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Today's iTunes purchases
* "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller * "Pennsylvania 6-5000" by Glenn Miller * "Near You" by Francis Craig & His Orchestra * "Frenesi" by Artie Shaw * "The Breeze and I" by Jimmy Dorsey
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Five from the Fifties
With a little help from MOJO (tip: older editions are just as good as the newest one), I have been listening lately to vocal jazz / pop from the Fifties. Here are my five favorite songs so far: 5. "Don't Smoke in Bed" by Nina Simone. Her
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Sex Pistols go Rasta
Imagine a mellow Caribbean beat slowly rising in volume. And then soft voices chanting: (God save the- God save the- God save the Queen) (God save the- God save the- God save the Queen) And, finally, a lead singer: God Save the Queen! And then let it go, mon, let
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Today's music video
Nick Cave is a bad, bad man who made a fine, fine video.
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Favorite songs of ‘06
Of the songs I added to iTunes in 2006, here are the ones I played most often (many of these songs were not actually released in 2006): 1. "Are You With Me?" by Overnight 2. "Nature Anthem" by Grandaddy 3. "The Sun Shines Down on
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Recent iTunes purchases
* "If Anybody Had a Heart" by John Waite * "Palestine Texas" by T Bone Burnett * "Going Going Gone" by The Vestals * "You Didn't Have to be So Nice" by The Lovin' Spoonful * "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry
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Last trip to Tower
I flew down to the Bay Area to visit my sister this past weekend, and persuaded her to make a side trip to Tower Records on our way from Pleasant Hill BART to her house. The inventory was heavily depleted because the store has been going out of business for
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Farewell to Tower
I'm numb at the news that Tower Records is going out of business. When I was in high school, the first thing I would do with each weekly paycheck was spend part of it at Tower Records in Concord. I still have 12-inch singles with 1986 Tower price
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This week’s iTunes purchases
* "Nature Anthem" by Grandaddy * "The Sun Shines Down on Me" by Guster * "Kicks in the Schoolyard" by The Rosebuds * "Are You With Me?" by Overnight * "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals * "Death Disco" by Public Image Limited * "
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Nice night for a walk
It was a beautiful evening for a fair-skinned person in a long-sleeved shirt to be outside – overcast and in the 60s – so I walked home from work: MLK to Hancock to 33rd to Alder. About three-and-a-half miles. I had never walked through Irvington before. Pretty neighborhood. Along the way, I
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This week’s iTunes purchases
* "That's Good" by Devo * "T.V.O.D." by The Normal * "Tight Rope" by Leon Russell * "I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs * "My Mathematical Mind" by Spoon * "Reason is Treason" by Kasabian * "Eanie Meany
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Today’s iTunes purchases
"Not a Crime" by Gogol Bordello "Don't Listen to the Radio" by The Vines "I Was Never Young" by Of Montreal "Go All the Way" by The Raspberries "Technologic" by Daft Punk "Ein bisschen Frieden" by