2 November 2008
When that old folk song “Hallelujah I’m a Bum” meets Bo Diddley(R.I.P) (and that ain’t no Johnny Otis whistlin’ “Willie and the Hand Jive”
I heard a Bo Diddley tribute on local college station KALX and they played songs influenced by him, and hardly ANY Bo-Diddley. Ugh. That’s not what we need. We need more BO DIDDLEY. At least they played The Animals’ “The Story of Bo Diddley” alongside “I Want Candy” and The Smiths.
-
The Mummy Benji Hughes
It seems that most of the national dance crazes, the “Do The Sarah Palin,” has been sweeping the web. Poor Joe Biden (i.e. issues are cool! No, man, you got ISSUES! Chill out, gently down the stream, all that…). Anyway, I used to be in a band called Volumen in New York with
Fritz Chesnut who’s married to Molly Shannon & maybe she could introduce me to Tina Fey. I have a collab. idea. -
The Duchess and the Duke, “I Am Just a Ghost”
Yes, I like the vocal harmonies, the T. Rex frontman, the B-side to his second single before he joined John’s Children juxtaposing it with rockets and strippers.
Well, I like Micah Ballard as an example of San Francisco poet, and SunnyLyn Thibodeaux -
The Godfathers, “If I Only Had TIme,”
20 or 21 years ago, the line “we’re living under a false economy” in this song really grabbed me, and now 20 years later, it serves as essential listening for the primer on the recent economic depression recession money grab by thugs.
-
Carrie Underwood, “Just a Dream”
Pretty amazing to me that the only radio hit in recent tmes to come close to being as much of an anti-war song as “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town” is this song. It still makes me cry.
-
Root Rats, “The Isle of Misfit Toys”
A punky garage Christmas song, just in time for the holidays
-
Ken Emerson, Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building
More on this book later…
-
Honky Tonkers for Truth, “I’m Taking My Country Back”blog comments powered by Disqus
The name of this band no doubt hurt this song’s chances in the 2004 election. Oh well, “Farenheit 911” didn’t work either. Hail Matt Gonzales and Ralph Nader or a cross between Brian Westbrook and
Will Hermes - Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever (Faber and Faber, 2011)
21 January 2012
Hermes’ lengthy and detailed tome reads a bit like the proto-punk diary From the Velvets to the Voidoids except that it covers virtually all of New York City’s then burgeoning musical styles between 1973 and 1977.
The Rabid In The Kennel Top 10 Farewell Countdown!
14 December 2011
All good things must come to an end, and Rabid In The Kennel is no exception. And so it is with sadness and pride that we present our final episode today, Wednesday, December 14, 2011. As a special treat to our loyal listeners, we present the very best, most memorable performances from our two-and-a-half years of monthly shows on BreakThruRadio.com!
|