This is part one of a five-part series of posts this week that looks at original versions of songs made much more famous by other artists. Now, this doesn't mean I'm trying to take anything away from the more popular cover version, or saying that the original is always better. There are plenty of cases … Continue reading Overshadowed Originals & Classic Covers: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “They Don’t Know”
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For those new to this blog, there is one thing you should know about me: I'm a huge "Doctor Who" fan. It started when I stumbled upon the "Robot" serial from the Tom Baker era (the guy with the long, colorful scarf) on Channel 9 (ol' WOR-TV) one Saturday afternoon as a kid. I've been … Continue reading Trailer: “Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol”
So here we are...the fifth and final installment of my Peter Gabriel video series this week, marking my 24th anniversary as a fan of PG. This is sort of a wild card for me as I didn't get to see PG on his recent "New Blood" tour in support of his orchestral covers CD, "Scratch … Continue reading 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom: “Secret World” (1994)
Well, so far on this journey through my 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom, I haven't posted anything really all that mainstream...no "Shock the Monkey", "Sledgehammer", "Steam" or "In Your Eyes". It's not that I'm not a fan of those songs...in fact, the live version of "Sledgehammer" is always awesome. But I have wanted to … Continue reading 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom: “Solsbury Hill” (2003)
Here is part 3 of this week's 5-part series of Peter Gabriel videos marking my 24th year as a PG fan. One of the great concert events of the 1990s was Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Live" tour (1993-94) in support of his CD, "Us." Today's video is the set-opening "Come Talk to Me" from that … Continue reading 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom: “Come Talk to Me” (1994)
Well, today officially marks my 24th anniversary as a Peter Gabriel fan and I have decided that my PG video posts this week shall be a chronological journey of my fandom. Yesterday's video was of PG's performance of "Biko" the first time I ever saw him live, at the Amnesty International concert at Giants Stadium … Continue reading 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom: “No Self Control” (7/20/87)
So I was driving home from a meeting the other day, listening to XM Radio when Peter Gabriel's "Biko" came on. I hadn't really listened to the song in quite some time, but I thought it was an appropriate lesson in recent South African history with the World Cup currently being staged there. While listening, … Continue reading 24 years of Peter Gabriel fandom
This past Monday night, my wife and I went to the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa., for Conan O'Brien's "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour. I love Conan O'Brien and never got the chance to see a taping of his show when he was based in New York and figured if there … Continue reading A night with Coco!
Here is a short video of my first time ever doing karaoke...this took place at the Hotel Jonas in Jonas, Pa., on April 16, 2010 -- the first night of my bachelor party weekend, which included a whitewater rafting trip near Jim Thorpe, Pa. This bar just happened to be down the road from the … Continue reading I sing Todd Rundgren’s “I Saw the Light”
Right on the heels of the post I did on Passion Pit the other day, I would like to share with you another artist to watch. I first heard of Winter Gloves when I happened to catch the track "Invisible" from their "about a girl" CD on XM Radio's The Verge channel. It was the … Continue reading Artist to Watch: Winter Gloves
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