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Imagine a Jump

BrianR — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:17:02 +0000

This just blew my mind! So beautiful!

Over 25

BrianR — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:14:15 +0000

“Rock is fundamentally a young people’s music, right? And a lot of kids feel cheated. They feel that the music’s been taken away from them by that whole over-25 audience.” -Malcolm McLaren

RIP Ronnie James Dio

BrianR — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:51:39 +0000

Goodbye Rocker!

Ring of Fire Voodoo Style

BrianR — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:15:11 +0000

One day before I die I must sing this song in front of a lot of people. If I did it would probably come out like the Wall of Voodoo version. (You know them. They did that song Mexican Radio.)

Believe it or not I’m kinda a purist about this song. I’d try to make it sound a bit more like the original. Horns and all. Here’s the real deal to clean your pallet.

This man is my Appalachian rock-a-billy super hero.

Subscape Annex plays Theremin

BrianR — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:45:37 +0000

RIP Lux Interior

BrianR — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:05:06 +0000

“When I die don’t you bury me at all/ Just nail my bones upon the wall/ Beneath these bones let these words be seen/ ‘This is the bloody gears of a boppin’ machine’”

A Song featuring my Hometown

BrianR — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:29:41 +0000

Just saw Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers perform this song on the Tee Vee. Wondering why I’ve never heard of it. I figure some people in Virginia didn’t take kindly to it.

Blue Virginia Blues

Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the cold Virginia rain is coming down
Friends I’m here to tell you it’s no pleasure
When you’re all alone and a stranger to this town.

Don’t take me wrong I do like East Virginia
And Richmond’s full of hospitality
Except for one Virginia girl I know of
Who made a perfect love wreck out of me.

Blue blue Virginia blue
There’s no blue like blue Virginia blue
No other girls in the whole wide world
Will break your heart like Virginia girls
There’s no blue like blue Virginia blue

She called me up in St Paul Minnesota
Said I need you here in Richmond right away
Take the bus I’ll meet you at the station
Bring your clothes ’cause I want you to stay.

My bus pulled in the station late this evening
And there’s no one around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or she’s forgotten
And her name’s not in the phone directory.

I wish I had the money for a taxi
And a warm and cozy place to go lie down
Instead of standin’ all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is comin’ down.

Arcade Fire Video

BrianR — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:32:13 +0000

Abby shot some great video of Arcade Fire playing in Carrboro. Much better and more intimate than the footage I included in my vid bellow. Dig this. More on Abbys’ blog.

Arcade Fire Plays “Heroes” by David Bowie in Carrboro, NC from abbyladybug on Vimeo.

Kick Ourselves Out

BrianR — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:56:04 +0000

White Americans, what?
Nothing better to do?
Why don’t you kick yourself out?
You’re an immigrant, too.

Who’s using who?
What should we do?
Well, you can’t be a pimp,
And a prostitute, too.

Song: Icky Thump Band: White Stripes

Working Class Hero

BrianR — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:06:09 +0000

I heard Green Day’s version of this song on WCOM today. Got me thinking about John Lennon… A working class hero REALLY is something to be!

Working Class Hero
by John Lennon

As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool,
Till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you’re so clever and classless and free,
But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There’s room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.