mistake last April submitting my feed to iTunes podcast service when I only had one 30 minute show up (apparently they reject 'casts without at least several shows . . .

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Meters :: Live @ The Showboat Lounge 1977

In contiuuing with the string of New Orleans related posts until Mardi Gras, here is a Meters show from 1977 I posted on last January as part of the original Live Upload Series. Look for another Meters live feature in next few weeks recorded at The Bottomline in the late seventies.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nobody..and I mean nobody funked it up like The Meters did in their prime. Shit-hot grooves. I . . .

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Gilles Peterson :: Digs America

For those of you who were curious as to what compilation I was referencing in the Darondo post, the following should clarify a bit. Gilles Peterson is the envy of dj's, collectors and crate diggers around the world. At least in the world of . . .

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David Vandervelde :: Moonstation House Band

Upon listening to David Vandervelde's late 2006 Daytrotter session (dude covered the Stones "cocksucker blues"..i mean, c'mon) I immediately shot an email to his label Secretly Canadian to get the scoop on who this guy was and if/when he had an album in the works. Not . . .

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PLUG Awards LA :: City Highlights Tour

First Off: If you have yet to make your way to vote for the nominees in this years PLUG Independent Music Awards -- head on over and cast your vote. And if you're local, grab your tickets ($10) and be there in person at the awards in New York City on February 10th. It's worth the price of admission for Stephen Malkmus' performance alone, let . . .

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Professor Longhair :: NOLA Piano Master

The James Booker re-post from last week has reinvigorated my interest in my New Orleans funk and soul collection which -- with Mardi Gras in a couple of months -- couldn't have happened at a better time. So consider the Booker post the first in a series of NOLA themed features from now until Fat Tuesday.Some of you . . .

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Roy Orbison :: Life Fades Away

I have probably watched the '80s excess-fest that is the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel Less Than Zero thirty or so times the past fifteen years. Good lord. In retrospect it's not that it is that a great film, in fact it's a terrible book adaptation, but it is great in it's . . .

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 21

Welcome to Episode 20 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week's podcast.Very off-the-cuff show today, kids. An all over the place eclectic wam bam. This show is not unlike the way I was listening to my iPod on . . .

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Grinderman :: Get It On

Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos and they have come to bring you the rock & roll. Never one to fuck around, Nick Cave returns to studio rediscovering his Birthday Party roots with a few of his Bad Seed cohorts and kicks out the jams like it's 1982.Oh, and if you haven't . . .

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Dr. Dog :: Shake Shake Shake

Dr. Dog: a name that has been floating in and out of my consciousness for the past couple of years, but it took a kind soul feeding me their past two recording efforts to really take hold. As a testament to the band, much of my time on flights the past two months has been occupied by the sounds . . .

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