“Dry your eyes and stand up straight Bugler’s got a place at the Pearly Gates Say goodbye sugar Oh, say goodbye” And so we come to the final year of Clarence White’s life and the eleventh and final (for now) chapter of my Adios Loungeography. I’ve put off this part of his bio for as […]
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If you use an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can now download an app that’ll turn The Adios Lounge into a mobile radio station. Called “Hype Radio,” the brainiacs at The Hype Machine came up with this technology, which combines all of my mp3s into a badass virtual jukebox. Download iPhone app: Hype Radio What’s […]
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“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. –Atticus Finch, […]
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L-R: Doug Sahm – vocals, guitars, fiddle, arrangements Augie Meyers – organ Johnny Perez – drums Jack Barber – bass Frank Morin – saxophone, percussion, harmony vocals Huey Meaux died a week ago today (April 23, to be precise) at the age of 82, the last 15 years of which were spent behind bars. […]
Read MoreSuperchunk‘s videos are uniformly excellent, but this new “Crossed Wires” vid might be the funniest one of the bunch. Laura Ballance’s cat is having himself a full-on Sammy Hagar Weekend. In fact, you might say the kitty is a felonious monster. HOL-LA! CHECK IT Superchunk’s badass video page Crowding Up Your Visual Field – Superchunk’s […]
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