Happy Holidays.
Author: ezzy
… Streaming’s Shortcomings
If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.
Streaming…
- has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy.
- has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands.
- has no direct connection back to the artist.
- completely
The Worst Don Moment Yet?
OK this one’s getting creepy – here’s a photo featuring donald the proud papa at one of his resorts with his then-15 year old daughter Ivanka, done for Vanity Fair.
Um. yeah. What’s that saying, you can’t un-see that. Wow. … Read the rest
Thanks For The Memories
How does it feel? Get down get with it. Mama, we’re all crazy now.
… Read the restLike Prize Giving, This
Feeling Kinks today led me to some live 70’s TV stuff where Ray Davies pulls out a chestnut:
The whole show is nice but watching Ray introduce and deliver on Celluloid Heroes is something special. If the embed doesn’t work … Read the rest
The Stool Is Dust
A nice explanation of the donald phenomena here – basically he’s smarter than he acts and he’s in no way a conservative. He’s his usual opportunist self, sensing that the GOP was so weak that it was ripe for conquest.… Read the rest
Crushing Donald
Oh Stephen, why do this editing to us? Perfection.
Stephen on Donald: An impressive list of no information.… Read the rest
Pop For Me Baby
… You Touch Me I Hear The Sound of Mandolins
Awesome rendition of this magical song written for a 1957 movie that I personally first heard performed by David Bowie in the 70’s. This is the amazing Nina Simone going way back to 1959:
[I’m having deja vu on this … Read the rest
Two Corinthians Walk Into A Bar
… British Rock Royalty
Regular readers of this site know I love the old rock band Deep Purple, driven partly by how under-appreciated they seem to be, and how funky they were.
Check out this clip of a jam on an old Purple song … Read the rest
Damn New Birth
Trump And The Nazi Americans
Nice summary of Trump’s outright racist supporters, and a robocall explaining how to rank immigration “priorities”: TRUMP!
More radical than the KKK. OK.
By the way – Mr. Trump calls himself The Don. Think about that. He calls … Read the rest
Ouchies On A Cold Night
Warriors came to the winter wonderland of Cleveland last night and beat the doo-doo out of the Cavs. The Cavs were rolling, playing good ball on their road trip, but it was off from the start last night.
No … Read the rest
The Mortal Coil
We wake every day, or we don’t. I’d like to keep it that simple but man is it hard to contain the sadness as more and more beautiful people perish.
The latest is a great musician and friend Big … Read the rest
Diabolic Personality Alert
Why does Trump resonate with people? Are they all idiots addicted to reality TV and insultingly simple answers to complex problems? Are they all xenophobic racists?
I just can’t figure it out. It’s … Read the rest
Damn, Bowie Is Gone
Is it a hoax? While releasing his latest album, and already receiving amazing reviews, David Bowie, 69, passed last night from unreported cancer.
So many unanswered questions here, like who knew, how they were planning the promotion of the new … Read the rest
The Next Era of Music
On the playback side, not the creation side….
Turntables have been selling well the past few years but there was one big dark spot on that record – the iconic Technics 1200, the stratocaster of turntables, was discontinued a … Read the rest