Song of the Week Archive

• 0August 10, 2010

  Song of the Week: Evil Urges, by My Morning Jacket

  We’re going to see My Morning Jacket at the Greek this week and I’m pretty freakin’ psyched.  In Minneapolis, on...

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• 0August 3, 2010

  Song of the Week: Twilight Zone, by Golden Earring

  If you’ve been paying attention, you will know that I am an absurdly obsessive (Rod Serling’s) The Twilight Zone fan....

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• 8July 18, 2010

  Behind the Music Part III: My Cricket & Me

  [Read Part I &/or Part II] Serves me right that I’m playing my first solo show in many years and...

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• 4July 8, 2010

  So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright: SotW / Behind the Music, Part I

  Last week I started in to my first T.C. Boyle novel, The Women. In brief, it’s a fictionalized account of...

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• 0July 3, 2010

  Song of the Week: Rock & Roll Suicide, by David Bowie

  Despite my mild pedestal-knocking of the Thin White Duke a few months ago, I am an unabashed David Bowie fan,...

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• 1June 15, 2010

  Song of the Week: Tomorrow Tomorrow, by The Bee Gees

  Shame. Shame on me for this being my first Bee Gees Song of the Week. What the hell has been...

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• 0June 1, 2010

  Song of the Week: Once Is Enough, by Aerosmith

  From the Glimmer Twins to the Toxic Twins, but this time the circumstances are reversed.  Last time I featured a blistering...

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• 0May 23, 2010

  Song of the Week: C***sucker Blues, by Beasts of Bourbon

  Sometimes fate steps in.  A couple weeks back, Matt was in L.A. working on songs for the new album.  I...

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• 0May 16, 2010

  Song of the Week: Kings of the Wild Frontier, by Adam & the Ants

  After a particularly difficult half of sophomore year at USC, I dropped out of college. The music education I had...

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• 3May 6, 2010

  Song of the Week: Stand or Fall, by The Fixx

  Gateway drugs. Not the best thing in the literal sense but when it comes to music it’s been the gateway...

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• 0April 24, 2010

  Song of the Week: A Thing Called Love, by Elvis Presley

  It’s no secret that before the commoditization of dead Elvis, his gospel records were his biggest sellers. Somewhat less known...

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• 3April 17, 2010

  Song of the Week(end): The Sicilian Clan, by Morricone

  “Il Clan Dei Siciliani” was one of the first non-spaghetti-western Ennio Morricone themes that really grabbed me.  Its main melody...

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• 0April 12, 2010

  Song of the Week: I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today, by Peter Gabriel

  Another rainy day in Los Angeles, and here’s a sort of a SotW encore: another version of this great song....

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• 0March 11, 2010

  Song of the Week: Modern Love, by David Bowie

  This week’s pick is an anomaly, as I haven’t actually listened to this song this week.  Rather, it has provided...

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• 1March 6, 2010

  Song of the Week: This Time, by INXS

  INXS was a pivotal band for me. As a young hard-rock fan, I was typically closed-minded. But on a family...

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