OKTOBERFEST !

October 19, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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Due to some technical difficulties, no new music today, sorry.
But since it's October, it's as good of an excuse as any excuse to talk about Oktoberfest.



Oktoberfest is held each year in Germany from the end of September through the first weekend in October. Oktoberfest beer is typically darker in color ond a bit stronger in alcohol than your average beer. It is a smooth, drinkable ,sometimes spicy beer, that is a perfect way to ring in the fall season.

To get you started here's an Oktoberfest beer to try for everyday of the month
31 tasty treats in all:

Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Paulaner Oktoberfest-Bier
Spaten Oktoberfestbier
Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest-Märzen
Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen
Brooklyn Oktoberfest
Victory Festbier
Avery The Kaiser
Abita Amber
Beck's Oktoberfest
Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier
Goose Island Oktoberfest
Flying Dog Dogtoberfest
Summit Oktoberfest Marzen
Stoudt's Fest
Saranac Octoberfest
Gordon Biersch Marzen
Thomas Hooker Octoberfest
Berkshire Oktoberfest
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest
Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier
Tröegs Bavarian Lager
Michelob Marzen
Penn Oktoberfest
Flying Fish OktoberFish
Old Dominion Octoberfest
Capital Oktoberfest
Weeping Radish Fest Amber Lager
Staghorn Octoberfest
Sprecher Oktoberfest
Schell Octoberfest

If that's not enough to tide you over find some more here

What's that? if you thought all beer was delivered by Clydesdales,
you need to go here : beeradvocate.com
and see what real beer is all about. Most people who say they don't like beer just
haven't tried the right one.

Want to try some out first hand ?
Come on out this weekend for the first Newtown Brewfest

Here's some of the brewers that will be there :
Anchor Brewing Anheuser Busch (Micros) Barley Creek Brewing Brewery Ommegang Carlsberg Brewery Climax Brewing Clipper City Brewing Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Flying Bison Fordham Brewery InBev USA-Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Leffe Blonde Lancaster Brewing Company Legacy Brewing Co. Lion Brewery Magic Hat Brewery Penn Brewery Redhook River Horse Rogue Brewery Sam Adams Scottish & New Castle Imports Southampton Publick House Star Brand Imports Straub Brewery Triumph Brewery-New Hope Troegs Unibroue Victory Brewing Widmer Brewing Yards

Also there will be some live blues music to drink to from Richard Ray Farrell
Hear a few songs from his disc Bohemian Life here

There will also be local vendors providing food including German specialties.

1st Newtown Brewfest
Saturday, October 21, 2006
2:00 to 6:00 pm
301 South State Street,Newtown PA
at the Newtown Stocking Works

Cheers !


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The Original Killer

October 18, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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Before there was Brandon Flowers there was Jerry Lee Lewis, the original "Killer". Jerry Lee is one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, and his new disc both confirms and reaffirms his legacy. Twenty one duets with everyone ranging from from Little Richard to Keith Richards to Kid Rock, his contempararies as well as those he influenced, all lend a hand.

This is one of the best discs of the year showing both Jerry Lee's rock and country side, and despite all the star power thrown in, it's unmistakeably Jerry Lee Lewis.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing
01 Rock and Roll -w- JIMMY PAGE
02 Before The Night Is Over -w- B.B. KING
03 Pink Cadillac -w- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
04 Evening Gown -w- MICK JAGGER & RONNIE WOOD
05 You Don't Have To Go -w- NEIL YOUNG
06 Twilight -w- ROBBIE ROBERTSON
07 Travelin' Band -w- JOHN FOGERTY
08 That Kind Of Fool -w- KEITH RICHARDS
09 Sweet Little 16 -w- RINGO STARR
10 Just a Bummin' Around - w- MERLE HAGGARD
11 Honky Tonk Women -w- KID ROCK
12 What's Made Milwaukee Famous -w- ROD STEWART
13 Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age -w- GEORGE JONES
14 A Couple More Years -w- WILLIE NELSON
15 Old Glory -w- TOBY KEITH
16 Trouble In Mind -w- ERIC CLAPTON
17 I Saw Her Standing There -w- LITTLE RICHARD
18 Lost Highway -w- DELANEY BRAMLETT
19 Hadacohl Boogie -w- BUDDY GUY
20 The Irish Heart Beat -w- DON HENLEY
21 The Pilgrim Ch. 33 -w- KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

And coming up in December be sure to watch your local PBS listings for
the PBS Great Performances of Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing live in concert

Official Website http://www.jerryleelewis.com/

MP3: Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock and Roll
MP3: Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
MP3: Jerry Lee Lewis - I Saw Her Standing There

BUY IT : jerry lee lewis

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Artist of the Day : John Hiatt

October 17, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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In honor John Hiatt's performance this week(Tuesday 10/17) in Princeton NJ (tickets here) here's a sampling of some of my favorites from over the years.
John Hiatt has been making music since the early 70's, his songs have been covered over and over again by his peers, who recognized his ability early on to pen a sharp tune. Three Dog Night, Dave Edmunds,Rosanne Cash,The Neville Brothers,Iggy Pop, and Bonnie Raitt are just a few that have utilized John's songs. It was Bonnie's hugely popular cover of Thing Called Love that lifted him from the relative obscurity of being the songwriter's songwriter
to a household name. From his brilliant storytelling to his sly witted songs about life and love, John Hiatt is a master of his craft. Don't just take my word for it, give the songs a listen and decide for yourself.
And if he plays near you, be sure to catch a show,as he is a captivating performer that truly knows how to charm an audience.

Official website http://johnhiatt.com/

MP3: Sure As I'm Sitting Here from Hanging Around The Observatory
MP3: Radio Girl from Slug Line
MP3: Pink Bedroom from Two Bit Monsters
MP3: Your Dad Did from Bring The Family
MP3: Trudy And Dave from Slow Turning
MP3: I Don't Even Try from Riding With The King
MP3: Getting Excited from All Of A Sudden
MP3: Through Your Hands from Stolen Moments
MP3: Perfectly Good Guitar from Perfectly Good Guitar

BUY IT : john hiatt

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a moment of silence

October 16, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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A moment of silence today for CBGB which ended it's 33 year run last night with a show by Patti Smith. CBGB was the New York club which gave a start to bands like The Ramones, Blondie,Television, Patti Smith,Living Colour and more.

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Sunday Morning

October 15, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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A picture taken today of a lovely fall Sunday morning and a soundtrack to go with it.
First up, Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs from the excellent Under The Covers vol 1 released earlier this year. Then the original by the one and only Velvet Underground.
Kick back with your coffee and enjoy.

MP3: Sweet-Hoffs - Sunday Morning
MP3: The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

BUY IT : sweet-hoffs velvet underground

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13 X 13 : the triskaidecaphobia mix

October 12, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a [tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh n.
An abnormal fear of the number 13.

In celebration of Friday the 13th we bring you 13 songs celebrating the number 13 and its association with superstition and luck, good and bad.

MP3: 01 Bad Luck - Social Distortion
MP3: 02 I Think Up Demons - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
MP3: 03 Bad Feeling - Hogan's Goat
MP3: 04 Hard To Explain - The Strokes
MP3: 05 Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
MP3: 06 Superstition - Stevie Wonder
MP3: 07 Don't Feel Right - The Roots
MP3: 08 Superunknown - Soundgarden
MP3: 09 Black Magic Woman - Charlie Musselwhite
MP3: 10 Voodoo - Neville Brothers
MP3: 11 Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley
MP3: 12 Lucky Buzz - Richard Buckner
MP3: 13 Thirteen - Elliott Smith

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faux-schizzle ?

October 12, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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hey y'all, these are purported to be a couple songs from the new Snoop disc
fo sure or not ?

MP3:Snoop Dogg - Real Talk
MP3:Snoop Dogg - Vato

UPDATE : Sorry the links are disabled, but Rhythm Nation has a link up here:
Rhythm Nation - Snoop Dogg - Blue Carpet Treatment

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Wondersday

October 11, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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Wednesday One Hit Wonders

A new feature today that we'll be doing from time to time called
Wondersday where we'll showcase the anomaly of popular music known
as the "One Hit Wonder"

Today's first two one hit wonders, while they were big hits for different bands in different decades were
actually written by the same people, Harry Vanda and George Young. Vanda and Young were memebers of The Easybeats
an Australian garage rock band that had their one hit in 1966 with "Friday On My Mind", a song later covered by David Bowie. After the breakup of The Easybeats Vanda and Young went on to form a band later in the 70's called Flash And

The Pan, obviuosly a play on the phrase which could be used to describe any one hit wonder, "flash in the pan".
They hit it in 1983 with a quirky new wave hit called Hey St Peter.

Our third song today I chose because I though it was interesting how it paraphrases the music from Friday On
My Mind, and again became a one hit wonder. This time for British new wave act, The Jags


MP3:The Easy Beats - Friday On My Mind released 1966
MP3:Flash And The Pan - Hey St Peter released 1983
MP3:The Jags - Back Of My Hand(I've Got Your Number) released 1993


BUY IT : easybeats flash and the pan the jags

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psy-cole-therapy

October 9, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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And I'm staying up here so I may be undone She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and When she smiles my way My eyes go out in vain She's got perfect skin -Perfect Skin22 years ago, before Death Cab for Cutie ever thought about following someone into the dark Lloyd Cole set loose his amazing first album, Rattlesnakes. Full of shimmering guitars and literate poetic lyrics, it was an instant classic. Over a string of 10 or so albums Lloyd continued to articulate the pyschoses of love and obsession. However his popularity didn't keep pace with the quality of his work.   no longer angry, no longer young, no longer driven to distraction, not even by Scarlett Johansson -Woman in A Bar Now he's back, releasing his first new album in 3 years this week, Anti-Depressant. On it, Lloyd has come to terms with the demons of his youth and released a disc chock full of mature and insightful songs. MP3: Perfect Skin (from Rattlesnakes) MP3: Undressed (from Lloyd Cole) MP3: She's A Girl And I'm A Man (from Don't Get Weird On Me Babe) MP3: Woman in A Bar (from Anti-Depressant) MP3: I Didn't See it Coming (from Anti-Depressant)http://www.lloydcole.com/ BUY IT: lloyd cole Official website :

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shake it like a polaroid picture

October 8, 2006 by -tom · Leave a Comment
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My apologies for the hapahazard looking post today but blogger and 3 hours of sleep don't mix to well. I had the pleasure of attend a 50th party for esteemed DJ ,prommoter,etc Randy Now at The Conduit club in Trenton, NJ. A fun night of 80's style dancing and music, with DJ's
including a guest turn from Dean of Ween and a couple of bands, Todd Ellis of the power pop band Smart Remarks and The Anderson Council from New Brunswick NJ




The Dancing Queen...

Todd Ellis of Smart Remarks plays a solo set

MP3:Todd Ellis Acoustic from RandyNow Podcast






Some shots of The Anderson Council rocking the house. They ended the set with a blistering cover of the Police's Driven to Tears.

The Anderson Council(at notlame.com)
MP3: Beautiful(sample)
MP3: Friday`s Girl(sample)
MP3: Meghan Allison(sample)
MP3: Looking At Louth(sample)
MP3: Partridge(sample)

BUY IT: the anderson council smart remarks is out of print try ebay

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