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I watched "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten" earlier tonight, now watching the DVD extras. I didn't even realize what the date was today, I guess I must have subconciously as I've owned the DVD for a year and only pulled it out today.

Aw shucks, glad to have helped. NP:

I've heard the name before, don't think I'd ever heard him though. The guy has some mad picking skills there.

I went on a Jackie D. binge a few months back. Great Toussaint disc too. NP: .....

Perrey-Kingsley - The Out Sound from Way In! The Complete Vanguard Recordings

U.K. prices for CDs have always been higher than North America, it's too bad. Nevertheless I might still get the unreleased and the rarities disc.

In rotation today: ..... The Creation - "Our music is red - with purple flashes" The Who - Who's Next

These sound pretty great. If they were around $15 per disc I'd probably jump in. I guess the autograph bumps the price up. I'd rather it be cheaper and sans autograph though.

Covers can be fun, but if Jeff were to release a solo album I would much prefer self-penned songs. I hate it when good songwriters put out cover records, it seems like such a waste. Leave the cover records for the hacks I say. Or, at the least do a handful of solo records of your own material before venturing into coverland.

I don't know if I'd go so far to say that Stevie beats him. I'd say that Stevie's probably better on keyboards--though this is debatable as Prince has some mad piano skills--and harmonica; Prince is a better guitarist, and bassist. They're probably even on drums from what I've seen of their playing. Paul McCartney is another good choice, but chops wise I think Stevie and Prince would easily best him on Keys, and Prince is defnitely a stronger guitar player than Sir Paul. Paul probably couldn't come up with the the great funky bass parts that Prince does, and Prince probably wouldn't have Paul'

Damn. I was just spinning Trout Mask yesterday. Will have to pull out Safe As Milk later on.

Definitely! You put him head to head against anyone in his field and you'll have a hard time finding someone who can best him when you consider what he brings to the table: - Is adept at guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals and dozen or so other instruments - Wrote and produced some of the most catchy and inventive music in pop history - Is very diverse musically, incorporating a lot of genres into his music (Soul, Funk, Rock, Jazz, hip-hop...) - Puts on one of the best live shows you're likely to see - Purple Rain & Sign 'o' the Times

Wow, I didn't even know about this set. It's tempting, though I'd definitely like to know what the remastering is like before plunking down that kind of money. I'm sick of the brickwalled mastering that has ruined so many reissues. I see one of the Amazon.co.uk sellers has it listed in stock and is selling it for £9 more than Amazon at £158.99. So anyone that has the money to spare...

I knew I forgot some. Also remembered a few others: Jim Sullivan - U.F.O. Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Complete Columbia Singles Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free

He's not much of a singer or songwriter. Other than being a decent guitar player he has zero tools to be great, ever.

I guess because it's his most polarizing record it draws the most attention from writers and critics. I still listen to it on occasion and dig its adventurous spirit, but there's a few other records of his that I'd put above that one, Safe As Milk being at the top of that list.

Another one that started as a teeny bopper pop artist that transformed into a somewhat respected artist is Alanis Morrisette. Any Canadian's on the board of a certain age will no doubt recall seeing those awful dance music videos of hers back in the early 90s. I remember one video even had a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc... found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPFnEJXuqz8

Good for George. Glad to hear he doesn't clear sample requests for everyone. You definitely can't blame him for not wanting the Black Eyed Peas to desecrate his music. Though, judging by the number of times I've heard his music sampled by others, I'd say this might be the exception, not the rule. Though to be fair a lot of the samples used over the years were probably not cleared before use like was the case with the Black Eyed Peas.

His website doesn't give you any credit card or PayPal options. It gives you the price of things but doesn't even specify accepted payment methods. I guess you have to assume that cash, cheque or money order are accepted. You have to mail things off to a P.O. box in Texas. On the selling front, not too accessible. Available yes, but not that accessible. And just about everyone has a mailing address, doesn't make them accessible. I wonder how many people have actually received a written reply to their correspondence. Are people actually meeting Jandek after shows? Does he hang around the to

To me Kanye's music is the aural equivalent of USA Today: Lightly entertaining, lots of filler I don't care about, and ultimately forgotten and lining the birdcage a week later. I just think it's lazy and very uncreative to take an already successful song(s) and build your music around it. It shows a lack of originality. Take something cool that people already like and put your rap over it: of course people are going to be drawn to it due to its familiarity. I think I'll build a song around Cee Lo's "Fuck You" and Outkasts "Hey Ya" in a few years time, maybe sprinkle in some Otis Redding to

One of the definitions of the word is: "easy to communicate or deal with." That definitely doesn't apply to Jankek.

Yeah, Jandek is the antithesis of accessible. He's done 3 somewhat obtuse interviews in his 32 year career. The guy is about as forthcoming and accessible as early 80s Prince.

Wilson Pickett - Funky Midnight Mover: The Atlantic Studio Recordings (1962-1978)