Category Archives: Punk Rock Saved My Life
Study
I’ve never been one for lyricless music. The words to a song are more important to me than the actual music. Often the first thing I connect with when looking for new music is a phrase or word that seems … Continue reading
Flash Post 6
Here are two links to recent finds of mine on eMusic.com, which I would recommend to the right people, who would be, in turn, in the right frame of mind: This Is Metal’s Most Covered Moments of the 80s – … Continue reading
Filed under All the Baby's Linkage, Punk Rock Saved My Life
80s
Woke up to a cold, grey, rain falling onto my morning. Needed something to beat back the gloom. Searched through the tunes. Found what I needed, feel free to sing along: “Just a small town girl, living in a lonely … Continue reading
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Mood Music
When I was younger I made the argument that music could not change someone’s mood. Now that I am older and realize that once again, I was wrong. This morning, I was in a fine mood. I had a bit … Continue reading
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Music, eMusic
A couple of weeks ago, a couple of friends told me about a new(ish) music download service they were using called eMusic. I took their advice and signed up for the trial version and then immediately upgraded to a full … Continue reading
Dance You Mad Crazy Fools
Madonna’s “Hung Up” came over the speakers as I was doing a bit of housekeeping this morning. Now, while I am not a great fan of Madonna’s, I will be the first to admit that the woman can put a … Continue reading
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My Current Favorite Sad Song
Rufus Wainwright does an excellent cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel No. 2″ on the soundtrack to the biography / performance film “Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man”. This particular song is one of Cohen’s more poetic sets of lyrics set … Continue reading
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Covered
Coldplay is one of those bands that I thought were promising, but I just did not have the time to check them out when they were rising. Now, they are a big, established, million selling rockband and I still have … Continue reading
Metal
“…and that girl in the front of the room, so close and yet so far, she never seemed to notice that silly, school-boy crush wasn’t just pretend…” “Do you like Circus?” The girl’s voice distracted me from my attempts to … Continue reading
Incesticide
It’s amazing how some things just get stuck in one’s head. Well, not stuck. More like put away in the mental equivalent of a kitchen drawer and forgotten about. For years even. I came up against this today when trying … Continue reading
Stadium Arcadium
This album sounds like the Chili Peppers finally let John Frusciante off his leash. It just rocks. Well, the first disc does anyway, the second disc is much slower, full of ballads and love songs that we're not too … Continue reading
Filed under Plugs and Shoutouts, Punk Rock Saved My Life
Tarbelly and Featherfoot
"Featherfoot walked right past Tarbelly into the kitchen where she made and ate three sandwhiches, drank a pot of coffee and a bottle of Absolut vodka. All the while, Tarbelly stood in the door…" Some songs just stick in your … Continue reading
The First Line is the Hardest
“Honey don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.” That has got to be one of the best opening lines, in any story, ever. This one comes from Tom Petty’s song “Rebels”, off the Southern Accents album. (One of his … Continue reading
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Frustration
I get my swear on in this post. You’ve been warned. A year or so ago, I got this great punk compilation called “Springman to the Rescue” from Springman Records. One of the tracks was absolutely killer. Well, several tracks … Continue reading
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Coney Island Baby
You know, man, when I was a young man in high school you believe in or not I wanted to play football for the coach Italy was rolling by outside the train window, backlit by moonlight and Lou Reed was … Continue reading
