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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Weekend Wrap-Up: James Jamerson, Rally For Sanity, And More
This week’s theme on James Jamerson was kind of lacking in my usual long postings. I apologize. It’s been a crazy week, I have to say. To make up for it, here’s a pretty awesome clip of him performing “What’s … Continue reading
More James Jamerson
Okay, so I’ve been a really bad blogger this week, and James Jamerson deserves more. Hopefully I’ll be able to add an in depth post tomorrow – though no guarantees – I’m attending The Rally For Sanity in DC. (Which … Continue reading
James Jamerson: Isolated Bass of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
Okay, sorry about the lack of updates. Seriously, more tomorrow, but check out the isolated bass on “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.
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Tagged Ain't No Mountain High Enough, James Jamerson, Marvin Gaye
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Preview of This Week’s Theme: James Jamerson
You can thank the bar I went to over the weekend in Greenwich Village for the inspiration for this week’s theme. They played old-school soul music for hours straight. It really might be the best-bar music I’ve ever heard. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alki David, England, Greenwich, Greenwich Village, James Jamerson, London, Staten Island Ferry, Travel and Tourism
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An Ode To the Walkman
(Weekly theme coming later.) Sony announced yesterday that they would stop manufacturing the Walkman. While I had no idea that they were still making them, this comes as a bit of a disappointment. For me, the Walkman was a seminal … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Cassette, David Byrne, Discman, IPod, Japan, Smiths, Sony, Walkman
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Bob Dylan & New York: “Visions of Johanna”
If “Spanish Harlem Incident” finds Bob Dylan in Spanish Harlem seduced by the sexuality, and mysteries of the “gypsy gal,” “Visions of Johanna” shows Dylan wandering around Manhattan in the middle of the night in a surrealistic bender. Dylan had … Continue reading
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Tagged Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan, Dylan, Gehenna, Jelly-Faced Women, Lisp, Manhattan, Old City, Programming, Spanish Harlem Incident, Visions of Johanna
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Bob Dylan & New York: “Spanish Harlem Incident”
When I first looked at the track-list for Another Side of Bob Dylan, and saw the title “Spanish Harlem Incident”, I wrongly assumed that it was a topical song about Spanish Harlem. This was back when I didn’t know much … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, East Harlem, Holocaust, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Minnesota, New York, Spanish Harlem Incident, United States
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Bob Dylan & New York: “Positively 4th Street”
1965 has often been described as the year when Dylan was an “angry young man”. There are many songs during that period where Dylan cut down ex-lovers (“Like a Rolling Stone”), journalists (“Ballad of a Thin Man”), and society … Continue reading
Bob Dylan & New York
I’m going to New York City this weekend, so this week’s theme is going to revolve around New York. I was going to do a full week of my favorite New York songs, but I came to the conclusion that … Continue reading