A couple of years ago, Geoffrey called me up one morning to babble enthusiastically about one of the approximately 300 bands he sees per year that he had seen the previous evening, an act he said was called Tim and Paula. “Tim and Paula,” I asked, “are they a folk duo?” G got a good laugh out of that before correcting me, “No, not Tim and Paula, Tame Impala!” And so it came to be that Tame Impala, an amazing psychedelic rock act from Australia, are known between Geoffrey and me now and forever as Tim and Paula.
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Today’s Percentage Group I Most Relate To
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“I think everything Michele Bachmann says is insane. I’ve watched the Shawshank Redemption on TNT, like, sixteen times. I’ve always had one friend I hate. I do not enjoy waking up. I never update my iTunes. I’m fatter than I used to be. I would have sex with Ryan Gosling. I am the 100%.”
Bryan Ferry at NYC’s Beacon Theatre: The Set List
This past Thursday I was super fortunate to have been able to see Roxy Music front man Bryan Ferry perform at the Beacon Theater here in NYC. He looked great and sounded amazing! He also did a fun and varied set of songs that ranged from both early and later period Roxy Music, his own solo stuff and covers of Bob Dylan and Neil Young tunes. Ferry is changing up the song list on this tour, so every show is a little bit different, but if you weren’t at the Beacon on October 6, 2011, this is what you missed.
The Main Thing (Roxy Music)
Slave to Love
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan cover)
Casanova (Roxy Music)
If There is Something (Roxy Music song)
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
Boys and Girls
Kiss and Tell
To Turn You On
Like a Hurricane (Neil Young cover)
Tara (Roxy Music)
Bitter Sweet (Roxy Music)
You Can Dance
Reason and Rhyme
Avalon (Roxy Music)
My Only Love (Roxy Music)
Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music)
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)
Let’s Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison cover)
Encore:
Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
Hold On (I’m Coming)
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Happy 64th Birthday, Brian May!
Queen Guitarist Brian May was born on this day, July 19th, in 1947. Read a list of Brian May’s Top Ten Awesomest Guitar Moments at This Link. Happy Birthday, Brian!



