Monthly Archives: September 2008
My TV spoke to me today
Nope, that’s not the song I’ve got for you tonight, psych!!! Sometimes I sit in my living room and work, listening to music and yes, even with X amount of gigabites of music on my fuckpod I still find myself … Continue reading
Filed under love
Monkey Gone To Heaven, The Pixies
Sometimes it’s better not knowing… I’d rather not know how much the stock market fell today (almost 800 points, ouch!). I’d rather not know how ill equipped Sarah Palin is for the White House (that SNL skit was all too … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, Sarah Palin, Tart's-Musical-Education 102
Amy Ray: Didn’t It Feel Kinder
I’m listening to Amy Ray’s new album Didn’t It Feel Kinder and it’s good, … it’s uneven, as some of her stuff is. So I’m disappointed but also so happy because when she’s good, she’s excellent. And when she’s not … Continue reading
Filed under @the Metro, Live Music
Please Leave A Message After The….
er,…. moan? Ooops, I’m being beckoned from the bathtub, until then enjoy vicariously with my favorite sex symbol (what is it about those Welsh men!?) and a great cover of another, xoxo! Sexbomb Tom Jones Reload buy it You Can … Continue reading
Filed under Sex
Transitions
Do you still listen to the music you loved in high school? Lately, I’m beginning to feel that the worse the news gets, the more us 30 and 40 somethings retreat into our past, into the music we cut our … Continue reading
Filed under biography, Bloggers Are Cool, New Wave, nostalgia, Punk
Nothing’s ever solved by making childish threats…
No crap post from me today! Nosiree! I’ve been up to my eyeballs in some good old-fashioned punk and it’s got me out of my Saturday funk. Lucky you! Someone please tell me, why are the Dead Kennedys still so … Continue reading
This Makes Me Seriously Consider A Name Change
When I Was Cruel has plenty of gorgeous pop songs, but one in particular, “Tart”, will have you sweating and crying, as Costello’s voice rings out the emotion in your body, and the pretty melody brings out the joy in … Continue reading
Filed under Ugh
Jesus On Extasy Makes Me Happy
I know this is supposed to be serious Gothic Rock music, but listening to these tracks cheers me up somehow. Maybe it’s the whiplash effect of justifying the “gothic” image of this group with their “retro” sound, (I mean how … Continue reading
Filed under Indie
Jeane 5 ways for Wednesday
Jeane mp3The Smiths Troy Tate Sessions, 1983 – the original. Jeane mp3 The Smiths Hand in Glove (Sandie Shaw version), 1984 – Sandie Shaw, a great pop singer of the 1960s whom Morrissey and Marr idolized, makes a guest apperance … Continue reading
Filed under up too late doing nothing
Trajectories
One of my favorite words, “trajectory,” … I love tracing the sometimes non-linear, evolving nature of a thing, be it peoples’ biographies, cultural entities like organizations or groups, or simply the sound of a band from one era to another. … Continue reading
Filed under history, Tart's-Musical-Education 102
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