Archive for April, 2007Spinal Tap to ReuniteSpinal Tap is getting back together for the Live Earth show in England on July 7. In keeping with the ethos of the event, they’ve written a song about global warming entitled “Warmer Than Hell.” I wonder what it will take to get the Folksmen back together?-MJS Add comment April 25th, 2007 Happy 103rd Birthday, Huey LongGuitarist Huey Long is planning to celebrate his 103rd birthday by performing a concert, just like he celebrated his 102nd birthday last year. That makes banjo picker Wade Mainer, who just turned 100, seem like a young whippersnapper. -MJS Add comment April 24th, 2007 Dylan SymposiumThe Celestial Monochord is running a series of long, informative posts about attending the Bob Dylan Symposium that was held back in March.-MJS Add comment April 24th, 2007 LP Cover BlogThe LP Cover Lover Blog is, as it sounds, a blog devoted to unusual LP covers. Make sure you check out the section of guitar covers. I know digital music is the wave of the future, and all, but looking over some of these reminds me that I do miss records sometimes.-MJS Add comment April 22nd, 2007 Truth in AdvertisngIf you play in a famous band like the Drifters or the Four Tops, and you’re going to play in Florida, you’d better make sure your group has at least one original member, or you can be fined. Apparently Elvis impersonators are exempt.-MJA Add comment April 22nd, 2007 Rainbow QuestPCL Linkdump has done us all a favor and gathered together a bunch of YouTube clips from Pete Seeger’s old Rainbow Quest TV show. There are loads of great old-time musicians here like banjo picker Roscoe Holcomb, dulcimer legend Jean Ritchie and Missisippi John Hurt as well as contemporary players like Johhny Cash, Richard and Mimi Farina, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Judy Collins. The mix of players led to some interesting shows. Did you know that Donovan and Gary Davis appeard on the same episode?-MJS Add comment April 22nd, 2007 Is This a Prank?I just can’t tell anymore. Anyway, if the rumor is true, it seems that The Edge and Bono have signed up to write the music for a musical based on the Spiderman comics. Whatever the status of the project is, I did get a chuckle out of the idea that it will feature not a Greek but a Geek Chorus.-MJS Add comment April 18th, 2007 Paul Weller, Fashion MavenIt appears that Paul Weller knows as much about cool clothes as he does about cool music, which is quite a bit.-MJS Add comment April 18th, 2007 The PitubaThere are many people out there making fine ukuleles, but Ron Saul is the only one who also invented the Pituba.-MJS Add comment April 18th, 2007 Two Bottles of Grolsch Beer Equals Fun and Free StraplocksI’m sure the brewers at Grolsch didn’t intend this, but it turns out you can use the washers on the fancy fliptop lid as DIY straplocks. For details, head on over to the Play Like A Girl blog.-MJS Add comment April 18th, 2007 Posts by Month
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