November 30, 2007
This Just In: 3 Ships Carry More Than Just Savior & Lady
How embarrassing. It’s been 30 days since I last opined. I’d like to think that the crazy, wild blog title above was tease enough to bring you back here. Around the Ausbury home, we’ve begun the six LONG weeks of listening to Christmas music. I’m the only one in the family that thinks this is […]
October 4, 2007
High Five: Great Music Finds (Sept 2007)
I thought in this installment of High Five, I would offer up a tribute to my 10 +3 Desert Island discs. For my Buggles, Yes and Asia desert island selections, there are several links between these bands and I’m curious to see if anyone knows who these groups have in common. Here’s a rare, well […]
September 29, 2007
Little Connie Rocks
I saw this a while ago and have been meaning to share it. Try to listen to this all the way through and not get goosebumps. Good luck! This has been viewed over 1 million times: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njXr1c-12eI]
September 16, 2007
Sophomore Slump, Detour Ahead
I enjoyed reading PowerPop’s blog today about bands whose sophomore albums avoided the slump and were better than their debut albums. I agree wholeheartedly that Elvis Costello’s second album “This Year’s Model” was even better than the wonderful “My Aim Is True”. From what I know about Elvis, I’m sure he had more than 100 […]
September 1, 2007
Rush Snakes & Arrows – Cleveland, August 30 2007
I spent Thursday night in the 5th row at Blossom Music Center for Rush’s Snakes & Arrows show. I was on the right side in front of Geddy Lee. This was my 5th time seeing one of my favorite bands and as always, all 3 hours of their show was spectacular. Being up front, I […]
August 9, 2007
High Five: Great Music Finds (Aug 2007)
It’s that time again! I didn’t want to keep all of you waiting for the second edition of ….. yes that’s right ….. the August edition of High Five: Great Music Finds!!! (echo, echo, echo …..) Disclaimer: Some of this fine fine music does not come with very good videos, so keep in mind this […]
July 10, 2007
High Five: Great Music Finds (July 2007)
I listen to a lot of music and often run across some great new artists and bands, so here’s my first installment of “High Five: Great Music Finds”. These artist and bands are guaranteed to not suck. Trust me. Come on. You know you want to. Mew – Am I Wry [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=IHnQB6CnlKI] The Living Things […]
July 8, 2007
Paint It Black
Lazy, hot Sunday afternoon. Kids and wife are out of the house. Local boy Joe Walsh turned up pretty loud on the surround sound system. Ok, really loud. So loud that I just noticed my dog Buddy left the room. Other than barking fits, Buddy is a “party- favorites-Jimmy-Buffet” kind of music lover. In my […]
June 23, 2007
Making Sense Out Of Nothing At All
Ok, Kim and need some help. We were listening to some old 80’s songs tonight and on came Air Supply’s “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All”. Kim especially has been befuddled by this song for quite some time. In fact, she’s close to needing therapy over this. I know this is one of Jim […]
June 19, 2007
Gotta Love Free Power Pop Tunes
Bruce at Not Lame is offering what he calls “22 power pop songs not heard by 99% of pop fans!“. You can download individual songs or two zip files with all 22 songs. I saw one of my favorite new bands in the list: Jackdaw (Listen) If you order a CD from Not Lame between […]