Feel Like

Saw Graham Parker play live two times before, both a long time ago, and both excellent, but never backed by his original band: the mighty Rumour. That's right: Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont on guitars, Steve Goulding on drums, Andrew Bodnar on bass, and Bob Andrews on keyboards. Now I'm not much of a reunion kinda guy, but I'll gladly make an exception for this legendary lot. Tonight all night all right...

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Pourin' It All Out

How High

"In this dirty town, there's nothing going for me..." Presenting a lunar ten pack for your listening pleasure. Just sit back and watch that ole devil come down.

Thin White Rope - Moonhead

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Maiden Of The Cancer Moon

Dead Moon - Dagger Moon

Jonathan Wilson - Valley Of The Silver Moon

Lucia Pamela - Walking On The Moon

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Watch The Moon Come Down

Don Byas - How High The Moon

Freedy Johnston - Down On The Moon #1

Leatherface - I Want The Moon

Sonny Rollins - Old Devil Moon

Colour Me White

"White honey, get it from the candyman..." Or: one more exclusive hand picked six pack. In this week's Colour Me installment, GP and the mighty Rumour talk sweet, punkpop pioneers the Dickies speed up a moody blues, while Dublin's finest the Virgin Prunes look for the promised land of milk and honey. Next up, Little Feat finds inspiration in the East, furious Frisco punks the Avengers end up on the dole, and sixties unknowns the Painted Ship tell fuzzy lies in the garage. If you like what you hear, please buy a featured album or two.

Graham Parker & The Rumour - White Honey MP3

The Dickies - Nights In White Satin MP3

Virgin Prunes - Sweethome Under White Clouds MP3

Little Feat - China White MP3

Avengers - White Nigger MP3

Painted Ship - Little White Lies MP3

Room By Room

"You think you've got it all set up, you think you've got the perfect plan..."

Two sides of the same soul coin. It doesn´t really matter if Earl Randle´s classic composition is given the treatment by Memphis southern soul diva Ann Peebles in ´73, or by London pubrocker Graham Parker in ´77. Both soulful versions are guaranteed to leave you in the dust, wondering what the hell just happened.

"What you´re gonna do when you look up one day, and see your playhouse tumbling down..."

Ann Peebles - I´m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down MP3

Graham Parker & The Rumour - I´m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down MP3