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Category Archives: Music
Ode
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world … Continue reading
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The Glass Family – House Of Glass (1968)
A great psych tune, ahead of its time, from a shortlived L.A. trio. The verses sounds like something that could’ve come from NYC circa 1979.
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Super Furry Animals
“It’s Not The End Of The World?” (2001) is an extraordinarily beautiful song by the wonderful Britpop band Super Furry Animals. The band blends Beatlesque, Brian Wilson-y pop with a judicious mix of sampling. A great representation of their Beatles/BB … Continue reading
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Andrew WK & The Party Bible
The great Andrew W.K., whose 2001 album I Get Wet was a masterful reinvention of, and injection of fresh blood into, the fading cock-rock musical genre that few other bands, such as the rock and roll saviors known as The … Continue reading
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Mods
We are the Mods! We are the Mods! We are! We are! We are the Mods!
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Elastica – Stutter (1995)
As part of my archeological exploration of mid-90s Britpop, the song “Stutter” by the short-lived band Elastica is a fave: Elastica – Stutter by Pzychofreak
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Charles Mingus: Angry Black Man
In The Nation is an article on jazz legend Charles Mingus, whose “relationship to black identity gave his music its stormy weather.” The biography of this titular jazz pioneer is representative of black identity that can only come about from … Continue reading
Brooklyn Jewish Troubadours
In Tablet (“A New Read on Jewish Life”), Lee Smith writes “How Delmore Schwartz Saved My Life: Or at least kept Lou Reed from punching me at a dinner party“): The American poets who captured this paradox best—Schwartz and other … Continue reading
Gene & Paul vs. Ace & Peter
From a recent FNC interview with the two alpha jews of Kiss, promoting their new book Nothin’ To Lose: The Making of Kiss (1972-1975): Simmons: Ace took me to lunch before his book came out and he read me a … Continue reading
Blur – Parklife (1994)
I’ve been digging into classic Britpop lately. Blur, Damon Albarn’s band from the ’90s & arch-rival of Oasis (until lately, that is) are best known stateside (if not only known) for “Song 2”, an instant classic. “Parklife” is quintessentially British, … Continue reading
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