WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT FEMALE SINGERS GONE? YOU KNOW, LIKE SHIRLEY MANSON!
My wife and I were driving along on the Monday after Independence Day and listening to a CD I made almost 6 years ago for a trip we were making to Sausalito (now we live in the Bay Area--Yeah!). I put on this CD only songs I knew my wife liked (except Dire Straights "Calling Elvis"--love Mark Knopfler's voice on that!) and I started noticing how many great female singers used to be played on "Alternative" radio.
Garbage with Shirley Manson for one. She had an interesting rock voice that had a hefty bit of defiance in it while also being melodic. There was also that haunting almost waltz-like song "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star that included the magnificent yearning vocals of Hope Sandoval. If you play that song now it's like the "go to" tune for instant 90's coffee house nostalgia. Real black-haired Alyson Hannigan "How I Met Your Mother" stuff.
Remember Republica? Remember the group they always got confused with, Luscious Jackson? Remember which one sang "Naked Eye"? I'll give you a hint, Republica sang "Ready To Go."
Remember when Sarah McLachlin was considered "alternative" (as in the radio not the lifestyle)? Tora Amos used to get played right next to Nirvana and Pearl Jam. And No Doubt! Gwen Stefani, before she "hollaback"d, was all over this format.
That format, incidentally, lives on only in internet HD sites or indepedently run stations. It was a fun format. It was stuff that sounded so different from all the Bonnie Raitt and Whitney Houston getting played at the time. 90's Alternative had a lot of the new mixed in with great stuff from the 70's and 80's.
Oh my god! I almost forgot Jamie Osbourne and her "God" song! Yes, that brings you back to the 90's. She's incredible live, by the way!
Comment below about your favorite 90's female act, and we'll revisit this topic later! Thanks for reading!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
"NETWORKING"...AN ANNOYING WORD BUT THE ONLY WAY TO GET A JOB
I have decided that I can't find a job unless I find someone to find me the job. Every great job I've snagged has been thanks to a phenominal person that "talked me up" to someone inside the company.
I have spent MONTHS applying to jobs and have heard back NOTHING!!! I've emailed resumes, walked in to businesses and handed my resumes to the boss but nothing. No response at all.
Another thing I've done is signed up for emails from different "job sights" that just send me all this redundant cheerleading crap. Reading that stuff ain't going to get me a job!
It's knowing someone on the inside that will.
I have decided that I can't find a job unless I find someone to find me the job. Every great job I've snagged has been thanks to a phenominal person that "talked me up" to someone inside the company.
I have spent MONTHS applying to jobs and have heard back NOTHING!!! I've emailed resumes, walked in to businesses and handed my resumes to the boss but nothing. No response at all.
Another thing I've done is signed up for emails from different "job sights" that just send me all this redundant cheerleading crap. Reading that stuff ain't going to get me a job!
It's knowing someone on the inside that will.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
CHAPTER 1
"Well that didn't go so well," she said as she woke up with a screaming back pain. "I thought maybe I'd be able to get out of bed, not stay in it permanently."
The sun was out, her room was illuminated. Her nightstand was full of tissue paper there in case she should wake in the middle of the night sneezing. But that would have been even a worse scenario being the state she was in.
Lying next to the tissue paper sat a cellphone. Not the top of the line brand, not a fancy smart phone, just a regular small unit that could get the basics done. It wasn't attached to a charger. It wasn't even on. Yet she was staring at it.
Today she would accomplish at least two things. Being that it was Saturday, she didn't really have to do anything, but she was set on accomplishing everything on this short list. Number one was to get out of bed without fainting from the pain. And number two was to turn on that cellphone...
And begin her life.
"Well that didn't go so well," she said as she woke up with a screaming back pain. "I thought maybe I'd be able to get out of bed, not stay in it permanently."
The sun was out, her room was illuminated. Her nightstand was full of tissue paper there in case she should wake in the middle of the night sneezing. But that would have been even a worse scenario being the state she was in.
Lying next to the tissue paper sat a cellphone. Not the top of the line brand, not a fancy smart phone, just a regular small unit that could get the basics done. It wasn't attached to a charger. It wasn't even on. Yet she was staring at it.
Today she would accomplish at least two things. Being that it was Saturday, she didn't really have to do anything, but she was set on accomplishing everything on this short list. Number one was to get out of bed without fainting from the pain. And number two was to turn on that cellphone...
And begin her life.
Monday, June 7, 2010
HELEN THOMAS RESIGNS
Wow! I talked about her LAST TIME ADDRESSING A PRESIDENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE in one of my recent blogs. She was asking Obama about getting us out of Afghanistan, and the President looked at her like he was honored to take the question.
Helen always said what she felt, and no doubt with the latest troubles between Israel and Palestine she had some severe thoughts. It's bizarre that what she said was in response to a question given to her by a rabbi.
She's been asking presidents questions since Eisenhower and now she's silenced by the internet itself. I'm sure the rest of her life will be consumed by trying to explain herself.
Will those thoughts make headline news? Probably not. We'll have all moved on to the next controversy.
Wow! I talked about her LAST TIME ADDRESSING A PRESIDENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE in one of my recent blogs. She was asking Obama about getting us out of Afghanistan, and the President looked at her like he was honored to take the question.
Helen always said what she felt, and no doubt with the latest troubles between Israel and Palestine she had some severe thoughts. It's bizarre that what she said was in response to a question given to her by a rabbi.
She's been asking presidents questions since Eisenhower and now she's silenced by the internet itself. I'm sure the rest of her life will be consumed by trying to explain herself.
Will those thoughts make headline news? Probably not. We'll have all moved on to the next controversy.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
I just posted my latest podcast and blog...Listen to MIKE'S PODCAST PICNIC by going to www.MikeTalks.vox.com and listen to the craziness that ensues with Chely Shoehart, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, Benita the Rodeo Queen, and Basil the Boxer Dog! Tell all your friends! (Oh, and Mike sings...yikes!)
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