Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

Music for a Sunday: For the Brazilian Revolution

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I just keep coming back to this one. And this one: And this one: Crank it and MARCH.

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Music for a Sunday: I forgot to say I love you

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

For those who have a “complicated” relationship with their fathers, this one’s for you. Hope your next Father’s Day goes better. (Or your next incarnation.)

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Music for a Sunday: Prism is a BAND.

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

And they’re Canadian, too: And they always killed it in concert: And yes, like the recently uncovered spy program that shares their name, they do paranoia well, too.

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Music for a Sunday: Songs that made the hit parade

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In loving memory of Jean Stapleton, most famous for her portrayal of Edith Bunker on “All In the Family” (and her screechingly funny rendition of the theme song above, which is a satire on nostalgia for the not-so-golden age of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Ce que j’ai fait, ce soir-là

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Psycho Killer” with a cello? LOVE. (The cello comes courtesy of Arthur Russell, who should have gotten a lot more hype off of this than he did.) Thanks to Cort G. for the heads-up!

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Music for a Sunday: Fashion, play your part

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The first China Crisis song I ever heard, and still one of the best. Totally underrated ode to the working class…in the electro-pop medium, which some would say was unexpected. The fact that British pop came from the working class, … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: This is Major Tom to Ground Control…

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Actually, that’s Colonel Chris Hadfield, proving once more why Canada rules…the skies. For now, anyhow. He’s coming home tonight, so here’s a little more music to see him safely back:

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Music for a Sunday: Well, who would have guessed?

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Well, I guess I should: The second night was just as good… Where is the tenderness? Right here, baby: The world watched as the story of the three missing women found after a decade in captivity unfolded in Cleveland this … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: It’s Cinco de Mayo, ya bastards!

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

First, a classic (rock) rendition of a familiar Mexican song: And here’s a speeded-up version from three decades later, with really great guitars (and don’t miss the classical mariachi quartet at the end): And now, the rebel version: Gringo imperialism … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: The café on the Moon

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Nik Kershaw does justice to Salvador Dalí AND Cervantes, as well as the absurdities of the 1980s. And there’s not a bad line in the whole thing. “We are all Men of La Mancha.” (Even if he does mispronounce the … Continue reading →

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