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Happy Halloween I
My eight year old son has three favorite Oingo Boingo songs. This is one of them.
The Smothers Brothers
These guys, of course, are also hilarious.
Tom Lehrer
It’s come to my attention that not all of today’s youth are familiar with the work of Tom Lehrer. That’s not right. Here are two classics.
Snow Faeries Don’t Wear Pants
Storymonkey Platte Clark’s debut, Max Spencer and the Codex of Infinite Knowability, is still over a year from hitting your local Barnes & Noble. When it does hit, you should buy it, because it’s hilarious. In the meantime, the three-tiered … Continue reading
Elliott Smith
You’ve heard this song before… on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. Tragically, Smith is no longer with us, but he left some great, melodic pop rock songs.
Peter Case
With “A Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)”.
Jorma Kaukonen
Isn’t dead. But like Jansch, he’s a great songwriter and a fingerpicker. Here he is with his classic “Genesis”, from his debut solo album Quah.
Pink Moon
And this one is not traditional. “Pink Moon”, by the elusive Nick Drake
A Horse Named Bill
A couple of songs with abstract and maybe nonsensical lyrics this weekend. I think this first one is traditional, and the recording here is by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. This is actually the CD that was playing in the … Continue reading
