It’s Friday night, let’s chill with some French music!  Read more 

The country music thread last night got me thinking about the musical acts that I enjoy, but who never really seem to break out even as lesser talents become big stars (at least for a day or two). In the hopes of starting a discussion and possibly finding out about musicians and other artists I don’t currently know about, I thought I’d do a post every once in awhile about someone whose work I enjoy but who doesn’t get much public recognition. I could also do a series on people more famous than they ought to be, but that would be too depressing.  Read more 

SP is doing his best to sound like a cranky 30something bitching about how much Kidz today suck. But this struck me:

I was scrolling around iTunes today just listening to some of the new ’alternative’ (never mind the irony that they are all mainstream) artists and it occurred to me that there is very, very little original music therein. Most of it is either a cross of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day and Sarah MacLachlan. I guess when there are but a few companies that dominate the mainstream music publishing business pathbreakers and innovators aren’t marketable. In the past there seemed to be, at least once every decade, a breakthrough band—or town—that changed the calculus. But music today and for the last several years has remained very stale.

I was in the car the other day on a long drive with no CDs, and I wasn’t in the mood for Newz. Skipping around metro area stations (I was near the airport) I was sort of shocked by how much the stations I knew sounded, well, exactly the same as they did over 10 years ago, when I last lived in the area. Not just alike, but really, the same. It was sort of creepy.  Read more 

On a thread at our Grey Lord’s Estate, one commenter reminded me of one of my favorite antiwar songs. It’s been a long time, Tralfaz. Thanks.

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Saw a very sad woman, she wasn’t able to talk
She used to be a runner, but these days she can’t walk
When they knocked on her door, she just shut her eyes
Don’t tell her any secrets, she won’t tell you any lies

They told me that old man Burks passed away a week ago
Been sick and crazy ever since he left the road
His momma had told him that god was hanging high
Too much light comes through the clouds and through the shimmering skies

(chorus)
Said the preacher:
Everyone, disperse this day
Everyone, everybody
I haven’t any answers
Now leave me be
We can sing our pretty songs
And nod our heads
When we die we say goodbye
Now leave me be
None of this was meant to last
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There is so much talent in the blogosphere. The artist speaks about his work:

Here's the 'news' report. Barf. Of course, "no drugs or weapons were found," but one never can tell with those people. I mean, look at them! They've got baseball caps on, and they're not sitting on their heads properly. Honey, hide the pearls. As the TechDirt folks point out:

hree years ago, we were a bit surprised that the RIAA had hired a former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and jokingly (we thought!) suggested that perhaps the RIAA was getting ready to bust down some doors. Not long after that, we were dismayed to hear that the RIAA had taken to dressing up foot soldiers in uniforms that made them look like they were a part of the FBI or some other law enforcement agency in order to intimidate street vendors. When that wasn't enough, Hollywood lobbyists pushed to have the FBIplay the role of enforcer, even having them raid a school at one point.  Read more 

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