Archive for the 'old school' Category

Christmastime’s A-comin’

Posted by Brendan on December 19th, 2008 filed in bluegrass, old school, youtube

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, “Christmastime’s A-comin’”

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In Honor of Jon Jones: Motormags, “Just Wanna Be Loved”

Posted by Brendan on December 11th, 2008 filed in Rock-n-roll, friends, hardcore, life, old school

Where to begin…
Jon Jones, the guitar player in the AC/DC shirt, is an old friend of mine going back as far as Tim Kelly. He played in tons of great hardcore bands back in the day (none of who have websites) like Positive Outlook and Step Forward, before moving on to the post-punk Two [...]

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More SNFU

Posted by Brendan on October 28th, 2008 filed in hardcore, old school, youtube

She’s Not on the Menu, and more…
God only knows when this was taped. Wow.
Who is that new waitress? He wants her on his plate
Well every time he sees her he just has to masturbate
He wants her luscious breasts on the end of his fork
But all this menu offers is chicken, beef & pork
But I don’t [...]

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Return of the Friday Video! The Bags: Big Wig

Posted by Brendan on October 3rd, 2008 filed in Rock-n-roll, hardcore, heavy metal, old school, punk rock, sheer unadulterated joy

The Bags, live 9/20/08: Big Wig
I lost my copy of their re-released The Bags ‘89, available here. It’s really impossible for me to fully articulate what a great band The Bags are, and how great their 1989 eponymous release is. It’s really something you have to hear for yourself. As Tim Kelly [...]

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Bluegrass Legend Ralph Stanley Cuts Ad for Obama

Posted by Brendan on October 2nd, 2008 filed in Good Democrats, bluegrass, elections, old school, old time, politics

VIA TMP, a great ad. More than great: incredible.
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A lot of my readers aren’t bluegrass fans, or don’t know that much about the genre. Take it from me: Ralph Stanley is a living legend, not only in the bluegrass community but in the broader country music genre. He and his brother Carter started [...]

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Thank You Note

Posted by Brendan on May 13th, 2008 filed in friends, old school, youtube

For this guy.

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Friday Videos: Merle Haggard, Rebuild America First

Posted by Brendan on May 25th, 2007 filed in Democratic Idiocy, calling bullshit, gop crime, old school, politics, war, youtube

A must see, even if you don’t like country music.

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An Early Jerry Falwell Memory

Posted by Brendan on May 15th, 2007 filed in death, hardcore, just desserts, old school, sheer unadulterated joy

Back in 1984-1985, I was in my first hardcore band. We went through a number of name changes before we decided on Nerve (our guitar player Chris Shea came up with that one).
One of my best friends at the time, Kelly Bray, was our singer, though the two of us wrote songs [...]

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Friday Videos: Shape Note Singing

Posted by Brendan on April 27th, 2007 filed in Philadelphia, old school, singing, youtube

Last night I did shape-note singing for the first time, also referred to as Sacred Harp from the most popular shape-note songbook, a style highly popular in the rural south in the 19th and early 20th Century.
The dominant religion at the time, the Baptist faith, largely prohibited musical instruments in worship, so hymns were sung [...]

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“The Awful German Language”

Posted by Brendan on March 9th, 2007 filed in old school, random, writing

Via FDL commenter Eli:
Mark Twain’s The Awful German Language is a reminder that any successful contemporary American satirist or humorists stands on the shoulder of giants. I couldn’t hold in the belches of laughter reading Twain’s experiences with German. A sample:
There are ten parts of speech, and they are all troublesome. An average [...]

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