Two Tune Tuesday: Sergio Mendes
Two Tune Tuesday: Terry Hall
Terry Hall’s best known as one of the voices of the ska band The Specials (although many will know “Ghost Town” only), but 80s types will know him equally well as the emo-before-emo voice of The Fun Boy 3.
(There was the brief stop with The Colourfield, too, most of which is horribly dated, except maybe this song because it was snagging sounds from another era already.) There’s something about the quality of his voice that still knocks me out.
Nine Years? What?
Today would have been Joe Strummer’s 59th birthday. Somehow, it’s been nine years since he left the stage.
Two Tune Tuesday: Milestones
Happy 40th, Mark!
Two Tune Tuesday: Foster the People
I kept noticing “Pumped Up Kicks” because the guy’s voice reminded me of Ray Davies’ and that’s just not a bad thing.
Trippy and sweet electronica, what isn’t often my thing, but sometimes it hits when there’s some kind of nice noise & a pretty voice.
Two Tune Tuesday: RIP Amy Winehouse
Two Tune Tuesday: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
I miss Roddy Frame, but now I don’t have to.
(Of course it’s not Roddy Frame, but still.)
Two Tune Tuesday: Bud Powell
Okay, no laughing, but since the three listening choices I have now that I work at a university with a conservatory are (1) world music, (2) classical, and (3) jazz, I’m trying to learn something about the latter. I’m not sure I get it, but I like this guy:
It was the tune “Tempus Fugue It” that I liked most, first — who can resist a Latin joke? — but you get the idea from these.
Two Tune Tuesday: Red Hot + Rio 2
Red Hot is the organization that raises funds for HIV/AIDS, and has been doing so for a long while – Red Hot + Blue was the first of the compilation CDs & celebrated the songs of Cole Porter. This week, the 2nd Brazilian-inspirted Red Hot CD is out. The first one, Red Hot + Rio
This new one, Red Hot + Rio 2
Here’s a list of the best Tropicalia albums, but do get Red Hot + Rio 2
(& Yes, I know I’m a day late. Monday holidays screw me up.)
Jane Scott, RIP
She was a rock journalist before anyone was paying attention:
In 1952, she joined The Plain Dealer and was assigned, typically for the time, to the society pages.
She found her lifework on Sept. 15, 1964, the day four lads from Liverpool came to Cleveland. No one at the paper was interested in covering the Beatles, and Ms. Scott volunteered.
How women’s careers are born: good luck & excellent timing. It would be nice if women got the kinds of careers they deserve instead of needing both, but too often – especially for the “first woman to ____________”, we seem to need a lot more than talent and hard work.