Before I became educatedabout this guy, if you would havetold me that “Coconut” (you know, put the lime in the____ and call mein the morning), “Everybody’s Talking”(at me, and I don’t hear a word they’resaying), and (I can’t live, if living is “Without You” were all songs written by the same guy, I would haveContinue reading “#817: N is for Nilsson, Harry”
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#815: N is for Newman, Randy
My first introduction to Randy Newman, as a 13 year old boy of diminutive stature,was “Short People,” and then, probably decades later, it was “You Got A Friend in Me,” the soundtrack tune for the Toy Story film. And then, sometime afterthat, it came to my attention that RandyNewman was a significant figure, not justContinue reading “#815: N is for Newman, Randy”
#775: K is for King Crimson (70-71)
There are certain recordsI have bought, entire collectionssometimes, in boxes no less, costing hundreds of dollars, of music that I have never heard, but nevertheless feel compelled, not only to hear, but to hold, to own, to possess. The literary equivalent: I’ve never read Moby Dick, say, but believe I should have, and vow toContinue reading “#775: K is for King Crimson (70-71)”
#651: C is for Cooper, Alice
I Shock rocker Alice Coopereach tour would devise someway to execute himself at the end of the show. One tour, he hung himself, in anotherhe chopped his head offwith a guillotine, and the timeI saw him on the From The Inside tour, he put himselfin an electric chair. A rockstar with 9 lives, by theContinue reading “#651: C is for Cooper, Alice”
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