From the Archives: The Whigs Concert Reviews
March 12, 2011
These are some old reviews I wrote on shows the Whigs did at North Star Bar in Philadelphia.
This review was written in December of 2009 when the Whigs were on tour with The Features. it was really crowded and hot but they were mind-blowing. I may or may not have planted some pay-back in a link in the article to get back at them for playing the Braves Chop song on Philly soil. Jokes on me though, I don’t think anyone noticed. LOL!
http://www.examiner.com/events-in-philadelphia/the-whigs-and-the-features-review
This show was in April of 2010 and The Whigs and Band of Skulls were co-headlining. I met up with my friend Jen, @mama2mm, we were front and center and Tim and Russ were sweating on us all night. After i left Jen lost her car and ended up meeting the boys on her search. Damn I missed it! We did talk to Julian for a second when buying T-shirts, though.
http://www.examiner.com/events-in-philadelphia/the-whigs-rock-philly
I’m eagerly awaiting another show in Philly! Please fella’s, come back!!! No more Braves digs, I promise….after this…GO PHILS!!!
Ken and his beard
March 12, 2011
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Holiday Shores- Bands/Artists (SXSW 2011)
March 11, 2011
Who: Holiday Shores
What: Alternatuve
Where: Tallahassee FL http://www.myspace.com/holidayshores
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Reptar Bands/Artists (SXSW 2011)
March 11, 2011
Who; Reptar: Graham Ulicny – guitar, vocals, samples, William Kennedy – keyboards, Ryan Engelberger – bass, Andrew McFarland – drums
What: Disco House, Funk,
Where: Athens GA http://www.myspace.com/reptarathens
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My Awesome Mix Tape-March 2011
March 10, 2011
The Whigs interview with Bunch TV 1/2
March 10, 2011
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The Whigs Interview Bunch TV 2/2
March 10, 2011
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dreams of flying and escape
The Journey of the Lost Pictures
March 9, 2011
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If you are a long time reader of this blog you already know I’m a fan of Harry Nilsson. He was a talented songwriter and lived a crazy life. One of the greats. Check out these covers.
Ron Sexsmith – “Good Ole Desk”
The Format – “The Lottery Song”
Dawn Landes – “Life Line”
Clare and The Reasons Feat. Van Dyke Parks – “He Needs Me”
Randy Newman – “Remember”
Andrew Bird – “Think About Your Troubles”
Walkmen – “Don’t Forget Me”
Luna – “Everybody’s Talkin'”
My Morning Jacket – “Everbody’s Talkin'”
Okkervil River “Wake and Be Fine” (video & free DL)
March 9, 2011
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Sibylle Baier- The colour green.
March 9, 2011
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YouTube Live: Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes “Katie Cruel” unplugged « Consequence of Sound
March 9, 2011
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Viral Video’s
March 8, 2011
Music From A Tree
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Noel Harrison – Windmills of Your Mind
March 8, 2011
Noel Harrison – Windmills of Your Mind (via The Thomas Crown Affair: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
“The original script called for Crown (Steve McQueen) to go sky-diving as a release from his post-robbery tension. I changed skydiving to glider-flying. The scene was simple, just a glider drifting and rolling against the blue sky. As we were shooting it, I knew it would need a particular kind of song behind it, something like the Beatles’ Strawberry Fields.
Michel Legrand produced a melody that was, like Strawberry Fields, on the baroque side. Listening to the melody, one had a sense that it would go on forever, just like the flight of the glider. Alan & Marilyn Bergman picked up on this quality in their lyrics. The images they conceived were all circular: “Like a snowball down the mountain / Or a carnival balloon / Like a carousel that’s turning/ Runnings rings around the moon.” The song was called The Windmills of Your Mind and I loved it.
-excerpted from This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me by Norman Jewison.
It Ain't Hemingway 