“Silly Me” is a catchy tune,
basically lamenting a relationship gone wrong. The video is odd but
interesting, for sure. I prefer to listen without the visuals, to be honest.
Yuppies in Denial is my
second to last fake act. Three brothers and a cousin perform music not unlike
Fine Young Cannibals.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
The XTC song “Making Plans
for Nigel” is really fun. The video is flat-out creepy. I’m amazed I never
heard of XTC until recently. I’m glad to have found them.
Today’s fake artist is Xena,
named for the fictional warrior princess. With a heavy saxophone sound, they
remind me of Michael Stanley Band. Those guys performed in my neck of the woods
growing up. I miss snuggling with my lover at Front Row Theatre during the ballad "Lover". By the way, that's Kevin Raleigh singing for MSB here, not Mr. Stanley himself.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
This group’s style has
several classifications, including the aptly termed dream pop. I find that so
fitting because Beck’s “Dreams” has a similar sound to Warpaint’s “New Song”.
WNKU tends to play blocks of loosely themed music and has played these
literally dreamy sounding numbers back to back.
I’m going to make up a group
named Waking Up Dead. They have a sound that harkens to Marilyn Manson’s
androgynous “Mechanical Animals” era.
WARNING: The following video may be considered shocking and may be NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
I have to be honest and say
that “Life Like This” is not a song of which I’m particularly fond. It kind of
drags for my taste. But V is a tough letter and I do appreciate the
musicianship.
For the letter V my pretend performers
are called Victory. Their music hearkens to The Bravery, whose lyrics can be
rife with delicious melancholy.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
Alas, I could not find a
lesser known group that WNKU airs. You are probably aware that U2 plans a tour
performing their album “The Joshua Tree” in entirety. Has it really been thirty
years since its release? Wow. Good music, too.
Folk artist Uncle Frank is
today’s made up entertainer. He has a sound not unlike David Lindley.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
Yeah, their name starts with
a number, but I just had to write about these amazing Croatian cellists. I’m
breaking another self imposed technicality, too, because I didn’t hear their
music on WNKU. Instead I heard the DJ announce their upcoming show in Cincinnati. The way these
two manipulate pop music through their unconventional instrumentation astounds
me no end. And they are performers through and through.
For today’s fake group, I am
picturing someone like the Gorillaz with animated characters posing as its
members. I’ll call them Two Fish, with their animation being a nod to Dr.
Suess.
- All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
For this April’s A to Z
Blogging Challenge, fellow participant Mary Burris (who hosts Jingle JangleJungle) inspired me to insert video. I managed to figure out how to do that via
Youtube after struggling with my tendency to get overwhelmed by too much
information.
It’s so obvious now. As she said you click 'share',
then 'embed'. ~sigh~ At least I have that technique down.
Formatting text became my
next challenge. For some reason, video insertion changed what all ready
satisfied me in former previews.
Then I realized that I could
probably insert video HTML code within text entered into Blogger’s ‘compose’
mode. I went to my original MSWord document containing my post and typed the
words INSERT VIDEO HERE in each spot intended for video.
No, I don’t mean to virtually
shout. I put the words in all caps so as to more easily find them within the
HTML code. And voila! It worked. What a relief.
Have you found any convenient
fixes for plaguing little issues? Don’t you wish you figured it out earlier?
To celebrate, I’m going to
share a bonus video. Enjoy.
The first time I heard “Move”
off the album Saintmotelevision I
nearly jumped out from behind the wheel of my car wanting to dance. It sounds like Saint Motel
has a fabulous fat horn section backing up their catchy lyrics. Oddly, only one
song on each of their releases has that sound I crave.
Today’s faux group performs
and records under the name Surviving Entropy. These three brothers and their sister hail
from Seattle and have a sound similar to Blur.
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All the real tunes air on member supported WNKU out of
the University of
Northern Kentucky. The web page features the current playlist and live streaming.
