Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 26th, 2012
Today on the VE....50 years ago, the world lived through what might have been the most tense week in modern history...more for what might have happened, than for what did. A half century after The Cuban Missile Crisis, an hour of songs that evoke the events...and the era...
Police: Born In The '50's
John Fogerty: I Saw It On TV
Coldplay: Don't Panic
Pink Floyd: Goodbye Blue Sky
Thomas Dolby: One Of Our Submarines
Men At Work: It's A Mistake
Elton John: Nikita
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Havana Affair
Urge Overkill: Sister Havana
Blondie: Accidents Never Happen
Elvis Costello: Accidents Will Happen
The Fixx: Red Skies
U2: Seconds
The Smiths: Ask
Skeeter Davis: The End Of The World
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2012
Today On the VE....Some songs about songs...and other artists. Each one will mention someone else. Or two....or twenty. You gotta have the right heroes
Blotto: We Are The Nowtones
The Richie Family: The Best Disco In Town
Arthur Conley; Sweet Soul Music
Generation X: Ready Steady Go
The Animals: The Story Of Bo Diddley
Jimmy Eat World: A Praise Chorus
Peter Paul & Mary: I Dig Rock And Roll Music
Simon And Garfunkel: A Simple Desultory Phillipic
John Mellencamp: R.O.C.K In The USA
Glenn Miller Orchestra: Juke Box Saturday Night
Stevie Wonder: Sir Duke
The Dead Milkmen: Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)
Weezer: Heart Songs
Righteous Brothers; Rock And Roll Heaven
Everclear: AM Radio
Reunion: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2012
Today on the VE...autumn weekends and record fairs...I'll share some of the spoils....classic and contemporary....
The Band: King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
Neil Young: Harvest
Avett Brothers: I And Love And You
Rascals: How Can I Be Sure
John Lennon: Isolation
REM: Feeling Gravity's Pull
Ray LaMontagne: Old Before Your Time
Buddy Miles: Them Changes
Jayhawks: Two Hearts
Rolling Stones: Sitting On A Fence
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
Pete Townshend: Pure And Easy
The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride
Animal Collective: Today's Supernatural
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2012
Today on the VE--celebrating the Compact Disc's 30th birthday (?!?!) with some truly great recordings of the early digital era, played off the original vinyl releases, and sounding better than the tinny 80's CDs ever did. Plus, a few analog classics that were ear-candy-marked for the initial CD releases.
Billy Joel: Stilleto
Donald Fagen: New Frontier
Sting: If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)
U2: Bad
David Bowie: 1984
Dire Straits: Ride Across The River
Peter Gabriel: In Your Eyes
Frida: I Know There's Something Going On
Bruce Springsteen: No Surrender
Pink Floyd: Welcome To the Machine
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