Buffalo Tom Tonight
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(Non)Cover of the Week 26 Florida
Florida (mp3) Out on Highway 41, the Tamiami, he pulled into off at a McDonald’s because the boy saw the giant colorful play structure, an arching series of caterpillar-like tubes and slides that made it a human Habitrail. The 4-year-old boy inquired about the “playground at Mickeh Donalz,” as they slowed for the red light, …
Cover of the Week 25 You and Your Sister
Licking the wounds of old high school and college romances, real or imagined, I could often be found in my dorm room at UMass blasting the first album from This Mortal Coil, It’ll End in Tears, the collaborative effort of a bunch of artists from various acts on the 4AD record label circa 1984/1985: Cocteau …
Buffalo Tom Live
Hi — We have just added a one-off show to try out some new material and play some of the oldies as well. June 26 at the Paradise in Boston. Tix on sale Thursday 4/16: Livenation.com http://billjanovitz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Cover of the Week 24 No Surprises
Wow, can’t believe we’re up to 24 covers already. What do I get for the 25th? Some sort of commemorative plate? When Buffalo Tom started touring in 1988, people — especially people overseas – would ask us what the “scene” was like in Boston. It seemed so vibrant to someone outside looking in. They assumed …
Part Time Man of Rock T Shirts
Kids — What’s it gonna take to get these babies moving? See the link over on the right. Is it design? Price? What’s holding back all but the most dedicated from purchasing? You name it, I will make it happen. Testimonials from those lucky consumers who have chosen to do the right thing and buy …
Cover of the Week 23 Ballad of Mott the Hoople
I’ve been on a bit of a Mott the Hoople kick this winter. This one became a bit of a residency anthem at Toad this past February. This is obviously a solo version as opposed to the Crown Victoria version. Like a lot of people who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, “All the …
Unreleased Buff Tom
Things were slow over the winter, so I went into the vaults, almost literally; we have a bomb shelter built into our house. Well, that’s how it was described to us when we bought it in 2005. The house was built in 1942 and we are only a couple of miles from what used to …
Cover of the Week 22 Ain’t That Lonely Yet
Buffalo Tom was asked to do a song for a compilation to benefit an artist that I had heard of but had whose music I didn’t really know. But the Sweet Relief benefit record was for a good cause, covering the songs of an artist named Victoria Williams, who was suffering from MS, and like …
Aretha Franklin’s “Precious Memories”
I left Catholicism behind when I was 18. The schism first occurred, though, just as I was starting that sacrament known as penance, which I recall happening around 3rd grade, or 9 years old. So, let me get this straight, I thought, I go into this mysterious dark booth, kneel down and confess my sins …