The Cure: “Hot Hot Hot”: Because the summer weather has found its way to Vancouver. Stevie Ray Vaughan: “Couldn’t Stand the Weather”: Black Label Society: “Phoney Smiles & Fake Hellos”: Frank Zappa: “Willie the Pimp”: Billy Idol: “Wasteland”: Louise Burns: “What Do You Wanna Do?”: […]
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It’s Canada Day today here in the Great White North, so while I generally eschew all these special days as a bunch of crap, I figure I might as well do an all-Canuck version of this week’s favorite tracks… if only to give Johnny Thunders’s ghost a week off. […]
Spending some quality time watching lectures from the Nixon Library on YouTube. Saw the Dennis Prager roast, Ann Coulter talking about one of her books, Dinesh D’Souza and Andrew Breitbart as well. So, let’s start off this week’s favorite tracks with this: Love & Rockets: “An American Dream”: Johnny […]
The Scramblers: “Just Can’t Shake It”: Was going to do “Rattle Snake Daddy” but no dice on YouTube. Or maybe I give up too easily/am lazy. Beautiful Creatures: “Goin’ Off”: Live at the Key Club, 2008 I think. Hossam Ramzy: “El Genneyya [The Djinni]: First belly dance class […]
Johnny Thunders: “Blame It On Mom”: Just got a copy of Have Faith, a posthumous live release recorded live in Tokyo in 1988. Killer blazing set. Couldn’t find the Have Faith live version on YouTube, whether that’s because it’s not there or just related to the wifi being shitty today […]
So, finally getting shit done for the next maQLu album [or I should say, resuming getting shit done, as the album is 70% complete and has been for quite a while]. Guitars are now done on “Voodoo.” That track just needs vocals and then it joins the “ready to mix” […]
Blanked out last week. Or rather, it occurred to me to post this blog but I was in the middle of rehearsing for my set on Saturday and then it never popped back into my head. So… Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers: “It’s Not Enough”: Next song I’ll be working […]
Well, nice to finally see some sun here in Vancouver. And warmth. Which is odd since I pretty much only see the sun while driving around, being mostly nocturnal, but it’s nice to know it’s out there somewhere on the other side of the jam space walls. Warmth being nice […]
Men at Work: “High Wire”: Woke up with this one in my head once or twice this week. Not sure if I’ve ever seen the video before, must have at some point. Guns n Roses: “Mama Kin”: Live at the Ritz in 1988. Latest song I’m working on in […]
Tax day in Yankeeland. My condolences, guys. Try to remember today’s pain next time you go in to vote, eh? Anyway, here’s a few of the songs that have been banging around my brain and my iPod this week… Ramones: “I Wanna Be Sedated”: New York Dolls: “Bad Girl”: […]
Well, first off, it’s apparently Izzy Stradlin’s birthday today. So, let’s start off with not one but two tracks from my favorite leggy brunet guitarist that I’ve never met: Izzy Stradlin: “Old Hat”: A little silly with some of the visuals, but hey, I’m much too lazy to make my […]
Johnny Thunders: “Little Bit of Whore”: Still on that Johnny Thunders kick, and was specifically giggling over this one with a friend of mine. Also cool that he takes his shots at the Kennedys, which in New York at that time was probably far more out there than when the […]
Forgot to post last week as I was getting organized for CiTR’s FunDrive and my show during it. Anyway, here’s a few tunes I’ve been listening to over the last couple weeks: Kill City Kids: “It’s A Baby”: I think I forgot to post this when it was released a […]
First of all, I forgot this one from last week’s list, so here it is now: Virtual Terrorist: “Killer [1990 Radutron remix by the Rabid Whole]”: I actually mastered this EP, and I wouldn’t say I’m the greatest mastering engineer but hey, Fragments turned out pretty good so I think […]