1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated. Selected & written by 90 leading international critics, general editor Robert Dimery. In chronological order 1955-2005. Year of release only given here, when considered absolutely necessary. Where there were...
WELCOME THIS POST STAYS ON TOP LIKE A HOME PAGE - LAST UPDATED JULY 23rd 2008 A HISTORY OF THE COVENTRY MUSIC SCENE IN THE 1970'S BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESTRICTED TO THE 70'S. A RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS, FILM MAKERS, WRITERS AND MUSICIANS AS WELL AS FOR THOSE CURIOUS ABOUT THE COVENTRY MUSIC SCENE IN...
A couple of weeks ago I was driving home and flipping through radio stations (my CD player is on the fritz). I managed to tune in just as one station was playing a cover version of Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel. And you know, at first, I was almost uncertain it WAS a cover. Other than lacking...
On October 9, 1940 at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, in Liverpool England, John Winston Lennon was born to Julia and Freddie Lennon. His mother and his Aunt Mimi raised him, while his father worked on a ship, leaving Julia and his son alone for months at a time. Between 1942 and 1944, John lived...
Perhaps one the most important posts that I ever write...with that thought...a deep breathe... The numbers speak volumes, but more importantly the music tells the tale of one of Japan's premier groups. But to label them in a particular genre of music, quite impossible, for theirs is a journey that...
I'm still sick. I threw up all last night. Just an update. Payola: In the music industry, the practice of record companies paying money for the broadcast of records on music radio is called payola, if the song is presented as being part of the normal day's broadcast. The practice is illegal in the...
It wasn't until my older two kids left the salon on Friday that I realized I have a kid-less weekend. Wow! That rarely happens. I thought seriously about doing happy hour at my favorite Mexican restaurant but talked myself out of it since I had to pick up some stuff at the grocery store. I planned...
As I've mentioned before, I am a big music person. And when I say I like music, I mean I really like it. The only kind of music that really doesn't do it for me is country and the kind of hip hop where they wax poetic about bitches and hoes and whatnot. I even like the music my parents were into....
Casual movie-watching date with Tom last night at his place. Highly therapeutic. I brought over Pink Floyd's The Wall, as he'd never seen it, and we smoked up and settled in. I really like him as a person; he's intelligent, has a great sense of humour, good looking, thoughtful and respectful. These...
May 25, 2007 Climate Report: The Gansu Province of China, home to 1.6 million people, is in the worst drought since the 1940s. This is not the stuff of you can only run your lawn sprinklers on Wednesdays and Fridays. There is a drinking water shortage. The more than two month lack of rainfall is...
I have family in Crewe. My dad, bless him, now lives there (it's where he orginally came from having come to Scotland many years ago to find work) and I don't get to see him as often as I perhaps should. My mum died (from cancer) 3 years ago but the auld fella is still going strong. Just before...
On Tour 01/24/08BOWERY BALLROOM New York 01/25/08 IOTA, Arlington VA 02/05/08 Peabody’s, OH[1] 02/06/08 Howard’s Club, OH[1] 02/07/08 Eastern Kentucky University[1] 02/08/08 Salottos Lexington, KY[1] 02/09/08 Brillo Box, PA 02/12/08 Uptown Bar Minneapolis, MN[1] 02/13/08 Upfront & Co.,...
I have had one helluva month. The holidays came and went, and they were nice. but since then it has been one big roller coaster. Work has recently really started to get under my skin and with the snow falling outside after the arctic blast we endured here in Chicago this past week, I decided to do...
As of this moment, I have 9235 songs, 146 videos, and 3682 photos on my iPod, so it's easy to lose track of the more obscure items on there. It's always interesting to set my iPod to "Shuffle Songs" to see what lost & forgotten treasures come up. It was over a few of these "shuffle" sessions that I...
My friend Thomas sent this challenge out via e-mail, and I figured I would post my response on my blog, rather than just sending it to him directly. Here are the rules: they can't be concerts, greatest hits, compilations or soundtracks (although I think Pink Floyd's The Wall may be excepted from...
I don't really have the energy for a big update, but looks like I outdid myself again. I need to make a Song of the Week post here soon. I haven't done one in awhile. This weekend was really good, nice and relaxing. A cozy rain fell throughout Saturday and Sunday, and by Monday, the sun was out. We...
What is it about music that makes the angriest beast stand fast, the most docile woman become empowered and the most manly of men dance (or attempt it)? Listening to music does the craziest shit to people (as if you can take it in any other way). It inspires us, depresses us, excites us, and...
Okay so below is the poster for Coachella 2008! There are ALOT of really great acts on there! We're still going DESPITE the fact that Jack Johnson is playing. I'm sorry Jack Johnson fans. IMO he's not Coachella material AND hes not headliner material. At least not by Coachella standards. BUT... i am...
When I was 13 I lived in Northern Ireland and attended an all girls school. That spring term we had Home Economics...oh how I hated that class...I mean seriously did I really need to know how to make a white roux? The only thing that made up for the un-even armed jumpers that I produced was the fact...
Yesterday, Eliott had his third birthday party and it was a really lovely day. Unfortunately, I'd been poisoned by a pesky swordfish the night before and so wasn't on top form, but even so I managed to make piles of sandwiches and get there more or less on time (a miracle in itself). We had the...
