Whitty

The Burning Dirty Band is there... We're not skinny enough, whiny enough, or from Brooklyn enough to warrant a review, however.

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Dr. Dog - We All Belong The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen Lots of candidates for that fifth spot- Menomena, Blitzen Trapper, Dinosaur Jr., M.I.A., Radiohead...

Liver & onions with steamed cauliflower. I will also be mixing Old Fashioneds for the darling lil' tikes.

Super Furry Animals - Mwng The bounciest, giddiest elf-rock you'd ever care to hear (the sunny, irresistible guitar riff from "Dacw Hi" is like something left off of Abbey Road) is mixed in with somber, druid-like orchestral pop ("Sarn Helen" has a haunting, almost desolate build into an incantatory, spacious place. Cathedral rock!) It's ethereal and effervescent, and I have no idea what they're singing about. Maybe the Welsh keeps this album from receiving the recognition it deserves- some of the most lucidly phrased melodies in the entire SFA catalog.

Never in a cover band, but we've always sprinkled covers into our sets- somewhat of a necessity during the three or four set bar gigs we frequently played when first starting out. A selection: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young Meet Me In The Morning; Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You; Tough Mama; Isis; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan Are You A Hypnotist; Waitin' for a Superman - Flaming Lips Five Years; Rock & Roll Suicide; Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie Cut Your Hair; Grounded; Trigger Cut - Pavement Hot Sauce - Son Seals The Grobe - Ween Echoes; Fat Old Sun; Country

Hey there Chicago VC'ers- WNUR 89.3 in Chicago has spun some of our stuff on the Afternoon Freakout show (Tuesdays from 2-4 P.M. local time). If you felt like givin' 'em a holler, a request, or just want to tell them to turn that racket down, it's certainly appreciated. Hope ya'll enjoyed our disc. If anyone else wants a freebie- please post a picture of a lemur in this thread. Thank you.

'Twas a bit tongue in cheek. I give Amnesiac a hard time, because it is my least favorite Radiohead effort, and I'm not one to kneel at the altar of Yorke and praise every thing he's done. "Pyramid Song" and "Knives Out" are the best of that disc, I'd say (although I prefer the Flaming Lips cover of "Knives Out" to the original)

My review, first posted elsewhere:

If you really want to entertain yourself, play all those YouTube clips simultaneously for some total Dylan chaos!

Let me take you on my rocket ship... Put down "Victoria" as a strong contender for most under-appreciated British Invasion pop gem.

My pre-season prediction was Detroit over Arizona. I don't ever recall the difference in wins between the top team and bottom team being as small as it is with the NL playoff clubs this year. I foresee the Rocks and Phils wearing out each other's bullpens. I want the Cubs to advance, but I'll stick with my preseason pick of the Snakes. In the AL, I think the Angels turn it up and make a run, knocking off both the Sox and Yanks with some clutch Vlad hits and impressive relief work, and then winning a 7 game Series against the D'Backs.

Some of my better recent nature shots:

Alright, I'll give myself a whirl. I play bass in the Burning Dirty Band. Our producer is Steve West, formerly of Pavement. Pavement was on the I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack along with Wilco. That was quicker than anticipated...

Rick Danko is a big influence on my bass playing. Not quite as ballsy as John Paul Jones, as flashy as John Entwistle, or as overtly melodic as Paul McCartney, but he deserves mention along with those titans. Silky smooth phrasing, oozing with soul, and deceptively funky. Danko brought it. And despite being a massive prick, I think Robbie Robertson's bluesy slop-gnarl guitar style is absolutely awesome.

Ahhh Olive Garden... all the subtle culinary nuance of your grocery store's freezer section combined with the authentic Italian ambiance of Orlando, Florida!

Wednesday meant breakfast at Julia's in Wallingford. Recommended. I had a scramble with eggs, smoked salmon, scallions, and cream cheese. Plenty of wheat toast and preserves and coffee (natch) rounded things out. From there, we went down to the EMP and Sci-Fi Museum. Honestly, I was a little underwhelmed by the whole deal, but to be fair, I just didn't have adequate time to invest. I greatly enjoyed the guitar history exhibit, and jamming out upstairs on the instruments, but this place is intended for a lot of sitting and listening to the extensive interviews and archival materials housed ther

I posted this on another forum originally. An overly thorough outsider's perspective on the Pacific Northwest: Part one ****** Many of the rumors are true. -There is coffee all over the damn place. Seattle must be a very regular city for all I can tell. The one city in the country where one can drink Starbucks and claim to be helping out local business. -It's liberal. You see "Impeach Bush" bumper stickers with the frequency one spies Dale Earnhardt stickers in these parts. -White people, white people, white people! Nothing wrong with that of course, but it was odd to visit a l

I still am. I'll take 30-3 over those blown ninth-inning leads we've seen this season. The Rangers don't get bonus points for clobbering us by 27. We O's fans revel in indifference. When does Bedard pitch again?

I've always thought Built to Spill was a great name. The worst out there right now has got to be !!! Nope, try again. Someone needed to slap those guys around, because there was obviously a key moment when one of them decided, in all sincerity, that three exclamation points was clearly the frontrunner. My own band has a pretty stupid name. Puts a lot of pressure on us not to suck too much.

Yep- your parents need Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive", the Velvet Underground's "Venus In Furs", John Coltrane's Interstellar Space album, and some second set Grateful Dead mind-assault involving some combination of "Alligator", "The Other One", "Dark Star", drums and feedback. Add a whole pile of drugs and a liquid light. Freak out.

So whatdidja think?

Easily my most bizarre encounter happened in Baltimore a few years ago when Matthew Lesko let me merge in front of him as we were leaving an Orioles game. He was driving a question-mark festooned Volvo. I shit thee not. Edit to add: I was on Jeopardy in 2002, so I met Trebek of course. Remarkably tan and a genuinely bright guy from what I could tell.

"Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House has always been a slightly guilty pleasure of mine. Any song that uses the word "deluge" gets bonus points.

I just kind of assumed... It would be like saying "Hey, have you heard of The Beatles?" in the "what are you listening to now?" threads. "All Blues" is gorgeous. Coltrane inhabits some other world- no idea how those notes just come tumbling out.

Thelonious Monk is a genius that deserves a close listen by keen-eared music lovers and especially musicians. Total stream-of-consciousness, playful melodies just spilled out of the man's fingers. His jittery, quirky timing and phrasing are something to behold as well. I love how he'd start his solos by re-stating the head melody, and then start gradually fracturing the notes, slurring the beat, generally treating his impressive harmonic structures like Pollock would treat a canvas. Miles is the master- I especially love the electric stuff like Tribute to Jack Johnson, In a Silent Way, and o