Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Donna Summer “I Feel Love”

Posted on May 17, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

Today Donna Summer appears to have passed away. For many of us Donna Summer was a staple of Lite radio with songs like “Last Dance” and “Hot Stuff”, likely not the coolest thing going but solid pop radio songs non the less. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Lou Reed “New York Telephone Conversation”

Posted on May 16, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

Lou Reed has been called by some “the Man Who Brought Art To Rock.” It is a lofty title but with Reed’s association with Andy Warhol, his roots in New York loft spaces and his interest in everything from poetry and painting, to film work and performance art it seems he merits the title. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Brian Eno “Here He Comes”

Posted on May 15, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

With all the focus on “Brian Eno weird sonic innovator” it often feels like “Brian Eno weird pop songwriter” gets short-shrift. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Gang of Four “Anthrax”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

I recall an interview with Radiohead before the release of their iconoclastic Kid A record. An executive worried to the person writing the Spin Magazine article that Thom Yorke might think of Radiohead as “more of an art project than a band.” Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Nirvana “I Hate Myself And I Want To Die”

Posted on May 11, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

When I was a tyke we bought cassette tapes and listened to them until they wore straight through. One of my favorites was the 1993 release The Beavis And Butthead Experience. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Liars “Tumbling Walls Buried Us With Debris And ESG”

Posted on May 10, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

“Tumbling Walls Buried Us With Debris And ESG” is one of a collection of essentially perfect post punk from Liars stellar debut They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Schoolboy Q festuring A$AP Rocky “Hand On the Wheel”

Posted on May 9, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

Sometimes a hip-hop track “drops” and makes me flip my lid for a week before quickly falling into the darkest recesses of my iPod never to be heard from again. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: ABBA “Love Isn’t Easy(But It Sure IS Hard Enough)”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

I prefer Abba to the Beatles. I’m not saying they are more important or more innovative or more influential. I am simply saying they are better. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Beastie Boys(Adam Yauch) “I Don’t Know”

Posted on May 7, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

On Friday a legend and a personal icon of everything that being a great music fan and a great person should mean Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys passed away. Continue reading →

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Today’s “Best Song Ever”: Cat Power “Nude As the News”

Posted on May 4, 2012 by TimD

By Tim Duffy

Chan Marshal aka Cat Power has one of the most affecting voices in indie rock. For many that voice first came to focus on the classic slab of indie rock that is What Would the Community Think? Continue reading →

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