A review of The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist: America's Lost Musical Genius by Deirdre O'Connell [Overlook: 272 pp., $24.95] "The name Blind Tom means...
... But you can get an idea: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/1042 John Davis interview seg begins around 30:00. He recorded an album of Blind Tom compositions:...
I might regret it if I don't see this show... but then again I might regret if I do... -Neb ... Jandek Presented by WXYC and Third Uncle SUN, FEB 22 GERRARD...
is he still an outsider? ... is he still an outsider? On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Neb < clam_nebula@... > wrote: I might regret it if I don't see...
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Well, I think he is, but then again I don't know at what point an outsider becomes an 'insider'....
"Maybe it was her sequined vest, maybe it was her wide and contagious bright white smile, maybe it was her upbeat song about how kind Canadians are, or maybe...
Posted by Listener Lee Rosevere at WFMU's Beware of the Blog: "One of my favorite websites of all time was the American Song-Poem Music Archive. Back in 2004,...
Short bios of Gideon Klein, Karel Svenk, Erwin Schulhoff, Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/22661 Included are brief...
"The song is one of the most enduring in pop music history. But its performer is a recluse who has not been seen since a drink-fuelled rampage in a London...
... "The song is one of the most enduring in pop music history. But its performer is a recluse who has not been seen since a drink-fuelled rampage in a London...
OK you big brains, I've forgotten a song I remember. It has a male singer, who sing-speaks "Hubba, Hubba, Hubba" at a few points in the song. I think it has a...
Marc Masters writes: "It's been almost three decades since I first got the idea not to interview Jandek, the prolific Texas improviser who avoided any public ...
"More hermetic perhaps than Glenn Branca or SY, Jandek is a fascinating, singular presence in ‘outer limits’ music-making." http://tinyurl.com/bh254l Al...
Is it "Happy Boy" by the Beat Farmers (ft. Country Dick Montana)? They were local San Diego heroes, until Country Dick died of a heart attack back in the 90s...
I feel you're thinking of "I'm A Happy Boy - Hubba Hubba Hubba" by Country Dick Montana and The Beat Farmers, from 1985. Montana having passed away quite...
Hi everybody, first time poster here. A friend of mine has a band here in New Zealand called Armpit whom i've been involved with and listened to for a while. ...
Exact so! Thanks - John ... -- John K. Fitzpatrick jfitz06@... http://myspace.com/johnkfitzpatrick It is the best to spin, but just don't blink your eye. ...
"In this excerpt from PopMatters' new book Apocalypse Jukebox, Janssen and Whitelock talk about “the devil’s masterpiece for trapping teenagers, making...
I love this! Passed along for your listening and dancing pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uknDkAw-tU Seriously, could you imagine this in western...
Levar Burton is one of the greatest overactors in the pantheon of Star Trek overactors. His website http://levarburton.com/ has audio clips of him reading...
Do you kiddings? On ST, Burton was one of the most underdramatic and comfortable-in-his-own-skin presences in the cast. Now granted, that only accounts for so...