After my depressing post this morning, I thought I’d lighten things up, WAY up, with this sweet clip from last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for this week’s Video Fridays installment. I’ve been a HUGE fan of Jeff Tweedy, since his days in Uncle Tupelo, through his over 20 years in Wilco, and … Continue reading Video Fridays: Jeff Tweedy & Stephen Colbert
So, it’s happened again. I’ve written before about how I fancy myself quite the student of music, and yet, despite my diligent efforts to know what’s going on, I occasionally discover that a particular band or artist has somehow escaped my attention. Well, this time it’s ’90s indie, alt, rock, or whatever you wanna call … Continue reading Video Fridays: Pavement
Putting a music group together is a fickle and challenging process, often filled with drama and angst, frustration and resignation. You have to find a band of people who all like the same music, have similar levels of musical competency, have similar levels of availability for practice and gigs, have all the gear they need, … Continue reading Video Fridays: Legendary Band Breakups: Uncle Tupelo
A friend of mine, in response to the news this morning from Boston, wrote on Facebook: Here come the drum beats, the war cries, the schizoid retaliatory crimes… Sadly, I think he’s right. This is how the cycle of violence rolls on and on and on. As I tried to think of a video for … Continue reading Best of Fish & Bicycles: Video Fridays: Marvin Gaye
Originally Published: April 15, 2011 I’ve written several times about my love and appreciation for the art of interpretation, especially as it applies to cover songs. Well, today I came across a video of my favorite band, Wilco, doing a cover of a somewhat obscure Neil Young chestnut, Broken Arrow, from Neil’s days in Buffalo … Continue reading Best of Fish & Bicycles: Video Fridays: Neil Young Covers
What can I say, it’s been a pretty musical week here at Fish & Bicycles, with my posts yesterday and Tuesday, and now today’s Video Fridays installment features a song that came on Pandora this morning, a song I love a lot. Marvin Gaye was a deeply soulful artist, a troubled human being like so … Continue reading Video Fridays: Marvin Gaye
I’ve written several times about my love and appreciation for the art of interpretation, especially as it applies to cover songs. Well, today I came across a video of my favorite band, Wilco, doing a cover of a somewhat obscure Neil Young chestnut, Broken Arrow, from Neil’s days in Buffalo Springfield. And, as is often … Continue reading Video Fridays: Neil Young Covers
One of the things that I love about creativity, is that there are so many ways to be creative, enough ways, in fact, that it is entirely possible for every human being to find some kind of creative outlet. I’d even argue that having a creative outlet is essential for true wellness. I’ve always been … Continue reading The art of interpretation
So, someone at Paste really needs to proofread more. From a post today: Bumbershoot, the West Coast’s response to summer festivals with mystifying monikers, released the lineup for its 40th annual throwdown yesterday via Bumbershoot.org. By mystifying monikers, I have to assume that they are referring to the likes of Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, but how … Continue reading In Defense of Bumbershoot
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