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The wandering is friendly I mean, not the heartbreak. Or, maybe that too As if this is the music of a few close friends who've taken off on a musical walkabout in response to what the world has thrown at them and they're literally inviting everyone else to come along for the ride. See what I mean: "Stefanie and Erin are looking forward to putting this plan into action, asking for audience participation and performing with a rotating cast of talented musicians.

I'll betcha they impress people at open mic nights. Listen: "Gone". Posted by Matt at PM 6 comments. Labels: In Miniature. It was recorded a few months ago live at Southpaw in Brooklyn and will appear on their full length later this year. Posted by Matt at AM 3 comments.

Labels: Cheyenne. This week, a few songs sent to me via email. Posted by Matt at AM 8 comments. Posted by Matt at AM 6 comments. Posted by Matt at AM 4 comments. After briefly reteaming with Bernard Butler to release an album in as The Tears, Brett Anderson is back this year with his first official "solo" album.

Supposedly, this time he has taken on all of the songwriting duties himself and the songs I've heard so far tend to support the notion that Brett is reaching out beyond Brit-pop or indie rock and towards a sound that is much more about melo dramatic and fragile emoting. This is a notion familiar to fans of Suede some of the new material sounds like some songs from Sci-Fi Lullabies with strings and keys in place of guitar but there's a definite new approach to the few tracks I've heard so far.

It's obviously a rather personal record for Anderson and I, for one, am very excited to hear the whole thing once the March 26th release date roles around. Until then, enjoy the tracks below. Recently, retired professional basketball player John Amaechi came out of the closet and became the first active or former NBA player to publicly acknowledge he was gay. A few players from other major professional sports have come out as well in the past, but none before they were retired.

Knowing the probable macho male team environment that exists in all levels of team sports it's not exactly shocking that moving towards an open and accepting culture will take some time in the world of sport. However, it was nice to see signs of humanity in the words of some people associated with the NBA who were publicly quoted in response to Amaechi's announcement.

Some I said. There were, of course, others who offered a more expected response. Former Duke player Shavlik Randolph said he would be okay with a gay teammate "as long as he didn't bring his gayness on me.

Because you'd hate to have some of that gayness rub off on you right? Awaken latent urges you've buried very deeply and struggle each day to ignore? Tuesday afternoon, on Miami-based radio station The Ticket, Hardaway declared "I hate gay people. I let it be known, I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people.

Yeah, I'm homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world Back then it was unthinkable that a black player be allowed to play in the majors and the Phillies voiced their opposition by calling Jackie a "nigger" from their dugout and yelling that he should "go back to the cotton fields.

Not yet though. First, a bit more on the subject of spreading hatred. In my experience, nobody can "get their hate on" quite like certain followers of organized religion of course, nobody can "get their acceptance on" quite like certain other followers of organized religion, but this isn't about them. One doesn't have to dig very deeply to find Christians, Muslims, Jews, or any other number of religious denominations, that like to stereotype and spread hate.

It's a rather basic means for uniting idiots, and organizations that do so are generally best left ignored. However, once in a while there's no way to not pay attention. A few weeks ago I read something that led me to take a look at the website for Love God's Way Ministries. Love God's Way is a ministry run by "reformed" homosexual Donnie Davies. On the site he explains, rather bluntly, that "God hates fags! You just can't stay that way.

Let me help you love yourself. Follow me and together we'll C. S away the Gay. Let's take a look. The Nuge? Ol' Blue Eyes? Yeah, those are some big time gayness spreaders if ever I saw them. Metallica too. Actually, I think "Ride the Lightning" is some kind of queer code.

And "Master of Puppets"? Gay masturbation slang. Good thing this guy is on the case because fans of these bands have most likely been turning more and more gay with each listen. And these aren't the only bands on the list, there are a bunch more. Be sure to note some of the parenthetical comments too, they're very helpful.

For example, next to Marilyn Manson it says "dark gay" and next to Elton John, "really gay". The other list, naturally, is the much shorter "safe bands" list. Here you will find Christian musicians you'd expect to see such as Jars of Clay, P. The Dresden Dolls? I would've expected them to show up under the "dark gay" category. Guess not. Guess they hate gayness as much as God and Cyndi Lauper. No, here on Queer Farm we love to spread the gayness! Do you hear that Tim Hardaway, Donnie Davies, and hate mongers the world over?

S away the hate. Posted by Matt at PM 15 comments. Ah Valentine's Day. That syrupy sweet, send flowers to your special someone, son of a gun of a shopping day holiday. But, but , you don't have to go spending money at the chocolatier, or Hallmark, to get the most out of this holiday.

The way I see it, whether you've got a sweetheart or not, chances are you'll be listening to music today. My own favorite gift to give and receive on this special day has always been the old reliable personalized mix. In other words, it's even cheesier. One way or another, I hope you enjoy. I remember it seeming like 6 months.

Sadly, I didn't really care for her very much but agreed to "go with her" because she asked me and she was tall. Our dates consisted of meeting in between classes to hold hands in the hall and a few long talks on the phone on school nights.

Then one I day I decided to end the charade and broke up with her. The next day she gave me a copy of White Lion's album Pride a cassette of course - she had drawn hearts all over the liner notes and highlighted some key portions of the lyrics. Namely, "wait, I never had a chance to love you". Or, the hair of the girl I went to my 8th grade dance with different from the above mentioned 8th grade girl smelled like strawberries and we slow danced to this song.

Yes, my first time dancing with a girl was to this song. Cheese much? But I can't help but laugh at this one line: "no matter what your friends might say. He's dirty, he's rotten, he's filthy, and he'll only be stinking rich for about another year and then America is going to lose faith in hair metal. I think I was too busy being a youth gone wild or something. How about that classic bend in the guitar solo at , eh?

She was cool like that, except when she was busy making fun of our air Rush sessions. In my opinion, this is the best Van Hagar song. And, for some reason, it reminds me of that scene in Rocky IV when Rocky is cruising in his car by himself at night. Twice Shy.

Fun, right? Take note of that when making mixes of your own. The midpoint often song number eight is the make or break moment. Anyway, not much to say about this song that you don't already know. According to wikipedia: "Rose and Everly met in and dated for many years before Axl spontaneously proposed, allegedly threatening to kill himself if she refused. They married in Las Vegas on April 28, One month later, Rose filed for divorce, but the two reconciled and decided to stay together.

Everly's miscarriage further strained the marriage, and in , the two had the marriage annulled. In , Everly filed a lawsuit against Rose, claiming that he physically abused her. The charges were settled out of court Heck, they all are. Again, it's the lyrics that make me go "hmmmm". Listen to them. Sounds to me like it's about a guy who is friends with some girl but always wanted more and is offering her a shoulder to cry on now that she's been dumped.

He basically begs her to notice him - "Love will find a way Or, the intro at least. The rest of the song doesn't have much piano. Too bad she didn't teach me the kick ass guitar part instead.

Seriously, think about that. You can not resist. And if you listen closely you just might notice that this is the very moment that Aerosmith went from being bad ass rockers to being everyone's favorite anthemic stadium filling MTV band. Talk about cheesy love songs and guitar solos. This song should definitely be in Guitar Hero 3. There's a version of it featuring George Lynch on guitar that is pretty f'ing amazing but nothing beats the original, soaring vocals of Klaus Meine.

I think he does. Yeah, this song features Steve Vai on guitar. Belee dat. Like funk-metal or something. Seriously, they were. Like Faith No More but horrible. Then, in the summer of , they released a beautiful little audio greeting card known as "More Than Words" and the band, the world, was never the same. Soon after it came out I bought the cassingle and taught myself how to play the song on guitar. And I know I'm not the only one. Thanks to "More Than Words" there's a whole legion of dorks just like me out there who count this song among the "covers" they know how to play.

On their latest record, Calla make more of an advertisement for depression induced suicide than any Sean Penn movie could ever. For years now, the New York trio have dished out album after album of melodies that could only be the result of too much television and too less socialising. Humor aside, it's no laughing matter that their relevance and stature as a band has grown faster than the band's natural evolution.

Valle and co. But on Numbers we find the New York trio tiring. Where Collisions was more atmospheric, Numbers tends heavily towards detail. It's efforted to say the least, and the band has tried hard to build on what they achieved with Collisions.

The rhythms and arrangements are, though not extraordinary, but well thought out, and almost cleverly executed. I say almost, because there are times when you wonder whether there is a reason for the riff to go on as long as it does or the vocal to be as distorted as it is. It's a dilemma Calla faces and one that doesn't seem to go away - how much is too little?

What Calla have introduced to their sound is this whole new-noir sound that very effectively complements their already perfected deep bass and rhythm. The album opener Sanctify could well have been the soundtrack of some James Bond meets Sin City flick, with Clive Owen in the lead role.

It's a formula well executed on tracks like Sylvia's Song and the album closer Dancers in the Dust. It's very bass and effects driven but steers clear of being cliche and well, mainstream - something they failed to do on Collisions. The album does have its 'up tempo' moments as well. Add to Watchlist. People who viewed this item also viewed. Showing Slide 1 of 1.

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