Dueling Turntables: Little Howlin’ Wolf – Water and Music
James Pobiega aka Deacon Blue aka Papa Doc aka The Shadow Drifter aka Little Howlin’ Wolf is a Chicago street performer slash bluesman with tales to spare, as this clip hints. Read and hear more about...
View ArticleDueling Big Bands: Kiyohiko Senba & His Haniwa All-Stars
Years ago I came across this phenomenal bit of noise on the equally phenomenal Mutant Sounds blog. Didn’t quite know what to make of the music then, probably still don’t now, but always it remained in...
View ArticleDueling Turntables –‘Soloist Youtuber’–“The Fat Lady of Limbourg”
Alright, a bit of a delayed response to Jet’s wonderful toy piano Kraftwerkin’, but non-the-less a relevant one I thinks. The stare-down between performer and viewer, such a crucial and strange bit of...
View ArticleDueling Turntables: “Women Rock”… Sleater-Kinney at Coachella
I was struck by the Dr.’s wonderful Wonderland post. Hadn’t ever heard of her, and amazingly there would be countless others of immense talent bringing their voice and life to music. We who get to...
View ArticleDueling Turntables: Adrian Belew Trio – featuring Julie Slick
To keep this merry-go-round a’ twirlin’… here’s Julie Slick more than keeping pace with a couple old pros. There’s of course the aforementioned human-smile-factory Mr. Belew, but also sitting in on...
View ArticleDueling Turntables: Bad Ass Sidekicks – Comedy Version
I’m a bit late to the game for this round, and I’ll concede defeat on musical grounds (and perhaps start a new battle?) by turning to my most favoritist of contemporary comedy pairings… the two Ls…...
View ArticleDueling Turntables, Eno Related: Laraaji
The story goes that in ’79 Eno saw this man, Edward Larry Gordon improvising on zither in Washington Square Park. So taken he soon thereafter offered to produce a record for the guy. With Edward...
View ArticleDueling Turntables… “Location, Location, Location”… Eddy Current Suppression...
Many points deducted here for lack of live audio. But more essential is the energy and spirit. Gotta love the good ol’ fashioned, never out of style, rock’n’roll beach party! These Aussies can throw...
View ArticleDueling Turntables..”Location,Location,Location”..The Rooftop Concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJuGxYnNxcM You probably remember these guys, had a lot of success in the 60′s and early 70′s; pretty fair musicians and song writers too. At this point, the rooftop was...
View ArticleThe Magic Band, “Circumstances”, 2006
We’re about do for some more Magic Band action I’d say… Live from Swedish morning programming! How good is the vocal conjuring by John French here? Also featured tearing into this version of...
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