Observations: Film Music
I found this post from the summer hiding in my GoogleDocs folder and it somehow never made it to the front page. Better late then never? – Michael I’ve successfully avoided the urge to rant on about this, that and…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: September 5, 2008
As I’ve said before four day work weeks always throw me for a loop. This week had the added pleasure of a computer move leaving my music on one while I get the other ready for day to day use.…
Jerry Reed 1937-2008
While I fully realize that my attachment to Jerry Reed was primarily due to his participation in Smokey & The Bandit and Scooby-Doo, I found out later in life that he was a hell of a songwriter and a amazing…
Northern Exposure: Son of Dave
Son of Dave is Benjamin Darvill whom you may or may not recognize as part of Crash Test Dummies. As he so succinctly puts it, he has spent the last few years bringing “the Blues kicking and howling into the…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: August 29, 2008
Well we’ve reached the end of “The Theme Days of Summer” and for this weeks playlist I thought it only appropriate that we send off the summer with an ode to endless summer nights and the changes coming as some…
Northern Exposure: The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors returns with the second EP in their season-themed series. Standing in stark contrast to Spring, Summer takes an almost darker turn in celebrating the long hot days of it’s namesake. The rollicking jangle of “Summer in the…
Review: John Mayer Live at New England Dodge Center
Mayer leaves the paparazzi behind and delivers a heartfelt set to his hometown crowd. “Here are the delays and cancellations of your problems…” promised an earnest John Mayer Saturday night, and for the two hours he occupied the stage, he…
Review: Huey Lewis & The News Live at Seaside Summer Concert Series
The Heart of Rock & Roll is still beating in Coney Island. “New York, New York, is everything they say and no place that I’d rather be”, with these words Huey Lewis & The News kicked off the final show…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: August 22, 2008
It’s been a long and busy week here at Ickmusic East full of ups and downs. Between the shocking and untimely passing of LeRoi Moore, Jerry Finn, Issac Hayes and Jerry Wexler the music community has lost many members these…
“It’s always easier to leave, than to be left….”
Dave Matthews Band – On LeRoi 08/19/2008 (Video) Coming out after the encore break last night, Dave told the crowd a story about LeRoi. Video courtesy of WeeklyDrop.com.