Category Archives: music

TOO MANY CREEPS / Bush Tetras

February 4, 2012 – 10:41 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmn-P4qbIwo Stephania sent a photo of snow covering the landscape around her Rome studio. She explained that a freak storm had paralyzed the city and I sarcastically chided her of the usage of the word ‘freak’ being non-PC. She responded by saying there weren’t enough freaks. She’s right. Like Cynthia Sley sings in this song, […]

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At Last / Etta James

January 21, 2012 – 11:09 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHegVr-armo&feature=related

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NO NO NO NO by Scott McKenzie

January 19, 2012 – 9:00 am

I was thinking too much of the possible recall of Scott Walker today. I recalled a 60s singer doing a cover of the French hit “La Poupée qui fait non” and thought that Scott Walker had reprieved the 1966 hit. I have to admit I was only 50% wrong. Scott McKenzie was the artist, although […]

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THE LAND I LOVE by Robert Horn

January 19, 2012 – 1:58 am

An original protest song in honor of the 99%, members of occupy, working men and women, and those fighting for justice in the United States and everywhere. Home made and home recorded with no corporate support or funding. Putting this song on this site is not intellectual theft. No commercial value. No sell-out.

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HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

January 5, 2012 – 1:06 am

Hit # 8 on the UK charts in 1977. “We tried our Holiday In The Sun in the isle of Jersey and that didn’t work. They threw us out. Being in London at the time made us feel like we were trapped in a prison camp environment. There was hatred and constant threat of violence. […]

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