Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
24 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: christmas advert, lily allen, somewhere only we know
22 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: edson, sunday lovely sunday
Edson: “Sunday, Lovely Sunday” (1999)
Pelle Carlberg and Edson make a Scandinavian Sunday afternoon sound like a little slice of heaven.
Sundays are slow
Never pretentious, oh no
Silent and closed
And we don’t really have to know where to go
Holding hands with the one I love
She wears mittens, I wear gloves
There must be someone above
Holding hands with the one I love
We could catch a picture show
Rent a Sunday video
We could stay out in the snow
Sunday slow
Sundays are meant
To let the quilt become a tent
Sundays well-spent
Don’t need a reason, no intent
Holding hands with the one I love
She wears mittens, I wear gloves
There must be someone above
Holding hands with the one I love
We could catch a picture show
Rent a Sunday video
We could stay out in the snow
Order greasy food to go
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20 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: mike pinder, moody blues, ray thomas
For Moody Blues fans, still mourning the death of John Lodge and disheartened by recent articles suggesting the Moody Blues were never truly friends, this video may bring comfort.
The affection between Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas is clearly genuine as the two sit together for the first time in years and improvise a song.
19 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: de paisano a paisano, ozomatli
Ozomatli: “De Paisano A Paisano” (2017)
Grammy Award-winning L.A. Latin rock band Ozomatli put some extra swagger in Los Tigres Del Norte’s “De Paisano A Paisano” (“From Countryman to Countryman”) delivering a message that could not be timelier in 2025.
Check out the lyric video:
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2025/04/05/recommended-albums-96/
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/06/19/songs-you-may-have-missed-428/
19 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: candyfloss, jonny
Jonny: “Candyflosss” (2011)
When a band is a collaboration between members of non-mainstream bands, when their debut is also their swan song, when the band name they choose is also the album title, and a one-word first name at that, it makes it a bit of a challenge to gather info about…Jonny.
Norman Blake of Scottish band Teenage Fanclub and Euros Childs of Welsh act Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci join forces here to form this two-man, uh, supergroup.
But the results are tasty and will evoke the sounds of both bands–provided you’ve heard either.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/10/03/songs-you-may-have-missed-482/
18 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: los angeles azules, natalia lafourcade, nunca es suficiente
Mexican band Los Angeles Azules (The Blue Angels), featuring 6 siblings, brings the family and the cumbia beat as they back Natalia Lafourcade on “Nunca Es Sufiente”.
The ambitiously shot video has gained almost two and a half billion views.
Every Moment Has A Song 