Archive for September, 2009

[Video] Sunny Day Real Estate: "Seven" (Live on Fallon)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A few nights ago, Emily was lucky enough to catch the reunion tour of Sunny Day Real Estate at Terminal 5 in NYC. I was super grateful for the coverage but crazy jealous SDRE weren’t coming anywhere near me on their epic reunion tour. I’ve had the good fortune of watching Jeremy Enigk [...]

New Addition to ‘Halloween Songs for Kids’ List

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Here’s another album of Halloween songs for kids to add to your collection, and boy, is it a good one. Think Goosebumps, Lemony Snicket, or Alvin Schwartz’ Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark series, ‘cept in musical form…check it out over at About.com.

New Addition to ‘Halloween Songs for Kids’ List

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Here’s another album of Halloween songs for kids to add to your collection, and boy, is it a good one. Think Goosebumps, Lemony Snicket, or Alvin Schwartz’ Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark series, ‘cept in musical form…check it out over at About.com.

Can you imagine this????

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Being at the House of Blues in Chicago to see Pearl Jam and having Robert Plant show up to sing this?  Wow.  It seems too good to be true, most things are.
The video quality is shitty but hey – so is life sometimes.

The Happy Family – The Man On Your Street

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

On this date in 1982, The Happy Family released their debut album, The Man On Your Street. There were no singles released from the album. The Edinburgh, Scotland post punk band was founded by ex-Josef K bassist Dave Weddell. They released one EP and on album before disbanding in 1983. A second album of previously [...]

Special Duties – Bullshit Crass

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

On this date in 1982, Special Duties released their third 7-inch record, “Bullshit Crass“. It was backed by “You’re Doing Yourself No Good“. Neither track appeared on an album but both were added to their debut album, ‘77 in ‘82 when it was re-released on CD. The single’s title was a direct attack on U.K. [...]

The Circular Nature of Life

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

This was cool: recently we had lunch at a pub in the college town where we now live. My friends and I used to play awesome music in the most ridiculous manner imaginable at this very place, and lots of fun was had by all. On this day, my son and I took the stage [...]

Videos from the Tom Cushman Benefit plus the Last Tallboy!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

OK, this photo of Tom and Skillet Gilmore really does kind of sum up Sunday’s Tom Cushman Benefit at White Collar Crime. A bunch of bands came out and rocked, and everyone you know came out and saw them rock, all to help out local punk icon Tom Cushman. (Local rock glitterati The Infamous Sugar, [...]

Warners returns to YouTube

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

YouTube welcome back Warners artists:
Music Licensing: It’s complicated. Let’s face it. But today all of that is beside the point: we are happy to announce that Warner Music Group (WMG)’s artists are returning home to YouTube. Under this new, multi-year global agreement, you will be able to discover, watch and share Warner music on the [...]

UK Music sharpens its points

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

A while back, when UK Music was being berated for suggesting that people be thrown off the internet for filesharing, Feargal Sharkey denied that anyone was saying any such thing.
Now UK Music are, erm, saying that people should be thrown off the internet for filesharing. PaidContent reports:
In its submission to the business minister’s recent consultation [...]