*waves* Anyone got Stan Rogers' "Down the Road"? You'd be doing me a very great favour. :) All comments screened and all help gratefully accepted.

ETA: Got it, thank you so much! :)

I love Fred Thursday. That is all.

ETA: And in other news, I have tickets to see Doctor John in July and John Cleese in September, about three days before I take off for London again! Whee! :)

And If you need a boost to your Monday, I highly recommend looking at Bradley's face. <3 ( Read more... )

Laurence Fox's new video is up, and it's as gorgeous as the song!

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Yay! I hope this is a big hit for him.

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I didn't have much luck with the last music request, so maybe it wasn't meant to be. Let's try this: Billie Holliday's version of "Our Love is Here to Stay", perhaps? Any assistance very gratefully accepted. :) (All comments screened) Sorted, thank you ( Read more... )

Anyone got either the Patti Page or the Mel Tormé version of "The Glory of Love"? (All commments screened ( Read more... )

First, anyone know of a non-douchey (i.e., not Amazon or iTunes) site where I can buy CDs or MP3s without feeling like I'm contributing to the fucking over of the workers?

ETA: I have recs for cdbaby, abebooks, magnatune and emusic, thanks! :)

And second, would anyone happen to have this Stevie Wonder track lying around? All comments screened, ( Read more... )

Donald "Duck" Dunn is gone.He was my favourite bassist, an inspiration and a revelation when I took up the instrument more than 25 years ago. When I was sixteen, I could think of no musician it would be more cool to be. And you know what? I still think that ( Read more... )

Oh, wow, I have been looking for this for ages, and some wonderful person has finally put it up on YouTube - one of the ginormous hits of Québec music in the 80s, Paul Piché's Sur Ma Peau. He is such a goofy, floppy-haired stud in his tight jeans and bigass 80s coat. :)

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(linkI became a huge fan of Québec music during my McGill years in the late ( Read more... )

robanybody has got me in a musical mood with her posts about Gene and Judy and Fred, so I thought I'd share one of my faves, from 1953's The Band Wagon:

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(linkThis number illustrates what made Fred Astaire great - his ability to dance to almost anything. By '53, the muscular style of Gene Kelly and choreographers like Michael Kidd was prevalent, and you ( Read more... )

Laurence Fox's website and music video is live!

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