A Few Moments with Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell first came into my consciousness more than 20 years ago when Prince mentioned her as one of his biggest influences in an interview. He’s covered Joni’s “A Case of You” (“U”, naturally, when Prince does it) over the…
The Reason I Still Dig John Mayer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPjZdTbKo5A 425 355] I make no bones about being a John Mayer fan. Since before Room for Squares was released I’ve followed and enjoyed his career. The preceding video is just one more reason that I’m a card carrying fan.…
A Nudge in the Right Direction
Ear Fuzz breaks down the Beasties’ “Shake Your Rump”, with a look at the ten songs that are sampled. Craig over at Songs:Illinois gets us ready for the holidays with a righteous Christmas mix, including John Prine, Asylum Street Spankers…
Ickmusic Giveaway: New Joshua Tree Deluxe Edition
I’m about to make a U2 fan – or the U2 fan in someone’s life – very happy. I have a fresh copy of the newly remastered Joshua Tree album. But not only that. This is the deluxe edition, baby,…
Breaking: Ickmusic to Take Over Sirius E Street Radio
…well, for 30 minutes anyway! Sirius channel 10 is E Street Radio, dedicated to the music of the Boss. Every morning at 10am Eastern, they hand over the reins to a Bruce fan for a half hour. I’ll be playing…
Blech! (with accompaniment courtesy of the Pogues)
This Thanksgiving, my family and I received an unwanted guest, in the form of a stomach virus. Evil shit, I tell you. If someone can tell me how it’s anatomically possible to puke motor oil, I’d like to know! But…
A Nudge in the Right Direction
It’s been an odd day of departures in the music world today. First the news that Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Sunday. Then not an hour later the news that Casey…
Gimme Shelter DVD, Live Stones 1969
I’ve been a Stones fan for a long time, but it took me until yesterday to sit down and watch Gimme Shelter. What kind of Stones fan am I, then, you say? Good question, I don’t really have an answer.…
Ickmusic Local: Stone Devil Hill
The local music scene in New York’s Hudson Valley, by in large, consists of a myriad of cover bands, the occasional singer-songwriter, a smattering of bluesmen, a punk trio or two and a plethora of de-tuned metal-core bands. While Poughkeepsie’s…
Thank You, Danke, Merci, Grazie, Gracias…
I wanted to take the opportunity on this day of thanks to extend my warmest wishes to the friends of Ickmusic. I also want to thank Pete for allowing me to take up space on his little corner of the…