Monthly Archives: December 2010

Bettie Serves Up The Velvet Underground

Posted on 14 December 2010 by

Speaking of some of the rarities in my CD collection: Bettie Serveert Plays Venus In Furs And Other Velvet Underground Songs by Bettie Serveert ©1998 Brinkman Records My Rating: ✭✭✭✩ iPod Songs: “Beginning To See The Light”, “Venus In Furs”, … Continue reading →

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Top 2 Albums of 2010

Posted on 13 December 2010 by

My decision to re-enter the Blogosphere has come too late in the year for me to feel comfortable offering up a list of the Top 10 Albums of 2010. There simply isn’t enough time before year’s end for me to … Continue reading →

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A Handful of Curves

Posted on 12 December 2010 by

I have a theory that two albums and a handful of EPs is all the Shoegazing any band has in them. After that, either the quality of the music falls off sharply, or the band moves on to something else. … Continue reading →

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Let’s Give It Another Whirl, Shall We?

Posted on 10 December 2010 by

I enjoyed yesterday’s interview with The Great Wilderness so much I asked Nick, one of Whirl‘s three guitarists, if I could try my hand at interviewing again, this time with Whirl as the subject. To my surprise, he readily agreed … Continue reading →

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A Voice in The Great Wilderness

Posted on 9 December 2010 by

I recently had an opportunity to interview (via email) Paola Rogue of the band, The Great Wilderness. I found her to be delightfully open, articulate, and enthusiastic about her band’s music; she has a good sense of humor as well. … Continue reading →

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In a Perfect Whirl

Posted on 7 December 2010 by

In a perfect world, you would already know of the band, Whirl, and have downloaded their excellent EP, Distressor. If you haven’t done so, do so now. Do it here. I should warn the reader, however, that on a site … Continue reading →

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Jumping on the Bandcamp Wagon

Posted on 6 December 2010 by

Once again, I am in the middle of an effort to gather, organize, and archive my music collection onto a couple of 2TB hard drives. Since the overwhelming majority of the music I own is on CD, I decided to … Continue reading →

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