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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Friday Fix: Welcome to the Tweekend!
Thanks to the Let’s Trade Mix Tapes blog for a tip on Future Perfect Radio, a music streaming site that I’ve been enjoying all week. FPR offers several channels devoted to different types of Indie music by genre and by location (a Michigan channel was recently added). After clicking around my options, I settled on [...]
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Politefully Plump – My Drummer
Oh man. It seems that a wave of DIY videos about that most raucous and visceral member of any band–the drummer–have been coming out of Detroit lately (and yes, I do think in this case “a wave” can mean “just 2″). In late January, we were all truly blessed with the emergence of a Drum [...]
Posted in Appreciations, Detroit Music 2 Comments
The Department of Forgotten Songs
There are few times in my life when being a little careless works out for the best, let alone for the rapturous and revelatory. But last week – on a rainy but refreshing afternoon – it did. Let me set the scene.
Posted in Appreciations Tagged Alan Lomax, Blur, Gladys Knight, jens Lekman, Melodia, mix, mp3, Otis Redding, Wolf Parade 1 Comment
Benjy Ferree – Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
My friend Hope L. in Washington, DeeCee, emailed me last week about Benjy Ferree just as I started listening to his great, sophomore album, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee. She saw Ferree perform an acoustic set at the legendary Crooked Beat Records in the Adams Morgan neighborhood (where, according [...]
Posted in Appreciations, Concerts, Reviews Tagged benjy ferree, crofoot, jack white, white stripes 1 Comment
Friday Fix: David Bowie, Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship, Jumbling Towers
(art via) David Bowie – “Breaking Glass” (via) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] One of the most remarkable achievements of Bowie’s Berlin triptych was his ability to mechanize the idiosyncratic. Long before any debate about whether autotune is a more or less sincere means of human expression in recorded format, Bowie realized that [...]
Posted in Appreciations, Detroit Music, St. Louis Music Tagged Berlin, Bowie, Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship, Jumbling Towers, mp3 Leave a comment
Millions of Brazilians Half Horse/Half Horse CD Release, Saturday, February 21, Crofoot
I can’t look at the DTE building The Michigan Council of Carpenters and Millwrights Building in Detroit the same way ever again. If you live in Detroit or visit sometime, you’ll notice at night the light display at the very top of the building as you drive Woodward Avenue near Symphony Hall. There are three [...]
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