Monthly Archives: April 2008

TVD’s Daily Wax | Spacehog "The Chinese Album"


Oh, that Ira Robbins over at Trouser Press: ” Pointedly copping melodies, guitar sound, vocals and a stylistic posture from glam-era David Bowie may be an odd choice two decades on, but it isn’t intrinsically any more despicable than the usual pilferage that goes on in the rock world. If Spacehog — two brothers and two others from Leeds who emigrated to New York City before launching their miserable career — had a second idea of any merit, the group might be excused for such lightfingered designs…unmitigated rubbish, stupid and obvious.”

…enjoy!

Spacehog – Lucy’s Shoe (Mp3)
Spacehog – Sand In Your Eyes (Mp3)
Spacehog – Carry On (Mp3)
Spacehog – Captain Freeman (Mp3)
Spacehog – Beautiful Girl (Mp3)

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TVD’s Daily Wax | Danny Wilson "Be Bop Moptop"


Owing a heavy stylistic debt to yesterday’s duo, Danny Wilson followed up the stellar “Meet Danny Wilson” with the wonderfully flawed release, “Be Bop Moptop”. Wonderful because the song writing is top-notch, as are the arrangements, Gary Clark’s vocals, and the subtle atmospherics and sonic touches. (Love those rainstorms.) Flawed because of the timing…not in a career sense but in a production-value sense. These songs SCREAM full band to me…not tinny keys and often abused drum machines. (Hell, it WAS ’89 after all.) But strip those away (as Danny Wilson did in a live setting–which is how I KNOW I’m right) and you’ve got a little gem that just needs…a wee bit of burnishing.

Danny Wilson – Imaginary Girl (Mp3)
Danny Wilson – Charlie Boy (Mp3)
Danny Wilson – If You Really Love Me (Let Me Go) (Mp3)
Danny Wilson – Loneliness (Mp3)
Danny Wilson – The Ballad Of Me And Shirley Maclaine (Mp3)

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TVD’s Daily Wax | Steely Dan "Aja"


I read once that, in general, a child’s first sense of inebriation happens on the playground in the form of the merry-go-round, the swings, the slide, etc. And that we, as adults, attempt to recreate ‘baby’s first buzz’ via all sorts of intoxicants. It’s the singular pursuit of ‘that buzz’ in it first and finest form that seems to become the prime motivator. Well, today there are flowers in the courtyard. The trees have turned from merely budding to a noticeable green. It’s warming. And somewhere in some sleepy town, a yellow bus pulls up to the bus stop with a crackly FM radio tuned into the crusty classic rock station and ‘Aja’ comes sputtering out. And nostrils flair to the soundtrack of baby’s first Springtime buzz. Exactly the way it happened for me.

Steely Dan – Aja (Mp3)
Steely Dan – Black Cow (Mp3)
Steely Dan – Deacon Blues (Mp3)
Steely Dan – Home At Last (Mp3)
Steely Dan – Peg (Mp3)

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TVD Shuffle Bored | April 11, 2008


The random Friday, post exceptional Joe show, five:
Ike and Tina Turner – Our Lord Will Make A Way (Mp3)
Van Halen – Dance The Night Away (Mp3)
The Charlatans – Time For Livin’ (Mp3)
Any Trouble – Baby Now That I’ve Found You (Mp3)
China Crisis – Seven Sports For All (Live) (Mp3)
(Thanks Mick!)

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One from the New LP ‘Rain’

We’ll be up front…
Joe Jackson – King Pleasure Time (Mp3)

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We should take a walk…

The AntiDC finds herself rather ProDC today (well, for the time being anyway) with a TVD-penned guest blog! And we’re hitting the streets and taking a tour of five of DC’s record stores. Come along, won’t cha?

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TVD’s Daily Wax | Joe Jackson "Live in New York"


Joe Jackson’s at the 9:30 tonight with a similar live line-up to this 2000 release, “Live in New York.” It’s Joe on keys, Graham Maby on bass, and on this tour it was Gary Burke behind the drum kit. Tonight, original Joe Jackson Band drummer Dave Houghton is your time keeper.

And that’s right — no guitarist. Skeptical? Don’t be:
Joe Jackson – Summer in the City (Mp3)
Joe Jackson – Fools In Love (Mp3)
Joe Jackson – Home Town (Mp3)
Joe Jackson – It’s Different for Girls (Mp3)
Joe Jackson – One More Time (Mp3)

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TVD’s Daily Wax | INXS "Shabooh Shoobah"


There’s a photo I should have located to accompany this post of Mike Hutchence holding an INXS fan club newsletter whose cover was illustrated by yours truly, age 15. Scanning this cover today and uploading these songs…I get the sense that some things will just keep repeating themselves over and over. Over and over.

INXS – The One Thing (Mp3)
INXS – To Look At You (Mp3)
INXS – Soul Mistake (Mp3)
INXS – Jan’s Song (Mp3)
INXS – Don’t Change (Mp3)

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TVD’s Daily Wax | Echo and the Bunnymen "Songs To Learn & Sing"


Despite the absence of a traditional TVD theme…this week and for the foreseeable future (although I have a roots reggae week in the works as the weather warms…) I am sensing a theme I think. If Freddie were here, he’d be singing, ” Those were the days of our lives/The bad things in life were so few…”

Echo and the Bunnymen – Do It Clean (Mp3)
Echo and the Bunnymen – Never Stop (Mp3)
Echo and the Bunnymen – Silver (Mp3)
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Back Of Love (Mp3)
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter (Mp3)

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Local record store owners take a spin behind the decks at Beyond in April

Beyond, the weekly downtempo happy hour in Dupont Circle, is celebrating its first anniversary by hosting some of DC’s favorite record store managers. Som Records’ Neal Becton, Red Onion’s Joshua Harkavy, and Crooked Beat’s Holly Tegeler will be taking over Beyond in the month of April. During the month of April, each of these esteemed DJs will have an evening in which to showcase their skills and personal vinyl collections.

Beyond, the Dupont Circle weekly Extended Happy Hour event takes place every Wednesday from 6PM to 11PM in the Upstairs lounge above Skewers and Café Luna restaurants at 1633 P St NW (at the corner of 17th St and P St). More info <a href="http://freeformdj.com/local-record-store-owners-take-a-spin-behind-the-decks-at-be
yond-in-april/”>here. (Via freeformdj.com)
Image courtesy LP Cover Lover!

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TVD’s Daily Wax | The English Beat "What Is Beat?"


Feel that? It’s the reins of a ‘theme week’ coming loose, lightening the blog load in favor of some old skool freestylin’. And what better way to inaugurate this non-theme theme then a handful from the always appreciated English Beat. I hear quite a few toes tapping in office cubes this morning…

The English Beat – I Confess (Mp3)
The English Beat – Doors Of Your Heart (Mp3)
The English Beat – Save It For Later (Mp3)
The English Beat – Too Nice To Talk To (Mp3)
The English Beat – Can’t Get Used To Losing You (Mp3)

(BTW – 300th post. My.)

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TVD Shuffle Bored | April 4, 2008


Five for Friday:
Beirut – Elephant Gun (Mp3)
Small Amp – Sisters and Brothers (Mp3)
Ringo Starr – You’re Sixteen (Mp3)
The Grays – Same Thing (Mp3)
Rickie Lee Jones – Chuck E’s In Love (Mp3)

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