Category Archives: Marc’s Record Collection

Shelley Segal – “Saved”

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

I just heard this song on a Freethought Radio podcast from a few weeks ago (I’m behind on my listening) and liked it immediately. I even like the lyrics, which remind me so much of the debates I have with … Continue reading →

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The Christian Life

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

I love this song despite – or perhaps because of – its boozy Christian sentiment. It makes me feel like I just stumbled into an Oklahoma leather bar full of Jehovah’s Witnesses (or something). Here’s a lyric that makes me … Continue reading →

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How to drive psychiatrists insane

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

This is a Super-8 film of the Velvet Underground’s first public appearance – at a psychiatrists’ convention in NYC, circa 1966. It’s also the best version of “I’ll Be Your Mirror” I’ve ever heard: fuzzed-out and ear-splitting. Here’s what happened: On … Continue reading →

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The greatest

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

When I sent a fake Bob Dylan tweet last night before going to bed, I didn’t realize he was turning seventy today. Seventy! I’m not going to go into a long spiel about how Dylan is the greatest songwriter since … Continue reading →

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My favorite Yo La Tengo song

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

I love the way this one reverberates. I think they ran a Farfisa organ through a guitar and then fiddled with the wha-wha…or at least that appeared to be what Ira Kaplan was doing on stage when I saw them … Continue reading →

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“I am never forget ze day”

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

I suppose I have my mother to thank for turning me on to Tom Lehrer, one of the most brilliant musical satirists alive. His stage patter alone would be worth listening to, but the fact is that each of his … Continue reading →

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Carrie Fisher was almost my sister

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

My mother was a huge, salivating fan of Eddie Fisher in her adolescence. I think she was even president of the Eddie Fisher Fan Club in her hometown. She used to tell me of the time when she traveled to … Continue reading →

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Oh, shit! (2)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Buzzcocks tell it like it was.

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Not yet three weeks

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Jonathan Richman gets inside the mind of a three year old (anyone know where the hyphen goes?) and tells us what he finds. Melissa is almost three weeks old, but I think much of this song holds true nonetheless. Especially … Continue reading →

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Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

The first week of fatherhood is making me feel like Major Tom, floating around in a tin can looking at Earth from above. It helps that the only cd we have in the car is David Bowie’s Greatest Hits 1969-74. … Continue reading →

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