PopTodd

I LOVE this!!! Thanks for the heads-up!

Let's see... these are the 2010 releases that I have picked up so far: Jarvis Humby - Assume the Position The Apples in Stereo - Travellers In Space and Time Roky Erickson - True Love Cast Out All Evil Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Os Mutantes - Haih Ou Amortecedor Damian Marley & Nas - Distant Relatives Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two Hop On Pop - Chicken on a Bicycle Best Coast - Crazy For You (pre-order... haven't heard it yet) So far, my favorite of those are the Os Mutantes, Apples, Gorillaz, and Roky Erickson. (I would list Hop On Pop -- which is actually my VERY favorite -- but t

I am a sucker for Sam Phillips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYU6m3-4zIo I wuv her...

A great Prince song that I don't hear enough anymore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy6Zk4eLoJI&feature=related

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I just bought this album off of Amazon: I have several tracks from him on the two Rabbit Factory "Birmingham Sound" collections (including a demo version of "I've Been Lonely For So Long"), and his tunes are consistently the best things on there... either the ones that he sings, or his tunes that are sung by others. This is just too damn good.

How about Scruffy the Cat ? I liked them.

Saw this one with the kids at the Gene Siskel Film Center yesterday: The Secret of Kells Better description than I could have written. Anyway, it is a gorgeous movie, that is well-worth seeing. Excellent for children, ages 7+, but younger kids may be scared by some of the images. The look of the movies is obviously influenced by the style of illustration that is central to the story, but the storytelling style is fantastical and whimsical in the same way as a Miyazaki movie. Both boys instantly proclaimed it among their favorite movies of all-time. ("Even better than The Matrix!")

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Some of my favorite bands of the 90's (not necessarily POP/rock): Neutral Milk Hotel Guided By Voices Matthew Sweet Blur Los Lobos Paul Weller The La's

That's a great freaking song.

90's nostalgia: It just feels too soon. But then, it has been 20 years since 1990. Damn. Topic at hand: never liked much of the radio pop with the following exceptions: James - Laid Blur Oasis Oh, and I saw Goo Goo Dolls. But, it's not like that! I saw them when they were still a punk band, just after Hold Me Up came out. And that one, my friends, is a great, overlooked album! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMgn8UwUAQ

That's what piqued my attention, too. But you can really only hear him on a couple of songs. Still, the songs, themselves are a lot of fun and their voices... great stuff.

The Roches - The Roches

All 4 discs of this one today: Shrimp Boat - Something Grand I love this band!

If you want to go sarcastic: Blur - Magic America The Clash - I'm So Bored With the USA

Okay, some real ones: Jonathan Richman - Parties in the U.S.A. Caetano Veloso - Soy Loco Por Ti America

"You Can Still Rock in America" - Night Ranger

Love that song, too.