…because the video makes me happy.

Blind Melon – No Rain

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain

And all I can do is just pour some tea for two

and speak my point of view

But it’s not sane, It’s not sane

I just want some one to say to me

I’ll always be there when you wake

Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today

So stay with me and I’ll have it made

And I don’t understand why I sleep all day

And I start to complain that there’s no rain

And all I can do is read a book to stay awake

And it rips my life away, but it’s a great escape

escape……escape……escape……

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

ya don’t like my point of view

ya think I’m insane

It’s not sane……it’s not sane

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

You don’t like my point of view

You think I’m insane

It’s not sane

It’s not sane…

Essa música me faz sentir bem, então divido esse momento com vocês.
Beijos

There used to be a Swedish radio station really worth listening to. I grew up listening to tracks like these until the golden days of this radio station were put to an end sometime in 1996. The station is apparently still around namewise but i bet by now it’ll sound like every other commercial radio station out there. I really miss the DJ:s on Bandit 105.5.

The torch appears to have been passed though, to another nice little radio station called Rocket 95.3fM, but i’d still like to take this opportunity to revive the magic of the years leading up to 1996, before the end of Bandit 105.5

I’ve compiled this playlist of as many songs i can remember being played on that station, let me know if I’ve missed a song that really should be in here.

#20091211 – time capsule: 1993-1996 (Bandit 105.5) (82 tracks in total)

(get your player at www.spotify.com)

Remember the band Blind Melon? Remeber the song No Rain? Well now that we run a tea company, we are looking for the best songs that reference tea, my top choices are Blind Melon – No rain …Sting – Englishman in NewYork, and Led Zep – Misty Mountain Hop (im aware the refernce to tea is the meal not the drink …jeeez). Vote for your favorite song by emailing us at info@toppersteas.co.uk or check out the website www.toppersteas.co.uk Everyone who suggests a song that refernces tea will get a discount code for 15% off products on our website.

Hello!

It’s time for our 5th random meeting of CODS* (Church of Divine Silliness)!!!

I took an official vote and decided that the following song and video should be included in our hymnal book as I cannot hear it or watch it without laughing and boogying like mad! What says You? :

Thank You for stopping by! You outshine the sun!  Namaste.

*CODS is the brainchild of the Most Wonderful Lori Miller.

The race is over and I survived!

Today I reached an unbelievable personal goal, completing a half-marathon after about two months of training. I started on this project as both a personal challenge, and as a way to inspire people through the American College of Endocrinology Power of Prevention program. Along the way, I have heard from so many of you who are following my progress, have been inspired yourselves, or who are just rooting me on to success. On this Thanksgiving Day, I have to tell you all how grateful I am for all of your support.  What started out as a project to inspire others has certainly changed my life, and a significant part of that comes from all of you.

Now, on to race day.

First, a brief note.  I did not run with my iPhone, so I did not take any pictures.  Sarah took some, and I will work to add them later in the day.

So, I guess the story begins with dinner last night. My good friend Britt has been following my progress in this training regimen, and was sorry to tell me that he would not be able to come out to the run and see me finish, due to the fact he is out of town today. But he did offer to help me carbo load the night before. So last night our two families went out and enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner. In fact, I had to stop loading because I was too full. (I had an awesome shrimp alfredo Sicilian style pizza. Pictures forthcoming as well. I promise you will be jealous).

I got home and had a good night’s sleep.  This morning when I woke up, my number one priority was my pre-race preparations. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go here to get up to speed, but suffice it to say, I was very nervous about making sure this was not a problem today.

Not joking, I resorted to jumping jacks in the living room, but it all came out fine in the end (did I really just type that?)

Sarah and I headed out to the run at about 6:45.  Race time was 8:00, but we wanted to get a decent parking spot and I also wanted to do a mile pre-run before the race to get loosened up.

People up north can complain about this next sentence, but it was cold this morning.  It was probably only 50 degrees when we got to the race site. I was not concerned about the race, because I know how much I heat up when I am running, but I was definitely freezing waiting for the race to start.

Sarah and our friend Melissa were running the 6k at the same time.  The starting line and starting time were the same, so we got “in the blocks” together and waited for the run to begin. After a pre-recorded National Anthem from Lee Ann Rhimes, the race was set to begin.

We had positioned ourselves towards the middle of the group.  We knew we were not fast enough to be in the front, but did not want to get stuck behind the walkers in the back, either. The gun sounded and we were off.  It took about a minute or so to cross the starting line. I’m glad this was a chip race, because I’m interested to see how off my chip time is from the race time. The first mile was the typical jockeying for position that you see at any race. I tried to keep my pace slow and steady, but it is definitely hard with the adrenaline of all the other runners around you.

Around mile one, the course split for the 1/2 marathoners and the 6k, so the crowds thinned considerably at that point. It was about this time that I realized I had forgotten to start the timer on my watch. This is a dual problem, because I had no way to track my time, and because it was not recording my heart rate (long time readers know that I have a history of overheating when not monitoring my heart rate closely). So I started the timer and hoped that at some point there would be a timer on the course that would allow me to get some idea of how I was doing.

The first course clock did not come until mile two.  The race time at that point was 19 minutes. That meant that even if I had been at the front of the pack, I was pacing at sub-ten minute miles. This was both exciting and troubling. Exciting, because I did not feel like I was moving at that pace and felt fairly good. Troubling because I was not sure I could maintain this pace for eleven more miles.

The next few miles were relatively uneventful. I was able to maintain that 9:30ish pace and was not feeling tired. One thing I did not do was take water at the water stations. I have learned from experience that I get bad cramping if I drink anything while running. I had tried to hydrate myself well before the race, and was banking on that being good enough.

The race was actually quite uneventful in general until about mile eight. Right about that time my feet began to really hurt, especially on the instep. I know that I am due for new shoes, but did not want to get them so close to race time. Many runners have told me that’s a recipe for disaster with blisters and real problems on race day. But what was a mild nuisance at mile eight had become a real pain by mile nine.

The mile nine refreshment center had something I can only refer to as runner’s goo. It came in a foil packet, and had the consistency of Vaseline.  But it tasted good, was packed with sugars and caffeine, and really gave me a bit of a boost when I really needed it.

By mile ten, I was in uncharted waters. Ten miles is the previous longest run I had ever done, and I still had a full 5k to go to finish. I resorted to counting miles, not in distance, but in songs. At my pace (I had slowed to about an even ten minute mile pace, by now) I knew it was about two and a half songs between miles. So I just focused on the music and plowed ahead.

At mile eleven, the pain in my feet moved to my calves. This was a new experience for me. Whenever I run, the only true obstacle is breathing. I never have physical pain in my legs that prohibits me from going forward. So this really caught me off-guard. I knew that I only had two miles to go, however, and was determined to power through it, no matter what.

At mile twelve, I could smell the finish line, and so could the rest of the group running at my pace. Everyone kicked it up a notch at that point. I did the same, despite what my legs were screaming to me (R-rated, can’t repeat here). That lasted maybe a quarter of a mile. That’s when I thought I was going to collapse. Despite the fact that I had made it more than twelve miles without stopping once, I had to stop and stretch out my legs, then walk for about 30 seconds. I regret this terribly, but really don’t think there was anything else I could do at that point.

Once I started back up again, I decided to keep the pace slower and just get to the finish line. Two songs later, I was crossing the thirteen mile marker. At this point I knew that I had a 1/10 mile sprint in me, so I kicked it in and raced to the finish line, passing up a couple of guys down the stretch!

Final time: 2:07:18! Official results here: http://www.1stplacesports.com/obdc09halfres.htm

I looked around for Sarah, who had finished the 6k about and hour and 20 minutes earlier, but could not see her anywhere. So I got some water and tried to work out my legs a little bit. About 7-8 minutes later Sarah spotted me in the crowd and came over. I had anticipated finishing between 2:15 and 2:30, so she had gone home and got the turkey and stuffing in the oven, then was going to come back and watch me finish and take some pictures. Since I beat my goal time by about eight minutes, she missed the finish.

She’s more upset about that than I am. I’m glad she came back at all, and I appreciated the support in any case.

So we met up with some friends and compared times, then headed over to get a banana… AND THEY WERE OUT! So I settled for some orange slices and a couple of Michelob Ultras. Sarah also grabbed an Ultra, that she was actually getting for me.

As we walked to the van, I saw a sign for a “Brazilian Honey Bakery”. Having no idea what in the world that is, we headed inside and asked the question “What in the world is a Brazilian Honey Bakery?” The proprietor proceeded to give me a sample of a cheese bread pastry, which was so good, I immediately ordered a dozen.

And with that, we packed into the van, and headed for home. I received all of your well wishes on email, Facebook, and Twitter. You really have no idea how much that means to me. I am thankful today for all of you who have supported me through this training, and I look forward to sharing with you my next plan…

Until then, you know the drill…

Vital Statistics:

Workout: 13.1 Miles

Time: 2:07:18

Pace: 9:43

Playlist:

Neither Can I – Slash’s Snakepit

Estranged – Guns N Roses

Believe – Disturbed

Always On The Run – Lenny Kravitz

Sure Shot – The Beastie Boys

The Battle of Evermore – Led Zeppelin

I.R.S. – Guns N Roses

Brain Stew – Green Day

Miss Independent – Ne-Yo

Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash

The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson

Best I Can – Queensryche

All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix

Get It Together – The Beastie Boys

Strength Beyond Strength – Pantera

Hella Good – No Doubt

Hanger 18 – Megadeth

Used To Love Her – Guns N Roses

One – Creed

Razor – Foo Fighters

After The World – Disciple

Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani

Elvis Is Dead – Living Colour

Jane Says – Jane’s Addiction

Territorial Pissings – Nirvana

Madagascar – Guns N Roses

No Rain – Blind Melon

Monkey Wrench – Foo Fighters

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over – Lenny Kravitz

There Is No God – Extreme

Please let the rain stop now!!

Love Ele ~X~

And I don’t understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there’s no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it’s a great escape

“I don’t feel the sun’s coming out today…
It’s staying in… It’s gonna find another way
As I sit here in this misery
I don’t think I’ll ever know, oh Lord
See the sun from here

And oh! As I fade away
They’ll all look at me and say, and then they’ll say
“Hey, look at him! I’ll never live that way”
But that’s ok, they’re just afraid of change

And when you feel life ain’t worth living
You’ve got to stand up, and take a look around, look up way to the sky
And when your deepest thoughts are broken
Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreaming it’s time to die

And as we all play parts of tomorrow
Some ways we’ll work, and other ways we’ll play
But I know we can’t all stay here forever
So I’m gonna write my words on the face of today…
… And then they’ll paint it

And oh! As I fade away
They’ll all look at me and say, and then they’ll say
“Hey look at him, and where he is these days”
when life is hard, you have to change…

When life is hard you have to change”

Change – Blind Melon

Pelos meus posts do ultimo dia, meu blog deveria mudar de nome. De Muito Mais Sentimental, porque sim, eu sou uma pessoa muito sentimental, este espaço virtual – cuidado com tanto carinho e dedicação – deveria se chamar Diário do Pequeno Tom Zé. Sério!

Peço desculpas por isso… Tenho consciência de quanto isso é chato para quem não o conhece e não viveu com ele nos últimos nove anos e meio. Mas minha cabeça anda preocupada demais com o meu cachorrinho que não consigo pensar em mais nada.

Abandonei a execução do meu primeiro capítulo do Mestrado – pelo jeito, minha qualificação ficará para o começo do ano que vem mesmo – e só penso nele. É bizarro, mas meu bebê está doente, muito doente, e só ele ocupa lugar em meus pensamentos e sentimentos. Não consigo controlar isso – é mais forte que eu!

A melhora de ontem foi rapidamente revertida por um quadro grava durante a madrugada. O pequeno voltou a passar mal – vomitando direto e evacuando constantemente com sangue. Diante disso, optamos pelo extremo: resolvemos interná-lo numa clínica veterinária. Levamos ele logo de manhã – nem eram 7h00 quando chegamos lá – e não temos a menor idéia de quando ele receberá alta.

Enquanto esperamos o organismo dele reagir, ficamos apreensivas. Cada uma aqui em casa reage de uma maneira: mamãe alterna entre momentos de choro e momentos de pensamento positivo. Eu alterno entre momentos de limpeza (TOC, sabe?) e momentos de choro. Já a minha irmã tenta ser a mais forte e racional, mas ela também chora de vez em quando.

Em compensação, tenho mais sono do que em qualquer momento do resto do ano. Acho que estou usando o sono como uma válvula de escape. Sou a única que deita e dorme profundamente. Tenho sonhos extremamente reais, quase num tom de alucinação. E, quanto mais durmo, mais cansada eu fico. Sou a mais abatida – tenho chorado muito, é verdade -, mas sou a mais cansada!

Enfim… É só uma fase difícil! Só isso!

PS= As rezas para São Francisco de Assis continuam… Afinal, num momento de dor, acho que só a fé consola. Não é?!

Raised in small town Southwestern Ontario, music has always been a major part of the livelihood of Kevin Graham and his twin brother Sean. In fact, they’ve never met an open mic night they didn’t like. 90’s grunge and alternative, music that was the soundtrack to their growth and development in rural Perth County, is now as much a source of nostalgia for the Grahams as it is an influence for their own music.

Before recording their debut, Greens & Honey (now available on itunes), the duo adopted the name Dress Rehearsal, with Kevin singing and playing guitar and Sean handling drums. Performing the songs off the album live as a duo would’ve meant sacrificing the rich sound achieved by the dense layering of guitars and vocals heard throughout the album. This prompted the duo to take on additional members, including lead guitarist Ryan Watson and bassist Paul Vergeer.

Honing their performance chops in cities like London, Toronto and Guelph, where the brothers attended university, the band is ready to take the next big step. With the impressive achievement that is Greens & Honey, Dress Rehearsal have proven that they’re ready to take centre stage.

I caught up with Kevin, after the band’s live set on CKMS 100.3 FM Radio Waterloo, to find out about the formation of the band and its future.

How did you come up with the name Dress Rehearsal?

I was driving around outside St. Marys one day and listened to “Ahead By a Century” by the Hip followed by “Left & Leaving” by The Weakerthans. Both songs have the phrase “dress rehearsal” in the lyrics so it kind of stuck out. At the time I was looking for a new name and it seemed to fit what Sean and I were up to, which was basically writing songs and kind of pretending we were in a band. I always knew I’d eventually record an album so we used that name with loose plans of changing it once we got around to recording. Though some people aren’t fond of it, there were enough people that didn’t want us to change it, so we left it as is.

If Dress Rehearsal was a single physical being, what would it be and what sort of characteristics would it have?

I think Dress Rehearsal would be a Mogwai -if you know your Gremlins, of course; full of love and compassion for others, excitable in social situations and equally gentle on slow nights, scared of bright light (we much prefer lamps) and equipped with an ability to be ‘furoscious,’ particularly after midnight.

When did you first get involved in music?

We actually started writing songs in [a band called] Beverage Tunx before I knew how to play guitar. I’d write the riffs on one string. So, that was in the spring of 2001, I think. I started actually playing guitar that fall and took lessons for about five months. The first time I ever played in front of an audience was my first year at Guelph [University]. I played an open mic and played “Mayonaise” by the Pumpkins, “Low Light” by Pearl Jam, and “Miss You Love” by Silverchair.

How did the band first come about?

[Kevin’s twin brother] Sean [Graham] and I were the only members for the longest time. In the summer of 2008, I was at an open mic in St. Marys and talked to Tiffany [Blom] about adding backing vox on some of my songs. I picked four for her to work on and all four made the album. She did such a good job coming up with harmonies for them. She really gave new life to “Gumdrop Hills” and “Molly Flower” especially. The album was recorded with just the three of us.

Once it was in the works, I obviously started freaking out a little as I knew we couldn’t possibly pull the songs off live with only three of us. Ryan Watson wrote me one day and said he wanted to jam. I basically was like, yeah, we should jam, and you should probably join my band. It came together very quickly.

Paul Vergeer, our bass player, was a good friend from University and we’d kept in good touch. Sean and him had an apartment together in Banff. He’s been offering his bass services for years and he’s very intelligent with it. He was more than happy to help us out and so by the end of June, we had a five-person unit.

What do you think Tiffany Blom’s voice adds to the song “Gumdrop Hills”? Is it likely she’ll be featured in Dress Rehearsal songs in the future?

I’m happy to say that it was my idea to include her in that song. As I said earlier, I approached her with 4 songs and that was the first one we worked on – it’s my favourite as well. She turned that song into something so enchanting. Because of the lyrics and chord progression, it always had that x-factor of taking you to another place, but Tiffany really took it to another world in my opinion. The work she did on that song is perfect. As far as future plans, it’s all up in the air. I’d love to feature her on our next album but that will be something that will come up when it needs to.

Iron & Wine or The Smashing Pumpkins?

Smashing Pumpkins. Though I’d say that Sam Beam has written more quality songs in the past decade, I personally don’t think anyone will ever be able to write the kind of stuff Billy Corgan wrote from 1992-1994 – basically Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and all-encompassing releases around those. He was a genius during that time and was so prolific. It’s almost mind boggling to me. I still listen to the Pumpkins, no matter what era, every single day.

The Smashing Pumpkins and Blind Melon are two influences of yours that you can really hear in the lyrics and melodies – how do you relate to Billy Corgan and Shannon Hoon as song writers? How do you think growing up listening to their music has affected yours?

I think both Hoon and Corgan are good at “sugar coating” their lyrics, in that they write about stuff that might seem to be happy and sweet, but in actuality, it’s much darker at their core. Shannon Hoon was just very “real” and I think that’s what attracted people to him. His lyrics weren’t always obvious, but you could tell that what he was feeling had a lot of substance. Corgan is the same way, especially on the early albums and on Adore.

You get to a point where you just can’t worry what people are going to take from your lyrics and just write them for you. They were both very good at that.

How would you describe your music?

Without saying we sound like other bands, I do feel as though we’re kind of a fusion between the Pumpkins and Elliott Smith. Every song I’ve written started with me and my acoustic guitar, and things were built up from that point. I think the music is generally bright and happy sounding, though the lyrics delve into darker areas.

I love to double up my vocals which is totally an Elliott Smith/Mark Kozelek influence. I tell people we’re “acoustic indie rock” for lack of a better term. Acoustic at the core, with layered vocals, pretty little guitar solos, and super solid drumming. There are so many experimental bands out there that have far reaching ambition that I can’t always comprehend. So, I like the fact that we have songs that are easy to digest yet have enough to make them sonically and emotionally pleasing.

What’s one unique thing you bring to the table that other bands don’t?

Well, I feel that because of our undying love for 90’s grunge/alternative, we have the elements that those bands had – guitar solos, personal but not always obvious lyrics, and an attachment to rocking out power chords (ha). That’s been offset by our love for more stripped down music like Sun Kil Moon, Elliott Smith obviously, Hayden, Wilco, etc. In other words, I think we kind of threw all of our influences into a big musical pile and the end product was Dress Rehearsal. I don’t really know many bands these days that will put out an album with a song like “Featherbrain” and follow it with “Killing Spiders”… except maybe Pearl Jam.

What’s been your favourite show that you’ve played and why?

Our show at the Horseshoe Tavern was amazing. We certainly had the biggest draw there and everyone there came with open ears. The sound was good and for one of the first times, I had the feeling that we could actually make something of this if we just keep at it.

What’s missing from Canadian music, and what does it need less of?

I don’t think there’s anything missing from Canadian music. I think Canada offers listeners a ridiculous amount of fresh music that either pushes the boundaries in quirkiness, a la Sunset Rubdown, or screams “we’re fucking Canadian and we love it,” a la Elliott Brood and Rural Alberta Advantage. Between the growing popularity of Feist, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, and Metric, along with the up-and-comers like Wolf Parade, Wintersleep, Hayden, Basia Bulat, Great Lake Swimmers, Land of Talk, Plants & Animals, etc. – we’re in good hands.

I could use a little less from these bands like Nickelback, Theory of Deadman, Three Days Grace, etc. How they came to be this big really confuses me.

What’s your favourite place to hang out at in St. Marys?

I love [O’Neill’s] pub for the simple notion that you’ll know at least 50% of the people when you go there. Harvest is a great little coffee shop and they’ve decorated it well. It’s actually got some good culture to it. I can feel content anywhere in St. Marys. It really is a beautiful, beautiful place and I’ve always been proud to say that I grew up there.

Before Dress Rehearsal, you performed under the names Tiger Zebra, as well as Devito and Schwartz, where did these names come from, and (referring particularly to the latter) will you ever perform under either of those names again?

Tiger Zebra came from a Tom Green skit. He sneaks into the Ottawa Art Gallery and puts up one of his own paintings and it’s called “Tiger Zebra” – we thought it was funny. Devito & Schwartz refers to Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger from the movie “Twins.” The people that know and love that movie, like we do, get a real kick out of it. We actually do still perform under that name sometimes. We play shows in Guelph on occasion at Doogies, and we use that name. Basically, any time someone wants to “book” us for a gig playing covers and stuff, we use that name.

What’s your favourite band/musician you’ve ever played on the same bill as, and why?

Luke Michielsen. He’s a good friend of ours and we met him during first year of University in Guelph. We’ve played probably 7-10 shows with him over the years. I am such a huge fan of his music.

He used to make acoustic demos in school and give them out for free. I always loved those. He’s got tons of stuff that will probably never see the light of day. He released an album with a band known as Slowking in late 2007. I fell in love with that album.

In late 2008 he released a solo album, Burn to the Ground. He’s as talented a songwriter as anyone I’ve known. Unfortunately, he’s currently teaching English in Korea so we’ll have to wait until next year to play more shows with him.

On your live performance on 100.3 FM Waterloo Radio, you mentioned you had never played north of Toronto – when/where is this landmark event going to happen?

Haha. We’ve talked about doing a weekend tour of Kingston, Ottawa and Montreal. Sadly, it’s all just been talk and no action. I made contact with people in all those cities about playing but when you’re in a band with members who all have strange work schedules, it’s hard to get it accomplished. My guess is we’ll head up there next Spring, or maybe this winter if Mother Nature decides to be on our side.

Have you begun to write any songs for the follow up to Greens & Honey? Do you have any plans to head back into the studio again any time soon?

I’m constantly writing. A lot of songs I’ll write and play a few times over the course of a week, then they kind of fall by the wayside. At this point there are two or three that I would consider putting on our next album. In addition, I have a lot of old songs that I would love to dust off and rework.

For our next album though, I’m sure it will be more of a group effort, especially from the musical standpoint. I feel as though once we have a chance to grow together as a group, the influences of Paul and Ryan will start to shine through. We probably won’t be back in the studio for some time, unless it’s to record a demo or two. It costs a lot of money – something that we don’t have at this point.

Having said that, I’m hopeful that we’ll have a follow up to Greens & Honey set in a year or two. I have no doubt that it will happen, and it will be a wonderful experience, just like the first album was.

What does music mean to you?

After Family and Health, music means more to me than anything else. It’s the driving force of my livelihood. It’s shaped the way I live my life and it’s shaped the way I look at life. Most of my best friends are my best friends as a result of our love for music. I can’t go anywhere without my Ipod and consider it my good buddy. Music is the only thing in the world that can literally bring you back to another moment in your life in a split second. That’s my favourite part about it – the nostalgia factor.

For My Friends
With The Right Set of Eyes
Wishing Well
Sometimes
Tumblin’ Down
Down On The Pharmacy
Make A Difference
Harmful Belly
Last Laugh
Hypnotized
Father Time
So High
Cheetum Street

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Tones of Home
Change
Paper Scratcher
No Rain
I Wonder
Time
Galaxie
Mouthful of Cavities
Walk
Toes Across The Floor
2 x 4
St. Andrew’s Fall
Soup
Pull
Soul One
No Rain (Ripped Away Version)
Three Is A Magic Number
Soak The Sin (Live)
Deserted (Live)

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Tones of Home
Galaxie
Change
Paper Scratcher
Mouthful of Cavities
Walk
No Rain
Toes Across The Floor
Soup
2 x 4
Pull
Soul One

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Disc 01

Jam Session
Paper Scratcher (Acoustic)
Pull (Acoustic)
California (w/ Pearl Jam)
Wither (Acoustic) (w/ Pearl Jam)
No Lyrics
Soul One (Rare Early Version)
Tickled Pink
Unknown Soup Session Song
Untitled In C
Walk (Rare Live)
What You Lost (Very Rare Demo)
Wooh Dog (live)
Working Class Hero (Live)
Skinned (Hotel Basement, St. Louis)
Soup (Hotel Basement, St. Louis)
St Andrew’s Fall (Hotel Basement, St. Louis)
Seed To A Tree (Live)
Sippin’ Time Session (Take 1)
No Rain (Dave Matthews Band Version)

Disc 02

Three Is A Magic Number
Out On The Tiles (Led Zeppelin cover)
Soup (Live)
After Hours (Velvet cover)
Candy Says (Country Jellyfish cover)
Do Lord
Ever Had That Feeling
Good Times Bad Times
Frosting A Cake
Holyman
Bob Marley cover
No Bidness (Acoustic)
Brittle Little Baby
Lemonade (Rare)
No Bidness (Live)
Rebirth (Rare)
No Bidness (Live Amsterdam)
60’s Medley
Mother (Very Rare)
Mother Earth
What You Lost (Very Rare Demo)
Wooh Dog (Rare)
Change (Acoustic)
Galaxie (Acoustic)

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The Pusher
Hell
Soup
No Rain
Soul One
John Sinclair
All That I Need
Glitch
Life Ain’t So Shitty
Swallowed
Pull
St. Andrew’s Hall
Letter From A Porcupine

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2 x 4
Toes Across The Floor
Tones of Home
Wilt
Vernie
No Rain
Walk
Lemonade
Time
St. Andrew’s Hall
Skinned
Change
Soup
The Duke
Galaxie
Car Seat

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2 x 4
Vernie
Skinned
Toes Across The Floor
Walk
Dump Truck
Cat Seat (God’s Presents)
Wilt
The Duke
St. Andrew’s Fall
New Life
Mouthful of Cavities
Lemonade

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Some thoughts the song “Spill The Wine” by Eric Burdon and War, featured on the album Eric Burdon Declares “War,” which came out the same year as their other collaborative album, The Black-Man’s Burdon.

When I was a kid, this song only seemed to come on when I was deep in the throes of night, or sleep, or perhaps madness.

Some “interesting” facts about “Spill The Wine” via songfacts:

• This song features a harmonica, flute, and conga drums.

• This is widely believed to be about, or at least heavily influenced by drugs. According to Brown, this song celebrates women: “All ladies are beautiful. You’ve got to look at them. God, I believe, put all of us here and made us all different so we could be like the flowers, you know. Like women. I look at them as beautiful flowers. Even when they get older, the flowers and so on, and that’s what it really boils down to, they can be skinny, big, fat, I’ve seen some fine voluptuous women. And then I’ve seen some that are skinny, and if you look at them, they could be beautiful, depending on personality and stuff.”

• Jimi Hendrix‘ former girlfriend sang backup. Hendrix was managed by Animal’s bass player Chas Chandler.

• The lady speaking Spanish in the background was Eric Burdon’s girlfriend. Says Brown: “We went back there and we put up a little tent, candlelight, and some wine back there. They were behind there, and Eric was doing things to her and making her talk.”

• This was used in the movie Boogie Nights as part of a pool party scene with the porn stars.

• The Isley Brothers covered this in 1971 on their album Givin’ It All Back. 

And that sounds a little something like this:

As a kid, I had the radio on a lot. This was when the radio was better, mind you, and I kept it around like a secret lover or some kind of invisible friend. I’d cheat on it a lot with CDs and tapes and vinyl, a lot, but many a night I spent seized in a radio daze, or I’d listen to it while getting ready for school or for work or a dance or a date or something.

One of the many species classified under the larger phylum “alternarock.”

For most of high school it was the “alternative rock” station for me, but I did flirt a year there with the “alternative rock” station that was slightly harder, which basically meant that I had to put up with a lot of bullshit like “mandatory Metallica” and following up a band like Kittie or Jane’s Addiction with AC/DC. How sad is it that I can’t remember the good songs I got in return from that station? I just remember they played “Bound For The Floor” a lot.

Rewinding the tape back to somewhere in my much younger years when I was a stupid little shit who’d read, daydream, ponder, fascinate, and shit along with the radio, you should probably know I kept floating back and forth between classic rock and Motown. Those were my bag back then.

Hence all of my old school music knowledge/anecdotes being about things like Keith Moon’s addiction to horse tranquilizers or waxing nostalgic about Berry Gordy’s sex habits.

The Who’s “Who Are You?” was about Keith’s tendency to pass on street corners during drug binges only to be discovered by police the next day who assumed he was dead.

Anyway. I remember the Animals’ “House Of The Rising Sun” and I knew War’s “Cisco Kid” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” The radio loved those songs. And then I heard this song one night, “Spill The Wine,” and it was late at night as my father were driving around, lost in the Hollywood hills, high above the world. It was a mash up by two artists I liked before I knew what a mash up. I was tired, my eyes were heavy, and this song started dictating images to me as I looked down at the world, and I would get lost in the idylls of walking through the set of a Hollywood movie that was packed with mountain kings and a harem of women and wine spilt all about. And I was easily swept away in the mystical and engimatic nature of the song, which everyone assumes the song refers to drugs, which it does in a way, but you have to remember that the prizely grown native drug of California will always be sex, and the song enthusiastically endorses going after that pearl as many times as you can get it. If I had actually known what a clitoris was back when I was a kid, well…

It has been raining in Chicago and Texas nonstop, and snowing in Colorado, who’ll stop the rain?

And, who could deny a girl in a bee costume dancing? This is probably one of my first memories of music videos growing up? Maybe I will be a bee for Halloween instead of a dirty hipster with an attitude. (Click twice for link to video, well worth it)

Soak The Sun
Tones of Home
I Wonder
Paper Scratcher
Dear Ol’ Dad
Change
No Rain
Deserted
Sleepyhouse
Holyman
Seed To A Tree
Drive
Time

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Un saludo cordial a todos los lectores de los oídos vírgenes, gracias por sus comentarios y visitas.

El día de ayer 21 de octubre, se conmemoró el aniversario catorce (14) del fallecimiento de Shannon Hoon, el ex líder de la banda Blind Melon, el fue encontrado sin vida en el autobús del grupo, a causa del exceso de cocaína, el se hizo conocido al participar con las canciones The Garden y Don’t Cry de la banda Guns ‘N’ Roses allá por el año 1991, ese fue su vitrina para que la disquera se fije en su banda, y al año siguiente sale al mercado su primer disco titulado también Blind Melon, un disco que mezcla psicodelia, folck rock y southern rock, con el alma hippie típica de los Blind Melon, guiadas por la peculiar vos de Shannon, que evoca la filosofía del flower power típica de los años 60’s.

El disco tiene la siguiente composición, empieza con temas rápidos, hasta que llega a los temas acústicos que son Change y su mega éxito No Rain, para luego continuar con canciones rápidas pero con un estilo más densos que las primeras, todo esto es lo que conforma este gran disco de una banda como pocas.

TRACK LIST
1. “Soak the Sin” – 4:01
2. “Tones of Home” – 4:26
3. “I Wonder” – 5:31
4. “Paper Scratcher” – 3:14
5. “Dear Ol’ Dad” – 3:02
6. “Change” – 3:41
7. “No Rain” – 3:37
8. “Deserted” – 4:20
9. “Sleepyhouse” – 4:29
10. “Holyman” – 4:47
11. “Seed to a Tree” – 3:29
12. “Drive” – 4:39
13. “Time” – 6:02

VIDEOS
Tones of Home
No Rain

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