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Peter Gabriel | Article | Scratch My Back

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:10:15 -0500

Peter Gabriel | Article | Scratch My Back: If you are not excited about this, you need to be.

Kings Of Leon: "Golf Is Not Delaying Our Album" - Xfm

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:28:18 -0500

Kings Of Leon: "Golf Is Not Delaying Our Album" - Xfm: I include this link because...

Let me put this in context. This is a recording from 5 years...

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:48:26 -0400

Let me put this in context. This is a recording from 5 years ago of me playing guitar for Bree Wall in Austin. This was an open mic night at B.B. Rovers and someone (John, I think?) was trying out new recording gear by recording the Jollyville City Limits Open Mic. This recording features a lot of the songs Bree and I would do at gigs and open mic nights. She had a killer voice!

Whoever recorded this sent it to me a few years ago and I never listened to it until today (if you are reading this, Bree, I think we should do a reunion tour—it would be great).

Song List:

1. Like We’ve Never Met (Neko Case)
2. Me & Bobby McGee (Janis version)
3. Country Feeling

There was also another song “The Letter” (the Four Tops) that we did, but this blog’s size limits would not allow me to include it.

Enjoy!

(via bringtheruckuss) “THIS IS MY BOOM STICK!”

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:25:22 -0400

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“THIS IS MY BOOM STICK!”

damageisdone: The Features“Lions”Live @ Cannery...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:28:56 -0400

damageisdone:

The Features
“Lions”
Live @ Cannery Ballroom
January 13th, 2007

It took a very, very long time, but they finally got it right. Parts of this song started out as “Stick Together” back around 2000 or 2001 and, through a couple reworkings, they eventually got this modern day Features masterpiece.

And that’s really what I consider it to be. This is the buzz song from the band’s second album, I believe. The opening vocal hook is infectious, and the explosion of propulsive pop that backs it up grabs you from head to toe and makes the former bob and the latter tap. I especially love the “aw girl, but what are you thinking” part, with that snoopy and sneaky bass line creeping underneath it. It’s coy and sly, you can picture Matt backing away from the mic and glaring at you, with a half smile (which I’m pretty sure is exactly what he does during this part of the song). The guitar solo is also masterful, an upward climbing bit of classic rock, elevating constantly.

As I mentioned earlier, “Lions” began as “Stick Together” way back when. The songs share a chorus and nothing else. “Stick Together” almost immediately became “Leave It All Behind” (as the two share a first verse) and the chorus of “Stick Together” was cast aside. That is until the band brought the chorus back in a song called “Lions Dressed In Leather” in January 2006. This version of the song lasted a brief time, as it debuted rather close to the band’s 2006 hiatus. Post-hiatus, the music of the song was reworked completely and transformed into “Lions” as we know it today. They also ditched the “dressed in leather” part which was probably for the better, as “lions dressed in leather” conjures up a very peculiar Disney/biker image in my head that I’d rather not be there. “Lions” has become a staple at shows over the last couple years from what I can gather from the few bootlegs and setlists that are out there. Rightfully so. It’s also a single from their second album, Some Kind of Salvation.

A VERSION APPEARS ON:
Some Kind of Salvation, album release (2008)

LINEAGE:
Was “Lions Dressed In Leather” (2006; fewer lyrics but all are the same, slightly modified chorus)
Originally “Stick Together” (2000; same chorus, slightly modified)

Union Specific Live at ACL Music Festival (hopefully)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:19:13 -0400

Union Specific Live at ACL Music Festival (hopefully): I promise I will implore my dear readers to...

Things That Make Me Angry #5: Reading Rainbow's Final Episode Airs Today

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:22:00 -0400

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/reading-rainbow-airs-its-final-episode.html I’m...

Deer Tick (from parttimemusic)

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:46:32 -0400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/parttimemusic/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 This was sent a while ago. Sorry for...

kiyoshimartinez: Concerning that whole “bringing guns to...

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:35:35 -0400

kiyoshimartinez:

Concerning that whole “bringing guns to protest President Obama” thing:

I’m a conservative. I’m what you’d consider “pro-gun.” I support concealed and open-carry rights. I support the right to assault weapon ownership.

BUT!…

Just because you should be allowed to do something and have the legal right to do it, that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. In fact, for the purposes of protesting and changing people’s minds about Obama’s healthcare policies, you’re probably doing more harm than good.

All it takes is one person carrying a gun to a rally to ruin it for the rest of us level-minded people who want to have a honest dialogue about healthcare reform. It might be hard to believe, but you look like a radical and are scaring people.

Normal people, who are moderates that tend to decide elections, don’t like to be scared. They probably aren’t going to pay attention to any of the good points against Obama’s healthcare plan you might have to say when you’re distracting them with that gun of yours. In fact, they’ll probably mentally shut down and dismiss you immediately.

The wonderful thing about America is that we can have the opportunity to use freedom of speech to resolve our differences and express our opinions — thereby coming to resolutions — without ever having to need to resort to violence (or threats of violence). Why ratchet up the rhetoric and take this debate beyond debate and into what’s essentially warfare? There’s no need.

I might not like Obama’s policies, but I’m not going to bring a gun to a protest. You know why? Because implying you might support killing someone you disagree with — especially the President of the United States — is irrational, insane and shameful. This isn’t some third-world country where we solve our political differences with guns. It’s America, where we’re supposed to represent a civilized democratic society.

It’s debate club, not gun club. It’s the pen, not the sword.

Les Paul died today. Very, very sad. Most know him for his...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:32:06 -0400

Les Paul died today. Very, very sad. Most know him for his contribution to jazz and the creation and design of the sold body electric guitar. Fewer know him for being the first to use multitrack recording technology. I remember mowing lawns all summer when I was 14 to save up for my own knock off Epiphone Les Paul. It’s a very sad day-I plan on listening to some Les Paul and Mary Ford today and playing some electric guitar super loud.

Les Paul
June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009

Holy shit, this is good. The Features do a set at Lakefever...

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:39:20 -0400

Holy shit, this is good. The Features do a set at Lakefever Productions in Nashville.

"You know folks, I work hard at this job. I try to do my best. I try to be an authoritative,..."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:02:12 -0400

“You know folks, I work hard at this job. I try to do my best. I try to be an authoritative,...

bringtheruckuss: now shut the fuck up. Hear hear.

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:27:07 -0400

bringtheruckuss:

now

shut

the fuck

up.

Hear hear.

(via bringtheruckuss) Ha ha.

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:34 -0400

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Ha ha.

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Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:23:03 -0400

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Every few thousand years, an individual will come along that...

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:11:06 -0400

Every few thousand years, an individual will come along that will blow the ass off of rock’n’roll. That individual has come. His name is Andy McGregor and his band is One Man Town. Check out their newest video for their song “Say You Do (Everybody’s Naked)” and check out their web site at www.onemantown.com.

Weighing the worth of movies watched

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:01:34 -0400

Weighing the worth of movies watched: kiyoshimartinez: My friend, Brian Mackey, recently wrote a...

I think it is a wolf spider, but the movement was a little...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:14:35 -0400

I think it is a wolf spider, but the movement was a little unusual. I really felt for this guy. That spider was enormous.

Best of 2009 (so far)

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:23:19 -0400

Yes, I know Paste Magazine did this already, but I wanted to put my 2 cents in. Bon Iver - Blood...

Deer Tick - Art Isn’t Real (AKA City of Sin) Live at...

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:31:37 -0400

Deer Tick - Art Isn’t Real (AKA City of Sin)

Live at Bash’s II in Lubbock, TX (07/08/09)

A neat little rendition of Deer Tick’s best song from their 2007 album War Elephant.

Enjoy!