Art Decade

Duke Ellington: Acht O'Clock Rock From The Afro-Eurasion Eclipse , partly inspired, apparently, by Marshall McLuhan. So for kicks, and o...

John Lee Hooker: Homework Here's a tip, kids - always do your homework.

from the archives Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina It was just about a year ago that I first heard this, lying on a beach in Sitges and lettin...

From the Archives: Henri Salvador: Saint Germain Des Pres View Monsieur Salvador's extensive discography .

New Viva show ( #92 ) in the ark hive.

Terry Riley vs. Hungrybear9562 - A Double Rainbow In Curved Air

Erroll Garner - Body And Soul It's going to be 95 degrees in NYC on Friday, so turn on the ceiling fan, pour yourself an old-fashioned a...

Sandii - Zoot Kook Featuring all the members of YMO, and composed by Haruomi Hosono. I'm feeling this chorus. While we're at it, her...

Imagine how sick these guys must have been live.

Superchunk: Detroit Has a Skyline And for more of Camilo Jose Vergara's photos, go here .

Grateful Dead: Jack Straw Leaving Texas, fourth day of July... The Dead live in Fresno, July 19, 1974.

new Viva show in the archives

YMO - 以心電信 (You've Got to Help Yourself) ...as recently covered by Keane!

Trek with Quintronic - Take It Off

Eternal Triangle - Nothing But A Friend (Endless Mix) I needed a bit of Balearica while cleaning the house yesterday, and this is what I arr...

Roy Ayers: It Ain't Your Sign It's Your Mind The second in a series of posts in which we discuss who should play who in yet to be re...

Peter Gabriel - Steam OK, so it's basically a rewrite of either "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", or "Fame", dep...

Jo Stafford - No Other Love Today we revisit the many manifestations of Chopin's E Major Étude in popular music (c.f.: Lemon Incest ) wi...

Going down .

compare / contrast

Bob James - El Verano Kicking off summer 2010 with this bringing-tears-to-my-eyes jam originally posted on bumrocks in Feb. 2007. Featuring ...

Dwight Twilley Band - Looking For The Magic Some music for your Memorial Day car wash, pool party, and/or barbeque. That step down to the mi...

Neil Young: See the Sky About to Rain

Bad Brains: I & I Survive This one goes out to one of my sister's old mixes.

The Cure: The Funeral Party I wonder if Angelo Badalamenti was a Cure fan. Coincidence?

1. Using the word "punk" in 1974: check. 2. pre-Slash top hat: check. 3. Rhythm guitar player tight pants: check. 4. When you'...

Carol - So Low My favorite note occurs at 0:43, 1:49, and 2:55.

Islanders - Tirolien Laender

Selections from my favorite youtube channel .

Pretty much all you need to know about American history is contained in this.

new Viva show here

Maceys Window - It's Getting Harder Sunshine Theatre - Mountain Two sunbaked 45s from '71, lovingly compiled on this . Maceys Window...

Peter Gabriel: Disturbed (alternate take) When this soundtrack came out there were many nights I would put this on before bed. For years ...

Lesson of the day. Jacob Miller: Each One Teach One

Townes Van Zandt: I'll Be Here in the Morning

FROM THE ARK HIVE East Of Eden - Northern Hemisphere Hearing this again the other day, I was reminded of an article recently linked to by Bi...

FROM THE ARCHIVES Merry Clayton - Tell All The People Original air-date: 1/30/2007. Words & music by Robbie Krieger. Paul Humphrey on dr...

FROM THE ARCHIVES original air-date: 4/15/07

Green Arrows - The Towering Inferno Inspired by the film. Best flubbed guitar note at 1:02.

Aiight fools, this is going to be on the spring playlist (whenever I finish it) but throwing caution to the wind I've decided to "l...

A toast for the great photographer Jim Marshall . One of many obits here .

FYI you can hear my March playlist in progress over here

Cass McCombs: The Executioner's Song I just can't get this out of my head.

Sun Kil Moon: Si, Paloma

Erroll Garner - Fantasy On Frankie And Johnny

Basement Jaxx (featuring Yoko): Day of the Sunflowers (We March On)

Suede - My Insatiable One Featuring a lead tone from Bernard Butler that had me doing air-guitar on the treadmill earlier today. Ripped from...

Frederick Knight: I've Been Lonely for So Long

Emmett presents: Winter-Harvest side one Zmirneikos Balos - Maria Papagika The Woman Of Our Day - Svanfridur Pastels - Keith Cross & Pet...