| Day 559 - De La Soul - Me Myself and I |
[May. 18th, 2008|07:21 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 559
De La Soul - Me Myself and I
From "3 Feet High and Rising"
De La Soul is my favorite hip hop group of all time. It's not even a contest. 'Me Myself and I' was my introduction to the group, and it was like nothing I had ever heard before. After hearing it on the radio and seeing the music video it didn't seem like a matter of 'wanting' the album, I felt like I NEEDED it. In this case I was probably right. Years later I still feel like it's one of the greatest albums that I have ever heard in ANY genre. Then they followed it up with 'De La Soul is Dead' which is probably just as good, if not BETTER, amazingly enough.
I heard 'Me Myself and I' long before I heard the song it sampled: Funkadelic's '(Not Just) Knee Deep'. My appreciation for Parliament, Funkadelic and George Clinton would come from recognizing the sources of the samples upon hearing them.
It's a shame that sampling became such an involved and expensive practice. I don't know that I would have been nearly as interested in older music as I am if it hadn't been for albums like this.
Click here to watch the music video on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| Day 558 - MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha |
[May. 17th, 2008|10:46 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 558
MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
From "Eyes on This"
When I felt like listening to some good old school hip hop on the way to work a couple of days ago, 'Eyes on This' was the cassette that I grabbed. I rocked out to 'Cha Cha Cha' as I drove, and all was right with the world.
MC Lyte was one of the first female rappers I ever heard that sounded like she could hold her own with the best of them.
Click here to watch the music video on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| Day 557 - Simon and Garfunkel - Keep the Customer Satisfied |
[May. 16th, 2008|08:07 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 557
Simon and Garfunkel - Keep the Customer Satisfied
From "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Am I the only one on Earth that didn't know about Costco's credit card policy!? You know, the policy where they DON'T TAKE THEM unless they're American Express? Are they just trying to make up for all of the other businesses that DON'T take it?!
I was sent to grab a cake, and I didn't have any other form of payment. That left me driving across town to the closest bank to get cash, and then driving back. IRRITATING!
Eventually I did get my items, and there was a very reasonably priced Simon and Garfunkel box set among them. I had to laugh as I listened to this song on the drive home, whem you consider how unsatisfied of a customer I had been mere moments earlier. I also hadn't heard it in ages, and I was loving it.
Click here to listen to the song on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| Hot Bout |
[May. 16th, 2008|07:46 pm] |
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| I thought you might like to know: |
[May. 16th, 2008|06:35 pm] |
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| Line-up for There's a Stage on My Lawn! |
[May. 16th, 2008|02:00 am] |
Since many of you aren't familiar with many of the There's a Stage on My Lawn! artists, here's a convenient cheat-sheet in line-up order with a slew of links so you can watch and listen to their music before you attend.
Buy $9 tickets online, or pay $12 at the door.
Geoff Ednie - Former acapella staple plays a mix of crowd-pleasing covers and originals influenced by the Beatles, Alice in Chains, and Phish.
Bevin Caulfield - Smokey-voiced darling of rooms like Tin Angel and The Fire. Lots of classic soul influences make her stand out in a crowd.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bevincaulfieldmusic
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzvyeFQyyRQ
Arcati Crisis - My band! Harmony-filled boy/girl acoustic pop from a pair of life-long best friends. Sounds like Rilo Kiley crossed with the Indigo Girls.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/arcaticrisis
Listen: http://www.sonicbids.com/arcaticrisis
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLp1OC2v9U
Old Man Cactus - A great band we shared the bill with at Tin Angel. Inspired by a who's who playlist of 70s singer-songwriters, they come off like an acoustic, bluesy version of Maroon 5.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/oldmancactus
Watch solo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dFuEI6bzs1I
Brian Flannagan - A surprisingly gentle, folky sound from this former producer and drummer.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brianflanagan
Lindsay Wilhelmi - LP's founder writes unshakably catchy original tunes, and plays covers from Jewel, the Recipe, and 4 Non Blondes.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/lindsaywilhelmi
Ben Guez - Golden-throated classical singer dissects songs from unlikely sources, like classic rock, or even the Pixies, and also slips in his own infectious originals.
John Glaubitz - Original, solo modern-rock from an accomplished guitar player. A one-man Warped tour.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/johnglaubitz
Listen: http://warpedtour.battleofthebands.com/TheVagrant
Enter the Rooms - This band is hot. Incredible local alternative rockers can grab your attention acoustic or electric. A riffier Coldplay? Not sure, but they never disappoint.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/entertherooms
Watch: http://youtube.com/watch?v=njITAFEd9lY
Jesse Schurr - Tiny, local yoga instructor typically fronts an acoustic funk four-piece, but will play stripped down versions of her rhythmic tunes for us.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jesseschurrband
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AK_hzwkr4s
Irene Molloy -Lilting, country-tinged folk-pop that would be right at home on XPN, from the star of TV sitcoms Grosse Point and Andy Richter
Controls the Universe.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/irenemolloy
Da 1 - Solo MC/songwriter describes his primarily influences as Jimi Hendrix and Jay-Z, and lives up the to hype with his guitar shredding and vocal hooks.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ohits1
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnkCIK8ZrUk
Just Like Me - Young band from Temple plays engaging, challenging rock music. Some hear a Radiohead/Tool influence, but others cite Pink Floyd. Either way, a great band.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jlmband
Listen: http://sonicbids.com/justlikeme
Dante Bucci - Hypnotic original compositions on the hang drum, a bell-like percussion instrument. You've never seen anything like it!
Web: http://dantebucci.com
Hear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxNsEJZln0 |
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| Day 556 - Gucci Crew II - Get 'Em Girls |
[May. 15th, 2008|10:40 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 556
Gucci Crew II - Get 'Em Girls
From "So Def, So Fresh, So Stupid"
There were at least three choices that I wanted to pick today, but I've got to go with this one for reasons that will be explained later in this blog entry.
I was in the mood for some old school hip hop today, so I grabbed an MC Lyte tape. I enjoyed listening to it, and it left me wanting to hear this album too.
The Gucci Crew II were a three man group made up of rappers MC V and TFS, along with their DJ, Disco Rick. 'Sally That Girl' was the single that was on the radio all of the time. I originally bought a cassette of 'So Def, So Fresh, So Stupid' as a birthday gift for my friend, Jason. It's the first time I remember putting a box inside a box inside a box inside a box, etc. The cassette was the payoff at the core of it all. We both LOVED the album, and I picked up my own copy of the tape years later.
I remember 'Get 'Em Girls' as one of the tracks that Jason and I really tried to memorize. We would try to get through the first verse together without taking a breath. It was ridiculously difficult to do.
I discovered sad news while doing research for this entry. According to Wikipedia: MC V was shot 6 times in the back and killed in Americus, Georgia in December of 2007. He was buried in Ocala, Florida.
Rest in peace, MC V.
rock.
glenn case
Go see what Andy chose today
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| Threatenous Escalations! |
[May. 15th, 2008|05:03 pm] |
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If you have not yet said a thing, please do so now. I can pat myself on the back just fine, but the more the merrier. |
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| Tensions Ignite, I guess. |
[May. 15th, 2008|02:08 am] |
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| There's an Arcati Crisis on My Lawn! |
[May. 14th, 2008|07:03 pm] |
Lyndzapalooza has been posting interviews with our artists all week on the LP MySpace page. Today's is an epic-length Q&A with Arcati Crisis.
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If you are free on Saturday between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. I hope you'll be at There's a Stage on My Lawn! in Yardley, PA, presented by Lyndzapalooza. And, if you can't come I encourage you to to pass the word along to another music lover in your life.
I know you've already been hit (bombarded, even) with invites and bulletins about the event, but I want to give you my personal pitch for this year's festival, because it's something truly unique.
There’s a Stage on My Lawn features fourteen amazing, independent, local artists. They’ve all been busting their asses for the past year to rock better and harder than ever before ... evolving from coffee shops to open mics to underbills to featured shows.
Enter the Rooms, Bevin Caulfield, Just Like Me, Irene Molloy, Jesse Schurr – if you listen to XPN or frequent venues like The Khyber, The Grape Street, The Tin Angel, and Milkboy Coffee chances are that you’ve heard their names or their music before.
Each of those five acts – as well as the other nine - are on the verge of becoming something way more awesome than they are today, and we've collected them all onto a single lawn.
I’m honestly a fan of all fourteen of our artists, and I’m still not sure how we got so lucky as to gather them all in one place, but I promise you that the opportunity to see them all together is fleeting. And, it’s certainly not going to happen again for just $12.
Also, there's Lyndzapalooza itself. Did you know that we're a lot more than a once-a-year party? We threw a Winter Mixer at the Shubin Theatre, where we later volunteered to renovate. We invaded or hosted several open mics this spring. We're raising money so that we can incorporate as a non-profit. Next year we hope to have our festival on a farm.
I am as proud as I can possibly be to be an organizer of and an artist in this amazing event. It's going to be good, and it's going to be fun, and I wish every local music fan could be a part of it.
I hope that I'll see you and/or some of your most rocking friends on the lawn. Head to TicketLeap for more info & pre-sale or reserved tickets. |
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| Archtypes Only Have One Advice Each. |
[May. 14th, 2008|02:25 am] |
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| Day 555 - State Shirt - Straw Man |
[May. 14th, 2008|12:03 am] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 555
State Shirt - Straw Man
From "Don't Die"
State Shirt made today's choice very easy for me. All I had to do was read about the new video for 'Straw Man' and it was set.
As it says on stateshirt.com, State Shirt isn’t really State Shirt’s name. It’s something other than State Shirt. But he does wear a lot of State Shirts. So, for the sake of this blog entry I am going to refer to State Shirt as the name of the 'band' and the name of the man too. (I say 'band' because State Shirt the man IS the band!)
State Shirt is a songfighter like myself, although he discovered the site long before I did. I am of the opinion that 'Straw Man' is one of the greatest songs you will find in the archives at Songfight.org
It's safe to say that State Shirt (the man) loves dogs. I don't believe the promotion is going on any more, but for a good chunk of time you could have gotten a free copy of "Don't Die" by donating $10 to the Brittany Foundation dog rescue. You could argue that State Shirt (the band) loves dogs too. A loop of his dog Edison is featured in 'Straw Man', and it adds a lot to the song.
I had to check to see if I had already picked this. Amazingly, this is my first State Shirt selection, but it will not be the last.
Click here to listen to the song on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| Day 554 - Liz Phair - Whip-Smart |
[May. 13th, 2008|10:01 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 554
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
From "Whip-Smart"
My head felt stuffy on the drive home from work today, so I decided to take a nap after lying down and watching a few episodes of the Twilight Zone. I fell asleep for a few hours and upon waking up I realized I hadn't picked a song yet.
I came up with a couple of other choices before thinking of "Whip-Smart", but this was the song that I was especially eager to listen to. I rushed over to YouTube, I found the video and it became my pick for today. It's a great song.
Click here to listen to the song on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Go see what Rabid Garfunkel chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| green eyed class war |
[May. 13th, 2008|02:20 am] |
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| Day 553 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Galapogos |
[May. 12th, 2008|11:05 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 553
The Smashing Pumpkins - Galapogos
From "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
I'm still sick. I have a waste basket that's getting full of tissues because I'm still blowing my red and sore nose nonstop. It sucks, but I suppose it could be much worse.
To keep this brief: 'Galapogos' is one of the prettiest songs I have heard from the Smashing Pumpkins, or from anyone else for that matter.
Click here to listen to the song on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| I guess this is a thing? |
[May. 12th, 2008|04:33 pm] |
I think, somehow, me and the internet decided that these songs are on this picture of a blue tape. I wonder if the internet misses record stores the way I do.
P.S. I fully expect you guys to wreck up LJ with your own nonsense songtapes. |
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| Some stuff I drew and some music I made. |
[May. 12th, 2008|10:21 am] |
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| Day 552 - Atmosphere - Yesterday |
[May. 11th, 2008|11:53 pm] |
For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal, and Myspace for your convenience.
DAY 552
Atmosphere - Yesterday
From "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold"
16 minutes until the midnight deadline and I'm feeling sick with a nasty sore throat right now, so I will make this brief.
I have been listening to this album a lot recently, and it is solid from start to finish. This is one of my favorite tracks at the moment. The ending took me by surprise the first time I heard it.
Click here to listen to the song on YouTube
ROCK!
Glenn Case
Go see what Andy chose today
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Go see what Rabid Garfunkel chose today
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Here's my choices sorted by Artist, by album cover, and by year. |
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| Loose Meat Ideas (i didn't forget) |
[May. 10th, 2008|12:05 pm] |
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[May. 10th, 2008|02:43 am] |
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