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Willy DeVille, who brought street elegance and soul to New York’s punk scene in the late ‘70s, died yesterday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 58. Tall, thin and debonair with almond-shaped eyes, DeVille was an anomaly on the punk scene centered at CBGBs on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. He could sing in a [...]
I was tagged with this at Facebook, with the following instructions: Think of 20 albums, CDs or LPs that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life; Music that affected you. Then when you finish, tag 20 others (or more), including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they [...]
I’m a bit out of it. I didn’t even know that U2 was due to release a new album until after it was released. I just went to iTunes and saw the deluxe version for $17.99 and the regular for $3.99. Then I went to Amazon and discovered that the digital download is only $3.99. [...]
I’m a sucker for good powerpop, so I have high expectations for this supergroup made up of members of Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, Smashing Pumpkins, and Hanson, called Tinted Windows. h/t Amazon, via Instapundit, and apologoes for disagreeing with Moe Lane. Still, I have to ask, what’s up with this show and its host. [...]
“While I looked around, for my possibilities…. Look around Leaves are brown And the sky Is a hazy shade of winter.” After I dropped my daughters off at school this morning I started for the subway, hit shuffle on my iPhone, and while walking by St. John’s cemetary, the Bangles version of Hazy Shade of [...]
