To the Americans, a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat.

Walk right in, it's around the back. Just a half a mile from the railroad tracks. 

If there is a Thanksgiving anthem, it's this. Enjoy!

A Big Basket of Funky Jazzy Things I Love

I'm filling in for Cajsa this Sunday morning. The fill-in request said "jazz," she didn't tell me I couldn't interpret that as "70s funky Jazz that makes you want to dance in your apartment." Sorry, not sorry.

Grab a coffee and join me at The Velvet, 9AM SLT, Sunday 11/23/2014 for a whole basket of funky jazzy things I love. I hope you do too.

• Herb Alpert - "Rise"
• Average White Band - " Work to Do"
• Ohio Players - "I'd better take a coffee break"
• Steely Dan - "Your Gold Teeth"
• Marvin Gaye - "Inner City Blues"
• Hot Chocolate - "The Street"
• Tom Waits - "The One That Got Away"
• Isaac Hayes - "Never Can Say Goodbye"
• Ohio Players - "Contradiction"
• Van Morrison - "Who Drove The Red Sports Car"
• Steely Dan - "Pretzel Logic"
• Commodores - "Funny Feelings"
• Rick James - "Cop 'n Blow"
• KC & The Sunshine Band - "I'm a Pushover"
• Parliament - "Theme From the Black Hole"
• Sly & The Family Stone - "I Ain't Got Nobody"
• Marvin Gaye - "Please Stay"
• Commodores - "Better Never Than Forever"
• Ohio Players - "Jive Turkey"
• KC & The Sunshine Band - "Ain't Nothin' Wrong"
• 10cc -"I'm Not In Love"
• Hot Chocolate -"I Want To Be Free"
• Wild Cherry - "What In The Funk Do You See"
• Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"
• Rick James - "Mary Jane"

The Game of Thrones gets Ugly!

I started watching Game of Thrones last Sunday out of fear that my official nerd status would be revoked if I didn't see at least one episode.  By Thursday I had seen every episode, including the current season.  So today's set is a tribute to Game of Thrones!  Come to the Velvet tonight 5 pm to 7 pm SLT for some great music and some serious nerd talk!

Ugly Gets Cozy!

I'll be subbing for the lovely Mal tonight in the 5 pm to 7 pm SLT spot.  Come on over to the Velvet to hear 2014 musics from Hong Hong Kong Kong, La Sera, Lowell (video above) and a special premiere of the Puma Roger song by SL’s very own Cozy Lemon!

Recommended Reading: Nick Hornby's Songbook

Nick Hornby wrote the music lover's book that was made into the music lover's film High Fidelity. Hornby wrote a collection of essays about 31 songs.

Songbook is not a critique of the songs, but a celebration. He writes about how they make him feel, what they inspire in him, or simply why he loves them. The writing is witty, sharp and so very enjoyable. I often laughed out loud. Sometimes I had to read a piece over again just because it was so much fun.

He takes on some of the sillier tropes in music criticism such as the idea that music must be "edgy" to be noteworthy. He defends pop music with humor, vigor and persuasiveness.

He also recommends several albums at the end and most of them are one's I love.

To celebrate this lovely book, I am going to play his 31 songs for my Monday set, so I will be starting a bit early - at 4:30 PM on Monday, January 27th.

Ugly Celebrates The Man in Pink!

It was The Man in Pink's birthday last week and today I am dedicating an entire set to him.  Expect an abundance of strangeness.  Here is one of the coolest artists he has introduced to me, Hugh Laurie.  Enjoy!

An Evening of Classic Rock

7-9pm, Friday Jan 10th:

It's been a hard week. And when it's been a hard week, a really hard week, I need some hard rock. Hard rock, of the classic kind. Sure, a lot of this came out of the 1970s, but there'll be a dab or two from other decades as well. I haven't put the playlist together yet, but you can depend on hearing Alice Cooper, some Gong, some Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Van Halen, maybe some Rush, and absolutely Led Zeppelin will be included ... the music that makes this old dude feel good. So don your denim jacket and your best concert t-shirt, and head over to the V tonight for the stuff your dad used to listen to. When he was cool. And dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Obligatory Best of 2013 Set!

Today I'm playing a 2013-heavy set with great songs from 2013, like this gem from the Kopecky Family Band from last year's Kids Raising Kids album.  Enjoy!