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spence
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Post Number: 808
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 05:09 pm:   

Have we done this thread? Sorry if we have.

Yo la tengo - You can have it all
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kevin
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Post Number: 976
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 05:15 pm:   

Zero Refills - Pernice Brothers
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 717
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 08:14 pm:   

The Wedding Present - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?

Who knows why.
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 936
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 08:16 pm:   

I Am Waiting - Lindsey Buckingham...yes, it's a cover of the great Stones song...
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Jerry Clark
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Post Number: 437
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Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 08:30 pm:   

Kraftwerk - Numbers (live)
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 682
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 12:53 am:   

Tom Waits - Heigh Ho (The Dwarf's Marching Song)
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 661
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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 03:57 am:   

Padraig, "Heigh Ho" is amazing! Now I see why Waits' name came up in a Captain Beefheart discussion.

Favorite song for the week doesn't have to be a new one, does it? If I have to choose one for this week it's the Chills' "Wet Blanket."

Hardin, I love "I am Waiting." It reflects well on Buckingham that he'd choose to cover it.
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spence
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Post Number: 813
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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 10:08 am:   

Oneway Ticket - Beachfield.
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 405
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 04:32 pm:   

The Kinks - Do You Remember Walter?
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 265
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 04:44 pm:   

Belltown Ramble - Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3

Robyn waxes poeticaly about Seattle. A great Dylanesque song that Uncle Bob would be proud of.
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 727
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 05:56 pm:   

I have gotta hear this new Hitchcock album! I love that earlier song he did about Seattle--I can't remember what it's called, but they play it on KEXP here a lot.

And playing now (the iPod on shuffle):

The Slits - FM

Which followed:

Delta 5 - Now That You've Gone

The iPod is feeling inspired this morning.
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Rob Brookman
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Post Number: 9
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 06:01 pm:   

Jens Lekman - "Black Cab"

Saw him perform this at Pitchfork fest in Chicago with a backing band composed entirely of blond Swedish girls. Rotated back into heavy play of late.
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 946
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 08:16 pm:   

I've just lately been checking out Jens. He's excellent, isn't he? There was some discussion about him here a few mos. ago, but I'd not heard him at that point. But, in the past couple of weeks, I've downloaded some stuff by him and have been very impressed by what I've heard. And to see him with an all blond Swedish girl band...man! I think I'd rather see that than any band that springs to mind!

On a related note, I hope to make it to see Los Straitjackets tomorrow night (if events allow)- they're playing in Solana Beach, close to San Diego. They're already quite cool, playing surf music wearing Mexican wrestling masks, with choreography, but adding to the coolness quotient, they'll have the World Famous Pontani Sisters, a popular (new) burlesque act, appearing with them as their go-go dancers.

Go-go dancers rule. If I were King of the World, I'd make it mandatory that all groups, be they the Go-Betweens, Rapeman, Tortoise, or the Vienna Boys Choir, have go-go dancers.
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 735
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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 08:23 pm:   

The Melvins, with 'luded-out go-go dancers with so much hair you can't see their faces!

That Los Straitjackets/Pontani Sisters show should be a riot. I'm so out of touch with live music that I just discovered they played here about five days ago. Need to check those listings more than once every two months...
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Rob Brookman
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 08:56 pm:   

The Go-Betweens with go-go dancers... wait, wasn't that Robert's function?
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 949
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:17 pm:   

All he's missing is a pair of white patent-leather boots.
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 266
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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:26 pm:   

Kurt, the earlier song about Seattle was Viva Sea Tac from the Jewels For Sophia album from 1999.

Belltown Ramble is a much better song!!
"Belltown Ramble"
> and you wanna know what is
> and also what is not
> don't you girl?
> it's an independant life
> and you want to see your eyes
> reflected in the world
> so you go down Fourth to Blanchard

That's "Fourth to Blanchard" As in Fourth Avenue in Seattle in the Belltown neighborhood. BTW this a much mouch cooler Seattle song than
the rather embarassing Viva Sea Tac from Robyn's 1999 ablum Jewels For Sophia..

> and turn right on Roq la Rue

That's Roq la Rue (http://www.roqlarue.com/)a pop art gallery on
Second Ave a block up from as...

> past the Crocodile

...the Crocodile Cafe http://www.thecrocodile.com/ Robyn plays there a lot.

> then you slide down Fourth again where The Claremont used to be

Again that's Fourth ave The Claremont used to be a hotel. Now its
apartments or a retirement home or something.

> say hello ariel (r.e.l.) onto

C-L-A-R-E-M-O-N-T

> then you find the uzbek warlord
> you collide with tamerlane
> his teeth are brown
> oh he doesn't speak he prods you
> then he says burning trains
> back in your hometown
> then you roll down Denny Way

This is Denny Way which Fourth avenue runs into.

> past the pink rotating elephant

this is the sign for the Elephant Car Wash http://www.elephantcarwash.com/

>e.x.p.

this either refers to the offices of KEXP (http://www.kexp.org) or the
Experince Music Project Building both of which are close by
http://www.emplive.org/


> and you say well come what may
> now i'm in my element
> i'm where i ought to be
> but tamerlaine is hot
> he's mounted on the elephant
> the coffee's on the boil
> and he says what have you got?
> you say i don't have anything
> he says you must have oil
> so you wanna know what is
> and also what is not
> don't you girl?
> it's an independant life
> and you want to see your eyes
> reflected in the world
> look out baby
> seven men are on their way
> seven sets of appetites
> have got to be appeased today
> igornance comes first
> then comes opportunism
> greed is third
> fundamental faith rides in
> backwards with his eyes shut
> listening for the word
> in bowls number five
> he needs a bit of elbow room
> his name is haste
> he fires off a slew of emails
> and says put your hands together boys
> for six eight k a waist

For six 8k a waste? For six ok a waste?

> the boys all look around
> they look to number seven
> reclining in his chair
> he's got his headphones on
> his head is full of paradise
> he isn't there
> and also what is not
> don't you girl?
> it's an independant life
> and you want to see your eyes
> reflected in the world
> tamerline and i went to
> The Two Bells

The Two Bells Tavern a nice divey place Robyn often plays ecret shows at.

> back on Fourth

Fourth Ave again.

> ken orders some wine
> and we say how's it going
> ken he said it's going north
> to canada
> it's going to canada
> you can walk a square
> you can walk an oblong
> even just walk straight
> you'll still be standing there
> though you think you did the job wrong
> you did it great
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Hugh Nimmo
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Post Number: 103
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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:59 pm:   

Rob/LK, if you enjoy Jens Lekman then give a listen to Don Lennon and in particular his album 'Routine.' The following is a link to a video of a track from the album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doeC2mByAa8
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 738
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:28 pm:   

Thanks, Michael. I dunno...I think "Viva Seatac" isn't meant to be anything more than funny, which it is. To me, anyway. Yeah, Robyn knows his Seattle pretty well.
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 954
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 07:28 pm:   

"Fat-Bottomed Girls" - Queen
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Paul N
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Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 07:42 pm:   

Hold On Hold On - Neko Case
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spence
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Post Number: 835
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 07:51 pm:   

Oneway Ticket - Beachfield.
Laughter in the next room - The Winnebago Orchestra.
Little Star - Spike Priggen.

3 songs on constant rotation.

PS LK you cheeky thing!!
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 753
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Monday, October 16, 2006 - 08:16 pm:   

The week is young, but so far "I Was a Lover" by TV on the Radio.
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spence
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Post Number: 846
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Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 04:05 pm:   

Who of us two - Dave Graney
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John B.
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Post Number: 10
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Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 09:00 am:   

Free money - Patti Smith
Not on top - Hermann Düne
Teenage riot - Sonic Youth

over and over again
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abigail law
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Post Number: 91
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 11:19 am:   

the first denim album
the new lemonheads
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Donat
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Post Number: 194
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 11:22 am:   

I too was listening to both the new Lemonheads and the first Denim album!

*insert Twilight Zone theme music*
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 766
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 09:24 pm:   

Beck - Think I'm In Love

I don't have the new CD yet--will pick it up tomorrow, probably--but I heard about half of it yesterday and this track is stuck in my brain. As everyone is saying, the new stuff sounds great. It's the album I've been waiting for by him, I'm guessing...the one where he puts all of his musical sides together into one great, original whole, rather than a genre exercise.
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spence
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Post Number: 860
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Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 09:50 am:   

Denim, ah, there's a name, I remember receiving a plectrum from Lawrence in '90/'91 it was a really large plectrum and it had the Bell jeans logo on it, very unique at the time, that's our Lawrence!!

Beck, Soldier Jane, I adore that song, love the end too.
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 979
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 05:32 pm:   

Daddy-O - Los Straitjackets w/ Kaiser George
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kevin
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Post Number: 1032
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 02:02 am:   

Charleys Girl from Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
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Michael Bachman
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Post Number: 274
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 05:13 pm:   

Kevin, I just picked up the reissue of Coney Island Baby. The only song I remembered liking from my vinyl copy was the title cut, but it's
got some other very good songs on it. I hope
Street Hassle is reissued soon.
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kevin
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Post Number: 1034
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 06:29 pm:   

Michael,
She's My Best Friend, Crazy Feeling and Kicks are all gems too.
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Little Keith
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Post Number: 988
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 06:41 pm:   

Funky President (People It's Bad) - James Brown
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 776
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 08:07 pm:   

Kevin and Michael, would you say the reissued Coney Island Baby sounds as good or better than the original vinyl? The vocals seemed way too far in front of the music in the mix (usually true on Lou Reed albums, admittedly). I suppose it's still true on the new CD, unless it was remixed a bit.
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andreas
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Post Number: 265
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 08:43 pm:   

the black swan - bert jansch
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kevin
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 08:55 pm:   

Kurt, because the original album was released mid70s I dont think the vinyl sound can be beaten here. For me, the mid 70s was vinyl prime time for 2 main reasons. The vinyl was still thick rather than those flimsy artefacts that appeared from the 80s onwards and therefore had great sound, and secondly studios were still geared up for that warm analogue sound that unfortunately gave way to the shiny, bright digitized abominations of the 80s and 90s.

2 things to ponder about this.
Does anybody else think its a rip off that you have to pay extra for these 180g vinyl albums that are produced these days? back in the day it was the norm.
Do you think kids prefer the brash digital sounds of today rather than the warm analogue sound that I (we?) prefer? I think that was one of the things I love about the Midlake album, it has a retro sound.
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Andrew Kerr
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 09:03 pm:   

Conspiracy theory alert! Yep, Kevin I remember being 'forced' into CD purchasing eventually by the incredibly crappy vinyl pressings that existed. After the 5th vinyl copy of 'Don't Try This AT Home' by Billy Bragg being returned to the shop (warped + pressed off centre) I succumbed.
Apparently EMI used to press all classical records from virgin vinyl, whilst the Beatles albums (their cash cow) were made from recycled vinyl.

It's funny that listening to records with clicks and scratches doesn't bother me so much now. Maybe my hearing is just gone?!
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 09:15 pm:   

Thanks, Kevin. It's true--my ancient vinyl copy of "Coney Island Baby" on RCA still sounds fine, not too scratchy or static-y. And you and Andrew make good points about later vinyl. I still remember having to take back Bowie's "Heroes" ('78) and Reed's "Legendary Hearts" ('83) three or four times each because the vinyl was warped or scratched beyond hope. And those were both on RCA, so their standards had dropped big time.

Still, I think I'll pick up the CD reissue for the liner notes and bonus tracks. It has "Nowhere at All," right? And what else... "Downtown Dirt" and an earlier take of "Leave Me Alone"?
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Jerry Clark
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 09:56 pm:   

Here's Where The Story Ends - The Sundays
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:14 pm:   

Kurt: I think you're thinking of "Street Hassle." "Coney Island Baby" has the title track, natch, and songs like "She's My Best Friend," "Kicks" and "A Gift." God, I sound like a K-Tel ad.
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:35 pm:   

Ack! Sorry, Kurt. You're talking about the bonus tracks. Those tracks you mentioned - which later turned up on "Street Hassle" - ARE on the "Coney Island Baby" remaster. I'll stop typing now.
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:54 pm:   

Yeah, that's what I thought. Those have all been released elsewhere. I hope there are a few things I haven't heard among the bonus tracks, but Reed never had a lot of outtakes.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Sunday, October 29, 2006 - 08:44 pm:   

Let's Get F-ed Up - the Cramps
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Miriam O'Keeffe
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Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006 - 10:50 am:   

Once and Never Again - The Long Blondes.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 02:05 am:   

Some Fantastic Place - Squeeze
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Little Keith
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Posted on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 06:13 pm:   

Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks
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kevin
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Posted on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 07:29 pm:   

murderer - johnny osbourne
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 11:59 pm:   

Die, Alright! - Hives
Hold Me - Meatwood Flac
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andreas
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 12:42 pm:   

be good or be gone - fioon regan
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andreas
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 12:44 pm:   

the guy is named fionn regan, of course.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 06:36 pm:   

New week, new song: "Barrier Reef" (live version)

She said, "Do you have a car?"
And I said, "Do I have a car?"

One of the finishers for best line ever.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 11:33 pm:   

Spoken like a true serial ladykiller.

The Hold Steady is having a tough time escaping my CD player and amongst the many great tunes is "Citrus", with its great line, "I've had kisses that would make Judas seem sincere".
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spence
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Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006 - 04:47 pm:   

LK 1092 (see above!) sounds like a stand in for Star Wars!!!!!

Windmills of your mind - The Children of France.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 05:03 am:   

Linden Arlen Stole the Highlights - Van Morrison
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 05:10 am:   

Crazy Feeling - Lou Reed (Coney Island Baby reissue alternate version--almost sounds like a Loaded outtake!)
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 10:42 am:   

Snake Skin Lady...

Isn't this just a GREAT GREAT song???

Maybe the best RF vocal EVER.

Enthusiasm requires capitals.
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kevin
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 02:08 pm:   

Barber Saloon - Mikey Dread
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Little Keith
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Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 07:45 pm:   

Surfin' Bird - the Trashmen

Everybody: Bird, bird, bird is the word...
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Elizabeth Robinson
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 03:10 am:   

LK: That song always brings a smile to my face. The Trashmen were from my hometown and recorded that song when I was a preschooler...

'Noooww.. don't you know about the Bird? Well, uh, everybody knows that the Bird is the word...'

Another catchy song from the Twin Cities:

Liar, Liar - the Castaways.

(that falsetto is to die for!)
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 08:12 am:   

Liar, Liar is great, Elizabeth! I'm old enough to remember when it was on the radio and, yes, it was actually on the radio out in California in 1965.

"Liar, liar, pants on fire. Your nose is longer than a telephone wire."
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Elizabeth Robinson
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 02:52 pm:   

Hi there, Randy!

The Castaways and the Trashmen were two Twin Cities bands that first put us on the the pop music map here in the US. But 'a prophet is not without honor except in his own country.' In my kindergarten days I didn't know that they were local, I just knew that back then KDWB and WDGY played all the good music and that a lot of it did come from California. *S*

I honestly can't say if there is a parallel to the Go-Betweens in Minnesota pop music, whether Soul Asylum, the now-forgotten Jayhawks, or the extraordinarily long-lived Del Counts even had half the musical gifts of RF/GMcL.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 05:22 pm:   

I did not know that, Liz. Cool - it is truly an immortal song and is more fun than a barrel of rabid monkeys. Is there a lot of surfing in the Twin Cities?

I do love the surf music - there are times when I consider throwing away all my other CDs and listening to it exclusively.

Speaking of Minnesota, are you into the excellent Hold Steady? They hail from there, I believe.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 09:19 pm:   

The Jayhawks are not forgoten by me Elizabeth, but I did wonder myself the other day if they had been forgotten by most everyone else.
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Elizabeth Robinson
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 10:19 pm:   

Hi, LK -

The Hold Steady are getting heavy airplay on our local alternative station, since they have just released a new album and are due to perform here in the near future. Good stuff there!
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jerry hann
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Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 10:40 pm:   

have just walked the dogs and been listening to Hollywood Town Hall. All but 10mins ago.
In fact Uncut have just reviewed the rereleases of their CDs. Also Creek Dippers are great.
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Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 03:11 pm:   

Elizabeth: Glad to hear the HS are getting played. Really a remarkable record. If you haven't seen them live, GO! They're nuts, all over the place, relentless. Along with your new senator, a nice contribution from MN.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, November 13, 2006 - 06:21 pm:   

You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong

In honor of Rummy and all the neocons...
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 12:21 am:   

Jayhawks are not forgotten by me either Pádraig (apart from their awful last album) I missed out on seeing Mark Olsen's new band The Creedippers when they were in London about 6 months ago (guess I can't see every single I'd like to)

I was listening to Xfm (here in London) sometime ago - The John Kennedy Show (he interviewed Grant and Robert prior to Oceans Apart). He asked listeners to namecheck their fave Minnesotta acts...we had Prince, and a Husker Du track, and many more acts I can't remember. I e-mailed him with Jayhawks, and he read it out on air. However, he didn't play my request - Take Me With YOu (When You Go)
I wonder what Gary Louris is up to these days, he is one cool customer.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 12:31 am:   

Matt, I recently dug out their last album to see if it was as disappointing as I remember it - but I have not been brave enough to actually play it yet.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 12:34 am:   

Matt, there was a new Golden Smog album recently. Louris is still a mainstay with them.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 01:04 am:   

Don't play it Pádraig. Not sure I dig Tim O'Reagan's vocals. Wedge Sound of Lies or Hollywood Town Hall into your CD player.

Thanks Pádraig I didn't even know about that band - I'll check them out on allmusic.com. What are your thoughts on Jayhawks ever bringing out new material? the word is that they haven't spilt, but are on 'hiatous'.

I've just found the following, just having posted elsewhere on Peter Buck...

http://www.jayhawksfanpage.com/news/news.html
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 01:44 am:   

Golden Smog are great Matt. Kind of an indie supergroup with members of Jayhawks, Wilco, Big Star, Run Westy Run, Soul Asylum and others.

Their best is the 1998 album Weird Tales. The recent one is the first since that.

Have a look here
http://www.myspace.com/goldensmog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Smog
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Little Keith
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 05:06 am:   

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
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Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 09:28 am:   

Elevator Music - Beck.
One two, you know what to do!

LKL, what a way to start the day with ole Curtis!
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Little Keith
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Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 08:05 pm:   

That's Entertainment - the Jam
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Little Keith
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Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 08:27 pm:   

I'm still hopelessly stuck on Orphans, and will probably go through many favorite songs from it that really hook me...but for now, I'm blown away by how gorgeous and heartfelt "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" is...
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Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 10:33 pm:   

Believe In Yourself by The Godfathers.
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Posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:40 pm:   

The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 04:20 pm:   

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse. I picked up one of those Rhino Super Hits of the 70s comps at the library.
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spence
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Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 04:45 pm:   

I second that emotion - Japan
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 04:52 pm:   

Hotel Song - Regina Spektor
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Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 04:57 pm:   

Man in Need - Richard & Linda Thompson
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Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 06:04 pm:   

Paul Hardcastle - 19
Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 12:27 am:   

Streets Of Fire - The New Pornographers.
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 03:36 am:   

Back to "Wet Blanket" by the Chills. God I'd love to write something that good.
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 12:46 pm:   

I love Streets of Fire Padraig, especially that bit half way through when the drummer slowly but surely builds up to a crescendo of clattering skin. Now why cant I get more enjoyment out of Fox Confessor...?
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 02:58 pm:   

My wee girl has been singing the chorus of it for a couple of weeks now. She loves it.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 03:53 am:   

Department S - Is Vic There?
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Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 04:14 am:   

Negativland - the one about the bee and the Nesbitt's Lime Soda. Still hilarious after all these years. Tainted somewhat because it also makes me think about that asshole Tom Brokaw.
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Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 04:50 am:   

"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. An example of that genre of tune that experienced a major heyday in the 60s and 70s, the "I love ya babe, but the road/sea/cosmos is callin'" song. This one's a little more insidious because on the surface it acts like it's delving into the woman's point of view but you don't have to scratch very far to see that all we learn about Brandy is that she's a seaport barmaid and she's in love with a sailor. The rest of the song is taken up with (surprize!) the sailor and why he can't stay. The closest we get to her feelings on the subject are: "Brandy does her best to understand." Sheesh. Still, musically it's the nifty pop tune I fell for way back when, and I always liked the indolent hipster sound of the lead vocalist.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 04:30 pm:   

"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" - Waylon Jennings

"King Heroin" - James Brown
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Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 05:28 pm:   

Sparrow- The Quiet Revelation:
http://www.myspace.com/thenameofthisband issparrow
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:29 pm:   

"I Can Feel the Fire" - Ron Wood. Or, as Woody pronounces it, "I can feel de fyuh".

"Lovers Walk" - Elvis Costello
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Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:38 pm:   

This won't surprise LK, but...

"Frontera" - Phil Manzanera

And a Ron Wood solo reference! That's got to be a first for the board. I remember that song. It was at least as good as what the Stones were doing at the time, which isn't the highest praise in the world, I suppose.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:49 pm:   

It's only rock and roll, but...
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 11:31 am:   

"I Get Along Without You Very Well" by Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Jerry Clark
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Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 11:50 am:   

Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop... "Oh yeeeee-aaaaa-hhhhh"
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Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 09:19 pm:   

Jerry, "Pressure Drop" is timeless. It's an awesome achievement. It's what first turned me onto reggae.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 11:35 pm:   

Peg by Steely Dan.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 03:46 am:   

"She Never Spoke Spanish To Me" - Joe Ely
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Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 04:33 pm:   

I agree heartily Randy. Pressure Drop has everything. :-)
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Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 10:26 pm:   

Twisteralla by Ride
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Little Keith
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Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 03:40 am:   

"Kennedy Killed the Hat" - Buck 65
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 02:08 am:   

"Ain't Got No Home" - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

"I sing like a girl, I sing like a frog"...
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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 08:14 am:   

"All Over" - Phoebe Snow

Her one hit, "Poetry Man" should be buried in a deep, deep hole somewhere, but I like quite a few other songs by this lady. There's some eccentricity in her vocal style, but it's only occasionally annoying...otherwise she projects a warm, complex, human personality.
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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 09:57 pm:   

forgot about twisterella, it was a great song that,

Music for Mallet instruments - Steve Reich
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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 09:58 pm:   

Gone (new album rough mix) - The Winnebago Orchestra
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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 09:59 pm:   

oh and the theme from Zoo Gang TV series - AWESOME DUDES!!!
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 04:14 am:   

"Moments in Love" - Art of Noise
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Little Keith
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 04:34 am:   

"Hog of the Forsaken" - Michael Hurley
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spence
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 04:01 pm:   

Jimmy James & Vagabonds - Ain't no big thing. Its amazing, I love it, its the best soul song ever.

had it on repeat all afternoon, Thanks again Randy!!!


By the way, its got great mastering, Lomax could've learnt some lessons!!!!!
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Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 01:42 am:   

Hometown Farewell Kiss,or One Soul Less on Your Fiery List by The Triffids. Brilliantin either guise
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 06:29 am:   

The KLF: "Justified and Ancient" (Tammy Wynette version)

Inspired nonsense with a ferocious beat...I love how Tammy sings as if she knows exactly what she's singing about.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 06:14 pm:   

Luna - "Astronaut"...sounds sort of like they were listening to New Order when they recorded it, but oddly enough, that flava works really well for them...
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 06:41 pm:   

Definitely...that bass is so Peter Hook I remember checking the credits to make sure it wasn't him.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 10:59 pm:   

Yes, Astronaut is an awesome song. V New Order.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 02:34 am:   

White Honey - Graham Parker
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 03:43 am:   

Thanks to LK's superior musical radar, my song of the moment is "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. I'm sure you lot in the UK are sick of her, but she's new and novel here. A modern R&B song with live Motown-style drums instead of stupid drum machines? How can I resist?
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 08:42 am:   

Yeah Astronaut does have a definite NO vibe to it, cracking song. The version on Rendezvous is slightly different to the one on CLose Cover Before Striking, think the former is the one on the Best Of...

And speaking of the Best Of Luna album, those 18 or so songs would definitley not have been on my Best Of...they left out some gems and included some average songs..
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spence
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 01:50 pm:   

XY, when the new Wilco out in the UK? See Shepards Bush tickets still, not on sale!
What Luna album would you rec me to purchse a s a Luna novice?
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XY765
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 04:11 pm:   

Spence, I think it's supposed to be released in the US on May 15th, UK & Ireland should be soon after.

The WilcoWorld website (http://www.wilcoworld.net/) has been streaming the album now and again, check it out there.

Alternatively, check out the Wilco fan site Via Chicago (http://forums.viachicago.org/), they have some threads (see under 'Just A Fan') dedicated to the new album and some fans have posted links to songs etc. I'm old-fashioned so gonna wait till it comes out. Have booked flights to Berlin, my mate is to book the tickets for our gang. Via Chicago is where I got those YHF demo sessions Spence. I got a Demo session for Summerteeth as well by the way, if you want more info about that just say so...

My favourite Luna album is Bewitched but popular opinion says Penthouse, easily available at good value prices in shops or the net, they would be good intros i think.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 04:17 pm:   

XY, which songs do you feel were left off the Luna comp in error? Perhaps I'll seek out downloads...
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 09:30 pm:   

Little Keith, compilations are aimed at the uninitiated i suppose so for people who have all the records they aren't going to do much, I bought it for the second disc of covers really.

I do get kinda bored though with them always turning out Sideshow By The Seashore and 23 Minutes in Brussels, great songs but it's kinda like the way Sugar Mountain, The Needle and the Damage Done and Old Man are played by Neil
Young on live albums and at his gigs.

I think a few of these might have given the Best Of record an extra zing...Speedbumpss/Astronaut (both Rendezvous), Slide/Slash Your Tires (both Lunapark), Mermaid Eyes/Dizzy (with the hilarious lift of Van Halen's Jump words and tune)...

Dean and Britta are starting a North American tour, might be worth checking out if they pass through your patch...
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 09:55 pm:   

Well, I'm seeing them in Seattle in about three weeks. I don't know if they'll have a band or what. It would be cool if Sonic Boom toured with them. Wonder if they'll do any Luna numbers? And I'm sure they'll be trekking up and down the West Coast, hitting all the usual hot spots.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:25 pm:   

They're playing here, as well, in a free concert at the Getty Center. So, I'll probably have to go, if for no other reason, to see if Britta is as delectable in real life as she appears on their album covers...

I kid - I actually like their new disc, so seeing them would be no hardship. I'll be curious to see if they actually have a band with them or if it's just them.
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Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 09:59 am:   

yep they will have a band and do some Luna songs...here's a review of a recent Chicago gig...

The band strode onstage at 10:15 sharp, and then beat a hasty retreat back to the wings having realized they'd broken one of the codes of rock showmanship. The second time, their drummer and keyboardist (the wonderful Lara Meyerratken) came onstage first and took their places, followed by Ms Phillips and then finally, Dean Wareham. They began appropriately with a set of the Dean & Britta material, benefiting from a terrific sound mix, bathed in warm coloured lights and with Wareham and Phillips trading vocals on "Singer Sing". "Night Nurse". But after Britta dazzled on "You Turned My Head Around", Dean began an unexpected and familiar guitar rhythm. "Moon Palace". I'd known they were going to be playing Luna material on this tour but I expected a token song or two from the later albums. Not "Moon Palace", and yet here it was - sounding slightly different, obviously, yet still amazing. Dean handled all the guitar solos himself and while I'd never say Sean Eden was unnecessary... on this night, his absence wasn't felt.

After that unexpected visit from the past, they returned to the D&B repertoire with numbers like winesome "The Sun Is Still Sunny" and lush "Knives From Bavaria" and then, once again, bam. "Chinatown". Then "Tiger Lily", with Meyerratken handling rhyhtm guitar duties for what was probably the first time (she played fine but lookeed more than a bit nervous about the role). Then back into the Galaxie 500 songbook for "Strange" (so strange to hear Dean's older, more refined voice wrapping itself a song recorded so long ago) and the finale, expected but totally welcome, of "Bonnie & Clyde". A glorious, glorious set made more remarkable by the fact that they managed to time it for one hour exactly. The encore - there was no way this crowd of devotees was letting them go just yet - was Wareham's career in condensed form. Starting with "Ginger Snaps" from L'Avventura, then the title track from my favourite Luna album Bewitched, and finally with maybe the seminal G500 song, "Tugboat". And then a final wave and goodbye.

Though Dean & Britta, the band, is unequivocally a partnership between Phillips and Wareham, the live show is still very much about Dean. The set lists they're choosing brings him up to the mic far more than he has been in their recent studio efforts, there's so much more guitarwork (and he's gotten himself some sharp new guitars, let me tell you) and the audience - well, let's just say they weren't johnny-come-latelies. It was so great to see and hear a band that's obviously not Luna, but also doesn't feel the need to prove it. Dean had a sense of pride in his body of work and appreciation for the fans that was obvious to everyone in attendance and while I don't know what anyone else's expectations were, I can say that mine were fairly high and were still exceeded many times over. It might well be the fanboy in me talking, but that was one of the absolute best nights of music I can remember for a long time. So. Best. Long live Luna.
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Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 04:08 pm:   

Thanks, XY. That sounds even better than what I was hoping for at the show.
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Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 10:39 am:   

Caroline Trettine - Love Across Time
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Little Keith
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 02:47 am:   

Makes Me Wanna Holla - Marvin Gaye
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 04:40 am:   

"Bank Job" - Sly & Robbie
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 11:50 am:   

betty swann compilation
neil young at massy hall
dory previn comp
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 03:56 pm:   

Wow, what a great set XY. I just picked up L'Avventura earlier this month and ordered Bewitched over the weekend. I only had Lunapark and Penthouse previously, plus the three Galaxie 500's studio albums. Too bad they didn't tour stop in Michigan, as I would have gone.
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XY765
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Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 04:07 pm:   

Michael that was unfortunately someone else's review, I haven't seen them live nor do i expect to really, i can't see them touring much in Ireland/UK. I've seen Luna twice tthough and they were great. Bewitched is my favourite of theirs, hope you enjot it!
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 03:36 am:   

"That's What You Always Say" - Luna.

It's an epidemic...we're all loony for Luna!
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 03:45 pm:   

We're definitely a bunch of Luna-tics...buh doom bah!

Impossible Germany - Wilco
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 04:01 pm:   

Har har, LK. And the funny thing is we hardly ever talked about Luna before they broke up. I guess everybody took them for granted..."another year, another soundalike Luna album."
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 04:42 pm:   

Yep, there's something about them that's definitely addictive. Some music is like that - it's not very similar to Luna, but I remember being unable to stop listening to the first Pretenders disc. Something about it was incredibly seductive, like a drug...

With Luna I think it's that it's such simple music, with such pleasant surfaces...It's sort of like Mantovani for hipsters.
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Wolfgang Steinhardt
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 06:24 pm:   

Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance - Grandaddy

Here I sit and play guitar
And drink beer out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town and now it's Sunday
Here I sit and play guitar
And count stars out in the country
Having narrowly escaped my trip
Into town ... and there's no one around

or

Mexicali Blues - Grateful Dead

Laid back in an old saloon, with a peso in my hand,
Watchin flies and children on the street,
And I catch a glimpse of black-eyed girls who giggle when I smile,
Theres a little boy who wants to shine my feet.

And its three days ride from Bakersfield and I dont know why I came.
I guess I came to keep from payin dues.
So instead I've got a bottle and a girl who's just fourteen,
And a damn good case of the mexicali blues. yeh!

For me piu sole, no luna...
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XY765
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 09:05 pm:   

It's Going To Happen - The Undertones
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Mark Leydon
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 10:42 pm:   

Belated respect to Keith for reminding me about White Honey by Graham Parker. Classic.

And respect also to ZY765 - how good were those first three Understones albums?! 'I Gotta Getta' from the first album is 1.53 of pure joy.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 07:37 pm:   

Cheers, Mark. It's a song that never fails to lift my mood, even if I've never pinned down exactly what GP is talking about in it...cocaine, perhaps?

The song that's leading the pack for this new week: Israelites - Desmond Dekker
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 06:54 am:   

"She's Lost Control" My favorite JD song. If you could harness the power of that bassline you could topple the Bush White House...
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spence
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 10:01 am:   

Al Stwewart - Year of the cat.

Its like Momus (Although Momus was never English whimsy) playing Nick Drake on a Dansette, whilst contemplatng swapping the disc for Nils Logfren.

Allen tis a great bass line, full of mystery and power. It still amazes me.

LK You got the new Wilco album? Do you like it?
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XY765
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 11:20 am:   

Allen, i don't know a huge amount of Undertones, just the singles really.

I have It's Going to Happen on 7" though and it sounds absolutely great every time i spin it..
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Little Keith
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 04:00 pm:   

Spence, I have a CDR copy of the new Wilco obtained for me under, no doubt, dodgy circumstances by a friend. No worries though, because I'm definitely buying it when it comes out. I think it's great.

I think my pal figured out how to burn it from the streamed copy they were offering on their website. Now, there's a band that's come to terms with all this downloading stuff, a band that has confidence. They know if you hear their stuff, there's a pretty good chance you're gonna wanna buy it.
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 05:14 pm:   

XY, I'd recommend "Hypnotised" by the Undertones. A terrific mix of power pop and post punk.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 05:29 pm:   

Spence, I used to own 3 Al Stewart albums I was very fond of: "Year of the Cat" "24 Parrots" and "The Early Years," which collected his very nice "Love Chronicles" album complete, along with selections from his first three records.
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XY765
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Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 01:53 am:   

Noted Rob and thanks, maybe that's the cue to get an original album...
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Little Keith
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Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 06:37 am:   

Yeah, Oh Yeah - Magnetic Fields
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob D.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 07:31 am:   

The theme from the TV show "The Electric Company." Just got a DVD box set of that one from the library.
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 01:23 pm:   

Oh, man, "The Electric Company." I haven't seen that show since it was on the air during my youth, but it's seared into memory (remember Easy Reader?). Watching it now would be like having an LSD flashback. Um, I assume.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 03:19 pm:   

It certainly is an experience...more soon when I have a little more time and can sum up the right words. You do remember who played Easy Reader, right?
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 04:43 pm:   

Oh, yeah, it was Morgan Freeman, yes?
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 04:46 pm:   

To wit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PuAqRQL KA
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Little Keith
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 04:56 pm:   

Completely unrelated segue: do you live near that sandwich joint that a coyote wandered into yesterday, Rob? Cute story - they are great looking beasts, even if one apparently ate my friend's kitty that wandered out onto a golf course here...I just didn't realize they had 'em in Chi-town....
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 06:32 pm:   

Not near in the sense of next door, LK. I think that sandwich shop is in the Loop, right downtown, which makes the presence of a coyote even stranger. It happens a lot, though. There are quite a few of the critters in the city proper and they capture about 10 to 15 a year. Sounds like this one was almost domesticated. Apparently he walked in and plopped down in front of the soda 'fridge. Just hangin' out.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 02:20 am:   

I was both too old and too young to appreciate Electric Company. What a terrific clip Rob!
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 05:50 am:   

Indeed...showcasing not only Morgan Freeman but the incandescent Rita Moreno as well. I remember years back, when Conan O'Brien was still pretty new on the air, he had Freeman as a guest. He told Freeman the first place he remembered him from was EC and Freeman started doing that thing one does when one doesn't want to make a scene butdeeming any work they did in kid's entertainment there's no way you're going to answer a question: looking down embarrassedly, chuckling while saying "no, no way" over and over. He said it was kid stuff, not worth talking about.

A fairly common response among actors, sadly...if what they did was junk I could understand, but I think we're certainly well past the point where it's indisputable that the best of children's entertainment is equal in artistic merit to the best grownup stuff...
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 06:03 am:   

OK, I really have to work on my editing...I'm sure any readers have figured this out, but if not, delete that "deeming any work they did in kid's entertainment" while reading the third sentence.
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Rob Brookman
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 02:25 pm:   

LK, to pick up on your unrelated segue from yesterday, you'll be happy to know the Quizno's coyote was released into the wild yesterday out in the 'burbs (he jumped out of his carrier, ran about 20 yards and ran into a pole).

I'd say he was released "back" into the wild except that hanging out in downtown Chicago sandwich shops isn't exactly "the wild" in the first place. Unless there's some kind of E-coli scare afoot.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 03:28 pm:   

That is great to know, Rob. I saw some footage of it being turned loose - that critter was definitely happy to be free...

Like I said, they are great looking animals. I'd look into getting one for a pet if not for the minor detail that it would probably eat my cat for a midnight snack. Also, here in CA, there are probably laws against even thinking about having coyotes as pets...
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 08:30 pm:   

I feel a little guilty going back to the topic at hand because coyotes eating house pets is more interesting than what I'm about to say, but the song of the week for me is:

Low - "Murderer"

These are some seriously chilling, spooky Mormons, folks. Lou Reed never did scary this well.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 03:27 am:   

Shame on you Kurt. That critter has feelings you know. And he's just super cute.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 04:27 am:   

"Dangerous Type" - The Cars
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 05:46 am:   

"Cynical Girl" - Marshall Crenshaw. Pop godhead...enough said.
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Kurt Stephan
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Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 08:54 pm:   

Jarvis Cocker - "I Will Kill Again"

And he will, you know. Nice companion piece to Low's "Murderer."

And Joni Mitchell's "Coyote" since I wronged the poor animal in my previous post.
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Little Keith
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Posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 - 05:08 pm:   

Great song, indeed, Herr Kurt. I think, if you added the line "check into the GBs message board", it would describe a lot of us, certainly me.

And "Coyote" is a genius song, too. In addition to the great, jazzy music, I really like the lyrics, particularly for their rejection of traditional moral values. She knows the object of her affections is a complete and unrepentant womanizer, and that they are, in essence, just having a fling, but she doesn't care, because it's what she wants too.

My song of the week, or last 48 hours or whatever, is "Blue Crystal Blue R.I.P." by Dean and Britta.
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spence
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Posted on Friday, April 13, 2007 - 06:50 pm:   

Joe's Head - Kings of Leon

Remind me of early Orange Juice being fronted by some madman!
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Little Keith
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Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 12:44 am:   

Working Class Hero - John Lennon. It's something to be.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 02:31 am:   

My song of the week was the Pale Fountains' "Jean's Not Happening" until mid-week and then it was Pale Fountains' "You'll Start a War."
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kevin
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Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 - 10:27 am:   

Randy, all this Pale Fountains frenzy has forced me to search deep for my vinyl copy of Pacific Street, which I will stick on this weekend at some point. God only knows the last time I played it, maybe 20 years ago. I always thought the cover of this album was really cool.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pacific-Street-P ale-Fountains/dp/B000006TEC/ref=sr_1_2/2 03-9765531-3731119?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1 177147300&sr=8-2

as well as the "cool pic" there as some nice enthusiastic reviews from people who have bought the album in the link above
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Little Keith
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Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 03:09 am:   

Came So Far For Beauty - Leonard Cohen
La Bamba - Los Lobos
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Donat
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Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 09:25 am:   

Marine Girls - On My Mind
This Mortal Coil - Mr Somewhere (equal tie)
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Mark Leydon
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Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 04:13 am:   

Crowded in the Wings - The Jayhawks

To my shame I've only got onto 'Hollywood Town Hall' recently. What a great album. Every track a gem - with this song being the stand out.
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Allen Belz
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Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 07:39 pm:   

"Spinning Away" - Eno/Cale

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