Carmen Electra and Friend Eat It
This isn’t music related, but what the hell. Start your weekend off with a good laugh… Priceless!!
A Saw Doctors Saint Patrick’s Day
In 1990, this song became Ireland’s biggest selling single of all time. In 2007, it finally reached my ears thanks to Larry Kirwan’s Celtic Crush show on Sirius. Apparently, the Roman Catholic church raised a stink at the time because…
Ear Fuzz Referral:Miles Davis at the Isle of Wight, 1970
This is way too cool not to share. For amazing video of Miles Davis and band at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, go to Ear Fuzz now and take some time to watch this incredible footage. The lineup: Jack…
New Music: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
This is a pretty easy segue from my last post about Tony Allen. I was reading the latest Rolling Stone yesterday, and in Austin Scaggs’ Smoking Section, he gave a heads up to the new album by Antibalas (which just…
Tony Allen and Ginger Baker Poundin the Skins
Kudos to Jefito for throwing a Fela Kuti / Ginger Baker tune on one of his Friday mix tapes a couple months back. It made me aware of Fela and the Africa 70’s “Live” album with Ginger Baker. It was…
Help Save Internet Radio
On March 2nd, the Copyright Royalty Board (part of the U.S. Library of Congress), released the new royalty rates that Internet Radio broadcasters have to pay, retroactive from 2006-2010. The new rates are so high that, for the most part,…
Intervention
I’ll need an intervention soon to stop me from listening to this tune. Arcade Fire’s “Intervention” is blowing my mind! I’d heard live versions of it before (on their KCRW appearance, for example), but never like this version on their…
Carbon/Silicon’s Crackup Suite
Mick Jones (formerly of the Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik), are old friends from the Brit punk scene of the mid 70’s. They are alive and well these days,…
The Past and the Present: the Pogues in Boston
With St. Patrick’s Day quickly approaching, and the Pogues set to play two sold out shows at the Avalon in Boston this weekend, what better way to celebrate than with a Pogues show from the very same venue twenty years…
