New Music Monday – All Is Not Lost Except Us Edition
jaimie branch – “the mountain” https://youtu.be/_Noo8_VjgxE “the mountain” composed by Curt Kirkwood (originally released by The Meat Puppets as “Comin’ Down”); performed by Jason Ajemian (double bass, voice) and jaimie branch (voice, trumpet) from Fly or Die Fly or Die … Continue reading →
Feeding The Mastodon
The Icarian is proud to feed the Mastodon. It’s happening here.
Continue reading →Yacht Rock: Smooth Sailing Escapist Nostalgia Music Or Cesspool O’Schlock For A Strange American Era?
Wikipedia’s entry for Yacht rock is as heavily footnoted as an article in an academic historical journal. It reads like one, too. “Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound[4][5] or adult-oriented rock[6]) is a broad music style and … Continue reading →
Brendan Fraser I’m Sorry About That Time In 1998
It is time I apologize to Brendan Fraser, recipient of the 2023 Oscar for Best ActorI It’s an apology 25 years late. Once upon a time, long ago, I was a journalist working for a trade magazine covering retailing. My … Continue reading →
Gardening With Candide – The Optimist Grows It Alone
Out now on Bandcamp!
Continue reading →Voltaire, Butt-Biting Sex Apes, A Mutilated Slave and Candide
François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was born in November 1664 in Paris. He was the youngest child of a lawyer/civil servant father and a mum who was low-ranking nobility. He had a brother and two sisters. His was a … Continue reading →
The Icarian Blog Returns – Corona Virus Edition
The Icarian blog is back. Again. This Icarian iteration combines video, audio, writing, photography and illustrations in a retro early 2000s-style blog website format. The Icarian is the web home of RDScally and The Obstweedles and their musical stuff. The … Continue reading →
Under emergency reconstruction
Due to technical difficulties within our control, and which were our OWN fault the I’m busting butt to fix things. Yeah, I know. Should’uh done a backup.
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