Archive for the 'old school' Category
Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Orchestra
We saw these guys last night at the Music Box here in Hollywood. Insanely good.
One of the good things about Christina’s recent move to NY is that I can go see these guys on Monday and Tuesday nights in Manhattan. I don’t $30.00 is too much to pay for three hours worth of 1920s [...]
Wisconsin
If you need ME to tell you to pay attention to the protests in Wisconsin, you are truly benighted. However, I highly recommend these two articles linked by Susie.
Meanwhile, a recall effort is underway targeting 8 Wisonsin Republicans: they can’t recall Walker til January, but you can bet that’s in the planning stages.
Go get ‘em, [...]
Really Weird Rockabilly
Henry Thome, “Wolf Bait”
Art Kilmer, “Devil’s Twist”
Boliver Shagnasty, “Tappin’ That Thing” (yeah, this one’s pretty filthy: “it’s a little round thing, all covered with fuzz/ best damn stuff that there ever was”)
Read More..>>Goodbye Rocky Point
Theme played by Rhode Island’s legendary ,a href=”http://neutralnationmovie.blogspot.com/”>Neutral Nation.
Speaking of Neutral Nation…
Two from Dag Nasty
Both of these songs by Dag Nasty, “One to Two” and “Circles, have been in my head non-stop and I can’t get ‘em out. This isn’t a bad thing by the way: both of these songs have aged really well, and they’re still relevant today.
one to two
There are things I’d like to say
that I’ve [...]
Les Paul, RIP
who says only the good die young? Les made it to 94.
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Here he is at 91:
I never got a chance to see Les (almost did in the 1990s, but the cover was wicked steep).
Read More..>>Fourth of July Bluegrass
I’m off to Out Among the Stars, the best bluegrass festival in Pennsylvania. It’s a really healthy break from politics, although at some point i’m sure there will be an unavoidable debate about something.
It’s a time to slip out of my skin, and get back to what really matters: family, friends, community, and music. [...]
May Day: Lucy Parsons
Since neither newspaper in working-class Philadelphia recognized May Day this year, I will do my bit by quoting Lucy Parsons’ “TO TRAMPS, The Unemployed, the Disinherited, and Miserable” in full.
A word to the 35,000 now tramping the streets of this great city, with hands in pockets, gazing listlessly about you at the evidence of [...]
Annihilate This Week!
For no particular reason other than it’s a great Black Flag song from a great movie. And for added fun, can you spot the Chili Pepper?
Read More..>>“Skate and Annoy”
Slamming in the 1980s, no idea what show this was.
At the time there was this whole “skate and destroy” meme going around. I wanted to destroy plenty of things just as much as anyone else, but I never figured out what the two had in common.
Given how angry we made the cops, I thought “skate [...]
