Monthly Archives: November 2011
Pandora’s Revenue
Pandora has done very well revenue-wise in the third quarter of 2011. The breakdown of Pandora’s total revenue is interesting: Total revenue = $75 million, $66 million of which was advertising revenue and $9 million of which was subscription revenue. Advertising … Continue reading
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Weapons Songs
1. “Blues From a Gun” by The Jesus & Mary Chain 2. “Barrel of a Gun” by Guster 3. “Sword” by Rilo Kiley 4. “Gold Guns Girls” by Metric 5. “Switchblade” by Jenny and Johnny 6. “We Throw Parties, You … Continue reading
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First Aid Kit: “Emmylou”
“Emmylou” is a new song (not yet released) by First Aid Kit. The chorus is cool because it references the country musicians Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, and June Carter Cash.
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A.A. Bondy at Bowery Ballroom: 11/22/2011
Last night, I took photos of A.A. Bondy (with opener Gold Leaves) playing at NY’s Bowery Ballroom. Gold Leaves’ best song was “The Ornament,” the penultimate song in their set. A.A. Bondy played mostly new songs, and he sadly didn’t play … Continue reading
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Go Fly A Kite: Musical Collage
Today Ben Kweller released a 3 minute, 43 second “musical collage” of his upcoming new album, called Go Fly A Kite, which comes out February 7th, 2012. The “musical collage” is a collection of the beginning and ending of each … Continue reading
Exclusive Maria Taylor Interview – 11/17/2011
Last night, Thursday November 17, 2011, I spoke to Maria Taylor backstage before her headlining show at the Mercury Lounge. Read the interview below to find out about Maria’s tour memories, her favorite lyric that she’s ever written, Shazam-ing songs on TV … Continue reading
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Literary Songs
Here are 4 good “literary songs” — songs inspired by/about/thematically similar to works of literature. “Cemetery Gates” by The Smiths: about Keats, Yeats, Wilde, plagiarism, “‘Ere thrice the sun done salutation to the dawn” (Shakespeare’s Richard III), and prose and … Continue reading
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SongMeanings.Net
SongMeanings is my favorite song lyrics site because it has a comprehensive database of songs, accurate lyrics, people’s interpretations of songs’ meanings, and no nasty pop-up ads like so many other lyrics sites. I’ve added the site to After The Show’s Links … Continue reading
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First Aid Kit: “Ghost Town”
First Aid Kit is a duo of sisters from Sweden. Watch a live version of their excellent song “Ghost Town”:
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Robert Schwartzman @ Webster Hall Studio
Last night — November 10th, 2011 — Robert Schwartzman played at the Studio at NYC’s Webster Hall, opening for Ocean Grove and Voxhaul Broadcast. He sailed through tracks from his solo album Double Capricorn. “Second Chances” was the catchiest song in the set. It … Continue reading
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