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Blogging Conference!
Quick update (x-posted): I did my training session for BlogHer '06 tonight. I'll be helping on the audio recording on the lunch keynote speech, digital photography, design and style, and video...
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Every Day is Halloween
So where is my Severed Heads tribute album? Hello, Cleopatra?Nettwerk?I truly enjoyed watching them in the late '80s at the [old] 930 Club and I can't be the only one impressed by their electronic...
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Best cover band ever
Such range -- I love Ash as a recorded cover band. Have you ever heard any of their versions of pop music? They do an amazing cover of Abba's "Does Your Mother Know" on an okay Abba covers compilation...
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Where to begin?
I guess finding covers goes in spurts. Or then again I used to have all the time in the world, more record stores, and more money. But today was a banner day, when Maia introduced me to Jonathan...
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You don't have to be gay ...
I don't just love covers, I love songs and albums that refer to other bands. If you check out the Pansy Division site and click the "audio" link, there are mp3s of their songs, including an unreleased...
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My list
Here is my ongoing list of the songs I am going to cover one of these days:1) Down in the Park by Gary Numan2) Dan Loves Patti by Yum Yum3) Nocturnal Blonde by The Ophelias4) Passive Restraints by...
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The future
Back in the mid-90s, tribute collections were all the rage. George Plasketes even wrote a discography of some of the better ones up to 1995.Then in the early 2000s we had the film soundtrack. It seemed...
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Oh why, oh why?
Why is "Weird Al" Yankovic (and me too, actually) married? I am so in love with him! Have you heard his new album "Straight Outta Lynwood"? Genius! I think the parody of Green Day's "American Idiot"...
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Covers update
I've been checking out a lot of new covers on TV commercials, movies, iTunes and XM Radio. Here are the highlights:Joshua Radin does Yaz's "Only You". It's a bit slow, I like Allison Moyet doing it...
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Music update
You know, I think about posting about my musical finds all the time, but they don't really fit in with my blog's theme, so I forget.But I've been getting back into music again. Part is due to the iPod...
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Cover of the Month (oops!)
I meant to come back and add more covers, but I guess I got too distracted listening to covers to remember to come back and write about them!When I'm not listening to the amazing Espers covers I wrote...
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November's cover recommendation
A few years ago I discovered Napster, and I loved it, not because I was too cheap to buy CDs, but because I was able to find digitized versions of music I already owned on album but weren't on CD, and...
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Sound Check
Since it looks like I won't be using my vast knowledge of sound theory for good or evil, I thought I would make a collection great uses of sound in television and film. I never did know where this fit...
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Unofficial song lyrics
Okay, so I am just as bad as anyone in singing the correct song lyrics, but this one just gets me. I love The Smithereens, especially their song "Behind the Wall of Sleep". I was happily singing along...
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Covers Challenge II
Here is the track listing for my 2nd Swap-Bot swap dedicated to specific covers. The rules were to have at least 5 sets of songs where one was a cover and the other was either another cover of the same...
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Covers Scavenger Hunt
The track list from my Covers Scavenger Hunt swap on Swap-Bot. I chose one song for each category, but the limit was actually 15 songs+. Here goes:A cover with an animal in the title:1/Shock the...
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My Favorite Things
My all-time favorite songs:1. Soothing Cacidylic by Shim Jambs2. Every Shining Time You Arrive by Sunny Day Real Estate3. Alone Again Or by Love (although I prefer The Damned version)4. Love Will Tear...
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My Forgotten Favorite
My favorite bands (not in order):1. Sebadoh2. Pop Will Eat Itself3. The Posies4. The Wonder Stuff5. Bevis Frond6. The Cars7. Hall and Oates8. Matthew Sweet9. Shudder to Think10. The Three O'Clock
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Replicant
The covers I search for most (and find most of, I guess):1. These Boots are Made for Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra)2. Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)3. Down in the Park (Gary Numan)4. Baroque Hoedown...
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Ahhhh!
I've found some more amazing covers! Just yesterday, I discovered:Bowling for Soup's cover of Matthew Sweet's "Sick of Myself". I don't know that I've ever seen another Matthew Sweet cover, and I'm so...
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Covers Scavenger Hunt 2
Here is the playlist from my 2nd covers scavenger hunt swap on Swap-Bot. 1. A cover of a ’50s song: Da Do Ron Ron by The Donnas (The Crystals)2. A cover of a ‘90s song: …Baby one more time by Bowling...
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Thank You For the Music
I don't do Facebook, but I like Karen's meme so I figured why not.Think of 15 albums, CDs and/or LPs that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. Dug into your soul. Music that...
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Vampire songs
My friend Chris recommended some vampire/paranormal romances and I got into the show True Blood as a result, so after her acclaimed Vampire song playlist, I decided to create my own, and also a...
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Genius!!!
I just found this on Boing Boing and since we're all on a Ramones kick lately, it really fits! OMG, they are amazing! I love Stop the Rock:http://www.youtube.com/user/FinRaucousSome of their covers are...
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Recently I've gotten into the Rock Solid podcast, and it's motivated me to list my own songs that I would use if I were doing such a podcast. The most recent episode I listened to was their dedication...
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