I was only 8 years old, but i’d been listening to The Beatles my entire life (still do), thanks eternally to my Dad. It was Monday Night and we were watching Monday Night Football, when this happenend… I remember my Dad was devastated. The memory of the death of Elvis was still fresh in my [...]
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The Dose: Tame Impala “Expectation” Video
Posted: December 3, 2010 in The Dose, What's NewTags: corporate greed, Expectation, Innerspeaker, Record Companies, Tame Impala, toezoo
Tame Impala keeps coming out with great video after great video! “Expectation” is no exception. Maybe someday their record company will stop dicking around and give us their album in the US? But that would make sense, and we all know how ‘making sense’ is a foreign term to a record company. Ironic, since all [...]
Happy Holidays from ToeZoo, and The Boy Least Likely To, and Wham!, sort of…
Posted: December 2, 2010 in The Dose, What's NewTags: Andrew Ridgeley, Best Of 2010, Boy Least Likely To, Christmas, George Michael, Hanukkah, Holidays, Scrooge, Wham
My Best Of 2010 is almost done! This next video is great, but it’s not from my list, i just thought i needed to put something out there, and this is super-fantastic! Plus, it’s nearly Christmas! Also, Happy Hanukkah! If you don’t fall into either of those catagories, then Happy Holidays! If that doesn’t cover [...]
Tz’s Daily Dose: Music Biography List (Part 2)
Posted: August 26, 2010 in The DoseTags: anthony kiedis, bernard butler, biography, Britpop, elliott smith, london suede, media producer, new order, playnetwork, red hot chili peppers, rhcp, richard oakes, scar tissue, suede, toezoo
Continuing from Part 1, this is a purge of useless, yet enjoyable knowledge that is my music biography collection… Elliott Smith & The Big Nothing is a must read. Again, we unfortunately know how the story ends, but this book helps us to understand why it ended the way it did. What more can I [...]
Tz’s Daily Dose: Music Biography List (Part 1)
Posted: August 25, 2010 in The DoseTags: ashcroft, banshees, biography, budgie, burrito brothers, byrds, cure, emmylou harris, gram parsons, hyaena, ISB, Keith richards, mccabe, media producer, omd, playnetwork, Powell's, pyschedelic furs, robert smith, rolling stones, siouxsie, toezoo, verve
Yesterday i was browsing my own bookshelves, thinking about clearing some space and began reminiscing about some of my beloved music biographies. Before i clear out some space on my shelf, i thought i’d clear out some space in my brain and post a little something about each book… The most recently read of the [...]
Today is the birthday of Nicholas James Bates, better known as Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. However, everyone knows about Duran Duran, so let’s focus today’s blog on Mr. Rhodes’ extra-curricular activities, shall we? In early 1983, Nick discovered the band Kajagoogoo and co-produced their debut single “Too Shy” which became a UK #1. A [...]
So i found myself watching the Judas Priest ‘Behind The Music Remastered’ episode the other night, and it dawned on me that they may be the only Metal band worth listening to anymore. Back in the days of buying concert t-shirts from the local stoner at the arcade, Judas Priest were just one of the [...]
What makes a performer a legend? 1 Great song? 1 Great band? A Built in mythology? Possible alien lineage? Well, one man has more than one of the above, and he’s also got a dancing fool comrade. Mr. Shaun Ryder. Originally the leader of Happy Mondays, legends in their own right, he also went on [...]
Today’s Dose, Happy Version: Duran Duran
Posted: December 8, 2010 in Commentary, The Dose, What's NewDuran Duran have long been one of my favorite bands, and i’ve taken a lot of stick for it. Do i give a shit? What do you think? Admittedly, their catalogue is hit and miss from about ’82′s ‘Rio‘ album, but when they hit, they really hit. Which brings me to their new album (out [...]