:: mike errico diary ::

:: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 ::

Blake and I have sketched out five of the new songs for the record.

Something New
Whatever You Say
Ever Since
Packing My Bags
Sweet Anesthesia

This is going be fun.

Meanwhile:

Check out this ROCK AND ROLL HOLIDAY HOUSE.

And tell me, Why is it always "A fool and his MONEY are soon parted"? How about a fool and his TIME?


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:: mike 9:02 AM [+] ::

For those who don't know much about Lesley Gore, this from Billboard

Billboard magazine, November 26, 2005

Quincy Jones: QUINCY'S TOP 50 HITS
Quincy Jones is credited as an artist with 13 chart entries on The Billboard Hot 100 and 25 chart entries on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. His first was "Killer Joe," which cracked both charts in May 1970. In later years, his albums of collaborations with other jazz, pop and R&B stars yielded some of his top charting hits.

"Back on the Block" in 1989, for example, included the singles "I'll Be Good to You," featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, and "The Secret Garden," featuring Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge and Barry White. Both hit No. 1.

Those two songs are included in this ranking of Jones' top 50 hits on the Hot 100 as a producer. Not surprisingly, however, this chart is dominated by songs Jones produced but did not perform—most notably the record-setting string of hits he recorded with Michael Jackson for the albums "Off the Wall," "Thriller" and "Bad." ••••

Data compiled by Chart Beat columnist Fred Bronson, based on a point system developed for the third edition of "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits."

1 Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1983 Epic

2 Michael Jackson Rock With You 1980 Epic

3 Michael Jackson Beat It 1983 Epic

4 USA for Africa We Are the World 1985 Columbia

5 Lesley Gore It's My Party 1963 Mercury

6 Patti Austin with James Ingram Baby, Come to Me 1983 Qwest

7 Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney The Girl Is Mine 1983 Epic

8 Michael Jackson Man in the Mirror 1988 Epic

9 Michael Jackson Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 1979 Epic

10 Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett I Just Can't Stop Loving You 1987 Epic

11 Lesley Gore You Don't Own Me 1964 Mercury

12 Michael Jackson Bad 1987 Epic

13 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel 1988 Epic

14 Michael Jackson Dirty Diana 1988 Epic

15 Brothers Johnson I'll Be Good to You 1976 A&M

16 George Benson Give Me the Night 1980 Warner Bros.

17 Brothers Johnson Stomp! 1980 A&M

18 Michael Jackson Thriller 1984 Epic

19 Michael Jackson Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 1983 Epic

20 Lesley Gore She's a Fool 1963 Mercury

21 Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter 23 1977 A&M

22 Donna Summer Love Is in Control 1982 Geffen

23 Michael Jackson Human Nature 1983 Epic

24 Michael Jackson She's out of My Life 1980 Epic

25 Michael Jackson Off the Wall 1980 Epic

26 Lesley Gore Judy's Turn to Cry 1963 Mercury

27 Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal 1989 Epic

28 Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram Just Once 1981 A&M

29 Aretha Franklin Angel 1973 Atlantic

30 Michael Jackson P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 1983 Epic

31 Michael Jackson Another Part of Me 1980 Epic

32 James Ingram with Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There 1984 Qwest

33 Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram One Hundred Ways 1982 A&M

34 Quincy Jones feat. Ray Charles and Chaka Khan I'll Be Good to You 1990 Qwest

35 Lesley Gore That's the Way Boys Are 1964 Mercury

36 Lesley Gore Maybe I Know 1964 Mercury

37 Lesley Gore Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows 1965 Mercury

38 Quincy Jones Stuff Like That 1978 A&M

39 Lesley Gore Look of Love 1965 Mercury

40 Quincy Jones Ai No Corrida 1981 A&M

41 Donna Summer The Woman in Me 1983 Geffen

42 Brothers Johnson Get the Funk Out Ma Face 1976 A&M

43 James Ingram & Patti Austin How Do You Keep the Music Playing 1983 Qwest

44 Rufus and Chaka Khan Do You Love What You Feel 1980 MCA

45 Quincy Jones feat. El DeBarge,

James Ingram, Barry White and Al B. Sure! The Secret Garden 1990 Qwest

46 Aretha Franklin Master of Eyes 1973 Atlantic

47 Lesley Gore My Town, My Guy and Me 1965 Mercury

48 Donna Summer State of Independence 1982 Geffen

49 Diana Ross and Michael Jackson Ease On Down the Road 1978 MCA

50 Lesley Gore I Don't Wanna Be a Loser 1964 Mercury
:: mike 9:33 AM [+] ::

One of my favorite new bands, Look What I Did. Here's their video. Takes a while to load. For fans of King's X, System of a Down, explosions.


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:: mike 1:03 PM [+] ::

A bad workman blames his tools. Or picks the wrong ones.

Sweet Child of Mine.

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:: mike 11:11 AM [+] ::

This beats the crap out of Madonna's version: CLICK HERE


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:: mike 12:17 PM [+] ::

Just like the real thing: CLICK




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:: mike 4:07 PM [+] ::

Any Port in a Storm
for STUFF magazine

Port wine is one of the great mysteries of alcohol: It doesn't come in keg, or six-pack form, so most guys don't realize it's the classiest way to end an evening (or start a morning). To prove it to you, Mike Errico and Cory Jones broke down six top-notch ports with the help of Bartholomew Broadbent, one of the leading experts on port in the world.

www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1218


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:: mike 10:24 AM [+] ::

Feel free to lose your mind by clicking here.

Don't blame me. You clicked it.


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:: mike 2:23 PM [+] ::

CB's Gallery - played another show. NOW the songs have jumped to life. It was really really intense. They're getting under my hands.

Every show, up three levels.

Same set as Living Room, with encore: "It's Better Here" - done quieter, and stronger.

This is good.


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:: mike 3:33 PM [+] ::

Second Living Room show is over. Amazing. 10 new songs, and so much to process. I feel some itching to be recorded, and to be included with my best work. I can't believe how good that feels. Others need just a tweak or two, they just want a little structural work. A paint job. Minor buffing around the chrome. And they're going to kill, too. And they all have to find their way into my voice - which means I have to just run them, practice, play out, and all of that. I can't wait for the next show. Tonight, with Ari Hest at CB's. I need to hear them in the live context, out of the controlled environment of the lab.

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:: mike 8:42 AM [+] ::

I mean, Buffalo '66 was good and all, but...



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:: mike 8:09 AM [+] ::