Regular dispatches from Reverend Jules, CLUAS.com's man in the line up. Recent columns include: http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/BlogId/3/Default.aspx en-US revjules@googlemail.com webmaster@cluas.com Sat, 17 May 2008 13:03:27 GMT Sat, 17 May 2008 13:03:27 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 Sound Waves was too busy to catch the legend that is 'Dewey Cox' on its initial release but thanks to DVD we spent the night trying to breathe we were laughing so much. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/615/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/615/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=615 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:07:40 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=615 Sound Waves is back after a long sojourn, here are 6 classic albums beloved of Sound Waves from the period 1985 - 1987 that may, or may not, be usual suspects for other listeners. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/613/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/613/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=613 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:28:12 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=613 The screechy one has caused consternation in Chinese officialdom in advance of the Olympics after chanting 'Tibet, Tibet' during a concert in Shanghai. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/532/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/532/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=532 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:24:46 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=532 What a difference a war makes. In 1997, Hollywood was pumping out one 'hoo haa' militaristic army movie after another and looking back it is interesting to see what was included... http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/530/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/530/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=530 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:26:46 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=530 Little Steve Van Zandt once got some of his buddies such as Lou Reed and Bono to pledge that they ain't gonna play Sun City. In the aftermath of Steven Spielberg's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, is it time to encourage Ireland's athletes to do the same to the Bird's Nest Stadium? http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/519/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/519/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=519 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:52:19 GMT 4 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=519 Paul Westerburg, the creative font behind The Replacements, has long been a favourite of Sound Waves. When we got our hands on his album of songs for the animated movie 'Open Season' we were glad to see his muse was intact. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/511/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/511/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=511 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:21:00 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=511 Sound Waves is back for another year and we begin with our first surf music recommendation of 2008, Seasick Steve, an overnight success after a lifetime of music. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/479/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/479/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=479 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:47:42 GMT 3 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=479 Just got this dude's first album and its all grits and honey. Here's a clip of him on the road with some commentary from elder muddy boots balladeer Joe Ely, Ryan is all hat and all cattle. Watch this guy go http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/507/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/507/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=507 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:44:06 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=507 Bell X1 front man David Geraghty is getting played in the Woodie on the way to the break. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/497/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/497/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=497 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:24:05 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=497 Sound Waves wishes to congratulate Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, who are nominated in the Best Original Song category for 'Falling Slowly' from 'Once'. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/490/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/490/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=490 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:45:35 GMT 1 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=490 Surf Movie producers Globe have partnered with DJ Sasha to produce a tripping new surf DVD for watching during or after an all night party. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/489/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/489/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=489 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:44:49 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=489 Surfing continues its hip revival as MTV airs a new show on sexy, photogenis surfers in Maui. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/481/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/481/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=481 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:20:09 GMT 1 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=481 As Sound Waves makes it to the end of our inaugural year, we look back in a ramshackle manner at the events which shaped this blog's niche interest in 2007. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/463/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/463/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=463 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:11:17 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=463 You might think that surfing, taking place mainly in hot countries that don't understand the concept of snow, does not have a take on Christmas, you would be wrong. Here are some of our favorite Christmas themed vids. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/465/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/465/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=465 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:07:22 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=465 Douglas Adams once wrote that the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything was 42. Now a surfer says he has found the answer, for real. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/434/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/434/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=434 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:40:17 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=434 Well, here it is, my surf music top seven of 2007. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/411/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/411/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=411 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:53:52 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=411 Ok, ok, it does sound grandiose but basically, ever since I started on Cluas none of my submissions to the end of year polls have got a look in because basically I don't listen to Phantom FM (apart from a deadly dull two week research period), I don't much care for indie rock and I don't read the NME. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/404/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/404/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=404 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:12:22 GMT 1 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=404 Phoebe, the fictional chantuese from hit sitcom 'Friends', famously performed her unique brand of music in the plush environment of the Manhattan coffee house 'Central Perk'. Now it appears that she may have been ahead of the curve. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/397/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/397/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=397 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:01:25 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=397 Seven years ago Sound Waves attended a music industry convention in France where DRM was the buzzword de jour. Today, its all change as Apple and Amazon slug it out over song offerings without copy protection. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/385/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/385/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=385 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:21:27 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=385 The Radiohead launch on October 10th is going to be watched very carefully by their old label. http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/374/Default.aspx revjules@googlemail.com http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Blogs/Sound_Waves/tabid/78/EntryID/374/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Default.aspx?tabid=78&EntryID=374 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:19:14 GMT 0 http://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=374