To an impressionable young kid, this was the ultimate R&R PSA about joining a band. The former Free and Bad Company vocalist in Germany, 1993.

RIP PMM

At the 2 minute mark, they lock into a groove and take it to the bank. Galway, Ireland, 2007. For freealonzo.

Lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward cover Smokey Robinson on MTV Canada, 2008.

I've got my fingers crossed that Manny fake-moons the crowd in the NLCS. Then Joe Buck can join in the massive disdain party that Tim McCarver is throwing. Heads will explode!

A fantastic songwriter in her own right, she proves a fine interpreter of other's material, as well. Covering the Boss in NYC, 1999.

Not a live clip, but what do you want? It's Sunday morning...

"Femme Fatale" after the jump.
Someone did a nice job of putting this clip together--syncing the music to Film Noir scenes.

Tad Kubler's illness cancels European tour.

Quintette du Hot Club de France featuring violinist Stéphane Grappelli, 1939.

Scots make loud dreamy. Fuji Rock Fest, 2006.

A killer version at the El Ray Theatre, LA, CA, 2007.

...but I'm optimistic about the Twins future. Live in Hollywood, CA, 2007. Go Tad, go!

A song about a boy, a girl, and a horse. Place your bets. The odds long for our Twins, but try to stay positive. Live at Lollapalooza, 2007. Dig Finn's jersey.

2.5 back, 6 to play. Don't like those numbers? Well, this number ROCKS. From German TV, 1978. (Even though it's obviously mimed, singer Gary Holton is completely unhinged in this clip. Not surprisingly, he went on to become a well-loved comic actor in England.)

Live in Germany, 1966. Written by Willie Dixon, and later made famous by some longhairs from England. Try as they might, I don't know if they can top this version by ol' Otis. Dig that opening note!

Must be the Season of the Witch. (Probably shouldn't be joking about this, but WTF?!!)

Performing the Stephen Foster classic. This one goes out to the victims of Ike (and to a far lesser extent, Twins fans.)

A Charles Ives double header. Virtually ignored during his lifetime, he's now widely acknowledged as a founder of modernist classical music. A true American Original.

First, a fascinating short clip of conductor Sir Michael Tippett rehearsing the gifted young players of the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, 1969.

Then, conductor Gustavo Dudamel coaxs a beautifully, haunting performance from the Filarmonica della Scala. Milan, Italy, 2006.

Filmed at the Abbaye Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, 1954. (Part 2 of the performance here.)

3rd movement of Ludwig von's Opus 135.

Trail-blazing college basketball coach became the first to start five African-American players. In doing so, he led Texas Western to the NCAA Championship over all-white Kentucky in 1966. He also changed the game forever.

Some thought of Gould as a crackpot. Others call him the greatest classical pianist of all time. What? A guy can't be both? From the CBC, 1969.
The rest of the broadcast can found here: part 1 and 3

Master of misanthropy Mark E. Smith live in NYC, 1981. A few naughty words, but his accent is so thick you'll hardly notice 'em.

Before the Hold Steady were deemed the world's greatest bar band, these gentleman wore the crown at a rakishly, drunken angle. Two-fer-one: First up, a rare ballad. Twins fans take note. 2001.

Rawking in Tallahassee, 2000. The Club is Open.

FWIW, lead-singer Bob Pollard was a star HS athlete in Dayton, OH and later pitched a no-hitter for Wright State University.

Live in Belgium, 1992. From their bitchin' debut, Slanted and Enchanted.
Lies and betrayals
Fruit-covered nails
Electricity and lust

Fantastic version of the SY classic. From German television, 1996.

So they totally nicked the bridge from "Pinball Wizard"--who cares? It's still a cool song. Later butchered by Bananrama. From Dutch TV, 1970.

From The Midnight Special TV program, 1973.

Welcome to One-Hit Wonder Week at the WGOM. First up, the Glaswegian headbangers with their chart-topping smash. (You can hardly tell that they're lip-synching.)

Phelps wins seventh gold medal by a hair. And here I thought swimmers shaved.
[E-6:] Figured the Citizenry needed fresh coffee on the weekend. So I made some in a French press.

At the end of his interview with The Onion's Scott Tobias, the Wood-man weighs in on the post-Zeke era of his favorite NBA team.
A workmanlike team that wins games is not necessarily a team that is fun to watch. What I'd like the Knicks to develop into is a team that's fun and that's [...]

“Califone have always been stupidly underappreciated, and the further we stumble into the 21st century, the more this music starts to feel both familiar and necessary.” —Pitchfork

These guys are playing in Loring Park on Aug 18th w/ The Manchurian Candidate. (Definitely a step up from the venue they're playing here: a locker room(?) 2006.

Canadian collective at the Kool Haus, Toronto, 2006. The camera work is shaky and the sound is kinda dodgy, but man alive, this is Rock and Roll.

Same song with a fan's camera work, but J. Mascis along for the ride.

Olympic Fever? You should have that looked at. Jools Holland, 2008.

If you've never seen Ira Kaplan strangle his guitar, you're in for a treat. Santa Monica, CA, 1995.

Anybody cool enough to have Tom Waits and PJ Harvey on one of his records is alright by me. Mark Linkous and friends rocking out on French television.

Highly influential post-punk band on German television, 1979.

Pandemonium on the streets of Philly. Memphis hoodlums rawk out in front of Sailor Jerry's Records, 2007.

More St. Vincent because A.) I love her, and B.) the other DJ's are slacking. Covering the Magnetic Fields in Los Angeles, 2007. A tender little love song about infidelity and murder from the pen of Stephen Merritt.

The lovely Annie Clark at the Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 2008. My favorite new artist of 2007.