lost highway

Closest I get off the top of my head is Cloud Nothings, which aren't terribly new, and I probably got into them a year or two ago..... I guess I'm losing touch.

That's one cheesy song I have a soft spot for.

A better-read friend of mine referred to Trump as a mercantilist. I looked up mercantilism- seemed about right.

You have to wonder when those folks will realize that cutting taxes and increasing military spending have failed in this respect multiple times. It is a succinct description of the Trump platform "Less taxes! More tanks! Balanced budget........?" I also like how oblivious they are to the shrinking deficit under Obama. And holy shit: Trump Taps Rick Perry as Secretary for the Department He Once Forgot This is not a Swiftian satire people, this is real. It's actually happening.

Putin makes me miss Gorbachev the way Trump makes me miss George HW Bush.

The response to the Russian issue is bizarre to me in so many ways.

Yeah, it's kind of like the Cure channeled through Eye of the Tiger. A little melodramatic and a little generic.

Jeff: Gun New Madrid Black Eye We've Been Had Acuff-Rose Jay: Still Be Around Slate Punch Drunk Moonshiner Grindstone

He's more or less abandoned the wall part of his platform. Also he went from draining the swamp to offering positions to swamp monsters. I agree though, about the climate change stuff. That's probably the most important issue and he stands to do a lot of damage.

It's my favorite.

Interesting, me in 7th grade: I Want To Destroy You - Circle Jerks (The Soft Boys)

Me too! I only got into the Nerves a few years ago and I love them.

I heard M Ward do "To Go Home" before I heard Daniel Johnston.

Oh yeah, I heard Minor Threat's 12XU a decade before I knew who Wire even is.

I think they have a version of this one in the can from the SBS days. Their vault is so deep they could release a lot more stuff in the future.

Share those weird times where you are introduced to a song or sometimes the existence of an artist because someone covered them. In many situations this can make you feel sheepish as being a hip music person seems to always mean knowing the source. Here are some common ones I experienced: I heard "These Days" first from Nico and much later from Jackson Browne. "Bobby McGee" from Janis instead of Kris Kristoferson. "All Along the Watchtower" from Hendrix instead of Dylan. More obscure: I heard The Wipers as covered by Nirvana, Husker Du as covered by Lifetime and weirdly "Steppin Stone" p

I wonder if we'll see any new music released in 2017, be it a Wilco B-side/compilation track, new Tweedy, new Loose Fur or some other collaboration.

I don't know what counts as big, but I saw bands that were unknown who became pretty successful, although not mainstream. When I was in high school I saw Alkaline Trio with 25 other people. They kept touring and coming through every six months or so, and every time the audience tripled. I saw At the Drive in with probably about 40 other people. I saw Foo Fighters play to about 200 people at a small theater, sometime in 1995 or 96.

Psychedelic Furs 1. Love My Way 2. Into You Like A Train 3. No Tears 4. Pretty in Pink 5. Heaven

Radiohead 1. Street Spirit 2. Paranoid Android 3. Idioteque 4. Pyramid Song 5. Jigsaw Falling into Place

The Boss: 1. The Promised Land 2. Racing in the Streets 3. Atlantic City 4. Jackson Cage 5. Born to Run

These sound and look fantastic.

Sure, I get ya. I shouldn't be the speech police, it just hit my eyeballs hard and I know you're a nice person. Either way we know it's a metaphor/ assume good intentions et al.

Do me a favor and scratch this one from the record. It detracts from your point and adds unnecessary crappyness.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/22/502993588/trump-nixes-meeting-with-new-york-times-after-tough-session-with-broadcasters President-elect severs diplomatic relations with media citing difficulty in reaching an agreement.