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These guys reportedly KILLED it at SXSW.  I totally understand why.  My new favorite group?:

My fave Sondheim song--at least for this week.  One of the great songs about obsession ever. OK, I just can't quit Sondheim Week w/o the amazing Act 1 finale to…

Hey, it's St. Paddy's Day. Which can only mean one thing.  My fave 'Danny Boy' of all-time:

Sondheim Week rolls merrily along with two from Sweeney Todd.  We start with Sweeney's love song...to his razors: In  this scene, Toby, who does not trust Sweeney Todd, promises to…

The Ballad Of Booth from 'Assassins'. If you ever get a chance to see this show, go. You won't soon forget it.  Victor Garber, unbleepingbelievable:

Nobody does Sondheim like Bernadette Peters.  This song is from "Merrily We Roll Along", initially a flop that featured a great Sondheim score, one of his greatest in fact.  The…

Hey, it's my Birthday Week, and I'm gonna celebrate it with some Stephen Sondheim.  He's on my Musical Mount Rushmore.  I've perhaps spent more time listening to Sondheim than any…

This one's for Alby.  Reminds me of 'Blinded By the Light':

They put the 'psycho' in psychobilly. Ladeez & Gentlemen, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy and the Cramps:

Betcha there ain't a whole 'nother political blog anywhere featuring this song today. Uh, not that there should be:  

Hasil Adkins, folks. Remember that name. Rockabilly don't get no weirder than ol' Hasil from Boone County, WV.  Hasil (pronounced Hassel) invented psychobilly back in the '50's.  He didn't call…

We take a baby-step towards rockabilly weirdness today.  The screams in the background are from the drummer, who wanted his mom to hear him on the record. BTW, Bamboozer? We…

Somebody suggested Rockabilly Week.  Welcome to Rockabilly Week.  We'll start the week off with a couple of the classics, and then it's off to Weirdoville. A year later, another performer…