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Tag Archives: Beck
CD Purge
As you might imagine I have a lot of CDs. I’ve come to realize (strange as this may seem) that I don’t really need them all. I had this thought for a while but I thought of these CDs as my children. But like all children, the time comes for them to get out of [...]
New Music Tuesday
Sure vinyl is making a small comeback and even some people still feel nostalgia for cassette tapes but leave it to Beck to kick it truly old school with his latest album “Song Reader” Why is this old school? It is 20 new songs written by Beck however it’s only coming out as sheet music! [...]
Tribute Albums
I wish all tribute albums were as brilliant as the songs they covered but that’s rarely the case and as the saying goes, “if wishes and buts were clusters of nuts we’d all have a bowl of granola“. Just Tell Me That You Want Me – Tribute To Fleetwood Mac comes out Tuesday and while the [...]
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Tagged as: Beck, Best Coast, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Pearl Jam, Portishead, Redd Kross, Serge Gainsbourg, Tenacious D, The Carpenters, Victoria Williams, When I Was Awake
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New Music Tuesday
When I first heard the song “Little Talks“, I thought it was good but it seemed Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros were repeating familiar territory compared to their song “Home“. Turns out that song was by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men. Well the original hippy folk band from Los Angeles is back now [...]
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Tagged as: Beck, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Regina Spektor, Third Man Records
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Business time
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a list of an album per decade to put on when you think it may be business time. Click on the photo to hear them on Spotify. Be careful if you listen to these albums at work as sexiness may spontaneously erupt. Enjoy! Frank Sinatra “In The Wee Small Hours 1955 [...]
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Inspired By
The Beatles were inspired by The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds” so I had to give it my full attention. R.E.M. was inspired by Patti Smith’s “Horses” Nirvana celebrated The Meat Puppets “II”. This past week at the Hollywood Bowl I discovered a new album thanks to Beck’s devotion to it. Beck’s 2002 album “Sea Change” [...]
