PopTodd

Hearing a World Party/Waterboys influence, too. For sure.

I happen to love In Through the Out Door! Yes, it's pop. But, it's Led Zeppelin doing pop. And it's damn good pop! "Fool In the Rain"? "All of My Love"? Seriously? How could you not love those songs?

TTD: great call!

The La's Jellyfish The Knack Mazzy Star Marshall Crenshaw Matthew Sweet The Godfathers Dexy's Midnight Runners Nick Lowe Crowded House And, if you are going to be a little more dubious about what constitutes a 1-hit wonder: Meat Puppets Stone Roses Gorillaz Oasis

Los Lobos - La Pistola y El Corazon I suppose that, in some ways, it does fit. But still, an entire album of nothing but traditional Mexican tunes, played on all traditional acoustic Mexican instruments… not quite the same thing. Nonetheless, a brilliant record. also: Yo La Tengo - Fakebook Another brilliant departure. Mostly acoustic recordings, but definitely all laid back. Of mostly cover songs.

About halfway through the new season of Orange Is the New Black. Just as good as the first. Digging it with a big shovel. Also started The United States of Tara. About a suburban mother with multiple personalities. I like the approach they take with this one -- like it's just a normal family dealing with just another family problem. It's just the way that things are in their house. "It makes us interesting," is what their teenage boy says about the situation. Good show. And Toni Collette is always great.

Awesome! Will check it out!

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I'm playing my first-ever show in your fair city! Come on out and hear me play, say hey, and let's get some Imo's! Todd Leiter-Weintraub at Cicero's on Delmar JUNE 20 8:00 p.m. Here's the full poop: http://www.facebook.com/events/568822149900887/ Tickets are $8 in advance; $10 at the door. I would love to meet some of you folks down there.

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Just won a gift certificate that I can use at just about any place in the downtown of a nearby suburb. (Elmhurst -- for those of you to whom it means anything.) Wife and I go there fairly often, so it's a nice thing. Pay for a good chunk of a night out for us.

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