rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 17, 2009, 1:26 am
Classic Tom Waits, w/ a little of "Silent Night" thrown in for good measure: hey Charley I'm pregnant and living on 9-th street right above a dirty bookstore off cuclid avenue and I stopped takin...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 10:45 pm
Another Christmas "yes":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 1:44 am
Our annual marathon of classic Christmas show from The Golden Age Of Radio begins on Christmas Eve Thursday at 2pm ET/11am PT in North America and goes through Chrstmas Day and on Saturday; here's...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 1:23 am
A BIG Christmas "yes":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 1:05 am
The Legendary TO hardcore band Fucked Up has recorded the Band Aid Seasonal classic Do They Know It's Christmas?" w/ vocals from Yo La Tengo, GZA, Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), Bob Mould, Tegan &...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 11:57 pm
Though it's only incidentally about Christmas, Will Oldham's "Christmastime In The Mountains" is one of my must-listen songs every year at this time. Perfectly odd, perfectly moving music: ...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 8:26 pm
It wouldn't be Christmas without this:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 10, 2009, 1:25 am
Vintage Christmas Awesomeness:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 9, 2009, 9:15 pm
Yours truly made it down to Rexall Place here in town to catch Draw 10 of The Roar Of The Rings and I had a blast, w/ the atmosphere being off the charts even if some of the games (Koe-Howard being th...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 1:27 am
I can't believe it's been 29 years since his assasination. I'll never, ever forget that night:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 1:00 am
A big Christmas yes:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 11:42 pm
I'm trying to fit some TV/Internet watching of this week's Trials between work shift and only caught a glimpse of the Team Middaugh-Team Howard game today on TSN; the CCA has the Media Scrum h...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 6, 2009, 3:07 am
One of my big regrets since moving up here was never seeing Richard Buckner live at the time he lived here in Edmonton, which is really inexcusable since I've been a Buckner worshipper since 1995&...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 6, 2009, 1:55 am
I got a very nice email (I mean, other then the usual "Would it KILL YOU to just consider playing Nickelback on your show??" ones) the other day from a Gentleman from in Auckland, New Zealand named Ja...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 3, 2009, 12:24 pm
My friend Rainer Bronner at Sunshine Treeshade asked us here at the station to be involved at next week's Human Rights Day at The Hydeaway and we didn't have to think twice. From Rainer: Uni...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 11:24 pm
Classic:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 29, 2009, 3:23 am
From Dr. Miller's classic series, two old friends discuss both the physical (and metaphysical) process of playing a musical piece on the piano:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 12:33 am
Any Trouble's "Second Choice" is a reggae new-wave pure pop charm:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 12:30 am
Yes:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 2:34 am
Excellent video from Edmonton's best band , off their brand new record, "Hauntario":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 12, 2009, 1:08 am
The greatest avant-pop song of all-time. Although he was never as great a guitar player as he thought he was, Lou Reed's 2 solos here are pure atonal abrasive beauty: "And then my mind split open...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 11, 2009, 3:45 am
We here at Radio Enigma are very proud to be an official event support broadcaster to next week's War Child Benefit at The Avenue Theatre here in Edmonton being presented by Sunshine Treeshade soc...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 6, 2009, 12:56 am
Kevin House paints his songs w/ spare, flowing words into impressonistic, melancholy vingettes that are just beautiful:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 7:33 pm
The new one from the Canadian Gothic project. I'm playing a perfectly beautiful Silvertone guitar I bought at a Value Village(?!) in Saskatoon a couple years ago and until this track, never seemed...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 12:18 am
Perfectly sly:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 31, 2009, 8:30 pm
Happy Halloween, folks! Listen LIVE to Radio Enigma
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 7:20 pm
In honor of Halloween tomorrow night, here's one of the great existential horror films of all-time (and my favorite), Herk Harvey's "Carnival Of Souls":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 1:01 am
Del Amitri is another of those sadly underaapreciated bands that have written some great songs and should have been much bigger; "This Side Of The Morning" off Waking Hours has always been a musical p...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 13, 2009, 9:18 pm
But I won't be speaking; ( I know I know; good for you..); I'm getting over a bad cold and my voice is shot. Hopefully for you lucky devil my voice will return by Wednesday and I'll also t...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 13, 2009, 9:01 pm
I got an email today from my friend Chris Martyniuk letting me now the the late, lamented Songwriter's Stage that was hosted originally by hulbert's and rebroadcast by Radio Enigma lives start...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 11, 2009, 2:30 am
Breathtaking:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 8, 2009, 1:39 am
Classic Andy:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 5, 2009, 11:09 pm
As you probably know from the show, I'm a Charles Bukowski fanboy for going on 30 years. It's no lie that his words kept me alive when I was at the bottom more than a few times. That being s...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 5, 2009, 9:34 pm
I'll admit it: even though My Dinner With Andre is my favorite film of all-time and Andy Kaufman's My Breakfast With Blassie is (depending on your view) a not so much homage as Film Snob targe...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Oct 1, 2009, 1:06 am
This has been such a horrible year for losing wonderful artists and w/ the news on the death of Americana fiddler Amy Farris this past weekend, it gets more tragic. Amy had been playing w/ Dave Alvin...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 1:53 am
A classic slice of hardcore Rockabilly by The Old Possum; listen to that sleazy, frisky lead guitar for cryin' out loud!:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 1:38 am
Classic:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 1:17 am
Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs Of Mark Mulcahy has just been released and it's well worth a listen, even if you're not aware of the moving and reflective songs Mark Mulcahy has written in the...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 1:03 am
I've been waiting for Chris Hickey's new CD Razzmatazz to be released; it's here, and it's as wonderful and sly as his best work, both solo and w/ Show Of Hands. Chris is an underapp...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 29, 2009, 2:14 am
My older brother had a to this day unexplainable habit of playing certain 45rpm singles in his collection in 33 1/3rpm to both slow down the tempo and lower the voice to a lower key. I never found out...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 24, 2009, 9:01 pm
The gout flare-up is getting better; pumping myself full of every remedy known to man I was bound to hit something that worked, right? No show tonight, but I'll be back Friday night and get throug...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 23, 2009, 1:50 pm
Sorry folks; my gout has returned w/ a vengence and holy crap it hurts. Ugh, time to start chugging apple cider vinegar...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 10, 2009, 1:39 am
Just beautiful:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 9, 2009, 12:42 am
... , what a show. It always kills me when I hear "Living Life", and finally hearing it live was worth the wait. ... living living living living living living living life Oh I'm hoping thou...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 8, 2009, 11:50 am
I hope everybody had a great Labour/Labor Day wherever you were; Mrs. Recluse, the kitty, and yours truly did just relaxing and enjoying each other's company. Yes my friends, Curling season is up...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 6, 2009, 2:06 am
Wow, this is great stuff; taped in 1965 on a local Nashville TV show; you can see the glimmers of the 1967-70 Hendrix As Rock God in this amazing clip:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 1:19 am
It was Mrs. Recluse's birthday today; we had a great day/night enjoying each other's company and shutting out the outside world for awhile. I want to dedicate this classic song by Lennon to he...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 10:01 pm
I'll take this awesome version by the Legendary Tiny Tim over Rod Stert's version any day of the week:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 9:30 pm
Hilarious:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 27, 2009, 2:15 am
Absolutely classic, and the shit-eating grin The Godfather Of Soul has on his face as Pavoratti sings is pure gold:
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