I’m totally grooving on a track from the band Wintersleep, the song called “Weighty Ghost” off of their 2007 disc Welcome to the Night Sky.
The song’s available for download on the wonderful Songs: Illinois blog, and you can find the post at this link right here. Also, you can listen to some other tracks on [...]
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Wintersleep: “Weighty Ghost”
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, tagged music, Songs: Illinois, Weighty Ghost, Welcome to the Night Sky, Wintersleep, YouTube on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wilco the Song
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, television, tagged Stephen Colbert, Wilco, Wilco the Song on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve probably all already seen it, but here’s Wilco’s appearance on The Colbert Report from last week, performing “Wilco the Song.”
Wilco will love you, baby. Colbert will love you, baby.
Langhorne Slim: “Restless”
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, tagged Iron Horse, Langhorne Slim, Letterman, TT the Bear's, upright bass, War Eagles on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not a whole lot of time lately to blog, since I’ve been busy working on my ZZ Top costume, and preparing for my move to the big city. As a result, there have been an awful lot of music posts lately.
And, here’s one more.
This song by Langhorne Slim makes me happy, even though the subject [...]
Ray Charles: “Ring of Fire”
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, tagged bob dylan, Derek and the Dominoes, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Johnny Cash Show on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flipping through channels the other night, I happened across PBS, which was showing a clips show of segments of the Johnny Cash Show . The variety program was hosted by Johnny on ABC from 1969-71. Essentially, he would trot out his friends to sing songs and sometimes join them.
For instance, Neil Young played. Bob Dylan [...]
PJ Harvey: “White Chalk”
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, tagged live, piano, PJ Harvey on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I was searching around the web for info on PJ Harvey, for no real reason.
I’m not sure why, but I haven’t really listened in a while except for the rare occassion when she pops up while the iPod’s on shuffle.
One of the highlights from today’s searches is this live run-through of the song “White [...]
Bands I Totally Don’t Get, Part I: The Hold Steady
Posted in YouTube goodness, music, tagged Counting Crows, David Letterman, E Street Band, Elvis Costello, Hold Steady on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay, the hype machine for their new record Hold Positive has been in overdrive for weeks now (although Spin only gives it 3 out of 5). Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady are poised for ‘next big thing’ status. I had never heard them, so when I saw that their recent Letterman appearance [...]
