Category Archives: Music

Before They Were Stars: David Bowie Performs with The Feathers

Posted on November 18, 2014 by robin

Throughout the 1960s, David Bowie paid his dues by playing with a lot of different bands before he finally found stardom. For a brief period, Bowie was part of a folk-rock trio called The Feathers, alongside his friend, John “Hutch” … Continue reading →

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Last Link of the Day: The Cutest Gangsta

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Gill

With all these hidden camera videos becoming popular on Youtube, I’m starting to think I should carry a camera with me at all times…

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Riptide

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Gill

I don’t have a lot to say about this, except that I like the song, and I like the video. And those are good enough reasons to post it.

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Last Link of the Day: Blues Dog

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gill

How many blues musicians have canine accompaniment?

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Ready Err Not

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Gill

Halloween may have come and gone, but here in The Back Row we tend to celebrate horror year round! Which means that I’ll be slowly dolling out all the Halloween videos that I collected but didn’t get a chance to … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Hit Halloween Song

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Gill

Even though I’m not an especially musically inclined person, I always enjoy Brett Domino‘s tutorials on how to write hit pop songs. In this one he’s getting into the spooky spirit of the Halloween season with his synthy key-tar.

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I Won’t Let You Down

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Gill

OK Go has really found their niche. Decent music, nothing super special, but amazing music videos that are guaranteed to go viral. As Grant says, they’re the band that decided to give up being a band and became internet stars … Continue reading →

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Timber Timbre – Curtains

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Gill

Not only is this video for the Timber Timbre song Curtains totally awesome in its noir style, but it uses stock footage from archive.org. Hey, I use stock footage from archive.org! Looks like Grant and I weren’t alone in thinking … Continue reading →

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Before They Were Stars: Michael Kenneth Williams in a Madonna Music Video

Posted on October 8, 2014 by robin

It’s hard to imagine Omar Little as a professional dancer, but that was Michael Kenneth Williams’ career before he got into acting. In the mid-1990s, Williams worked as a background dancer for such artists as Madonna, George Michael and Kim Syms … Continue reading →

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Last Link of the Day: Whoops Canada

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Gill

Who thought this was a good idea?

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