Music

Sign of the day: “Presidents are Temporary. Wu-Tang is forever!”

I saw this on this in Hampton Terrace during this morning’s 10K bike ride. I think I’ll close this post…

4 years ago

It’s Nyango Star!

It’s impossible to describe Nyango Star with mere words. This video will do a much better job: Nyango Star is a…

4 years ago

Mash-up of the day: Buffalo Springfield and Young MC — “Stop and Bust a Move”

Mash-up expert Bill McClintock took Buffalo Springfield’s 1966 anthem, For What It’s Worth and Young MC’s 1989 dance floor-filler (and one…

4 years ago

The day Mike Pence became a Soundgarden lyric

If you watched the vice presidential debate on CNN last night, you saw the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s…

4 years ago

When you love the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” but don’t know the language

This performance — as seen on Brazilian TV show Alerta Amazonas — perfectly captures  the Spirit of 2020 like nothing…

4 years ago

OF COURSE you can play a kickin’ dance tune on a watermelon!

I had no real plans for the weekend, but after watching this video, I feel like running out to Bearss…

4 years ago

The Venova is a strange, interesting, and inexpensive instrument

Because I play the accordion and other keyboard instruments and sometime do a search on them, I see ads for…

4 years ago

Straight Outta Fountain

Titled as found: “It was a good day / Nobody watered down my Minute Maid…” (Don’t get it? This might…

14 years ago

Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked

One of the songs in my MP3 collection that’s on heavy rotation is Cage the Elephant’s Beck-ish, slide-guitar southern-rock-y ode…

14 years ago

Inside a Russian Accordion Factory

John Bristowe pointed me to an article in English Russia featuring photos from a visit to a Russian accordion factory…

14 years ago