Memory Bank

Ella’s New York

By Douglas Newman
November 26th, 2009

Sometimes music can alter the perception of your surroundings, as the soulful songs of Ella Fitzgerald did for nynic99 in this week’s installment of the Memory Bank.

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Album Review

The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come

By Dryw Keltz
November 26th, 2009

Whether you are a believer or non-believer one cannot deny the fact that the Bible is chalk full of legendary tales. For his latest Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come, John Darnielle has taken specific verses from the Bible and based entire songs on them.

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X is the Y of Z

The Velvet Underground of Churches and Other Blatant Blasphemies

By Mark Peters
November 26th, 2009

Few bands have the indie cred of the Velvet Underground, who pretty much invented the concept. Forever known for a small following with a mega-normous influence, it is an honor to be called the VU of anything—even though, like many honors, it comes with little cashola.

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Humor

A Very Rock and Roll Thanksgiving:
A One Act Play

By Dryw Keltz
November 24th, 2009

Our story begins inside the home of acclaimed folk-singer and animal activist Sarah McLachlan. All the guests are seated at the table and are eager to devour the special holiday feast which Mrs. McLachlan has prepared for them. The gracious host makes one special request just before all the edibles are devoured…

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Vinyl Vault

Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic

By JBev
November 23rd, 2009

In 1974, Steely Dan co-founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker found that the sounds they heard in their head were often too expansive for the 5-piece band they had formed. So they hired a passel of session men for their third album and created Pretzel Logic.

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Brass Trax

New Release Round-up: Forge Your Own Slits

By Rick Sawyer
November 20th, 2009

This week, we feature a batch of reissues and new albums that hone in on the groove, hearty listening for early winter that will keep you warm at night.

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X is the Y of Z

The Beyoncé of Pancakes and Other Bodacious Breakfast Bonanzas

By Mark Peters
November 19th, 2009

But while “Beyoncé” means “cataclysmically beautiful” to me, her name has a few other meanings to the other humans who scribble and scrabble around the Internet. Forgive them, Beyoncé!

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Memory Bank

Blown Away by a “Landslide”

By Douglas Newman
November 18th, 2009

“I took my love. Took it down,” she began softly. I couldn’t make sense of all the words she was singing, but her lusty voice just cascaded over every note. The experience was almost spiritual; everything else faded away.

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