Get Down

This video looks like it was made for Public Access TV (my favorite).


Song #345: Kool and the Gang - Get Down On It

LAST MINUTE CONCERT UPDATE

Tonight at Brooklyn Bowl is the concert event of a lifetime. I just heard that recently broken-up Tragedy: An All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees, has reformed for a ONE NIGHT ONLY AFFAIR. Obviously overburdened by the pure excellence of the Gibbs Brothers, Three. This overwhelming Satanic Glam-Rock homage to Bee Gees, in fact the proclaim themselves...

"the No. 1 Heavy Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees in the Tri-State Area, eastern Pennsylvania, New England (excluding Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire), Los Angeles City, Anaheim City, Tampa City, Texas (excluding Ft. Worth City and Corpus Christie City), The Rocky Mountains, and the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland and the greater Leeds City area)."

Well you can catch me there tonight Tragedy's swan song beginning at 9 pm. Missing it would be the real tragedy.


Song #345: Bee Gees - Tragedy


BONUS SONG: Tragedy - Stayin' Alive

Veterans Day

Today I just want to extend my appreciation to all the Men and Women who have, and are currently, protecting our country. Regardless of Poli-Tricks, our troops truly are out there to protect our freedoms, and there is no more respectable job than that.

Song #344: Bill Withers - I Can't Write Left Handed (Live at Carnegie Hall)


BONUS SONG: Small Faces - Tin Soldier

Hot Moves

Fellow Stuyvesant Pegleg Tim Robbins does his best James Brown, then The Godfather does his own thing in a completely insane Soul Train performance.

Song #343: James Brown - Good Foot/Soul Power/Make it Funky

Hip Hip

Because if there was no Tuesday, it'd still be Monday.


Song #342: The Minders - Hooray for Tuesday

Broader Than Broadway *UPDATE*

Barrington Levy, 11/11/2007 

Alrosa Villa, Columbus, Ohio

Song #341: Barrington Levy - Here I Come

Savings Time

I know it's only an hour, but I still really get messed up by daylight savings time. DAMN YOU BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

Photo taken at Benjamin Franklin's House, 

Philadelphia, PA, 2010

Song #340: Ninjasonik - Daylight Remix

Feel a Little Poke

The Highlight of being dragged through shopping today was hearing this 1997, Middle School classic. Definitely the go-to song about Boners for my generation.


Song #339: Next - Too Close

Great Friday

Last night's show was AMAZING. Very reminiscent of the way The Allman Brothers play on tour. Good times indeed.


Song #338: The Black Crowes - Good Friday

Freak & Roll

Tonight I will be at Times Square's Best Buy Theater for what could be The Black Crowes final tour (at least for a while). In this dude's humble opinion, The Crowes are the finest set of Minstrels, or the best group of touring musicians out there today. These guys are on the road around 75% of the year, spreading their music and paying homage to their influences the world over. This is going to be my 4th time seeing these guys, in my 3rd state (Tennessee, Ohio, and 2 in New York), every time at a different venue. I like to think that tonight's format is inspired by the second show I went to, which was during frontman Chris Robinson's divorce from talentless wannabee Chameleon, Kate Hudson. On that August day in 2008, heartbroken, Chris rallied his brother Rich and the other Crowes to perform an entire Acoustic set of their folksier, more existential tunes, followed by plugged-in, blow you away, Rock Heavy set. From what I'm hearing, tonight's Say Goodbye to the Bad Guys tour should be similar, but as explained before, still unlike any show ever.

Song #337: The Black Crowes - Stop Kicking My Heart Around


BONUS SONG: The Black Crowes - Seeing Things for the First (Fourth) Time

Beginnings and Endings

Today we enter the final month of this project. I'm not sure what will become of it, or you, or me in the subsequent year(s) but I do know it's been a delight to have shared the last, god only knows, how many days (I just realized the counter is wrong) recommending songs out into the never-ending world wide web. 

As I work on fixing the math, I realize that if I have any songs or anecdotes left to share, I better start getting them out. During this year long process, I definitely have found myself holding on to certain ideas or records because there just wasn't enough time for me to fully synthesize my thoughts into a form that would do it any justice. Well, the gloves are off and I'm certainly going to be bringing it in this final month. I guarantee if it's not a ridiculous story (like Busta Christmas or Clowns at Bars) trust that the song is straight fire.  Strap in and Stay tuned.

Oh, the segue is that today's song has my favorite line to begin a song (Non Rap Category).


Song #336?: The Kinks - Animal Farm

Wait it's also this one... Prepare to be utterly blown away by Ziggy's main Spider, Mick Ronson.


BONUS SONG: David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

VOTE

Remember to get out there and vote... if that's your thang.

Song #328: Cream - Politician

Full of Contradiction

Song #327: Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction

Balloween

Song #326: Big L - Graveyard