Song of the Week - The Cassavettes with "Shine A Light"

SONG OF THE WEEK and MAJOR LINKAGE

Well, I for one am certainly glad we made it to Friday. I have had lots to do at both work and home (I am moving, so everything I look at needs to be packed, labeled and lifted!)....

I wanted this week's song to be a little fun and uplifting - without being silly or annoying. (If that makes any sense at all?!) - The Cassavettes are from Boston too... It just seems ideal to me.

BOSTON'S CASSAVETTES

Cassavettes' Next Big Show:
MAY 25 at T.T. the Bears in Cambridge's Central Square.

RSL SONG OF THE WEEK
Shine A Light

Cassavettes Myspace

Cassavettes Blog

YE OLD RECAP / THE HAPPENINGS
(It's what's happening or has, in fact, happened):

• This week we took a long look back in the Record Breaker album series at the Red Hot Chili Peppers' funky second album: Freaky Styley!

• A new treat: We got a listen to one live track and a Sufjan Stevens cover by Charlotte's Emptiness Engine.

• Friend Jesse Malin has gone and released a huge "Glitter in the Gutter" tour schedule!

• An illness has forced Explosions in the Sky to cancel their tour - but I posted a live show in Paris to wet your whistle while they are away.

• I ripped old teammate Roger Clemens when it only became so abundantly clear that he was a mercenary (something we really all knew) when he abandoned Houston to cash in New York. Boston rocker Jake Brennan provides a video criticism, but I still really like my choice of the Beatles "Money" as covered by the Flying Lizards. By the way, $28 Million works out to about $900,000 a start. That could do a lot of good somewhere Mr. Clemens - and I don't mean on your estate.

• Speaking of Houston - I took my time machine back to the Nineties and shared my personal history with Everclear. Actually the song I dropped on you was frontman Alex Alexakis playing live in Houston in 2003. It's a great live acoustic version of "I will Buy You A New Life."

• My friend Gerry Miller - a tremendous musician in Sheffield, England sent me a few new tracks from his band Letters + Colours to share with you readers. And we did. And then his label threatened to sue! And I pulled a pair of them down. So if you didn't get the new songs "Gaunt" or "Plan A" - I am sorry. But there are still songs to listen to and download - including a nifty "Gaunt" video. Please go over to his myspace and add him. L+C are one of the best bands in all of the UK!
  

• The Gods, Heroes and Myth series (literary, art and history chronicles celebrated through song) continued this week. A new installment will be up next week.

• The Mason Proper Exclusive interview drew a few thousand readers. The contest to win the world's only autographed copy of the record is still open! The prize is still hanging out there. The tease -Mason Proper Interview Part One - Interview Part Two

• Have you bookmarked this blog yet? I will win you over. More to come.