http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/posts/2008/page/1/ Songs I Like en Vox Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:52:47 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/brought-to-you-by-bill-murray.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/brought-to-you-by-bill-murray.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/brought-to-you-by-bill-murray.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:52:47 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69a5d0c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69a5d0c0005-50si" alt="03. The Last of the Secret Agents" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I hate to base two posts in a row on TV watching, but tonight's family entertainment was rife with great music that I want to blog about. We introduced the kids to Bill Murray's best movie, the criminally neglected The Man Who Knew Too Little. M... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/brought-to-you-by-bill-murray.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69a5d930005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lounge soundtrack 60s 50s bill murray spy exotica spy music three suns http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/virginia-plain-on-big-train.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/virginia-plain-on-big-train.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/virginia-plain-on-big-train.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:53:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69a12fd0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69a12fd0005-50si" alt="Big Train does Roxy Music" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f0100a7e8dfe7000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f0100a7e8dfe7000e-50si" alt="roxy music virginia plain." /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9687daf90002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9687daf90002-50si" alt="Big Train Virginia Plain" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> British sketch comedy is one of the mainstays of Veneer family entertainment. The Fast Show, Little Britain, Monkey Trousers--all very amusing. This week we've been watching Big Train, which may be the best of them all. Tonight we watched the f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/virginia-plain-on-big-train.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9687db250002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s 00s roxy music big train bryan ferry kevin eldon http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/rageecstasy-manbreak.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/rageecstasy-manbreak.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/rageecstasy-manbreak.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:37:17 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968744160003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968744160003-50si" alt="02 Kop Karma" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8cb334d000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8cb334d000b-50si" alt="12-Solid state logic" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In my continuing quest to listen to everything, once in a while I happen upon something that I really wish I'd known about when it came out. The latest of these revelations is ManBREAK, a British group often compared to Rage Against the Machine. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/rageecstasy-manbreak.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9686c3620002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock 90s rap uk rage against the machine manbreak swindelli 25th of may http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-slab.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-slab.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-slab.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:33:19 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8cae954000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8cae954000b-50si" alt="Slab! - People Pie" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9686fa450003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9686fa450003-50si" alt="Slab! - Death&#39;s Head Soup" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The online resurrection of the great Slab! that I blogged about on April 30 continues in fits and starts; the latest development is that two Slab! videos have just been posted to YouTube by Ikon Video. That means I can plug them in right here! ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/more-slab.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9686fa840003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rock 80s uk slab http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/peter-murphy-sings-all-the-hits.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/peter-murphy-sings-all-the-hits.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/peter-murphy-sings-all-the-hits.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:21:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69913a00004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69913a00004-50si" alt="06-Let Me Love You" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad6983d5e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad6983d5e0005-50si" alt="Peter Murphy - The Scarlet Thing In You" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A highlight of our trip to Maryland last week was seeing Peter Murphy in Baltimore, though the less said about the club (and the opening act) the better. The last time we saw him as a solo act was at the 9:30 Club in 2004, when he was being force... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/peter-murphy-sings-all-the-hits.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8ca96f4000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 90s live 00s goth uk peter murphy bauhaus http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:55:20 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968474460002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968474460002-50si" alt="The Polecats-Make a circuit with me" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Casting about for new music to listen to I came across the Phenomenauts, and the description sounded all right (something like "pop-punk with some synths"), and sure enough, they're pretty fun (and unlike so many pop-punk bands, they don't sound l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/obscure-covers-the-phenomenauts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69790eb0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> covers robots rockabilly 80s us 00s uk pop-punk phenomenauts http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:27:53 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96817f890002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96817f890002-50si" alt="02-pretz-chapel_stile" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968221f00003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968221f00003-50si" alt="03 - Les Professionnels" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c61050000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c61050000b-50si" alt="02-Algo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mrs. V. and I are big fans of Zero 7; that is, of the Zero 7 songs that they did not invite Sia Furler to vandalize with her breathy, pouty, "ghetto twee*" vocal stylings. Verily, she is the Jar Jar Binks of downtempo. We're okay with the other ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/the-soothing-sounds-of-the-fender-rhodes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad693fa3e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france 90s air us downtempo zero 7 00s uk chillout tuba spool fender rhodes electric piano jhno neil cowley fragile state http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/orleans-in-ithaca.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/orleans-in-ithaca.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/orleans-in-ithaca.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:18:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69440080004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69440080004-50si" alt="Orleans - Dancin&#39; In The Moonlight" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday I caught the headline act for this year's Ithaca Festival: Orleans. Yes, they're still... together. (You thought I was going to say "still the one," didn't you?) It turns out they have a rich local history. The full version, by found... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/orleans-in-ithaca.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa96812cef0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s 00s orleans ithaca king harvest larry hoppen boffalongo sherman kelly http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/parker-and-hawkshaw-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/parker-and-hawkshaw-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/parker-and-hawkshaw-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:15:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c5acde000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fae8c5acde000b-50si" alt="02 The Hawk - Alan Parker" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69430f30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad69430f30004-50si" alt="06 Auto-Pilot" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As promised yesterday, here are a couple tracks showing what 70s-era guitarist Alan Parker and keyboardist Alan Hawkshaw got up to in their sound library careers, not playing second banana in an also-ran wizard-prog band. I put the de Wolfe libra... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/parker-and-hawkshaw-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9681c1f30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> library 70s soundtrack alan parker car chase music william parrish brian bennett alan hawkshaw http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/crate-digging-groove-mining-recontextualizing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Burl Veneer) http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/crate-digging-groove-mining-recontextualizing.html?_c=feed-rss http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/crate-digging-groove-mining-recontextualizing.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:34:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9680b1990002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9680b1990002-50si" alt="06. Through My Looking Glass" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968157300003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa968157300003-50si" alt="02 Track 02" /></a> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9680b1f60002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fa9680b1f60002-50si" alt="05 - Supernaut" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One of the great things about the sharity blogs is that many of the albums ripped, uploaded, and blogged are done so by fans. While some bloggers just cut and paste the Wikipedia or AMG entries for albums into their blog posts, others write a cou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://burlveneer.vox.com/library/post/crate-digging-groove-mining-recontextualizing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00fad692ee1b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> 70s metal beats black sabbath 00s breaks prog alan parker rumplestiltskin mrr-adm alan hawkshaw