A couple of weeks ago, we got word here in the city offices of ATVAnytown, USA, that there had been an uprising in Bootleg City, located in the neighboring state of Popdose. Robert “No Class” Crass Cass, mayor of Bootleg City, had done the unthinkable in these recessionary times, and took it upon himself to […]
Category: Relationship Songs
I’m thinkin’ about Tonic
Any Tonic fans in the house? I’ve been listening to Tonic’s second album Sugar a lot this week. It’s probably my favorite from the three albums that they’ve done, (so far?) and I feel like they often got the short end of a stick as a band. Take a look at their three albums, and […]
And tomorrow will make a day since we’ve met
I wrapped up the week freshly reunited with an old friend. Gregor over at captain’s dead caught my eye with MP3s of one of my favorite KFOG-FM/ San Francisco broadcasts, a 1996 session with Paul Westerberg recorded at Fantasy Studios. This particular broadcast is a nice little one hour Westerberg career rundown that held a […]
Now your arms embrace me strangely in your unfamilar room…
Appropriately enough, it’s snowing here in Cleveland this morning… Snow in a soulless city covers up the cracks in the road As a wastrel buys her cigarettes and wipes her pretty nose Like a part-time Elvis imitator these streets I knew so well Have been pasted beyond recognition with a temporary smell Now the midnight […]
Good Listening: Del Amitri Live Rarities
A drunk, an atheist and a poet walk into a bar. They’re all the same guy, and there is no punchline. Welcome to Del Amitri! And so begins the long overdue Popdose Guide to Del Amitri, written by David Eastman. I’ve had a Del Amitri post brewing since a stray mention caught the attention of […]
Song of the Moment – David Wilcox – Mango
David Wilcox – Mango (live in Utah) Talkin’ ’bout old love…….and “found songs.”
Find Your Own Way Home
Find Your Own Way Home is the name of the latest CD from veteran Illinois classic rockers REO Speedwagon. And the album is also the unlikely source of inspiration that led me through what would be an important period of personal exploration in 2007. I purchased the CD as part of a “can’t miss” three […]
Airstream – the new CD from singer/songwriter David Wilcox
“For in this darkness, love can show the way” Singer/songwriter David Wilcox (not to be confused with the Canadian rocker) has been a longtime favorite of mine. I first came across his music in 1991, and was captured by his CD titled Home Again, which had the subtext title of “for the first time.” In […]
Song of the Moment – Death Cab – I Will Possess Your Heart
I have more than the occasional random thought, and I’m going to share one of them with you now. First of all, before I get to that, this post is Death Cab for Cutie related, and related to that, you’d probably be interested to know that Death Cab recently recorded a live session for Daytrotter, […]
Relationship Songs – Patti Rothberg – The Late Late Show
Relationship songs – you gotta love ’em. At least I do, because as long as I can remember being a music fan, I’ve been a huge fan of the “love gone wrong” songs. Not because I had gotten my heart stomped on a million times at that point, but because it caught my ears as […]