Tag Archives: Live

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

By Kurt Starnes | Published: October 18, 2009
[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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Thom Yorke, Flea And Unnamed Band | Harrowdown Hill | Live at The Echoplex | Los Angeles

By Kurt Starnes | Published: October 18, 2009
via YouTube.
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Dinosaur Jr. Live In Concert Thursday On NPR

By Kurt Starnes | Published: October 7, 2009
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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U2 | Stay (Faraway, So Close!) | Dublin | 1993 | Zooropa Tour

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
via YouTube. Exceptionally fine audio and Bono plays some guitar to the hometown audience, too. Great performance.
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They Might Be Giants | Contrecoup | Live | From TMBG’s Clock Radio

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
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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The Church | The Unguarded Moment | Live

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
via YouTube. From the 1981 album Of Skins And Heart. The Church’s debut album, Of Skins and Heart (1981), earned them their first radio hit “The Unguarded Moment.” They were signed to major labels in Australia, Europe and the U.S. However, the U.S. label was dissatisfied with their second album and dropped the band without releasing the [...]
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The Feelies Cover Wire | Outdoor Miner | Battery Park, New York | 2008

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
via YouTube. The video is not exceptional, but the audio track is decent. I actually didn’t know The Feelies were still making music, and was quite pleased to discover this.
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In Memory of Jake Brockman | Echo And The Bunnymen | Ocean Rain | Live In Liverpool | Audio Only

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
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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Talking Heads | Psycho Killer | CBGB | Mid 70s

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
via YouTube.
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Joy Division | Sister Ray | Live at The Moonlight Club | 1980 | Audio Only

By Kurt Starnes | Published: September 26, 2009
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