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[SONG] of the Day – James Brown: Santa Claus, Go Straight To the Ghetto

by Sara Gatewood December 18, 2013

The 12 (or 13) Days of Christmas, Day Four. “Never thought I’d realize, I’d be singing a song with water in my eyes.” And please, Santa, “don’t forget about Gary.” From James Brown’s “Funky Christmas,” (release date 1995). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKRcVqsph8 **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook Here!

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[SONG] of the Day – John Cale: Child’s Christmas in Wales (1973)

by Sara Gatewood December 16, 2013

  The 12 (or 13) days of Christmas, day 3. From the album, Paris 1919. “A belt to hold Columbus too, perimeters of nails Perceived the mamma’s golden touch Good neighbors were we all.” Love thy neighbor. Will ya? **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook Here!

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[Song] of the Day – Joni Mitchell: River (1971)

by Sara Gatewood December 15, 2013

  The 12 (or 13) Days of Christmas, Day Two. “I wish I had a river I could skate away on…” Well some of us have one, some of us only wish we did. From “Blue.” **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook Here!

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Song of the Day – Heartless – Kanye West

by Shea Garage December 13, 2013

  Today back in 2008 Kanye West’s album 808’s and Heartbreaks was at the top of the charts. Featuring the aughts’ ubiquitous auto-tune and accompanied by this animated video, “Heartless” made it all the way to the number 2 spot of the Billboard Hot 100. **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook HERE!**

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Small Faces: Song of a Baker (1968)

by Sara Gatewood December 6, 2013

There’s a reason guitarist Steve Marriott is standing in the front. There’s a reason you might want to stand back. His guitar wants to kill you. Were the Small Faces underrated? Not by me. By “the people?” I don’t know, do you like them? Do you think Ronnie Lane is one of the finest songwriters […]

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[SONG] of the Day – Smashing Pumpkins – An Ode to No One

by Shea Garage December 2, 2013

It was on this day back in 2000 that Smashing Pumpkins played their last show at the Metro in their hometown of Chicago…that is before they reunited in 2006. Love Billy Corgan or hate him, there’s no denying that the Pumpkins have created a singular brand of blazing rock and roll over the last twenty […]

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The Ear Worm Chronicles – XTC – Garden of Earthly Delights

by Dan Cohen November 22, 2013

This obsessive ear worm by post punk titans XTC below occupies a special, deeply damaged pleasure center in my brain. Way back when sauropods roamed the primordial North American plain and I was a mere 24, the tape deck in my car wouldn’t spit out the tape for an entire summer. The tape? “Oranges and […]

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[SONG] of the Day – INXS – Don’t Change

by Shea Garage November 22, 2013

Today marks the anniversary of the death of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, who was only 37 years old  when he died in 1997 by hanging, either as a form of suicide or an experiment in auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong. During the course of his short life Hutchence lead the Australian band to dozens of international […]

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[SONG] of the Day – Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs – Stay

by Shea Garage November 21, 2013

At 1:37 this is the shortest song ever to reach the top spot on the US singles chart, which it did on this day back in 1961. **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook HERE!**

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Mouth and MacNeal-How Do You Do?

by Sara Gatewood November 4, 2013

I’m not sure whether to say “I’m sorry,” or “You’re Welcome.” Mostly, I’m sorry. There is no doubt you will wake sometime in the middle of the night with this song and imagery in your head. And every night after.   **You should like Shea Magazine on Facebook Here!

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Candygram for Mongo Rocks the Whisky A Go Go

by Dan O'Day McClellan November 1, 2013

Since I moved to Los Angeles 20 years ago with a fake ID, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing lots of bands perform at some great venues: Spaceland, The Derby, and Al’s Bar among them, all of which were situated on the city’s Eastern side, and all of which are gone now, renamed, replaced or […]

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Simple Minds-Live at the Wilbur Theatre-Boston, MA 10/20/13

by Sean Koepenick October 26, 2013

Wrapping up a short US tour (only 7 dates), the Scottish band came to Boston for a sold out show. This tour was positioned as a “testing the waters” run, since they had not played in the US since 2002. If the response was up to par, they would be back for more. If not, […]

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John Lennon – Who Knew? 5 Fun Facts

by Tony Shea October 10, 2013

Yesterday would have been the 73rd birthday of John Lennon. You probably know that he was a member of the Beatles (the most commercially and critically successful band of all time) along with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. You probably also know that John Lennon was married to Yoko Ono. And you probably […]

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