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John Peel's Record Collection

Here Comes The Flood — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:42:00 GMT

Part of the record collection of fabled UK DJ John Peel (1939 – 2004) is now online. The website also lists the Peel Sessions.

» en.wikipedia.org

Garage Hangover: obscure Sixties bands reference site

Here Comes The Flood — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:44:00 GMT

Chas Kit has a website dedicated to Sixties garage rock bands. Lots of forgotten gems and hidden treasures that never made it to the Nuggets compilations:

This site is a work in progress on 1960s garage rock bands. All entries can be updated, corrected and expanded. If you have information on a band featured here, please let me know and I will update the site and credit you accordingly.

If you were in a 60's band or know someone who was, please contact me. I would be happy to feature your band and any photos, music or stories you have to share.

» garagehangover.com

(Thanks: Triple-B)

The Kinks: official website

Here Comes The Flood — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:27:00 GMT

At long last. The Kinks have an official website. Not much content as of yet, but there are two short video interviews with Dave Davies and Mick Avory, the latter looking decidedly bored.

Hot on the heels of the Deluxe Editions of their first three albums, in-depth notes would be in order, but those are being saved for the physical product as of now. Copyright of the website is held by "Universal Music Strategic Marketing", who still are pretty much clueless about the interwebs.

» thekinks.info

The brain on music: like good food or drugs

Here Comes The Flood — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:46:00 GMT

Music you enjoy is like a drug. Or good food. You already knew that, but a scientist has proof. Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has published an article in Nature Neuroscience. From an article in The Guardian:

A single tone won't be pleasurable in isolation. However, a series of single tones arranged in time can become some of the most pleasurable experiences that humans have ever reported. That's amazing because it suggests that somehow our cerebral cortex is following these tones over time and there must be a component of build-up, anticipation, expectation.

Video: Talking Heads - Drugs
(live @ Palaeur Arena, Rome, Italy - 1980/12/18)

(Thanks: Triple-B)

Rock Lock: six string saver

Here Comes The Flood — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:23:00 GMT

A lock for your gear? Rock Lock sales a thingy to secure your guirar, which will deter the casual thief, the kind that doesn't carry around a bolt cutter. Fierce looking roadie not included.

» therocklockcompany.com

(Thru stratoblogster.com)

Neil Young’s ‘Old Black’ Magic

Here Comes The Flood — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:36:00 GMT

Ted Drozdowski explains the magic of Old Black, the 1953 Gibson Les Paul played by Neil Young:

Young got his versatile pal during his original stint in Buffalo Springfield, from bandmate Jim Messina in 1969 – shortly before recording Everybody Knows This is Nowhere. One reason “Old Black” sounds so distinctive is its pickup configuration. The original ’53 P-90 has always remained in the neck position, but the bridge pickup was first replaced with a Dynasonic single-coil and then with a mini-humbucker from a ’72 Gibson Firebird that has remained in place ever since. The Bigsby vibrato tailpiece was on by the time of the Everybody Knows This is Nowhere sessions and can be heard putting some sonic chills in “Cowgirl in the Sand.”

Video: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse - Like A Hurricane
(from Rust Never Sleeps)

» gibson.com

Hayseed Dixie: How To Play Rockgrass

Here Comes The Flood — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:39:00 GMT

Watch the Hayseed Dixie tutorial on how to combine the instruments banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass in order to achieve the Majesty of Rockgrass Music.

The video can be found on the DVD that comes with their Killer Grass album.

» hayseed-dixie.com

And then there was vinyl ...

Here Comes The Flood — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:50:00 GMT

Want to see how records are made? Watch this video made by UK label The Vinyl Factory.

» thevinylfactory.com

(Thru ben's interests)

The Decemberists: covers archive

Here Comes The Flood — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:15:00 GMT

photo: Autumn DeWilde

You Ain't No Picasso has put together a collection of dozens of covers played by The Decemberists and their lead singer Colin Meloy. They take on Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Cheap Trick, Kate Bush and lots, lots more.

MP3: The Decemberists - Echoes
(live @ The Vic, Chicago, IL - 2007/10/28)
MP3: The Decemberists - I'm Sticking With You
(live @ Metro, Chicago, IL - 2005/10/18)
MP3: The Decemberists – Southern Girls
(live @ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA - 2005/08/10)
MP3: The Decemberists – Wuthering Heights
(live @ Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA - 2005/05/05)

» The Decemberists covers archive
» decemberists.com

"Bad Boy Line" - a John Cale tribute song

Hans Werksman — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:00 GMT

photo: Keith Morris

Dai Griffiths is in the department of music at Oxford Brookes University. He is into John Cale, writing "Home is Living Like a Man on the Run": John Cale’s Welsh Atlantic, which might have been the first academic academic article on Cale. It's in Welsh Music History (2000), p. 159-185. Griffiths wrote and recorded a song, a tribute inspired by the Slow Dazzle album.

MP3: Dai Griffiths - Bad Boy Line (John Cale circa 1975)

There are two Welsh phrases towards the end, that mean something like: 'A vengeful God! A terrifying God!'.

» "Home is Living Like a Man on the Run": John Cale’s Welsh Atlantic