“Q” Bombs: October 27, 2013

A “Q” Bomb will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the Week of October 27, 2013

1.  Royals —Lorde
2.  Southern Girl —Tim McGraw
3.  That’s My Kind of Night —Luke Bryan
4.  The Wire —Haim
5.  Let Her Go—Passenger
6.  Hey Girl —Billy Currington
7.  Summer Sadness (Remix) —Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais
8.  Best I Ever Had —Gavin DeGraw
9.  Marry Me —Jason Derulo
10.  Demons —Imagine Dragons

1)  Royals

2)  Southern Girl

3)  That’s My Kind of Night

4)  The Wire

5)  Let Her Go

6)  Hey Girl

7)  Summer Sadness (Remix)

8)  Best I Ever Had

9)  Marry Me 

10)  Demons 

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Halloween Commercials: M&M Costume Party, AT&T Halloween Candy & Werewolf, Goodwill Halloween, & Verizon Star Wars Ads Make for Fun Viewing!

M&M has a really cute spoof of its candy:

AT&T has a couple of good ones:

And of course, the classic werewolf:

Goodwill has a very good Halloween commercial, something I definitely wouldn’t have expected:

This one by Verizon is probably my favorite one of 2013:

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, October 20, 2013

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of October 20, 2013

1.  New —Paul McCartney
2.  Thick As a Brick  (Complete)—Jethro Tull (GSER)
3.  Falling —Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights
4.  Helicoid:A Suite for Mankind —Cornell Kinderknecht
5.  Voodoo Hounds of Hell —Mick Clarke
6.  Still IntoYou —Paramore
7.  Halloween Blues —The Fratellis
8.  Talking With the Blues —Mick Clarke
9.  All Your Love —George Bedard
10.  Angkor —Mark Von Overmeire & The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra
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Phil’s Faves: Videos, October 20, 2013

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of October 20, 2013

1. Roar—Katy Perry
2. Still Into You—Paramore
3. Point at You—Justin Moore
4. All Over the Road—Easton Corbin
5. Safe and Sound—Capital Cities
6. Whatever She’s Got—David Nail
7. Vincent Price—Deep Purple
8. Sweater Weather—The Neighbourhood
9. Helicoid:A Suite for Mankind—Cornell Kinderknecht
10. True Love—P!nk and Lily Allen

1)  Roar

2)  Still Into You 

3)  Point at You

4)  All Over the Road 

5)  Safe and Sound 

6)  Whatever She’s Got 

7)  Vincent Price 

8)  Sweater Weather 

9)  Helicoid:A Suite for Mankind 

10)  True Love 

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Deep Purple, Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights, and Lindsay lou and Joshua Rilko Give Autumn (And Halloween) Some Great Music!

This video suggestion was sent to me by Facebook Friend, Bill, and it’s a GREAT one! Deep Purple at their campiest on “Vincent Price.” Love it!

Another fun video from Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights that’s on their “Bandwagon” album. It’s quickly becoming my favorite song!

And one last favorite autumn song. This one is a duet from Lindsay Lou & Joshua Rilko–minus the other Flatbellys, but it’s still cool!

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“Q” Bombs: October 20, 2013

A “Q” Bomb will be my term for a music video that I consider to be subpar in music, video, or both. This will be a recurring weekly list that will focus on the worst videos that are currently on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus on solely on current or recent videos.
I hate to be so negative about music, but when an artist takes a “bad” song and then brings more attention to it by creating a “bad” video to support it, it will appear on this list. I honestly hope, and it could happen, that this list will be less than 10 items, but I have serious doubts that that possibility will happen. We are, after all, talking about an industry that uses art for huge profits. The companies can’t help themselves.
However, at this point, I will not do a 10 worst music list. I see absolutely no reason to waste time reemphasizing bad music. Once is enough.

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Worst Videos for the Week of October 20, 2013

1. Royals—Lorde
2. Hey Girl—Billy Currington
3. Southern Girl—Tim McGraw
4. Let Her Go—Passenger
5. Summer Sadness (Remix)—Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais
6. Best I Ever Had—Gavin DeGraw
7. That’s My Kind of Night—Luke Bryan
8. The Wire—Haim
9. Wasting All These Days—Cassadee Pope
10. Demons—Imagine Dragons

1) “Royals”—

2) “Hey Girl”—

3) A“Southern Girl”—

4) “Let Her Go”—

5) “Summer Sadness (Remix)”—

6) “Best I Ever Had—Gavin DeGraw

7) “That’s My Kind of Night”—

8) “The Wire”

9) “Wasting All These Tears”

10) “Demons”

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Phil’s Faves: Songs, October 13, 2013

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of October 13, 2013

1. Your Papa Don’t Know—Richard Henderson
2. Still Into You–Paramore
3. Area 51—Charlatans UK
4. New—Paul McCartney
5. Comin’ Home—Delaney & Bonnie
6. Tu Mochila Esta Abierta—Dan Sheehan Conspiracy
7. Halloween Blues—The Fratellis
8. Falling—Joanie Leeds & The Night Lights
9. Talking With the Blues—Mick Clarke
10. John Winston—The Quarry Men
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Phil’s Faves:Videos, October 13, 2013

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of October 13, 2013

1. Still Into You—Paramore
2. Roar—Katy Perry
3. All Over the Road—Easton Corbin
4. Point at You—Justin Moore
5. Safe and Sound—Capital Cities
6. Red—Taylor Swift
7. Whatever She’s Got—David Nail
8. Sweater Weather—The Neighbourhood
9. When I See This Bar—Kenny Chesney
10. True Love—P!nk and Lily Allen

1)  Still Into You 

2)  Roar

3)  All Over the Road

4)  Point at You

5)  Safe and Sound

6)  Red

7)  Whatever She’s Got

8)  Sweater Weather

9)  When I See This Bar

10)  True Love

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Yes, Mark Van Overmeire, and Brenda Lee: All Three Artists Pack Some Musical “Dynamite!”

I pretty much haven’t found a Yes song I haven’t liked! Here is a really good performance of one of their classics, “Machine Messiah”:

Stretching things out today, musically, is a “classical” composer, Mark Van Overmeire, and The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra performing on of Mark’s works based on his experiences in Southeast Asia, “Angkor”:

And finally, for Sweetest Day, Little Miss Dynamite herself, Brenda Lee, performing “Sweet Nothin’s” on Dick Clark’s “Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show!” I really dig that giant phone prop!

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Cornell Kinderknecht and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull: Two Masters on the Flute!

A composer that I have just became aware of, is also a remarkable flute player! The first video here is a dance troupe interpreting one of Cornell Kinderknecht’s compositions “Helicoid:A Suite for Mankind.” (Hey! Dancing is allowed and absolutely encouraged on the Phil Maq website! 🙂 )

Since you really don’t get to see Cornell perform, here he is doing one of his songs on bansuri flute:

One of the GREATEST songs and albums ever recorded is “Thick As a Brick” by Jethro Tull! Here are two parts of the song as performed way back when…

and fairly recently. The band stills sounds hot!

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