Little Tibia & the Fibias
Listen – Little Tibia & the Fibias – The Mummy – MP3
Greetings all.
I wasn’t planning on posting again this week, but I got my hands on something cool and couldn’t let Halloween pass without posting it.
I’ve been a fan of Rankin & Bass’s ‘Mad Monster Party’ since I was a kid, [...]
October 30, 2008
Categories: Culture, DVD, Halloween, Iron Leg, Movies, Music, Rock, Soundtrack, garage punk . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments
The Holy Mackerel and Paul Williams (bottom)
Playlist
Free Design – Bubbles (Project 3)
New Breed – Live for Today (Canterbury)
Southwest FOB – Rock’n’roll Woman (Hip)
Beethoven Soul – Walking Through the Streets of My Mind (Dot)
Clique – Holiday (White Whale)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – If I Were a Carpenter (Imperial)
Rotary Connection – Soul Man (Cadet)
New Vaudeville [...]
October 26, 2008
Categories: 45s, Beatles-esque Sounds, British Beat, Culture, Easy Listening, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Kitsch, Music, Now Sound, Sunset Strip, Sunshine Pop, cover versions, folk rock, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments
HARP + LAGER= Van (not Harp Lager)
Listen – Them – Mystic Eyes – MP3
Greetings all.
I don’t know if you’re ready for the weekend, but after two days at home nursing a two year old with the chicken pox, I surely am.
In furtherance of such preparation, and in a continuation of sorts of the R&Beat vibe [...]
October 23, 2008
Categories: Culture, Irish Rock, Music, R&Beat, Rock . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
The Dave Davani Four (Davani, lower right)
Listen – The Dave Davani Four – Tossin’ and Turnin’ – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope everyone had an excellent weekend (I know I did).
Despite a serious lack of sleep, the fall weather was extraordinary, and probably provided the lift I needed after a tremendously stressful week.
Today’s selection is a perfect [...]
October 19, 2008
Categories: 45s, British Beat, Culture, Hammond Organ, Iron Leg, Music, cover versions . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: Leave a Comment
Radio City-era Big Star
Listen – Big Star – O My Soul – MP3
Greetings all.
As is often the case in my little corner of the blog-o-mosphere, the tunes I select for inclusion therein are often picked at random, the result of yet another safari into the crates. I’ve discussed the phenomenon before, but so vast is [...]
October 16, 2008
Categories: 45s, Beatles-esque Sounds, Iron Leg, Music, Power Pop, Rock, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
John Kongos
Listen – Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You Again – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope that all is well as we get going on a new week.
I spent the weekend pretty much just being exhausted and worried that I was coming down with something, which I kind of was, but instead of it being a [...]
October 12, 2008
Categories: Culture, Glam, Iron Leg, Music, Rock, cover versions . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments
Listen – The Ascots – Sookie Sookie – MP3
Greetings all.
I promised at the beginning of the week that I’d be back with a very solid slice of garage heat. Whether I’m doing this as a matter of balance after Monday’s post (which may not have been everyone’s bag), or just because it’s a very cool [...]
October 9, 2008
Categories: 45s, Culture, Music, cover versions, garage punk . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 17 Comments
Miss Brenda Lee
Listen – Brenda Lee – The Crying Game – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope all is well on your end.
Last week started off with the Nashville Teens post, wherein I gave a tip of the hat to Mack at Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye for turning me on to that particular record.
This will be the second week [...]
October 5, 2008
Categories: 45s, British Beat, Country Pop, Culture, Iron Leg, cover versions, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments
Del Shannon
Listen – Del Shannon – Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun) – MP3
Greetings all.
I hope all is well on your end.
One of the great – false – memes about popular music is that the years between the death of Buddy Holly and the arrival of the Beatles were some kind of arid no-mans-land, bereft [...]
October 2, 2008
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg, Music, Rock . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 4 Comments