"S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)" Devo Greatest Misses
"S.K.J." Milt Jackson Goodbye
"S.U.V." Mem Shannon & The Membership Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans
"Sabali" Amadou & Mariam Welcome to Mali
"Sabor a Mi" Los Lobos Just Another Band From East L.A.
"Sacu Tu Mujer" Tito Puente & His Orchestra Dance Mania
"Sack O' Woe" The Mar-Keys The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
"Sacre Francais" Dimitri from Paris Pink Panther's Penthouse Party
"Sacred Attention" Sebadoh Bubble & Scrape
"Sad Eyed Girl of the Lowlands" Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde
The weekend was hectic, and I apologize to you readers for being away from the blog over the weekend. I don't have enough readers to be alienating them with my absence. I hope you will find it possible to forgive me, and I will try to stick to boring you with my writing.
Charles and I hosted a Mardi Gras-themed house party on Saturday night. Coupling that with the Mem Shannon song, and that today actually is Mardi Gras, let me point you to WWOZ and especially DJ Soul Sister on Saturdays, 8-10 NOLA time.
Compared to U2 and REM, I am probably on the other side of Devo. I admit, despite being from right near their home town, that my first exposure to them was "Whip It." I feel like I have to justify myself as someone who doesn't think of them as a one-hit wonder. "NO! Really! I like Devo, honest. Are we not men? Please believe me . . ." Again, completely stupid.
Of course, my first exposure to Tito Puente is a line from the movie Stripes, and the Senor Burns song from the Simpsons. In fact, most of these bands I came to late. Tito Puente, Devo, Milt Jackson and Bob Dylan this is a matter of age. With Sebadoh . . . just a failure of character on my part.
The Los Lobos track is an old Alvaro Carrillo song that has been covered by numerous artists - almost none of them American.
There are pages and pages of criticism and interpretation of "Sad Eyed Girl of the Lowlands." What I know - it goes on for a really long time.
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