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"Don’t turn me home again. I can’t face myself alone again."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:32 -0500

“Don’t turn me home again. I can’t face myself alone again.” - Bruce...

Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1975).

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:13:00 -0500

Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1975).

Tom Swifties from the short story Community Life by Lorrie Moore. I have to go to the hardware...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:41:57 -0500

Tom Swifties from the short story Community Life by Lorrie Moore. I have to go to the hardware...

AMARILLO MORNING by Spike Jonze (1997) This short documentary by...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:31 -0500

AMARILLO MORNING by Spike Jonze (1997)

This short documentary by Spike Jonze, is included on the second DVD of the Palm Pictures two-disc set, “The Work of Director Spike Jonze.” “Amarillo By Morning” is a 1997 documentary short by Spike Jonze. While filming pro bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Spike befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. The documentary chronicles an afternoon in their lives

"At dawn we went through El Paso. It was strange leaving Texas. I hadhad no plans to leave it, and..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:47:18 -0500

“At dawn we went through El Paso. It was strange leaving Texas. I hadhad no plans to leave it,...

Akron, OH, Plate 13 from “Factory Valleys” (1980) -...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:32:00 -0500

Akron, OH, Plate 13 from “Factory Valleys” (1980) - Lee Friedlander

I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:30:52 -0500

by Richard Brautigan I was trying to describe you to someone a few days ago. You don’t look like...

The Shivvers - Teen Line (Live on WMTV, Madison) A rare live...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:20:00 -0500

The Shivvers - Teen Line (Live on WMTV, Madison)

A rare live performance from the Milwaukee power pop band that should have made it big in the early 1980’s. Teen Line is pretty close to a perfect pop masterpiece.

“House (Featuring Neil Young)” Elyse A product of the Canadian...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:22:59 -0500

“House (Featuring Neil Young)”

Elyse

A product of the Canadian folk scene of the 1960s, Elyse came to LA to record her debut album, which combined both folk and psychedelic sounds. It was released in 1968 to significant critical acclaim and even record healthy sales. However her second album was shelved as her label folded, and folk become somewhat passe in the early 70s. After her third album was also shelved she left the music business and moved to Sante Fe New Mexico, changing her name to Cori Bishop.

When Andrew Reiger of Elf Power and the Athens based Orange Twin Records discovered her long out of print album at Montana thrift store in 1999 she was living in Ashland, Oregon working at insurance office.

House, originally recorded for her unreleased second album, was included as a bonus track on the 2000 Orange Twin re-release.

"An ad that pretends to be art is — at absolute best — like somebody who smiles warmly at you only..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:19:24 -0400

““An ad that pretends to be art is — at absolute best — like somebody who smiles warmly at you...

George Mitchell, the music historian, record producer, writer...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:00:27 -0400

George Mitchell, the music historian, record producer, writer and photographer who recorded scores of blues musicians like Furry Lewis, Cecil Barfield and Mississipi Fred McDowell, discusses the the unique sound of the Lower Chattahoochee.

"Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so."

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:29:38 -0400

“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.” - Maurice Sendak, Where...

From RATCATCHER (1999), directed by Lynne Ramsay.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:01:00 -0400

From RATCATCHER (1999), directed by Lynne Ramsay.

“She’s Not A Little Girl Anymore” Green This is excellent...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:53:00 -0400

“She’s Not A Little Girl Anymore”

Green

This is excellent track from the Chicago power pop band Green, led by Jeff Lescher, is from their 1986 self titled album. Lescher’s rough around the edge vocals distinguish Green from the smoother sounds of their power pop contemporaries.

"We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and..."

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:48:34 -0400

“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and...

“Funeral - St. Helena, South Carolina,” (1955), by...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:45:00 -0400

“Funeral - St. Helena, South Carolina,” (1955), by Robert Frank from The Americans (1959), the subject of a 50th anniversay exhibition at Metropolitan Museum of Art that runs through the end of the year.

Additionally five of his films will screen thoughout October, including Cocksucker Blues, the unreleased Rolling Stones documentary.

Harry Houdini

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:53:59 -0400

“His life was absurd. He went all over the world accepting all kinds of bondage and escaping....

On Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot discuss the Big...

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:45:00 -0400

On Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot discuss the Big Star box set that comes out next week.

"The Beatles’ run in the 1960s is good fodder for thought experiments. For example, Abbey Road..."

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:35:00 -0400

“The Beatles’ run in the 1960s is good fodder for thought experiments. For example,...

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness From the 1967 Stax...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:45:28 -0400

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness

From the 1967 Stax European Tour.