"And thanks to your gloomy music, they've finally stopped dreaming of a future I can't possibly provide."
These days it's relatively easy to find a blog offering the latest MP3 from Death Cab for Cutie or Franz Ferdinand (and we visit such blogs often). But a blog that shines a light on Big Country's "Look Away," one of the four or five songs I inadvertently used to drive my sophomore-year roommate Drew to the brink of insanity back in '86? Now that's a site worth mentioning.
And so we urge you to check out the edifying and supremely entertaining Jefitoblog, an MP3 blog that recognizes that there was indeed music recorded before third-quarter 2005. Where else can one find such auditory gems as The Complete Idiot's Guides to Otis Redding Part One and Part Two, The Replacements, Ry Cooder and, curiously enough, Toto. The site also gives a heads-up on new releases from Nada Surf, David Gray and, yes, Franz Ferdinand,, who the blog perfectly captures with the line "I liked them better when they were called The Knack."
Speaking of The Knack and music from the late 70's-early 80's, we also strongly suggest you visit Jodiferous. While not technically an MP3 blog, provides great music with its segment "Then and Now," featuring original and cover versions of classics from Violent Femmes, Depeche Mode and Dire Straits. Plus, where else are you going to hear Rubberband Man?
So go forth and enjoy.
And so we urge you to check out the edifying and supremely entertaining Jefitoblog, an MP3 blog that recognizes that there was indeed music recorded before third-quarter 2005. Where else can one find such auditory gems as The Complete Idiot's Guides to Otis Redding Part One and Part Two, The Replacements, Ry Cooder and, curiously enough, Toto. The site also gives a heads-up on new releases from Nada Surf, David Gray and, yes, Franz Ferdinand,, who the blog perfectly captures with the line "I liked them better when they were called The Knack."
Speaking of The Knack and music from the late 70's-early 80's, we also strongly suggest you visit Jodiferous. While not technically an MP3 blog, provides great music with its segment "Then and Now," featuring original and cover versions of classics from Violent Femmes, Depeche Mode and Dire Straits. Plus, where else are you going to hear Rubberband Man?
So go forth and enjoy.
posted by Francesco Marciuliano at 1:05 PM
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5 Comments:
I blush with pride.
Love must also be given to Jon Harrison's Little Hits, at www.littlehits.com -- Ces, given your college mixtapes, I'm sure you're going to find much there to love.
For no clear reason, I feel the need to share that I probably anticipated the episode of the Simpsons in which the Smashing Pumpkins had about seven lines of dialogue more than I have any television episode in my life. I didn't have much going on back in high school.
awww... shucks. thanks!
rubberband man rules!
It is funny that Little Hits has already been mentioned. I clicked the comments to recommend it. I live in Lawrence, Kansas, and Jon is a friend of mine. He is a wonderful guy and a great musician in his own right.
It is a small, recursive world. I clicked through to Drunk at Work because it was in my logs. It was in my logs because I had added Medium Large to my del.icio.us bookmarks, and my del.icio.us bookmarks are displayed on my homepage. So when someone did a technorati search on Drunk at Work, my site, sasnaK was the first hit. All of that leads to a Jon Harrison fan club here in the comments section. Gotta love it.
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