Archive for August 18th, 2015

David Byrne and Brian Eno found renewal in Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

David Byrne and Brian Eno found renewal in Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Inventive yet still unabashedly joyous, ‘Everything That Happens Will Happen Today’ was released by David Byrne and Brian Eno on August 18, 2008.

Yes, “Clear Days” from Time and a Word (1970): YESterdays

Yes, “Clear Days” from Time and a Word (1970): YESterdays

Jon Anderson has written a few classic Yes songs by himself. Sadly, “Clear Days” from the 1970 release ‘Time and a Word’ is not one of them.

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John Mellencamp’s No Better Than This was a darkly inspiring triumph

Even as shadows gathered around the superlative ‘No Better Than This,’ released this week in 2010, John Mellencamp clung to his weathered optimism.

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Lucas Lee – Business Brunch Specials: Uranium Omelet [With GMO-Free Brown Sauce] (2015)

Lucas Lee offers a fascinating instrumental tale of the corporate world on the impishly titled ‘Business Brunch Specials: Uranium Omelet [With GMO-Free Brown Sauce].’

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Geoff Downes Talks Up Yes’ Often-Forgotten ‘Drama’: ‘It’s a Quite Astonishing Piece’

When a reworked Yes issued ‘Drama’ on August 18, 1980, it divided the loyalties of a stunned fanbase. Geoff Downes saw things differently.