http://ca.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-songs-about-canada-by-canadians.html Wow, good find Borderline! I was all set to bitch and moan about the choices, and yet there are Wheat Kings and Canadian Dream, as well as Ian & Sylvia and the surprise – and welcomed – choice for #1. As this was clearly written by a Canuck with some excellent music tastes, I’ll […]
Category Archives: Rock music
Tom Lehrer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer I’ve talked a lot recently about my beloved Phil Ochs, and how modern his 1960s protest songs feel. Here’s another, though very different, protest singer whose sly 60s ethos still pricks holes in the egos of 2005-6’s residents; Tom Lehrer. ** BUMPITY BUMP ** I see it’s been almost a year since I last […]
Apple – Hot News
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2005/08/no_direction_home/ This is where the aforementioned greed comes in – I got free tix to see this, so my complaining is officially over. 😀
Coverville
http://www.coverville.com/ I’m not one for podcasts in general, but this one’s got enough GREAT music to make me overlook the bland commentary. **EDIT** After listening for the past few months, I have to revise my comments about this podcast. The “GREAT” songs are a lot fewer and farther between than I initially thought, and the […]
Bob Gruen, Rock and Roll Photographer – Clash Photos
http://www.bobgruen.com/files/clash/r101.html I have stumbled this before, but at the time I hadn’t discovered the Photoblog function; it’s pictures like this that make it worth using.