http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org "It was the summer of 1963, when everyone called me Baby, and it never occurred to me to mind..." Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:14:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U2- 1/29/1990 Politically charged, but with a mellow rocker sound and look, Dublin-based band U2 drew a crowd to the Miami Vice last night. Their return to Ireland to play in their hometown was poignant for the group, who came together in the mid 1970s as a group of high school ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/04/22/u2/ Elvis Presley- 6/15/1956 His hips roll and his knees shake. He croons and screams into his microphone on stage, and a hundred million teenage girls scream right back at him. This man inspires fainting fits and has been accused of everything under the sun by furious parents and preachers. Elvis Presley ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/04/22/elvis-presley/ So, being a ways into Nik Cohn's Awopbopaloppbop Alopbamboom, I still can't decide how I feel about him. There are points where I absolutely love him: he is snarky and hilarious and so much fun to read, because he's writing about what he lived, right after he lived it, and ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/02/19/cohn-v-miller/ After listening to a lot of the blues and rock type music that we went over in class, I can definitely see how they influenced the Beatles. In "Please Please Me," we heard much more controlled vocals, like those of Robert Johnson and Elvis ("That's All Right"). There were also ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/02/04/who-influenced-the-beatles/ Meagan: So, what was your earliest memory of music? Mackenzie: Doing the hokie pokie in daycare when I was about 3. Meg: Did you have a favorite song when you were growing up? Mac: Just about any of the WeeSing songs. Meg: Why Mac: I think I liked them because they kept playing the songs ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/02/04/podcast-interview-with-mackenzie/ So, this is my first post on here, for the spring Rock/Soul/Progressive seminar class. Most everything I know about music either comes from my dad or from musical theatre. I have a pretty wide range in taste, I guess, because there's a little bit of everything in my iTunes library, from ... http://indiemap89.umwblogs.org/2008/01/16/hello-world/