Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

Music for a Sunday: Random love and abandoned love

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.

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Music for a Sunday: Look busy and act casual

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Because the Sun is shining, the Equinox is coming, and those spuds won’t dig themselves, you know.

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Music for a Sunday: Sadness made a samba

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

There are plenty of good covers of this bossa nova classic by Carlos Lyra and Ronaldo Bôscoli, including the one by Marissa (on the Putumayo Brazilian Lounge CD). The lyrics go as follows: Let my samba know everything without you; … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Blow your harmonica, son!

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Frank Zappa’s classic song, with actual footage of the LA riots that inspired it.

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Music for a Sunday: Feet don’t hardly touch the ground

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Giant steps are what you take… In memory of Neil Armstrong. (I looked for the original promo clip, but no luck. Stupid record labels…they shot these videos to take advantage of an emerging TV viewership, then don’t follow through on … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Can’t afford a thing on TV

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

30 years old, and still as relevant as ever, if not more so. And no, it’s NOT just a funky electro-reggae tune. This might as well be the anthem of the 1%.

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Music for a Sunday: A dead-end world

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

For those suffering from post-Olympic hangovers (or just plain fatigue), a slice of a less glammed-up, more believable London: Just you wait till I get YOU home.

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Music for a Sunday: More than just a dash

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This one’s for all the Olympians: From first to last, the peak is never past.

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Music for a Sunday: Round the Horn, if you dare

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Sabina Becker

According to its Wikipedia entry, this tribute to nautical derring-do (complete with hornpipe in the middle!) is actually a reference to frontman Tim Finn’s time in treatment for a mental breakdown. That lost-at-sea feeling is more than familiar to me … Continue reading →

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