“All those sweet old love songs, Oh, every word rings true, Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart, And sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too.” Wanna know the difference between a great singer and someone with a great voice? Watch this video. Jesse Winchester destroys all sentient beings with this performance of “Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding,” a heartbreaking slice of nostalgia done earlier this year […]
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I’m pretty sure I can count the number of new albums I heard in 2009 on one hand. Of course, that hand has 6 fingers, but given my love of carnies that’s more positive than negative. So yeah, I got that going for me. Also, despite this dearth of new material, I’m saved by having […]
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The Adios Lounge is now coming to you from rainy Los Angeles. That’s right, the Lounge has returned to the motherland from Austin, Texas. (I’m originally from Huntington Beach). It wasn’t a move I anticipated making, say, 5-6 months ago, but life has a funny way of shakin’ some unpredictable action. So, in homage […]
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This post is a follow-up to my previous post about “Back On The Chain Gang,” which was written partly about Chrissie Hynde‘s turbulent relationship with Ray Davies and partly about the drug overdose death of guitarist James Honeyman-Scott. It’s a quintessential study in loss and a rightful classic. In researching that song, I discovered […]
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“I found a picture of you, oh-oh-oh-oh Those were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part, oh-oh-oh-oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart.” You may have noticed that the Adios Lounge has been on vacation for awhile. Fact is, we’ve been closed for repairs, mostly […]
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