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The Top 100 Singles of the 00s #93: “A-Punk”
Vampire Weekend’s debut album represented a rare thing in indie-world…an album living up to its’ hype. The four Columbia University alumni who made up the band had been rhapsodized so much in the blogosphere prior to the release of their self-titled debut that some folks hated it out of spite. Too bad for them, because I still think “Vampire Weekend”, track for track, is the most enjoyable album of 2008. “A-Punk” is one of it’s […]
FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #39: Flannery Will Get You Nowhere
THE BEATLES “Lady Madonna” b/w “The Inner Light” (Capitol Records #2138, March 1968)
As much as I loved John, the one I really miss is George. With his quiet inner peacefulness, sly sense of humor and brilliantly innovative guitar licks ranging from bumble-bee stinging to waterfall fluid, NO ONE, before or since, epitomized English cool like George Harrison. Every hip Brit act in recent memory, from The Jam to Oasis to Arctic Monkeys, has featured at least one George look/act/sound-alike in […]
Bret Michaels Eats it at the Tony Awards
Let’s face it, it’s funny when people fall.
Poison was performing their 1988 hit single “Nothin’ But a Good Time” (featured in the show “Rock of Ages” on the Tony Awards last night (10 years ago, who would have thought you’d see Poison on the TONYs of all places?), when lead singer Bret Michaels “missed his mark” and wound up having an unfortunate encounter with a set piece. Bret allegedly suffered an injury, although no one […]