rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 16, 2011, 8:32 pm
radioenigma.ca has officially opened and as a result, The Recluse Show Blog will go into archive mode. For all readers of the blog since 2007, thank you and I hope you follow me over to the new site (and new station feed) to see and hear pretty much what you've expected here for the last 4 years. T...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 13, 2011, 2:02 am
Hypnotic:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Sep 2, 2011, 3:02 am
This is how you play it smooth and hip, kids:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 30, 2011, 2:00 am
I bought a copy of this on the advice of a nameless record store clerk in Cleveland in 1983:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 30, 2011, 1:57 am
Way underrated songwriter, and the best thing he's ever done:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 23, 2011, 2:22 am
Safe Passage, Jack:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 20, 2011, 4:52 am
The best moment off The Setters, w/ words to live by:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 19, 2011, 2:43 am
One beautiful Yes:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 17, 2011, 2:33 am
Anders Parker's greatest song:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 16, 2011, 2:12 am
It's not often that you see a classic song being recorded for the first time. EDIT: I spoke too soon; see the comments:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 13, 2011, 4:35 am
Gump Worsley was the last goalie in the NHL to play without a mask, and his face was as lived-in and told as many stories as Charles Bukowki's:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 11, 2011, 1:50 am
Yes:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 9, 2011, 8:14 pm
Richard Buckner's new album Our Blood is a maasterpiece, all shadows, melancholy, and layered emotions as w/ his best work. "Confession" is brilliant:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 4, 2011, 2:35 am
The Collins Kids have had a fascinating 50+ years in music, and this sidetrack is it's most interesting:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 4, 2011, 12:54 am
Trance-like and utterly fascinating:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 1, 2011, 11:44 pm
Neil Sedaka's hilariously over the top song fits the Mondo feel of this Grade Z camp classic quite nicely:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Aug 1, 2011, 4:50 am
The IRS-era R.E.M. really were The Beatles of College Rock and in it's history arc, "Talk About The Passion" is "All My Loving":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 25, 2011, 2:41 am
"And everything comes in threes/but your face shows two..":
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 19, 2011, 2:53 am
One of my eternal regrets is that I never had an ice-cold Mickey's Malt Liquor at Junior's Juke Joint and watched his pulverizing blues drone in person:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 18, 2011, 3:19 am
Pure grain tenor and a union man:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 14, 2011, 3:23 am
History:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 9, 2011, 4:45 am
The best version of The Ass Ponys' classic, and even Chuck Cleaver agrees:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 6, 2011, 2:48 am
Brilliant, sombre, and melancholy genius:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jul 5, 2011, 3:21 am
In his pre- "Hogan's Heroes" days, Bob Crane had a gig at KNX AM in Los Angeles in the morning drive slot and interviewed any number of guestsbetween spinning the platters of the day; this snippet of an interview Crane did w/ Rod Serling, where they talk about the classic Twilight Zone episode "The ...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 30, 2011, 2:36 am
Richmond Fontaine has a new album coming out sone called "The High Country" and Willy's in good form here singing the title track:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 28, 2011, 2:53 am
Catherine Irwin's voice is the grain of the soul:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 27, 2011, 8:21 pm
Very underappreciated band:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 23, 2011, 3:31 am
Mark Davis is Edmonton's best songwriter and his side project, the electro-folk Concealer is one of Edmonton's best bands:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 22, 2011, 2:46 am
He hated these things of course, and he's absolutely smashed and chippy w/ the hecklers and adoring crowd. But he's Bukowski:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 20, 2011, 4:27 pm
Radio Enigma will be premiering a brand new From The Laboratory Saturday June 25 at 8pm ET/5pm PT w/ my brother HB3 to coincide w/ the release of his multimedia (CD/Book) "Magic Circles". You can listen to Radio Enigma HERE; until then here's some HB3:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 17, 2011, 3:07 am
Steven Roback's work going back to The Rain Parade (one of the best bands ever to come out of LA) has been full of bittersweet lyrics and melancholy chord changes that hit the proverbial sweet spot of the soul, and his band Viva Saturn carried on w/ that model:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 13, 2011, 11:55 pm
My brother HB3 is playing June 25th at The Folly Bowl in Altadena, CA in support of his brand-new multimedia (CD and book) release, "Magic Circles". Besides being one helluva writer he's also one of the best (and most slyly innovative) musicians out there, and the music he creates is just as express...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 9, 2011, 12:39 am
Former Old Reliable co-frontman (and Edmonton's best songwriter) Mark Davis has a new CD called Eliminate The Toxins, a controlled, electric set of songs that snake through Folk, Downtown, and a pinch of Electronica that's as compelling as arresting:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 7, 2011, 2:10 am
Harry Crews is a goddamn genius:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 7, 2011, 2:10 am
Harry Crews is a goddamn genius:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 6, 2011, 2:09 am
Bill Malonee is one of the greatest songwriters alive:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - Jun 3, 2011, 3:02 am
Up there w/ Dinosaur Jr.'s awesome cover:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 31, 2011, 11:30 pm
Wow, I never saw this one coming. My friend Al Cameron of the Calgary Herald has a story up on his excellent curling blog saying that Randy Ferbey is in talks to coach the Russian Curling Program w/ an eye on whipping them into shape just in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. given ...
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 29, 2011, 5:57 am
A Hero.
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 27, 2011, 2:12 am
Safe passage, Miss Carrington:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 26, 2011, 12:52 am
The excellent Brooklyn band Falcon have a new record out, and it's the best album of 2011 so far:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 23, 2011, 8:18 pm
Classic Edmonton music:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 23, 2011, 1:38 am
The greatest power-pop song ever, and it's not close:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 23, 2011, 1:07 am
My favorite scene from one of my favorite films:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 22, 2011, 4:00 am
Grant Hart is a fucking genius, and I'll stand on Bob Mould's Flying V in my Chuck Taylor's and speak it proudly:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 20, 2011, 2:15 am
There's never been anyone like Mrs. Miller:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 20, 2011, 1:38 am
This is taking me away to a wonderful place:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 17, 2011, 2:47 am
Yes:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 17, 2011, 2:44 am
The horrible wildfires that destroyed 40 percent of Slave Lake, AB Sunday is a disaster that we here in Alberta (and all of Canada) are still trying to process:
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rev R. posted an article on The Recluse Show Blog - May 11, 2011, 1:37 am
Hypnotic:
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