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Soothes the savage beast.
One of my all-time favorite ‘contemporary old-timey’ songs, though the minor version halfway through took me by surprise.
They take their name from Ithaca being ironcially crowned as one of nation’s most evil cities during the hysteria of the early ’00s. If you’re brave, you can see them at the Chapter House tonight. (It’s the first weekend with students back in full-force, so wear protective gear.)
Much more old-timey goodness from this set via YouTube.
Carrie Rodriguez (My Space) new CD She Ain’t Me is out and on the AMA charts. Available in the usual retail outlets or at her website.
7 Angels on a Bicycle from her last CD.
This week, Ellis Hollow celebrates and salutes Ken and Carina at TrädgÃ¥rdsdrömmar, who this week were chosen most beautiful garden in Sweden 2008, by the magazine Drömhem & TrädgÃ¥rd. How to celebrate? With some of the other fine things Sweden has bestowed on those who appreciate the finer things, Absolut, Nils von Dardel and The Hives — perhaps the finest garage-punk band in recent years.
I’m not a big fan of amateur YouTube videos set to tunes. But this one is quite good.
And if you can’t get enough Faces, here’s live ’71 performance of Gasoline Alley/Around the Plynth .
Or rather continues to do good. Donna the Buffalo, host band of the local Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival, has a new CD out, Silverlined. It premiered on the Americana charts at 30 this week. Here’s one of my favorites in their repertoire, Seminole Wind: