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Mike Post’s Top 10 TV Show Theme Songs
For over 30 years the theme songs and episode montages have been marked in history by one man, thy name is Mike Post. Post is the youngest musician ever to be appointed as musical director for a television program at the tender age of 24, for The Andy Williams Show, and has won 5 Grammys. He’s been writing music that we all associate with our favorite TV shows growing up, well, at least mine...or maybe your parents?
The best and most memorable tunes come from the 70’s and 80’s, although he’s still banging out hits for Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit and loads of other compositions. All of the quotes below are taken from IMBD, and they are classic descriptions.
Tue Apr 29 2008 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
Dave’s Top 25 Albums of the 1990s
Here's my list. It's in no specific order and there is a list the same size that would be honorable mentions. All in all, what an amazing decade!!!
Afghan Whigs: Up In It (Sub Pop, 1991)
Ween: The Mollusk (Elektra, 1997)
Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador, 1997)
Dinosaur Jr: Green Mind (Reprise, 1991)
Sonic Youth: Dirty (Geffen, 1992)
Fugees: The Score (Sony, 1996)
Treepeople: Guilt Regret Embarassment (K.,1990)
Beastie Boys: Check Your Head (Capitol, 1992)
Pavement: Slanted and Enchanted (Matador, 1992)
Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine (Elektra, 1990)
Built to Spill: Ultimate Alternative Wavers (C/Z, 1993)
Wilco: A.M. (Reprise, 1995)
Elliott Smith: Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars, 1997)
Jeff Buckley: Grace (Sony, 1994)
Radiohead: OK Computer (Capitol, 1997)
Nirvana: Nevermind (Geffen, 1991)
Buffalo Tom: Let Me Come Over (Beggars, 1992)
Archers of Loaf: Vee Vee (Alias, 1995)
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - (RCA, 1993)
Janes Addiction: Ritual De Lo Habitual (Warner Bros., 1990)
Verve: A Storm In Heaven (Virgin, 1993)
Beck: Mutations (Geffen, 1998)
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991)
Rocket From the Crypt: Circa: Now! (Interscope, 1992)
Lenny Kravitz: Mama Said (Virgin, 1991)
Mon Apr 28 2008 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
Megafaun - Lazy Suicide
Bon Iver has been the toast of the Internet the past few months, and rightfully so, but here I want to spotlight, Megafaun, comprised of the members of his former band DeYarmond Edison.
Megafaun, which I misread as Mega”fun” several times last month (and almost, live, while on the air), are a North Carolina based band that call the Research Triangle home. Already an indie bedrock (insert your favorite Chapel Hill/Raleigh/Durham band here), the Triangle appears to be having a musical renaissance of late, and Megafaun are certainly a part of it. While it may have been the band’s connection to Bon Iver that initially caught my eye, it was “Find Your Mark’s” seventies-leaning, expansive, pop sensibilities that drew me in.
“Lazy Suicide,” with its anxious spoon clattering, rusty banjo, desperate vocals, and sub rosa guitar lead comes from a different space entirely. Ostensibly drawing on the Triangle’s rural surroundings, the track sounds like some kind of long lost 16 Horsepower outtake. Great stuff. The band released their six song EP, Bury The Square, last month, via the Table of The Elements label.
Download:
MP3: Megafaun :: Lazy Suicide
MP3: Megafaun :: Find Your Mark
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Amazon: Megafaun - Bury The Square
www.myspace.com/megafaun ++ www.myspace.com/tableoftheelements
Thu Apr 24 2008 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
Yeasayer and Man Man Have Way More Than 1000 Fans
Yeasayer - Wait For The Summer
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I’ve been using Yeasayer as an example of the power of music blogs for a few months now. Last
night my claim got a nice, unprompted validation from the band’s tour
manager.
Man Man - Top Drawer
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Between sets my friend Mark Kates introduced me to preeminent music writer Joan Anderman (ten years at the Boston Globe) and I rambled on about the music blog
movement and in particular how I think it’s real but still very early
and therefore filled with business opportunity. This isn’t a big
shocker, I’ve been saying this to anyone who will listen for months.
Then, just a few minutes later, Mark and I found ourselves at the merch table chatting with Yeasayer’s tour manager (Mark is friendly with these guys, he manages MGMT and Yeasayer and MGMT toured together recently). The three of us were staring at the wall covered in posters for upcoming shows at The Paradise, talking about how much good music there was to see, and how business is for bands like Yeasayer. “It’s the blogs,” he finally said, unbeknownst to the conversation Mark and I just had with Joan. Mark gave me the “well, there you have it” look. Full circle.
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