Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto - James Brown Track 3 from James Brown's FUNKY CHRISTMAS album Which is made up of songs James recorded in 1966, 1968, and 1970. ALBUM PLAYLIST : http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=236020BA989DFD55
lux n ivy black christmas - the sonics - don't believe in christmas
This year, old friends and collaborators Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy present you with a Christmas gift; this new holiday single comprised of two songs from the Everly Brothers' catalog, "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" and "Lovey Kravezit". The single will be released on 7" on the 19th of November.
Our ongoing holiday mission is to unearth some great Christmas and New Year's oldies that are so good to hear again.
Elvis Presley's cover of Charles Brown christmas blues classic. Elvis's version is very sexy with a great guitar performance from James Burton.
Our end of the year round up panel, discussing the highs, lows, and middles of 2014 in the NZ art world is now online at CIRCUIT.org.nz. We sat in a cozy booth in an Irish pub, with the typical classic rock fare pumping through the sound system. Ably hosted by Mark Amery, with contributions from myself, Megan Dunn, and via email, Thomasin Sleigh. Disussion ranged from the "wellington/auckland" divide, the cuddly nature of relational practices, highlights in recent video art, most memorable recent shows, and, of course, The Walters Prize.
from "I love rock and roll" 1981 Joan Jett and the blackhearts Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me, pa rum pa pum pum A newborn king to see, pa rum pa pum pum Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pa pum pum To lay before the king, pa
I just finished the terrific comic writer Jon Ronson's slim volume on the Mancunian pop phenomenon of sorts Frank Sidebottom. In the book, Ronson also mentions some other great "outsider" musicians such as Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), Daniel Johnston, and the utterly inimitable Shaggs (one of Kurt Cobain's all-time favorite bands). I hadn't thought about the Shaggs in a while. They were in high rotation on my roommate's turntable while in my first year at art school, sure to inspire contagious giggles, whether cannabis fumes were enveloping us or not. Ronson visited the Shaggs resulting in a short radio documentary, but of course the best thing hands down is to listen to the LP "Philosophy of the World" kindly uploaded to YouTube by one of the Shaggs' fans. My personal fave has always been "My Pal Foot Foot." See the links below and do enjoy (if this is up yr street).
TRACKLISTING 1. Philosophy of the World 2. That Little Sports Car 3. Who Are Parents? 4. My Pal Foot Foot 5. My Companion 6. I'm So Happy When You're Near 7. Things I Wonder 8. Sweet Thing 9. It's Halloween 10. Why Do I Feel? 11. What Should I Do?
10 May 2011
The Shaggs. Better than the Beatles -- even today. Frank Zappa
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