August 2011
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Caryn Rose, Maura Johnston, Judy McGuire, Jillian...
bookstalker:
Caryn Rose skipped her high school prom to see the Clash. In other words, she’s legit.
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great storm playlist!
paulisded:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it’s a hack idea to play “weather” songs in response to Hurricane Irene. What else am I going to do on a lazy Sunday morning? So here it is - just under two hours of tunes that deal with hurricanes, rain, storms, and people named Irene. There’s lots of great tunes…
Tonight's Live Ledge
paulisded:
It’s a current events show tonight, as I have tunes to celebrate the release of the West Memphis 3, birthday greetings to Jeff Tweedy and others, and a musical tribute to recently deceased songwriter Jerry Leiber.
Live Ledge airs via the Realpunkradio network from 5-7 pm CST. Join the chat at either realpunkradio.com or scotthudson.blogspot.com!
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EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN: An amusing anecdote... →
grungebook:
Susan Silver, Chris Cornell’s ex-wife and the former manager of Soundgarden, discusses Cornell’s affect on the ladies in this excerpt from the upcoming book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge: “The female attention never ruffled me. I felt we had such security in our…
Susan Silver is amazing.
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“Smashing Pumpkins. Puddle of Mudd. Silverchair. Bush. Muse. Ash. Courtney Love....”
– rock critic Everett True, busting the “myth” that “grunge had a great legacy” (via grungebook)
"You sure know a lot about music for a girl," a...
My book launch party is tomorrow night (8/25)! With writers from Rolling Stone, Billboard and the Village Voice. There will be drink specials! Fun! Music! Excitement!
At the Soft Spot in Williamsburg, 7pm. BE THERE.
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“People who commit crimes don’t read the Wall... →
placesweusedtogo:
Seriously, fuck you.
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#maura4vmas
maura:
There’s a hashtag now. (Thanks Clare!!) SPREAD IT AROUND, PEOPLE.
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HECTOR'S COMING IN A HURRY WITH A BEER HE'S...
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
oh wait, wrong line
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Hindu Love Gods - Raspberry...
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Facebook, please stop removing the Nevermind album...
nirvananews:
http://bit.ly/ocFuWK
great. facebook is censoring the effing Nirvana “Nevermind” cover? WOULD YOU ALL JUST STOP USING FACEBOOK SO IT WOULD GO AWAY
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Rock Scene →
When I was a teenager, my father used to go into NYC for business on a fairly regular basis, and he would always be willing to stop into a record store or bring me a copy of the Village…
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DJ'ing and sitting around talking about music
The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, the Rolling Stones, the Replacements… listen to me talk about the songs that were the emotional high points in B-SIDES AND BROKEN HEARTS, along with chat about baseball and record collecting and Phil Collins (no really) on the latest episode of THE LEDGE, by Scott Hudson.
“The world is divided into two types of people, as far as I’m concerned....”
– Bill See, author of 33 DAYS, on B-sides and Broken Hearts
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The Ledge #82: Author Caryn Rose
paulisded:
I just put up my latest episode of The Ledge, and it is a great one! I interviewed Caryn Rose, who recently released her debut novel, B-Sides and Broken Hearts. If you like High Fidelity, you’ll also love this one.
For more info on this episode, check out the post on my website - http://scotthudson.blogspot.com/2011/08/ledge-82-author-caryn-rose.html
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memories of the croc →
In answer to this tweet asking for memories of the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle:
THE CROC: the line along the plate glass. the chicken fingers. the neon sheep. drinking whiskey in the back bar. THE…
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“Yuka Honda: When we started to play, for the first time in my life, girls would...”
– Yuka Honda of the bands Cibo Matto and If By Yes interviews Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YarDs for the website kevchino.com. (via amyandronicus)
Amazing comments about women creating art.
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