Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Little Joy - Next Time Around
I don't have a top three today - but I'll post a song by a trio: Que linda a Binki...
3FER Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mott the Hoople - All the Way From Memphis
Elton John - Daniel
and then back to:
Mott the Hoople - Roll Away the Stone
I think Leon Russell performed the version in the movie? Not that I know anything about him...only through web research did I learn this...
Elton John - Daniel
and then back to:
Mott the Hoople - Roll Away the Stone
I think Leon Russell performed the version in the movie? Not that I know anything about him...only through web research did I learn this...
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames- Yeh Yeh
OMG.
I love this song. It has been in my head for a very long time, but I couldn't remember who sang it, past knowing it was some Brit named Georgie ---, and I kept spelling it wrong in all of my searches ("yeah yeah"). It was put on a mixed CD over 10 years ago, and the track names never transferred... Finally, after agonizing for over a year, I asked my sister, who got it within 2 minutes. Over iChat.
I feel like a load has been lifted- THANK YOU, CAROLINE!!!
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames- Yeh Yeh
***bonus photo- what a hunk!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie
WAIW - So I heard this song for the first time when a friend made me a mix about 5 years ago and this was the first song of that mix. Needles to say the first song is always a tough one to pick for a mix, and I thought she did an excellent job "what a great choice" and I played that CD over and over for weeks.
A few years later I went to go see the movie "Stranger Than Fiction" and there's the scene where Maggie Gyllenhaal invites Will Ferrell over and he plays a Wreckless Eric song on the guitar. After the movie was over I waited around for all the credits to scroll 'til I figured out what that song was. I had never even heard of him before that mix, when I got home I did some research and bought a lot of music from STIFF records, including Wrecless Eric's album. Not really a great punk rock album, but I like this song a bunch.
WAIW - Modest Mouse - The Good Times are Killing Me
Speaking of Modest Mouse...I've actually been listening to something else on repeat all day, but there isn't much of a story behind it. This one has a bit of something...
A few years back, right before I moved to Los Angeles, (ok, it was more like 4), STRONG KENT WYTHE and I had a little company called Bryn & Lou (and Tiny Toys by Bryn & Lou), and we were being shot for a piece in Lucky Magazine. It was a tight shot, but we faked a design studio/work station in the SKW apartment, which was pretty awesome, and probably everything I would want in my own studio anyhow...
The shoot lasted about 4-6 hours I think, but I can't remember now. What I do recall really well is that the whole time, we only listened to one of SKW's mixes on repeat. Imagine how many times this song played. And it's one that you notice each time around...but it was one of those times when, the sun was really shining in on her apartment, the vibe was good, and it just felt totally right each and every time. I will forever think about that day whenever this song comes on, anywhere I am.
To see that photoshoot, click here!
WAIW: Let's Groove
Earth Wind & Fire: Let’s Groove
Hi, I’m fresh out of luck for WAIW. I’ve been scouring the internet for some kind of snippet of the band I wanted to write about to go with my Texas post. But its not going to happen today. That being said, this was my last distraction: a song and band we all know very well. I haven’t been as familiar with this particular audio-visual experience. There is so much happening in this video to love from beginning to end. The atmosphere and the special effects – trippy. I’m a fan of anything that remotely looks like it takes place inside my favorite vector-based arcade game: Tempest, which was released by Atari in October 1981 in the same month that Earth Wind & Fire released their hit single Lets Groove. Connect the dots...are you feeling that? I am. xx
Hi, I’m fresh out of luck for WAIW. I’ve been scouring the internet for some kind of snippet of the band I wanted to write about to go with my Texas post. But its not going to happen today. That being said, this was my last distraction: a song and band we all know very well. I haven’t been as familiar with this particular audio-visual experience. There is so much happening in this video to love from beginning to end. The atmosphere and the special effects – trippy. I’m a fan of anything that remotely looks like it takes place inside my favorite vector-based arcade game: Tempest, which was released by Atari in October 1981 in the same month that Earth Wind & Fire released their hit single Lets Groove. Connect the dots...are you feeling that? I am. xx
