• The Stars Of Track & Field – Belle & Sebastian

    SONG OF THE DAY “The Stars Of Track & Field” by Belle & Sebastian (If You’re Feeling Sinister, Jeepster Records/ Matador Records (re-issue), 1996). All songs on the album written and composed by Stuart Murdoch. WHY TODAY? Because I can’t get it out of my bloody head, and it’s been like six bloody days. I …

  • The Cisco Kid – War

    SONG OF THE DAY “The Cisco Kid” by War (The World Is A Ghetto, United Artists, 1972). All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – In 2003, the album was ranked #449 on Rolling Stone magazine’s …

  • God Only Knows – Natalie Maines

    SONG OF THE DAY “God Only Knows” by Natalie Maines ([single], Columbia Records, March 2011). Written by Brian Wilson & Tony Asher in 1966. WHERE I HEARD IT Big Love series finale final moments and final season promos. Check out my blog entry on the original Beach Boys version of the song, from November 8th, …

  • So This Is Love – Lisa Hilton

    SONG OF THE DAY “So This Is Love” by Lisa Hilton (Nuance, Ruby Slippers Productions, 2010). BIOGRAPHY (a la Sound Unwound) “Acclaimed pianist/composer/producer Lisa Hilton grew up in Southern California in a very musical home. Originally self-taught on the piano, Hilton started studying classical and Twentieth Century piano literature at the age of eight, and …