PopTodd

And I listened to "The Boys Are Back In Town" so often that I ruined that one for myself, too. But I never really heard the entire Jailbreak album back then. Thankfully, becoming familiar with the entire record as an adult and hearing it in context has let me enjoy it all over again. So glad, because I fucking LOVE Thin Lizzy. Same thing with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and A Night At the Opera.

Yup. These, too.

She'll have to sell a lot more records to gain any sort of consideration for the Hall. The National, too.

The Wall

Just recommended to me by a friend who called it one of his favorites of 2013 Faux Fur http://fauxfurband.bandcamp.com/album/faux-fur RIYL: The Minutemen, Slovenly, Slint

Has Eric Avery made up with Perry Farrell yet?

"Because I'm the right fit for this job. I have the skills you need and, from what I've seen, I think that I can slide right in to the role" Then, give 'em one of these: or not.

I take careful measures not to listen to my favorite albums too often, to avoid things like burnout from happening. I want to be able to enjoy my favorite albums forever. Of course, there is the odd album that I will just, plain fall out of love with -- Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At the Moon being a perfect example. But that was 30 years ago. Big difference between tastes at age 13 and 43. (I do still love listening to the occasional tune from that record, though.)

Seems like a thing we might all be interested in. Someplace to post links to bands that we find on what might be the most-interesting site on the net for musical diggers like us. Post the link to the album/band, and a RIYL, minimum. An album cover image might be nice, too. Like this: http://baron.bandcamp.com FREE album DL. RIYL: Radiohead, Eno, Joy Division And maybe we could pin this one as a handy reference for folks who are looking for new stuff to check out?

Los Lobos is right up there with XTC and Jellyfish as one of the most-underrated bands of all time. (Or, at least under-recognized.) Hidalgo is maybe the biggest stud this side of Prince, musically speaking.

Yup. And, for all the talk of Kane's amazing goal the other day, I think that Crawford's save, yesterday, where he batted the puck out of the air with his stick and tipped it onto the top of the net… THAT was the best play that I've seen all playoffs. Just awesome concentration. http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/video/crawford-bats-puck-onto-top-224037631.html

Oh, wait... So, did this actually come through? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2093793/The-original-Happy-Mondays-line-reform-time-19-years.html I swear that I did no research about this before my post and had heard nothing one way or the other. So, did it?

Hüsker Dü was the first one that came to mind. I see that it made your list, too. Of the ones that you did not list: XTC From what I've read, they are seem a little bit settled into domestic-type lifestyle. And the money just wouldn't be big enough for a cult band like this to get back together so that they could pay the bills. The Happy Mondays Are they all even still alive? I'd be surprised if they were. But, even if they were, that is just one fucked up group of people, there. No way. Maybe they would make an announcement, but it would never actually come to fruition. Maybe I'll think

Chicago Blackhawks' playoffs run. They're starting to pull it together, I think.

Been curious about this band, but nothing that I've heard has really grabbed me the way that I hoped it would. Still, gonna keep giving them a change and hopefully it'll get it's hooks into me one day.

Interesting question. From what I can see at this point, the most-likely candidate: Pharrell And, maybe Arcade Fire.

I saw them on Halloween, 1989 at the old Blue Note location -- opening for fIREHOSE. Were you there for that one? Are you still even on the boards here?

That's a good call.