Category: music
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the mountain goats, “woke up new”
It’s not a new video, but I recently rediscovered this gem from The Mountain Goats for their song, Woke Up New. For more on The Mountain Goats, check out Bob’s write-up of this video at rednoW.com (scroll down a bit to “Best Performance Video”) . As mentioned, we typically lean away from “promotional” or “performance”…
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iron and wine at wheaton college
I’ve said a lot about Iron and Wine on this blog. Sam Beam’s beautiful music and lyrical depth continue to intrigue. Beam will be at Wheaton College on Friday, February 15, at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20. More info on the Wheaton College website. In the meantime, enjoy Flightless Bird, American Mouth from his latest…
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“lollipop” by mika
Welcome to the coldest day of the year… at least here in Chicagoland. Hopefully you can spend most of the day indoors. And to warm your heart, or at least get your toes tapping, I give you the strange song (and equally bizarre video) by Mika: Lollipop. Enjoy. Or at least be amused.
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charlie peacock’s “experience”
After a late-night conversation with some friends last week, Thom emailed me the lyrics to a Charlie Peacock song. Experience is off of Peacock’s 1990 release, The Secret of Time. You may be able to guess at some of the content of our conversation from these thought-provoking lyrics. Enjoy. We can only possess what we…
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radiohead’s “jigsaw falling into place”
One of my favorite albums of last year was Radiohead’s In Rainbows. My amigos at rednoW.com agree that the album more than lives up to the hype of its “pay what you want” method of purchase. The band recently released a webcast of the album over at Current. Here’s one of my favorite songs from…
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