Ivy - Long Distance (2000)

So good, especially on a lazy, lonesome, rainy day as this. Think smooth, melodic pop with a certain Nineties flavor. (And nevermind that the Nineties were musically horrible; Ivy got it right.)

I don't much update this page these days; I rather forgot I had it for a while. Hello, any followers I may have here!

"Weird Al" Yankovic - First World Problems

Pixies tribute, from 2014's Mandatory Fun.

Russell Morris - The Real Thing (via Gadget)

via Jasmine — credited to "VectorBelly.com"

From the pages of MAD: IF LIBRARIES SOLD ADVERTISING SPACE

Somebody in greater Facebookland finally posted this, and I'm sticking it here for reference. Sadly, it omits both the credits and some more "books", mostly on the right. But, as it happens, I also found my physical copy of this, so I will list the omissions here as I have them in The MAD Bathroom Companion; the Mother Load. Otherwise, click the image to enlarge.

Volume Sales Dept.
Today, all over the country, libraries are closing due to a lack of funds. MAD suggests a way to make up those deficits, mainly, there'd be plenty of money...

IF LIBRARIES SOLD ADVERTISING SPACE

Artist: Bob Clarke
Writer: William Garvin



Titles omitted from the image:

the old man and the Seagram's 7 Crown
The Spy Who Came in From the COLD POWER
Strange (Fruit of the Loom)
The Last Angry MANISCHEWITZ
Anna and the <Chun King> of Siam
FOR WHOM THE Bell ☏ System TOLLS
THE COUNT OF MONTE Crisco
THE lemon fresh JOY detergent OF SEX

Jason Crest - Black Mass

As long as I'm posting songs that I actually uploaded, the season is exactly right for this record. Absolutely nothing else Jason Crest ever did sounded remotely like this. In fact, absolutely nothing else anybody has done sounds like this.

Happy Halloween.

Joni Mitchell - Trouble Child → Twisted

I just discovered that I had actually uploaded this to the 'Tube about three years ago (almost to the day) and left it unlisted. Timeless classic, as with all of Court & Spark.

Sending this one out to Amber.

Steve Goodman - Election Year Rag

"The loser is always us."

An outtake from the late, great, Chicago-based singer-songwriter best known for penning "City of New Orleans". I have a low-digital-fidelity recording of him performing the song solo on XRT — something I forgot I had until today, when, in the midst of the stormy political climate around me, the above lyric surfaced from whichever crevice of my mind it was inhabiting. Turns out it extends beyond that every fourth year.....

Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya

Truer words were never spoken.

The Sorrows - Baby

Classic Brit-beat.

The Gordian Knot - If Only I Could Fly

Woke up with this odd bit of Sixties AM pop in my head.

Fredo Viola - Rain or Shine (and beyond)

Featuring this cyberfriend of mine on his birthday. We met, as with Louise, via the Curve Ball community, a gathering for music that is varied and generally melodic, sophisticated, and otherwise description-defying. A featured artist on the show as well as a listener, Viola has rather a couple of websites showcasing his works. Of late, he has taken to exploring the realms and reaches of a cappella music and similar vocal exercises, including an exquisite, dark psychedelic venture that I unfortunately cannot find at this moment, and this rather lighter affair on Bandcamp, which induces mad meridian at certain junctions via headphones. Mmm, close-up a cappella. I may need to investigate that genre further.



More of Viola's works available for listening and viewing via The Turn and Fredo Viola. Enjoy!

Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

The FM rock classic.

Louise Le May - Tell Me One Thing That is New

A discovery via The Curve Ball, this intricate, gentle, and delightfully English singer/songwriter/pianist is one I gladly call a cyberfriend. Comparison points are more or less nonexistent; you'll just have to listen for yourself.

The Kingston Trio - The Merry (Little) Minuet

We don't seem to talk about "the big one" being dropped so much these days. Sometimes it's casually mentioned in discussions of North Korea and their apparently crazed royalty. Also, I think "hurricanes" in this song might more aptly be replaced by "lunatics" today. But this song is still pretty relevant, I think. Long time classic; enjoy.

Don Felder - Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)

Rock out.

Sir Psych - Hello Echo

A cyberfriend's latest. Enjoy!

The Alan Parsons Project - Time

From The Turn of a Friendly Card, apparently the second song from that album that I've posted now. Though I do not intend on registering at the fora, I'm sending this one out to those loyal xkcders.

"...flowing like a river²
to the sea¹....

Cream - Disraeli Gears

Sometimes, a tried and true classic is all you need.

The Dragons - Food For My Soul

Jazz-pop-psych-fusion recorded in '69 but released some time later. The album is called "BFI" (for "Blue Forces Intelligence") and is very much worth seeking for fans of organ-driven sounds with spacey polyphony.