PopTodd

Country is moving backwards; taking away rights in the name of fiscal responsibility. People say that with the unions, we can't compete with China, Korea, and India. But, do we want our laborers to work in and live in the same conditions as they do over there? This shit depresses me. Where are we headed?

Had that Omegang chocolate stout the other day and it was surprisingly drinkable for a 7% ABV brew. Tasty, to be sure. But, of course, "drinkable" can also be used as another word for "there isn't much to it." Sadly, this was the case. I mean, it was enjoyable, but if you are looking for something to get lost in, like a really good Trappist, this is not your beer. And for the price, it's certainly not bringing bang for the buck. Unless it was all just too subtle for me to catch. It had a very foamy head that did not dissipate... ever, which was nice, but it wasn't as thick as the head on a s

Kid-friendly sketch comedy by a troupe called Barrel of Monkeys. And not only is it funny, but it's EDUCATIONAL, fer chrissakes! http://www.barrelofmonkeys.org/performances/ My wife and I laughed our asses off; so did our kids. Seriously one of the best times you can have in the city of Chicago that does not involve sex, booze, drugs, or any combination therof. In fact, it's better than a lot of things that you can do that DOES involve lots of those things. Go. Seriously. Especially if you have kids.

Thank you for the snark removal. And that is a very cool Snoop Dogg cover, too. That is what this thread is all about! Nice!

Who did the original of that Hugo one?

Oh yeah, I saw Archers of Loaf on the All the Nations Airports tour. At Lounge Ax in Chicago. They put on a really good show.

Great one, Richard! I heard the Britney version recently and I didn't even turn it off, because I was thinking of this one the whole time. Gave me a new appreciation for what a well-written, hooky song it is. Glad to have heard it performed by somebody with a different sensibility.

Oh and here is that song that Clapton covered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSue36BpH8 Didn't make sense to me at the time and it's still hard to put together.

It may not seem right for Toots to be doing John Denver. But here it is. And it sounds pretty damn good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1JJ8fAXHo

"Superstar" in a live venue is nearly transcendental. Great call. Actually, Larry and John (Haggerty) showed up at one of MY gigs, many years ago... because I was sharing that bill with one of John's roommates. It's funny, because for as huge a guy as Larry is, and as monstrous a presence as he is on stage, when I paid him a compliment on the show that I had seen... he just kinda shuffled his foot, looked at the ground and gave me an embarrassed sorta "thank you". Really nice guy, though.

"Behind the Mask" - Eric Clapton (originally by Yellow Magic Orchestra) I was talking to a friend of mine today, a guy that I DJed with in college. He was very into electronic music, and I was coming out of a big Clapton phase at the time, and really immersing myself in the underground stuff. One day, we shared a shift and each picked a bunch of records to spin. Stu spun the song: "Behind the Mask" by Yellow Magic Orchestra an early Japanese techno/electronica band from the 1970's. Early use of vocoders and all synths. I recognized the track as having been covered by Clapton on his 1989 alb

I don't know. But, if they are done, I guess that I should add them to my list, too. I saw them in 1989 (headlining over opening acts Mojo Nixon and Skid Roeper, and The Pogues). That was a helluva show.

Well, he is still here, but I doubt very much that he will come back to the US. (Although I wish very strongly that he would): TOM ZÉ Brazilian überweirdo and supergenius came to tour the US only one time and, lucky me, I was able to get to the show here in Chicago (Park West). He brought only one musician with him from Brazil, the rest of his backing band was Tortoise. One of the best shows that I have ever seen, if not the best.

This MAY have been it: Hard to remember if that was the exact one, but I do remember that it was definitely red, white, and blue. It had a banana seat. And, it was a second- (or even third-) tier brand. I do think that this was it. Except the seat had red, white, and blue stripes, too.

Love and prayers to all of you in NZ. Hope that you and yours are okay.

A really great song from a band that I never took very seriously until I heard this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGnHCGbkg0

That first image is supposed to represent a compilation of Margo Guryan songs that was made for me. I don't listen to this as much as I should. It's really great.

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Ditto this one for me (with Big Star in '94). And I wish that I had been able to see Quine with anybody. Nice.

Neutral Milk Hotel (twice in '98) Meat Puppets ('87 and '89) Joe Strummer Grateful Dead ('88 and '94) The Dismemberment Plan ('01) The Pixies ('89 and '91) Guided By Voices (with the classic Sprout/Demos/Mitchell lineup in '96, I think?) fIREHOSE ('89) Uncle Tupelo ('89 and '93) The Replacements ('89 and '91) Television ('92) Blur ('95 and '97) Pulp ('95 and '97) Stevie Ray Vaughan ('90)

Just got an urge to hear this:

When I was in college at the University of Missouri, Sun Ra came to play at one of the halls on campus (Jesse Hall), for something like $4. I heard cool things about him, but didn't know his music at all. So, I CHOSE not to go. Damn.

"What Do You Want Me to Say?" - The Dismemberment Plan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1NiA-PDV8 EDIT: To change it to a pretty sweet live clip of the band from just last month.