PopTodd

Bought it for a buck at Half-Price Books. It's been a long time since I've read it and while I didn't exactly forget about how startling "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" is, reading it again still had a visceral impact. Still makes me say "DAMN."

Happy birthday!

Just took the DVDs out from my local library and, I know that I'm not telling any of you anything new, but this is maybe the greatest TV show of all time. Almost certainly my next DVD purchase. A tragedy that one season is all that it had.

At the urging of some friends, I made our old (1994) record available for DL here: http://hoponpop.bandcamp.com/album/rbgh If you like it, there is one more track available, that I have not posted there.

I used to have Aleph and Bet from Masada, but was not aware that they had done anything else together since the early 90's. I loved those records and should probably go dig them up again sometime. Thanks for the reminder.

Is that a John Zorn thing?

This.

I just want to get to a game this year.

The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee" The Cure - "Lovesong"

Since we all love to make lists... PopTodd's favorite YLT albums: Electr-o-Pura Fakebook I Am Not Afraid of You and Will Beat Your Ass Painful I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out May I Sing With Me

I just seem to keep running through album after album today! Glad that it brought me to this sweetheart of an album. I love it:

Enjoy the discovery! There's a lot out there to hear!

Yup. I like it a lot, too. Pretty much pure rocksteady, which is nice to hear from him.

Happy birthday, HH!

Exactly. But I think that one has a greater appreciation for the band, when you can see where they came from. I love UT, but Jeff has changed his approach as a songwriter and musician so much since those days.

Start with 2 Uncle Tupelo albums: No Depression (their first) and Anodyne (their last), if you wanna go real old school. That way you can kinda see how Jeff has grown as a songwriter, coming out of something more solidly country. (Although Jay was always more of the traditionalist in that band, still...)

NP: Anthrax - "Ball of Confusion" (Temptations cover) This is just so... right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4TcHOlHZc

You have posted this before, and I liked it then, too. I love that guitar hook. There are a couple of (poor) videos of my playing solo/acoustic up at YouTube. But, if you want a good (professional) quality video of me playing with the original lineup of the band... drop me a PM.

So yeah, I changed the topic of this thread to reflect the fact that I have another show coming up on Sat. 11/6. I go on EARLY, though... at 7:00. More info and RSVP here.