Archive for the 'Vinyl' Category
Weekly Mishmash: May 4-10
May 11th, 2008The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz. Fantagraphics’ two volume a year, two years in each volume Complete Peanuts series is still in full swing with the 1967-68 volume having just been released, but I’m still playing catch-up with this earlier volume. The strips from 1959-60 find Schulz at the peak of his talents, […]
Weekly Mishmash: April 27-May 3
May 4th, 2008Lots of B&W movie watching this week:
The B-52’s - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation. Spotted this for $7.99 (new) at the local indie record store and had to get it, since an old copy of Cosmic Thing was only other thing I had by them. This is a good, solid — albeit flawed […]
My Muxtape Is Chullin’
April 10th, 2008I have been so busy lately, getting some extra work in before taking the dream trip next week — but I did have time to do a little fun thing last night. I went to Muxtape.com and set up a little playlist at scrubbles.muxtape.com (thanks to Jonny). This playlist is the result of an early […]
Weekly Mishmash: March 16-22
March 23rd, 2008Ace of Base - Singles of the 90s. When this imported Best-Of collection appeared a few months back as a surprise offering on the defiantly indie eMusic.com, I saw the sign and gave it a guilt-free download. Listening to it gives me a serious yen for good ’90s Europop — and makes me wonder why […]
Nothing Like a Dane
March 20th, 2008A sampling of songs from the lovely, ethereal-sounding Danish singer Birgit Lystager, recently linked on Martin Klasch. Though I first read about Ms. Lystager years ago on the Musical Taste site, I haven’t actually heard much of her singing (accurately described as a mix of Astrud Gilberto and Karen Carpenter) until today. Her Scandinavian version […]
Mmmm … Chromey
March 11th, 2008Awesome! The music video for Justice’s “DVNO” might as well be a love letter to ’80s motion graphics. With all the animated neon lights and chrome surfaces on display, one can see the influence of stuff like the widely beloved HBO Feature Presentation intro, the Cannon Films logo, and … all of this demo reel.
New Mix: The Mr. Blackwell Show
February 15th, 2008Nowadays he might be dimly known for his bitchy “Worst Dressed” lists, but back in the ’60s Richard Blackwell had his own fashion line for plus-sized women and society matrons desiring a Beverly Hills sophisticated-yet-casual look. The gowns (and, yes, it was mostly gowns) he created had this luxe “swanky chic” thing going on — […]
The Granny Awards
February 11th, 2008Out of curiosity (okay, I wanted to see if Burt Bacharach and Doris Day might appear to pick up their Lifetime Achievement awards), I tuned into the Grammy Awards last night. Boy, what a strange show. Just hand me some Geritol ’cause I feel so elderly now! It’s bad enough that I’ve never heard of […]
The Sound of Love
February 4th, 2008Browsing the newly opened online archive of The Atlantic magazine allowed me to re-read The Man from Heaven, an astute appreciation of Burt Bacharach written by Francis Davis in 1997. It’s an excellent piece, coming along just as I’m adding Bacharach’s “South American Getaway” (from the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack) to an […]
Tarkosaurus Retch
January 31st, 2008The A.V. Club’s selection of 18 Particularly Ridiculous Prog-rock Album Covers illustrates why the early ’70s might be the most aesthetically unappealing period in history ever. I’m aware that some of the albums they spotlighted come later on, but you get the gist.
Hitsville U.S.A.
January 15th, 2008We need our little and not so little indulgences every once in a while, right? I did a little post-Christmas splurge and bought The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6, a box set containing every A- and B-side of every 45 single Motown released in 1966. It’s … amazing. This is part of the ongoing effort […]
My Bullet’s in the Gun
January 10th, 2008What’s rocking my morning? Check music critic Elisabeth Vincentelli’s great post on the songs that nearly made her Best of 2007 lists. Although all are good, my fave is “My Secret Lover” by a Danish outfit called Private. It’s a wonderfully synthetic, ’80s-tastic retro funk jam that would likely have the scissors of Project Runway’s […]
My Hit Parade 2007
December 30th, 2007It seems like every year, increasingly, I think I’m starting to turn into an old fogey when it comes to new music. I’m inclined to hear less and less new stuff on the radio, and most of my CD purchases have been compilations of older artists. For example, after I splurged on an Australian comp […]
A Merry Mix
December 12th, 2007Joyful tidings — the Scrubbles.net Holidays 2007 Collection is ready for your enjoyment! To be honest, I’m not too big on Christmas music. I hate all those songs that you hear every year redone over and over again. No matter who does it, “The Little Drummer Boy” is a big bore and if I have […]
Putting the ‘Ho’ in Ho, Ho, Ho
December 7th, 2007Things I worked on this week:
Searched in vain for healthy foodie gifts for my clients, only to settle on overpriced cookies.
Spent two hours at Borders looking for gift ideas and wound up buying a single cookbook from the bargain shelves. Most of my relatives are not “book” people, unfortunately.
Put in a printing order for holiday […]
