Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
08 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
From Popchartlab. Description:
A ridiculously detailed guide to the semantics of rap names, this widescreen edition print spans over seven square feet and contains 636 rapper names as well as some all-time greats illustrated in the background. Blinged out in gold metallic ink, this print is straight stuntin’.
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08 Mar 2012 4 Comments
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note
Reprinted from Paste Magazine:
Last week at a show in Minnesota, Bradford Cox, frontman of Atlas Sound and Deerhutner, got a fan who requested “My Sharona” to strip to their underwear and stand on stage while the band played the song for an hour. Extreme? Yes. Satisfying to hear about? Absolutely. Here are a few other artists who have publicly dealt with the frustration of certain absurd song requests.
06 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: 4 way street, barbed wire
4 Way Street: “Barbed Wire” (2003)
The Philadelphia foursome known as 4 Way Street is comprised of Ben Arnold, Jim Boggia, Scott Bricklin and Joseph Parsons. They’d each achieved a degree of notoriety on their own before forming the folk/country/rock group that recorded one CD in 2003. Their name seems an obvious nod to the CSNY album by the same name. And they do a fair Eagles impersonation (or at least Poco) on this track.
05 Mar 2012 2 Comments
Speaking of Carol Kaye, her bass line from “Good Vibrations” is the first music you hear in this clip.
As Jimmy Webb says of the LA Wrecking Crew, “There may never, ever be a group of Rock n Roll musicians of that caliber again”.
05 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Recommended Albums Tags: the light divides, Winterpills
Winterpills: The Light Divides (2007)
Northampton, MA Indie/Folk/Pop band Winterpills’ second (and finest) album unfolds its melodic charms with each repeated listen, until it feels as indispensable as any recent pop record. It’s a work of seductive wintry melancholy as the cover suggests.
Acoustic guitar is usually central in the mix, with electric guitar and keyboards texturing the simple yet sophisticated arrangements. But the sound most prominently defined by songwriter Philip Price’s lead vocals and Flora Reed’s complimentary harmonies–a magical male-female vocal mix. A work of gentle sophistication, this is a gem of a record.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/05/10/songs-you-may-have-missed-411/
Listen to: “Shameful”
Listen to: “July”
Listen to: “A Ransom”
Every Moment Has A Song 