Contrast Podcast #48
Another week, another contrast podcast! This week’s theme is “Song Chain,” and yours truly was able to jump in and contribute a song and intro. Basically, each blogger that participated had to choose a song that connected to the song before it in some way. Knowing the song choices out of context isn’t much fun...
All I Can Say is that My Life is Pretty Plain.
Blind Melon: “No Rain” (download)
Lost MP3 of the Week: Plastic Little, “Get Close”
When it comes to rap & hip-hop, my thoughts are generally, “the dirtier, the better.” With this in mind, it’s no wonder why I love Plastic Little’s “Get Close.” With lines like, “first we’re text messaging, then we’re sex messaging,” it’s a classic of filth from this Philly rap group who specialize in salacious songs....
“Two Nights with Explosions in the Sky” or “Yet Another Reason Why Pitchfork Blows”
For a long time, whenever someone asked me about the best concert I’ve seen, Explosions in the Sky was always one of the first bands to come to mind. The first (and up until this week, only) time I saw them was at the now defunct NorthSix in Brooklyn during the Winter of, I think,...
Mahogany @ Galapagos Art Space, Friday, Feb. 16th
Pictures only for this one, folks. Mahogany played a short but very good set, and I didn’t see any of the opening bands… Mahogany: “Soleil Radieux” (download) Mahogany: “Springtime, Save Our Country” (download) – M4A format
Happy VD with the Blow!
Before the Blow became an overnight blog sensation with Paper Television and “Pile of Gold,” they release a little EP called Love Songs: Poor Aim (not right before, but about 2 years before). It’s full of simple pop love songs, and it’s probably one of my favorite EPs ever. To tell the truth, it’s the...
Lost MP3 of the Week: King Crimson, “I Talk to the Wind”
When I was at Hofstra, I took a class called the History of Electronic Music. It was one of my favorite classes that I took there, partly because it was taught by Herbert Deutsch, who collaborated with Bob Moog on the creation of the Moog synthesizer. Aside from the fact that the class was taught...
Lost MP3 of the Week: Gym Class Heroes, “Cupid’s Chokehold” / Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”
When I first started my blog, I sort of had delusions of grandeur. I originally started it for my friends and family. I generally have a lot of success in recommending music to people that they end up liking, and I thought of starting a blog as a way to take that success to the...
Kyp Malone @ Zebulon, Wednesday, Jan. 31st
Zebulon is softly lit. There is a candle at each table and 11 dim globe lamps hang overhead. It is a small place, about the size of four large bedrooms. In front of me, a couple is sitting at a table playing with a dog. To my right is the bar, lined with men in...
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