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In my last post I said I was going to be out of town for a few days. Well it didn't happen. My Thanksgiving turned to shit, literally . The night before I was planning on leaving I was outside watering roses when *it* happened. First an unholy aroma of death starts to waft, then, like a ...
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So I'm out of town on a five day Thanksgiving festive feast freakout, but I won't leave you hanging. I'm figuring that this roundup of Tour De France by Kraftwerk covers should keep you satiated while I'm gone. Tour, incidentally was one of the first handful ...
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Kraftwerk
I've done the work for you today and gone ahead and cherry picked through some great covers of yet another of Moz's thinly veiled love letters to James Dean There Is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths . Despite Morrissey's loathing of all things synth, I'm leading with some ...
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The Smiths
Morrissey
Like most American kids, I went to camp during the summer. From age 7 to 10 I did all the usual camp things; rode horses, shot arrows, rock climbed and made lumpy ashtrays for the non-smoking parentals in ceramics. Another campfire tradition, in between state-mandated Kum Ba Yas , were ...
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Laurie Anderson
Larrikin Love
So todays entry, Police and Thieve s , is not some half-baked attempt to do a back to back Clash feature on VG , even though they did a brilliant job covering it back in the day. Nope, it's a so-cute-you-want-to-hug-the-shit-out-of-it twee-pop cover of Junior Murvin 's best and ...
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The Police
The Clash
One of the more underrated gems from Combat Rock , Ghetto Defendant by The Clash gets an electronic-dubby makeover from Birmingham's finest, Rockers Hi-Fi . Rockers Hi-Fi - Queen of the Ghetto (Ghetto Defendant ) Enjoy! LS
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The Clash
In another one of those 'pinch me I'm dreaming' moments, 10x even more trainspottery than my coveted Warp Records bag, we got Luke Vibert covering LFO by eponymous UK techno outfit LFO . Luke Vibert - LFO Enjoy! LS
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LFO
Warp Records
Here's another great way to wake up on a Sunday, Sunday Morning Coming Down, a perennial Versions Galore fave. Done originally by the Convoy drivin, one time Streisand fondler, Kris Kristofferson , it's covered here rather beautifully by Johnny Cash . Is it me or does anyone else still do ...
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Johnny Cash
Cash Money
Perhaps the other day's artwork was a tad harsh on dolphins. I actually love dolphins (and the ocean in general). Maybe not so far as getting a dolphinoplasty , or hanging glass trinkets from the rear view mirror, but they're pretty damn amazing creatures. Someone even more passionate ...
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With another entry comes another ill-advised youthful fashion anecdote. Dressed in oversized baggy pants, 10x too large hoodies and XL, when I clearly was an 'M', sized Stone Roses shirt, I believe I was the only (self-identified) scally roaming the thriving metropolitan streets that ...
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The Stone Roses
Chris Brown
Pete Yorn
I guess there comes a point in every artist's career when it's time to feature their own dog. I have officially have reached that crescendo, so congrats, Ira, 10 lb terror of a Mini-Dachshund, you're a star. If you haven't guessed today's mash up of art yet, it's I Wanna Be You Dog ...
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Dogs
Too Short
Paul Simon
Founding Skatalite and go-to session piano player for the likes of Coxsone Dodd, Richard 'Jah' Ace catches some Saturday night fever with a funky reggae reworking of Bee Gees ' white suited hit Stayin' Alive . Somewhere the folks at Soul Jazz Records must be kickin themselves for letting ...
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The Bee Gees
Richard Ashcroft
Here's something nice to wake up to on a lazy Sunday morning: An acoustically armed Zee Avi ever so sweetly covering Slow Hands by Interpol . Zee Avi - Slow Hands (Acoustic) Enjoy! LS
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Interpol
It's kinda uncanny how the UK just keeps churning out killer Stax-era sounding vocalists and today's entry is far from an exception. F rank Sinatra 's saudade classic, It Was a Very Good Year (originally written by Ervin Drake for my pop's favorite band The Kingston Trio) get's a ...
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Frank Sinatra
Have I ever mentioned one of my favorite pastimes is stalking David J of Bauhaus ? The man lives somewhere in the vicinity and I have seen him skulking around in his signature specs at shows, in bookstores, on a well known P2P network and hell even once meandering past my house. What ...
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Bauhaus
David Johansen
So, I'm on a juice fast for the next 3 days, as old Leopold has gone and overdone it again on food, drink, cigars and other things recreational. If I we're to pick a Rocky -like anthem for my mini de-tox, I would have to go with Feel Good Inc . from the ...
