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Yeah, the one he did with the Arcade Fire "Mirror Noir" was a lot better than the one with The National. The problem I had with The National one was there wasn't any full performances of any songs (that I can recall) and there wasn't much insight into the band at all. There were a few moments of interest, but oh so few. For a music doc to work for me it needs to capture some great musical moments, or have interesting interviews or behind the scenes moments, preferably all of these elements together. This one managed to fail on all those bases.

That was one of the more disappointing and uninspired music docs of recent times. A great band like the National and that's the best the director could come up with. What a waste, it could have been so much better. I remember buying that the day it came out, man was I sorry I did that after watching it .

It's a strange little psychedelic-outsider-country record. If you're in the mood for something different this might do the trick. Not sure how easy it is to find on the nets, PM me if you can't find it.

This show has grown on me more and more with each passing episode. I love the setting--location and time--of the show, the diverse characters, and--unlike cryptique--the unrushed natural pace of the story. I also dig that music is one of the major characters; the show is a great big love letter to New Orleans music and music in general. Considering the current state of music on television and radio this show is a breath of fresh air to my ears. Like SFrog above, I'm coming around to the Steve Zahn character a bit more with each episode. He can be a bit of a dick, but I like his enthusiasm, a

American Idol and autotune are probably the worst things to happen to modern music.

Nothing comes to mind. Maybe one of the names on the SubPop artist roster will trigger something for ya: http://www.subpop.com/artists

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This was the first band that sprung to mind for me.

The Family Tree disc is a Psych-Pop concept record (one of the first I believe.) If you like stuff like the Kinks' "Village Green" you'll probably dig this. Also, some of the same musicians on this disc play on Harry Nilsson's "Aerial Ballet" . The leader of the group is Bob Segarini who's late 70s disc "Gotta Have Pop" is something that I'm pretty sure will TOTALLY be up your alley too (really great stuff.) The Any Trouble disc is smart catchy power pop/pub rock stuff. Think Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Joe Jackson. I love the record! The Family Tree: Bob Segarini - Gotta Have Pop:

..... Any Trouble - Where Are All the Nice Girls? (1980) The Family Tree - Miss Butters (1968)

Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960)

I find with records I know I'm going to buy, like this one, I won't listen until I have the retail copy in my player--well, that's true most of the time . I find It more satisfying to hear a record for the first time in its natural untouched state, plus it's nice to peruse some artwork and liner notes.

I listen to a lot of different music and artists, and lately I haven't played any Wilco, so it would likely be less than 1%. Mind you, when a new Wilco disc comes out the percentage jumps up considerably.

This is a must for the movies/music category: Music: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & The Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Peter Tosh, Augustus Pablo, Junior Murvin, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Max Romeo, King Tubby... Movie: Rockers (1978)

I'm up for doing this again.

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way Lou Bond - Lou Bond Abbass Mehrpouya - Mehrpouya Sitar (mid-70s Iranian psych-funk... "Soul Raga" and "African Jumbo" are particularly great tracks)

Listening to this reminds me how good Albert Collins was .

A good Sirk melodrama with a moving performance by Barbara Stanwyck.