Tim Worstall

OK, so I take Alex’s advice and open up this.
Current song is a live version of "Green Onions" which is credited to The Blues Brothers.
Jake makes a speech over the song, which is what makes it a Blues Brothers track.
But, umm, anyone get the little joke built in there?

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This is doing the rounds, the idea that a contestant on American Idol got voted off because she sang "Jesus Christ, Superstar", and that this violated the South’s deep and traditional religious sense.
Hmmm.
Still:

…how southern culture and mores dominate American politics.

We were told that the South would rise again, weren’t we?

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I wouldn’t say this is the most inventive music ever. A very solid blues chug more than anything truly innovative.
But good for all that: this at high volume just before leaving the office this evening will give you some bright eyes with which to spot that first pint of the weekend.
The second song features that […]

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Well, they were quite good, eh?

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Quite weird.

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It’s a typical late-’60s student shindig — most of the audience is tripping on acid — but it’s hardly an ordinary band. Behind the drums is Chevy Chase, familiar around campus as a gifted musician and good-natured goofball who’s been known to drop his pants after losing late-night games of ”dare” poker. Just in front […]

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Yup, the Irish have done it.
Gonna be interesting to see what the rest of Europe makes of it.

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John Peel might or moght not be proud here.

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Bravo, bravo!

See, it’s not just those furreiners who can do inspired lunacy!

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A great, great movie, very much worth watching.
And just for a Friday afternoon, part of one of their live concerts.

The entirely twisted imagination necessary to come up with this….one can only stand and stare in awe.

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Although Dustin, who claims that by day he is a builder, will delight hordes of fans if he goes on to become Ireland’s eighth Eurovision winner, some of the nation’s higher-minded musicians have suffered a sense of humour failure over his candidature. Frank McNamara, who wrote two Eurovision winners, asked whether RTE, the state broadcaster […]

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Those little things that stars put into their contracts. Lily Allen seems to have got things about right:

Bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey.
Four bottles of champagne.
Twelve packets of Monster Munch (pickled onion flavour).
Puppy (nighttime only)

But really, who knew that there was someone sensible and with taste in the Jackson family?

Janet Jackson
Chaise longue. […]

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Excellent piece by Mick Hartley here.
Further, who knows the connection between this and this?

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A website promising free, legal and unlimited music online was unable to offer users any actual music to download today after admitting it did not have permission to use major companies’ songs.

Bet their website got some hits though…..

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The video to this is crap but the sound perfect. No, it’s not the Jimmy Saville theme, it’s the other one from the same album by Ramsey Lewis: Wade in the Water.

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Here.
Then here.

Shit. Who knew Joan Osborne could actually sing?
With the greatest band in the world (if sadly depleted) The Funk Brothers.
Search around for "Standing in the Shadows of Motown".
Not bad for a bunch of old men.
And.
And in their pomp. And (if you’ve not heard this it is stunning).
OK everyone, back on your heads, […]

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Turns out BB (That’s Baby Bigmouth- Ed) likes appalling renditions of Wipeout played on dusty guitars by her rusty-fingered dad, is rather partial to the odd bit of blues and likes nothing better than a bounce about to Beyonce with her mum.

That probably creates great marital harmony than the implications of her Dad bouncing about […]

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Rod Stewart. Singer. Much requested addition to blog. Rock star turned lounge act. Future spouse yet to be conceived.

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The researchers, at Sheffield University, discovered that singers taking the pill benefited from a more stable and controllable vocal range.
They claim the hormones help reduce the changes to the vocal chords and ligaments that control them.
Dr Filipa Lã, who carried out the study at Sheffield’s music department, said: "Singers tend to have a more erratic […]

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