Eric J. Lawrence, Music Librarian

This is the Day for The The

2008-09-18T00:35:41Z

On MBE last Friday Nic played The The's "Beat(en) Generation" and so before refiling the album back deep in the music library trenches, Eric decided to introduce me to his favorite record of theirs, Soul Mining. I've been doing a bit of soul mini...

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KCRW Charts - Week of 9/15/08

2008-09-17T23:19:33Z

Hey folks, here's our charts for this week. Holding the throne in our top 50 for the first time is the latest effort from Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini. Her record just hit stores last week and her single "Me and Armini" has...

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Newly Added to Library - Sounds of Sesame Street

2008-09-14T03:29:11Z

So after compiling our voluminous list of weekly added titles yesterday, my pick for the most intriguing recording was Putumayo's Sesame Street Playground - a CD/DVD set featuring songs and music videos from Sesame Street productions around the w...

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Librarianship is a lonely profession...

2008-09-11T23:32:45Z

...which is why we here at KCRW hired young Nassir Nassirzadeh last year to help out here in the cavernous KCRW Music Library. Nassir was one of the tireless volunteers that helped us out with our Digitizing Project, and we like his work ethic s...

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Give the UK drummers some...

2008-09-11T00:08:41Z

So we've recently received a couple of records from side-projects of drummers of familiar UK bands. Correcto is the name of the Scottish indie-rock band featuring Paul Thomson of Franz Ferdinand. Paul has played in a number of other bands prior...

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KCRW Charts for week of 7/28/08

2008-07-28T20:37:06Z

Hey gang - EJL here. So as a new feature of this here blog (which I really need to post more to, I admit), I'll post the weekly charts for KCRW's music broadcasts. And here is the latest: KCRW TOP 50 FOR WEEK OF 07/28/2008 1 BECK == Modern G...

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Whew!

2008-06-05T22:24:57Z

I've been so busy getting our new Digital Music Library ready for its big debut that I haven't posted in a spell. But the day has finally come, and I hope you all have been enjoying the variety of things our DJs have found in the new library. I'...

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"Iron Man" - a musical assessment

2008-05-13T22:32:59Z

So I saw "Iron Man" last week & really enjoyed it, which isn't much of a surprise, as I'm a big-time comic book fan, especially of the Marvel universe (e.g. Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, etc). It's a spectacle and well-acted (at lea...

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Take off!

2008-05-12T23:27:25Z

So thanks to my pal Greg, I ended up with a last-minute ticket to see Rush play the Nokia Theatre last week, and I'm still reeling from all that RAWK! While I would never describe myself as a serious fan, I've enjoyed the double-disc best-of col...

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Pre-Coachella madness

2008-04-23T20:05:29Z

Hey gang - EJL here. So Coachella starts this Friday. Being on the heels of SXSW (relatively), I find I don't have the energy to do 3 days worth of trekking across the polo fields. Not like these young whippersnappers, who don't mind camping ou...

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