Sound of the Day: Caged Animals
Band number 1,080 on Paul Lester’s New Band of the Day blog are Caged Animals. Read his review and listen to more tracks on the blog - and find out about the other 1,079…
This song ended up being better than I thought it would.
The Tallest Man On Earth — I Won’t Be Found. (Piano Version.)
Howlin’ Wolf — Spoonful. (1968.)
Pickwick — Hacienda Motel.
The WPA Guide to Minnesota’s section on Duluth starts off like this —
DULUTH (602 alt. at lake level; 101,463 pop.), third of Minnesota’s cities in size and importance, is like a Lilluputian village in a mammoth rock garden. From the western tip of Lake Superior the city rises on rock bluffs 600 to 800 feet above the lake level, houses and business buildings alike dwarfed by the rugged volcanic juttings and the vast expanse of cold blue water.
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Astride these promontories are many of the residential sections, and even some of the business areas have mounted part-way. Many of the avenues rise at a breathless angle and demand good brakes and steady nerves. On more than one occasion trucks have stripped their gears, and, running wild downhill, have hurtled into walls — once into a bedroom.
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Down in the business section the city presents to the casual visitor a face not unlike that of many another young industrial city. But the observer will not and again catch glimpses of a frontier past lurking behind the modern make-up. A buckskin-trousered, woolen-clad lumberjack, or a dark-skinned Indian is not too uncommon sight on the streets and recalls the days when “river-hogs” by hundreds came down with the spring drives to celebrate in wild orgies their release from winter camps, and when Chippewa bartered pelts trapped at Duluth’s back door.
One of the things that caught my eye about Duluth today (pop. 86,265) is the image above — their mayor, Don Ness, puts together mix tapes of local bands out of his own pocket.
Here’s one artist from the playlist — Sarah Krueger —
Fairpoint Convention — Cajun Woman.
My friend Meg posted this to her Google Reader, but it’s too good not to share with the world-at-large — a French cover of Dylan’s wonderful, “If You Have To Go, Go Now.”
Boy Mandeville are a band out of London, England that play wildly guitar based music … Catchy video for a catchy song. Take a listen! - KJ
- Official Site (Free downloads!)
