Casual Observations of Life on Earth

[...] Mary Chain, Jane's Addiction, and Nirvana. There may be a few other styles mixed in here with Tom Waits and Michelle Shocked, but the flavor of this mix is distinctly one of punk, and where punk was [...]

[...] Santana 11. ZZ Top, "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree," ZZ Top's First Album 12. Tom Waits, "Ol' 55," Closing Time 13. Bruce Springsteen, "Blinded by the Light," [...]

[...] Dog Blues," Shotter's Nation 9. The Big Boys, "Same Old Blues," The Fat Elvis 10. Tom Waits, "Tom Traubert's Blues," Small Change 11. Blondie, "Bermuda Triangle Blues ( [...]

[...] song is on here, then get the fuck off my blog!!! 12. "Heart of Saturday Night," Tom Waits, A Perfect Storm. Just one of those scenes that stuck with me...don't know why. It's when [...]

[...] of interpretations of different artists. "Salt Peanuts" is great when it's done by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, but Miles brings his own unique perspective on the song. Or Bill Evans [...]

[...] some reason sax is the most approachable instrument in jazz. I personally started out with Charlie Parker, but there are a lot of people who started with John Coltrane. 'Trane is very listenable, [...]

[...] three tracks to himself...as it freakin' should be. One of those tracks is Green's answer to Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" entitled "Cantaloupe Woman." And then there's the [...]

[...] listenable, especially the early stuff. And no, Jones doesn't start with Theolonious Monk or Herbie Hancock or maybe a Dave Brubeck. But with Oscar Peterson. Not necessarily that odd of a choice for [...]

[...] soundtracks, both for artistic edification and for the cash. Best known is probably Herbie Hancock's soundtrack for Blow-Up. But Miles was quite the pioneer in doing so in 1958. Of [...]

[...] of the credit for my musical pedigree. Tom introduced me to, among other things, the Stones, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan. In other words, Tommy introduced me to all things good in music. I really [...]

[...] saying, "Oh yeah, I know that song. It's in that commercial for Hummers." If Neil Young ever plays the Super Bowl, then I fuckin' quit!!! Nevertheless....(deep breath)....I do [...]

[...] ," Saucerful of Secrets 19. The Black Keys, "Aeroplane Blues," Rubber Factory 20. Neil Young, "Vampire Blues," On the Beach Download Here In looking at this playlist though, I [...]

[...] a little more post punk than I had initially intended. The Minutemen, the Replacements, X, Social Distortion, Violent Femmes...all 80s bands that followed what '70s punk movement had started. But even [...]

[...] cassette of New York.) So there is some sense of moving from the punk of X's Los Angeles and Social Distortion's Mommy's Little Monster to the post-punk sound of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jane's [...]

[...] Blues." So here is a very, very eclectic take on the blues. Hope you like. 1. Social Distortion, "Ghost Town Blues," Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell 2. Bob Dylan, " [...]

[...] birthday, and she will be less than impressed by the mix today, but I'm putting up the full album post just for her. The picture here to the right is me and my mom when we were living in [...]

[...] Brubeck, "Blue Rondo A La Turk," Time Out Disc of Manual Manipulation For my full album post, I'm sending out the latest Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 that my sister-in-law was [...]

[...] at this playlist though, I feel I've been neglectful of the ladies of the blues. So for my full album post, I will rectify this travesty. I can think of no better way to do that than with Etta James' [...]

[...] ;Suspect Device," Stiff Little Fingers, Inflammable Material Punk-Ass Disc For my full album post, here's something that's about as far away from punk as you can possibly get...well, ma [...]

[...] a few months ago. I was listening to Bob Dylan's first self-titled album, which was the 2nd Dylan album I ever owned, and I was thinking, "If I was 22 or 23 in 1963 when this album came out and [...]