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Category Archives: Music
The Big Note’s Halloween Edition
The Big Note has rolled out its Halloween edition — once again chock full of good stuff. Of particular interest: “Trick Or Treat”, Warren Cuccurullo and L. Shankar’s “The Blue” and TBN member MM7’s monster Halloween compilation. Oh, and also, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa Misc
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Selling Bootlegs Now Legal
A US federal judge has ruled that it is perfectly legal to make a business of selling bootleg recordings. The decision “stands in marked contrast to existing law and prior decisions that have determined that Congress was well within its … Continue reading
The Agonizer
“So, like, what makes it more awful? We’ve changed some of the circuit components to add just that little extra smidge of massive, atonal distortion effecto thingy. It’s now fully OPTIMIZED for bad tone and crappy sound.”
Bush Croons Imagine
From the guy that brought us Dubya singing “Sunday Bloody Sunday” now comes Bush Jr crooning “Imagine”, with a little walk on the Wild Side…
Phil Who?
About time. Phil Collins, from his home near Geneva: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. You know, the amount of people who have grown up hating me, and it’s no fault of mine. I wrote the songs. I didn’t ask the stations … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Silly
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SuperFreak RIP
Super Freak RIP. At least the man never turned into a bore…
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized
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Bad Taste
What happens when someone gets so fed up with today’s crap ass music, he decides to do something about it? This. So when does Kenny G start touring again?
Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized
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The Eclectic Cliché
Top Five Rock Critic Cliches. Some good ones: “pandering to the eclectic”, “elliptical”, “Dylanesque/Beatlesque/Springsteenian”, “overuse of the x-meets-y device to describe the hybridity of the music at hand”.
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Silly, Uncategorized
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Crimson Tide
I always figured there was more to Steely Dan lyrics than meets the –uh– ear. The Steely Dan Dictionary to the rescue. “Crimson Tide” (from Deacon Blues): “The nickname for the University of Alabama’s sporting teams (particularly American football), so … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized
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Jesus Penis Dimension
A refreshing merry little ditty for the whole family to enjoy: Keep Your Jesus Off My Penis! (belated thanks to Tommi)
Posted in Bizarre, Music, Politics, Pop Cult, Uncategorized
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Cruising With Journey And the Styx
“Don’t miss your chance to spend a week cruising the caribbean featuring 3 of rock’s biggest artists, Journey, REO Speedwagon & Styx!” It’s masochism, Jim, but not as we know it.
Posted in Music, Silly, Uncategorized
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Bleep Bleep Bleep
120 years of electronic musical instruments. First mention of the Synclavier as early as 1975. Prize for silliest name of an electronic instrument: the Composer-Tron. (“It sounds really good, but I’d add some Composer-Tron into the mix.”)
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized, Zappa Misc
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The World’s Biggest Bootlegger
“We simply cannot overestimate the scale of his operation. He probably lived a far better lifestyle than some of those he ripped off. In the international bootlegging fraternity he is a legend, a mini-god.”
Posted in Music, Pop Cult, Uncategorized
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Another Brick
wherein Barry introduces “The Thursday Superfluous Classic Movie Review” while risking to get lynched by a mob of angry PinkFloydians. We watched Pink Floyd’s The Wall on DVD last weekend. I’d seen the film before but that was in the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Music, Personal, Uncategorized
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365 Mirror
The 365 Days Project, a great source for strange/rare audio tracks that ran throughout 2003, is now available on one single big mirror-site. How these people manage to pay their bandwidth expenses is beyond me but: bless them!
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