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What’s not to Like?

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

So there’s this music blog the Heidelbergerin turned me on to. That blog is now more or less defunct, but one of the last gems I learned about through it was The Like.

I took a listen to some of their earlier stuff after falling out of my chair sampling their album Release Me, and it didn’t appeal to me as much. It would seem Mark Ronson's and Dap-Kings' influence on their sound is a really, really good thing.

I like the sound of bands like The Cyrkle and early Who. The Rubber Souly, mid-60s, not-quite-Strawberry-Alarm-Clock sound is a good fit for a retro girl-group act like theirs.

Here’s the first track which attracted me to them:

But how did those people in the video steal all my dance moves?

And an acoustic double-header:

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Fun a cappella takes on songs you’ve probably heard

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Is there anyone with access to any sort of electronics who hasn’t heard the original version of this song?

Compare to Christopher Walken’s rendition:

The original Knights of Cydonia by Muse (this song rocks):

…and this outstanding one-man a cappella cover of it:

For this last one, be sure check out the original first, if you don’t already know it (and everyone in Germany, if not Europe, already does, since it’s the Eurovision 2010 contest winner):

I like this guy’s version so much better! Also, he’s got better moves than she does.

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Attention local Friends of the Funk

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

funky_good_time_anthology.jpgThis just in (though I think Sarah told me about it some time ago and today I was reminded of it again): Funk legend Fred Wesley and the New JB’s are playing at Alte Mälzerei in Regensburg on Friday, April 16th. Do you know who this guy is? He was James Brown’s band leader, composer, arranger, etc., and later went on to collaborate with Parliament / Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins. He is working on some neat Klezmer-Funk fusion stuff under the moniker Abraham Inc.

This show promises to be one not to miss. Who’s with me on this one?

Here’s a sampler:
[audio:http://www.regensblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fred.mp3]

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Prisencolinensinainciusol — Oll Raight

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

With my best thanks to C for her post over at Futile Diatribes:

See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today’s Big Thing.

Hit Wikipedia for some details on the song. It’s trying to sound like English without actually being English. I think it works!

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Bürgerfest 2009′s Best Bandnames

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Now that the Bürgerfest 2009 has come and gone, I want to share with you my favorite band names and genre descriptions from the actual, official Bürgerfest 2009 program. These are all real. Even the typos, if there are any.

Band Name Genre Description
Hongkong Tits Bavarian Rock’n Roll
Midlife Crisis Rock
pet us to deeth noise pop
sullen silence Indie
Röckl Pop, Jazz und Rock mit bayerischen Texten
Senna Hoy Anarcho Deutschrock
Fanfara Kalaschnikov Balkan-Speed-Brass-Rock aus Rumänien
Chicken Shakers Rock’n Roll
Brittipoppers Britpop von Oasis bis Beatles
Coffin Factory Rock & Pop
Michael Sings for Papa Joe Joe Cocker Coverband
Motherfunkers 100 prozent Funk
VierUndOane Ü30/Oldienight, Rock, Pop, Oldies
Rockomotive Breath
Robn Roll 2 Gitarren – unzählige Hits
The All Migthy Guys Rock, Pop, Lehrerband vs. Schüler
Jearsy Bon Jovi Coverband
Sunny Bottom Boys Hilly-Billy, Bluegrass, Rockabilly

Who could resist a weekend of that? Can’t wait to see what they roll out next year.

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I wanted Moldova to win

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

…and not just because I spend a lot of time in that area on work travel. I like that kind of music. Here’s their entry:

Read up on Eurovision if you’re curious about the contest.

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Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads: Musik in riesiger Auswahl

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads: Musik in riesiger Auswahl: “”

Hey, when did this happen? I’ve been waiting around for this for like a YEAR! I already bought a bunch of albums at less than five euros a pop…stand by for some recommendations after I’ve had a solid listen.

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apropos of nothing

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

I can’t even tell you how I found this clip — it’s the magic of online music at amazon.com combined with some weird stream of consciousness on my part. Click here and make sure your speakers are on. It’s a little (less than a minute) classical music and a famous narrator…though I’m sure he’s not famous for narrating. Cracks me and Sarah up.

Oh, and it’s not political in any way I am aware of, in case the last post was a little too topical.

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Cold, Wet, Jazzy Sunday

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Ham PieUnfortunately, the music today was also pretty terrible. You could tell the motivation just wasn’t there, because so many people weren’t there, because it was just so insistent with the rain. We’d intended to get brunch at Vitus, since a zippy-looking band was scheduled to play there, but when we got there, the sky had already opened up and everything inside was absolutely packed. So we mosied over to the Hotel Orphée instead. After a little bit of confusion with the waitress (we didn’t know they had a special Jazzfest Weekend menu and she didn’t know we’d been looking at the ordinary one), huddling together under a drippy awning outside we enjoyed a lovely couple of Milchkaffees and Quiche Lorraine — known to the likes of Po fondly as “ham pie.”

So, without further ado, today’s audio samplage:
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p7133727And just for good measure: here’s a couple of Döner spindles. I guess the one on the left is in the process of thawing.

p7133739Oh, and a THINGpad? (Click it and look closely.) I guess, for many around here, “sink,” “think,” “thing,” and “think” are all mutually indistinguishable.

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Big Cuke / Chess Fest 2008 opening night

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

First the interesting part — check out this cucumber we spotted at Edeka today while shopping!

Big Cuke

Next, a sampler from Chess Fest 2008′s opening night last night:
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Locals: wondering why Sarah’s not to be found outside the apartment this weekend? Here’s why. To be fair, the weather was positively awful. The wind noise at the beginning of the track was that of wind getting amplified through the salsa band’s microphones and speakers, not my MD recorder. It was pouring. So I gotta give ‘em credit for gumption inspite of the weather, at least.

I’m hoping for some less whitebread-sounding stuff this evening. Stumbling upon something as cool as the Jazz Police like at last year’s Bürgerfest would be redeeming.

Jazzfest Jazzfest Jazzfest

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