This is Crack The Sky live in 2008. This is a very interesting band, indeed. More on them later. For now, enjoy!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Crack The Sky - "From The Greenhouse." The Best Song Roger Waters Never Wrote
This is Crack The Sky live in 2008. This is a very interesting band, indeed. More on them later. For now, enjoy!
Monday, December 10, 2012
The Monkees - "Christmas Is My Time Of Year" & "Riu Chiu"
Two Monkees Christmas tunes: "Christmas Is My Time Of Year" is The Monkees Christmas Fan Club single from 1976. "Riu Chiu" is a traditional Spanish carol which the Monkees recorded in 1968.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Michael Nesmith - "Different Drum" - Manchester 10-29-2012
Nice arrangement of the tune Michael wrote for Linda Ronstadt in 1967.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
The Monkees (Nesmith, Dolenz, Tork) live, Escondido, CA. November 8, 2012 and the Greek Theater, Los Angeles, November 10th, 2012
A couple of clips from what may well be the last-ever Monkees tour. "Last Train To Clarksville," "Sweet Young Thing" and "I'm A Believer" are from the third night of the 12-date tour at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA. "You Told Me", is from the opening night of the tour in Escondido, CA, as is the final clip, a very touching version of "Daydream Believer."
Here is a review from ROLLING STONE of the Escondido show.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Ennio Morricone meets Pink Floyd: "Reel Ten" by The Plugz
This is the final track from the soundtrack to REPO MAN. After the thrashing sounds of Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop and other punk-era bands featured in the movie and on the soundtrack, it's kind of nice to hear something chill. I believe this tune is exclusive to this soundtrack. The Plugz eventually gained a bit of fame (with a slight personnel change) as the Cruzados.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Overcome By The Call Of The Wild - The Music of Rob Jungklas
Rob Jungklas is an Memphis, Tennessee-based musician, singer and songwriter.
Jungklas worked in the Memphis-based music circuit for 15 years before signing a deal with Manhattan Records and releasing the album Closer to the Flame in 1986. The album contained the minor hit “Make It Mean Something” which reached #86 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another song, “Boystown,” had a video directed by Godley & Creme (in the same rapid-jump-cut style of their video for Wang Chung‘s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight“). “Hello Heaven,” another song on the album, appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 movie The Principal. "Memphis Thang," perhaps the strongest song on the album, still receives regular airplay in Memphis.
Jungklas recorded a second album for Manhattan that was not released; he then moved to RCA Records, where his album Work Songs for a New Moon, a far more introspective album, was released in 1989. The album was somewhat Christian-based (though not marketed as such) and not a commercial success, and he left the label. Jungklas then left the music business; he married, earned a college degree and got a job teaching English and science at the Hutchison School in Memphis. He moved to work at St. Georges Collierville working as a 7th grade science teacher.
Jungklas began playing music again in 2001, and released the excellent album Arkadelphia in 2003 on Memphis-based label Madjack Records. Its blues-based sound was a major departure from his rock-oriented 1980s releases. His music took on a much darker sound, the lyrics still somewhat Christian-based, but certainly not joyous. There were Hellhounds on his tail and the guitars sounded like they were being strangled while played. Jungklas played several shows opening for Lucinda Williams in support of the album.
Jungklas worked in the Memphis-based music circuit for 15 years before signing a deal with Manhattan Records and releasing the album Closer to the Flame in 1986. The album contained the minor hit “Make It Mean Something” which reached #86 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another song, “Boystown,” had a video directed by Godley & Creme (in the same rapid-jump-cut style of their video for Wang Chung‘s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight“). “Hello Heaven,” another song on the album, appeared on the soundtrack of the 1987 movie The Principal. "Memphis Thang," perhaps the strongest song on the album, still receives regular airplay in Memphis.Jungklas recorded a second album for Manhattan that was not released; he then moved to RCA Records, where his album Work Songs for a New Moon, a far more introspective album, was released in 1989. The album was somewhat Christian-based (though not marketed as such) and not a commercial success, and he left the label. Jungklas then left the music business; he married, earned a college degree and got a job teaching English and science at the Hutchison School in Memphis. He moved to work at St. Georges Collierville working as a 7th grade science teacher.
Jungklas began playing music again in 2001, and released the excellent album Arkadelphia in 2003 on Memphis-based label Madjack Records. Its blues-based sound was a major departure from his rock-oriented 1980s releases. His music took on a much darker sound, the lyrics still somewhat Christian-based, but certainly not joyous. There were Hellhounds on his tail and the guitars sounded like they were being strangled while played. Jungklas played several shows opening for Lucinda Williams in support of the album.
Jungklas released another impressive blues-based album, Gully, in 2007. Some of the music on Gully would have fit in nicely on a Tom Waits album, and it rocked like hell. In August 2010, he released the excellent Mapping the Wreckage.
Here are a couple of clips featuring Jungklas. The first is the aforementioned "Boystown," which received some decent rotation on MTV in 1986. The second clip is a live performance from April, 2009 at Otherlands in Memphis where Jungklas performs "X For My Name."
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