Tag Archives: Audio

REM, Billy Bragg Cover Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner | Bingo Hand Job Shows

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This audio clip comes by way of a friend from my junior high school days in Houston – thanks Scott! The below image is borrowed from Google Books and best sets up this track – it’s taken from a book called Reveal: the story of REM by Johnny Black.
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Dinosaur Jr. Live In Concert Thursday On NPR

Hear Dinosaur Jr. perform selections from Farm — along with an assortment of old favorites — in a full concert, webcast live on NPR Music this Thursday, Oct. 8. The show, from Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club, will begin with an opening solo set by Lou Barlow at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET. via Live Thursday: Dinosaur Jr. [...]
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Rodeohead | Radiohead Bluegrass Cover Medley By Hard ‘n Phirm

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This remarkable cover medley by Hard ‘n Phirm entitled Rodeohead comes by way of my FriendFeed friend, aka Dead Silence. The medley features the sounds of banjos, violins, a Jew’s harp, a steam locomotive whistle and a CB radio exchange.  Somehow, the Radiohead lyrics transform magically into the bluegrass style. The Radiohead [...]
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They Might Be Giants | Contrecoup | Live | From TMBG’s Clock Radio

This song is from the TMBG Clock Radio application which is available for Macs and PCs. Below is the scoop on this song, from: http://burnhamthorpewest.com/8.html “Contrecoup” This song came about when John L was challenged to write a song containing the nearly obsolescent words contrecoup, craniosophic, and limerent. (He also threw in phrenology for good measure.) The result? [...]
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In Memory of Jake Brockman | Echo And The Bunnymen | Ocean Rain | Live In Liverpool | Audio Only

via YouTube. While this song predates the time when the now late Jake Brockman became a member of Echo And The Bunnymen, I thought it was appropriate considering this quote from his wife, Sally Mundy, after his death: ” . . . he loved sailing though he was invariably seasick.” Quote via the BBC.
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Joy Division | Sister Ray | Live at The Moonlight Club | 1980 | Audio Only

via YouTube.
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REM | Wolves, Lower | First Avenue | Thanksgiving, 1981 | Audio Only

via YouTube.
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U2 | Shadows And Tall Trees | Live | 1980 | Audio Only

via YouTube.
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Joy Division | Ceremony

via YouTube.
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