James Gadson Takes Us In Between
Revisiting Mr. Kenwood Dennard
In The Toms Tonight
With Coffee
Back To Brushes
New Look, New Loops
The best early birthday present… ever.
A Loop Supreme
That Great Gretsch Sound
Lez Zeppelin And The Importance of Ghost Notes
The Soundcheck

Archive for the ‘200-220 BPM’ Category

11 Aug 2009

Lust for Loops

Before "Lust for Life" was pimped out as the jingle for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (as well as being covered by Mötley Crüe, Tom Jones and, I shit you not, Bruce Willis), it was one of the classic punk/pop anthems to emerge from the late 1970's. With thunderous, hypnotic drums and two guitars doubling the bass line, it's one of those tracks that barrels forward like a locomotive controlled by Billy Mays (if train engineers weren't required to take drug tests). [caption id="attac...

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20 Feb 2009

I Want You to Loop Me

Everyone has their "go to" jukebox songs. The frat boys always go to "Ants Marching". The Parrot Heads consistently go to "Margaritaville" and the stoners love themselves some "Redemption Song". And for me? Well, after a few pints, it's not unusual for me to scrounge around for a some quarters, stumble over to the nearest jukebox and punch the buttons for my "go to" song: Cheap Trick's 1979 power-pop classic, "I Want You to Want Me". It's the ultimate bar song. Loud guitars. Huge, an...

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