One of my all time favorites from The Faces featuring Rod Stewart, more so for Stewart’s voice and incredible footballer’s hairdo and Ronnie Wood‘s guitar than the content of the lyrics. The Faces were formed in the summer of 1969 when Stewart and Wood replaced Small Faces’ vocalist Steve Marriott, joining existing members bassist Ronnie…
Revisiting Acquiring John Mayberry Jr.
The Phillies entered the 2011 season minus an All-Star right fielder, down a top prospect, and with a lot of question marks after Ryan Howard‘s place in the line-up. An unlikely hero was found Opening Day when John Mayberry Jr., the fourth or possibly fifth outfielder at the time,had a pinch-hit single in the 9th…
What I’m Jamming To: May 18, 2011
Jamming to some Matthew Sweet today. The title track from his 1991 album Girlfriend, this is probably Sweet’s most recognizable and commercially successful tune, earning him appearances on various late night television shows. The album peaked at 100 in the Billboard Top 200 and was influenced heavily by Sweet’s divorce. Robert Quine, who played on…
What I’m Jamming To: May 17, 2011
Not originally released in America, this is 1978’s “Another Girl, Another Planet” by the Only Ones, one of the early flag bearers of the power pop, new wave cross-over. This is one of the reasons I love YouTube; where else would this video possibly turn up?
What I’m Jamming To: May 16, 2011
Here’s a gem from 1978, the Australian power-pop quintet The Sports with “Who Listens to the Radio?” off of their album Don’t Throw Stones. Try not to clap your hands along to this one.
Chooch Bobblehead = Thank You Chris
You know you have really good friends when you’re unable to go to a Phillies’s game a year prior and they remind you that they picked you up an extra Carlos Ruiz bobble-head stadium giveaway and give it to you without asking for anything in return. Thanks Chris!
Steve Forbert: Music Video Superstar
It is no secret that I am both a Wikipedia and folk music junkie. I have spent many hours, probably days at this point, clicking from one Wiki link to another, just following a random flow of whatever information I find interesting. I look up everything from game shows to particle physics, unicycles to unicorns. These…
What I’m Jamming To: May 13, 2011
You ever hear someone’s voice and then either meet them or see them in a video and they look nothing like you pictured them? This is definitely one of those instances. The Sweat’s early 80’s power-pop hit “Why’d Ya Have To Lie?”.
When Pete Orr plays, the Phillies win.
Or maybe not, actually. By winning tonight, the Phillies are 24-12 and likely would not have won without Pete Orr’s two key doubles. The stat that amazes me is that the Phillies are 9-11 when Pete Orr plays and just 15-1 when he doesn’t. This is obviously due to a number of factors: game is…
What I’m Jamming To: May 11, 2011
And this is how you open your debut album and stay relevant 30+ years later. Much love to Elvis in this performance from November 8, 2007.
Live From the Lehigh Valley 