the dossiers » music http://thedossiers.net Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Folk songs http://thedossiers.net/folk-songs/ http://thedossiers.net/folk-songs/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:24:36 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=864 Largest site of folk music and folk songs, divided by nationality, is ingeb.org, with many links and an active forum.

The specialty there is German folk music, Deutsche Leider (the Leader in Lieder mit Midi Melodies!) [Deutsche Volkslieder]
[Kinderlieder, Children’s Songs]

There’s also a Yahoo Group for German Music that has MIDI(!) samples of various folk classics like “Lili Marleen.” For MP3s, go to Deutschland Spot.

Along with songs by various nationalities and ethnic music, ingeb.org has Songs of the Sea with many old seafaring songs and nautical themed music, including “Cape Cod Girls.”

]]> http://thedossiers.net/folk-songs/feed/ 0 The Pete Moore Singers http://thedossiers.net/the-pete-moore-singers/ http://thedossiers.net/the-pete-moore-singers/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:08:22 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=835

Moore Magic (Rediffusion 1975)

Great exotica, hard to find.

“My Sweet Lord” and other tracks are on rotation on Luxuria Music.

]]> http://thedossiers.net/the-pete-moore-singers/feed/ 0 Gravelbed http://thedossiers.net/gravelbed/ http://thedossiers.net/gravelbed/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:21:57 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=822 Hoosier band. Defunct. Recorded the legendary GenX anthem, “Driving High”

All albums have been digitally archived thanks to Matt Sommers.

gravelbed

Search for ‘gravelbed’ on the Indianapolis Music board.

“As former booking agent for The Patio and current talent buyer for Birdy’s, Jeff Sample has probably heard every demo recorded in Indy since 1990. As front man for Gravelbed and Lines of Nazca, he’s created his own unique rock & roll.” Source: Indy Top Ten Live, Oct 2008 (Jeff Sample’s 40th birthday party)

]]> http://thedossiers.net/gravelbed/feed/ 0 Exotica http://thedossiers.net/exotica/ http://thedossiers.net/exotica/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:02:20 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=569 The Exotical-L mailing list archives older

]]> http://thedossiers.net/exotica/feed/ 0 His Name Is Alive http://thedossiers.net/his-name-is-alive/ http://thedossiers.net/his-name-is-alive/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:49:24 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=607 Michigan band, “Michigan’s finest.” [bio] [tab] Warn Defever [interview]

hisnameisalive.com

“This World Is Not My Home”
[google]

]]> http://thedossiers.net/his-name-is-alive/feed/ 0 Modern-Age songwriters http://thedossiers.net/modern-age-songwriters/ http://thedossiers.net/modern-age-songwriters/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:21:44 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=598 The lyricists and composers who were the architects of the American songbook

Burt Bacharach

(b. 1928)

“Alfie”
“Magic Moments” (Perry Como’s best?)
“Promises, Promises”
“Walk on By”

A House Is Not A Homepage

[video] [google] [wikipedia] [discography]

John Blackburn

(1913-2006)

“Lonesome Blues”
“Moonlight in Vermont”
(each verse is a haiku) [more]
“Need You”
“It Never Entered My Mind”
 “Susquehanna”

[google] [wikipedia][photo and obit]

Sammy Cahn

(1913-1933)

“A Pocketful of Miracles”
“The Tender Trap”

[bio] [oscars article]

Hoagy Carmichael

(1899-1981)

“Star Dust”

[wikipedia]

Vernon Duke

(1903-1969)

“April in Paris”
“Autumn in New York”

[wikipedia]
[google]

Maury Laws

[home page]

Johnny Mercer

(1909-1976)

“Moon River”
“Fools Rush In”
“Blues in the Night”
“Laura”
 “Charade”

[wikipedia]

Mitchell Parish

(1900-1993)

“Sleigh Ride”
“Sweet Lorraine”
“Volare” (English)

[google][wikipedia]

Jimmy Van Heusen

(1913-1990)

“The Tender Trap”
“I Thought About You”
“Polka Dots and Moonbeams”
“It Could Happen To You”

[ascap]
[chords] [home page] [wikipedia] [britannica] [google]

The Jimmy Van Heusen Collection of Musical Works and Papers, 1920-1991 [search]

]]> http://thedossiers.net/modern-age-songwriters/feed/ 0 Camden Joy http://thedossiers.net/camden-joy/ http://thedossiers.net/camden-joy/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:56:49 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=596 Late 90s indie-rock rantster — perpetrated a successful series of NYC poster pranks — got a book deal, became author, wrote many — now over and gone.

Early coverage in Salon (1997); eventually Gale Research made a bio. See also “Camden Joy’s pop obsession” by Jennifer Pryzybylski (1999)

Aquarius records exhibit (defunct)

[google]

Books

Lost Joy [excerpt] [interview] [review]

Camden Joy, self-titled box set (Highwater Books)

The lost manifestoes of Camden Joy

New York Post Modern, various artists, spoken word audio CD (Hits Post Modern Syndrome)

The Last Rock Star Book: Or Liz Phair, a Rant [excerpt]

Articles

“The Way the Cracker Crumbles,” Village Voice (March 28, 2000)

“Ghost Town,” Village Voice (March 7, 2000)

“Total Systems Failure,” Village Voice (January 18, 2000)

For further reading

If this is all too rock-n-roll, there’s also the 2006 memoir of Joy Camden, an English ballerina.


]]> http://thedossiers.net/camden-joy/feed/ 0 Brainwash http://thedossiers.net/brainwash/ http://thedossiers.net/brainwash/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:20:34 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=565 Was a late-80s early-90s Cleveland radio legend when WCSB DJ Steve Wainstead would play the Flipper song “Brainwash” (with all its like, and then uh, I dunno, seven or eight words of lyrics) and take live calls on the air; the caller would speak, rant or otherwise make noise, sometimes with random confusion until finally cut off, the song went back on — and this would continue hypnotically for minutes and minutes every night, addictive to both listen to and take part in. [history]

Some people out there made airchecks of this stuff and now you can get it on the nets. Get an MP3 (circa 1988) from Wainstead’s (hopefully growing) online archive of shows.

The first WCSB broadcast from the Cole Center Thurs. 10/16/08 was Brainwash

Google

]]> http://thedossiers.net/brainwash/feed/ 0 Analog recordings http://thedossiers.net/analog-recording/ http://thedossiers.net/analog-recording/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:12:54 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=563 tinfoil.com: Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders

ARSCLIST: recorded sound discussion list archives
How analog tape recorders work (and how to get good sound out of them)

]]> http://thedossiers.net/analog-recording/feed/ 0 Night clubs of the 90s http://thedossiers.net/night-clubs-of-the-90s/ http://thedossiers.net/night-clubs-of-the-90s/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:11:22 +0000 admin http://thedossiers.net/?p=561 Most are gone long enough to be memoired about [videos]

Michigan

Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

Ohio

Cleveland

The Nine of Clubs was the “progressive” place to be … but by the time the 90s kicked in it became the Alter House, and then it was gone. Featured on the “Lost in the 80s” site: Lost in Cleveland - The Nine of Clubs. Urban archeologist James Teitelbaum published a memoir of his time there.

Columbus

Crazy Mama’s (High St., across from the OSU campus) and Mean Mr. Mustard’s were the places to be. Mark Gunderson used to have a page about these places and all sorts of 90s Columbus GenX goodness, long gone [archive] that also included a list of good thrift shops, with descriptions and ratings. [archive]

Cincinnati

Bogart’s

Sudsy Malone’s “Rock ‘N Roll Laundry and Bar,” a club that was in a laundromat…

Bowling Green

Washington

The Store Room was a Seattle club/bar on Westlake Ave with awesome shows and one of the best “grunge” comp CDs ever, Here’s to the Losers (1991?) [ftp (!) review] (The Store Room’s mentioned in Mudhoney’s first newsletter and the CD was reviewed in Review Addict late 1990s)

Crocodile Cafe: The Croc’s closed

Canada

Discussion of old Victoria clubs

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