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November 15 2009

November 12 2009

♫ Matthew Sweet - Room To Rock

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♫ The Magic Numbers - Hymn For Her

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November 08 2009

November 05 2009

♫ The Beatles - In Spite of All the Danger

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From one of my fave tv shows, 7 Ages Of Rock. This is from the second show, about Art Rock. Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, Roxy Music. "Breaking the barriers between art and music."

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November 04 2009

♫ Yo La Tengo - My Little Corner of the World

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November 01 2009

Liked this artist; the song played was a jazz cover of Bjork's Isobel. Commenter in podcast noted that jazz musicians have always covered popular songs (e.g. old school jazz musicians used to cover Gershwin); they put their own interpretation on a song and "make it their own." via The Year's Best New Jazz : NPR

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October 30 2009

♫ Prince and the New Power Generation - Daddy Pop

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Banksy doc. Like the bit about him promoting his art and not himself.

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October 29 2009

♫ The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

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♫ The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion

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I used to have this picture of The Velvet Underground as a poster hanging on my wall, when I was a teenager. I love all of the poses here: Lou on guitar setting the tone, Sterling looking cool and holding a beer, a relaxed John Cale singing in that Welsh drawl of his, Mo hiding away in the background (but always a steady force). They're all dressed in black... and those silver balloons. This was taken in Warhol's Silver Factory.