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So, talking about Lloyd Cole also got me thinking about Jules Shear. For some reason the two of them are linked in my head; probably because I also used to play this album around the same time that I played Don't Get Weird On Me, Babe: Any thoughts on Mr. Shear? I know that he wrote a few hits for other folks (including "If She Knew What She Wants" for the Bangles). And I remember him hosting the original few episodes of MTV Unplugged. Help? Fans? Because now I'm thinking about picking up that album pictured up there, but don't want to find that it's another dated-sounding AOR DadRock al

I knew that there was a reason that i liked you.

Thing is, I liked "...Babe" when I was in college. Just didn't sound as good as it did then. Hoping that it will come back to me.

Excellent toilet reading. Yeah, it's a bit lurid and voyeuristic, but that doesn't mean that it's not a good read. I like her writing style, too: very self-effacing and wry; perfect for somebody with her background. I am enjoying this more than I probably should.

I think that the TV thing is the biggest thing in Chicago. If you can't watch the team, how easy is it to be a fan? Not as easy as it is if you can actually SEE them play. I don't blame folks for being new fans since Rocky took over from his dad. The fact is... the team is simply a lot more fan-friendly now: winning or not. (I'm just glad that they are!) You didn't see this many "bandwagon" fans back in the early 90's when Chelios, Roenick, Belfour, et. al. made it to the Cup Finals! Did you? So, it's not just winning. It's new Hawk fans... who are new HOCKEY fans, too (most likely).

I saw this yesterday with the family. I didn't even know that it existed until my wife requested that we see it for Mother's Day. Gotta say: it was a pretty great movie. Of course, the babies, themselves are hilarious and adorable. But, after the movie was over, out with the family, I saw a couple walking their baby in the stroller and could not help but to think about that baby and it's place in the world... how their growing up/going to grow up and all that. And, isn't that what a documentary is supposed to do? On top of it all, for a movie with NO dialogue, it held the attention of even

I picked up these two albums over the weekend, in part because I remember liking the one when I spun it on my college station so many years ago (Don't Get...) and in part because Billy G is so very into him, and I respect his opinion. I am just not feeling it, though. Should I be listening to something else? (Rattlesnakes is his best, right?) Or, if I don't like these, should I just not even bother? It seems like the kind of thing that I should be into, but the production is just killing it for me; so DAD rock. Maybe they're growers?

The choreography, itself; the shaving thing, in particular: I love that!!! Oh, and please know, that I love this song and I love this video and I am not posting this to mock it, but to celebrate it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImLhAbLT4c

Don't compare yourself to your favorite artists, just to other struggling songwriters like yourself. When you do that, you'll see just how much crap is out there... and just how good you are. You can then start looking at, you know, maybe you are a lot better than a lot of the stuff that is played on the radio now, too...

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Easy Pieces Lloyd Cole - Don't Get Weird On Me, Babe

Verlaine/Lloyd (Television) Quine/Julian (The Voidiods) Tipton/Downing (Judas Priest) Richards/Taylor (Rolling Stones' -- early 70s recordings)

Good one. And the tour was excellent!

tonight: I fucking love this movie.

I LOVE the Meat Puppets. And the new albums are okay... but just not really kicking my ass. But maybe, like Lammy said, they are still kicking much live ass. I just wish Derek still on board.

Every single day, I come home from work to find a sink full of dirty dishes, and a dishwasher full of clean dishes. So, I have to unload and put away dishes before being able to load up the dishwasher, just so that I have enough room in the sink to (hand)wash the pots and pans and put them away. Every. Single. Day. And, to top it all off, my kids never rinse their bowls, which previously contained oatmeal, and now only contain the hard, dried crusty remains of said oatmeal. So, I have to scrape that crap off of there before even being able to put it into the dishwasher!

What I do is listen to a lot of music by other people. Then, I realize that the things that I've done are just as good as them, and better than most. Sometimes schadenfreude (in a modified sense) is a godsend!

This is what I am talking about! Not this. I'm talking artistically, not financially. (I'm not a Phish fan either, so don't accuse me of bias against The Eagles.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenHYXtiqoI

Today, quite accidentally, I have two albums with me that were the "comeback" albums from the respective bands' extensive layoffs. And both albums, while they're not going to be listed alongside the best work of either, are not the least bit embarrassing, either. Buzzcocks - All Set is a pretty solid album with some good hooks and Steve Diggle's whine very much intact. Plus, I saw them on that tour and they were absolutely outstanding. Os Mutantes - Haih... has just gone through one listen for me, and it's a pretty fun listen. The feedback that I've heard from their shows from the past co

Os Mutantes - Haith... Ou Amortecedor... Buzzcocks - All Set Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone-Free Landslide Victory The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm World Party - Goodbye Jumbo

Now playing: THE VIA CHICAGO STATION at IACMusic.com And I'm really digging it! (Just reminded to listen by my exchange with SarahC in that other pinned thread here.) Damn we have some talented folks, here!

Oh, you can totally post a mediafire! In fact, that is very cool of you to offer it up as such. Thing is, this topic is here for the sole purpose of CONSOLIDATING everybody's music into a single place, so that there is but one page where we can all go to hear a sampling of everybody's tunes! I would love to check out your music, for sure. Only, for folks like me who are at work most of the time, we cannot download anything to our computers here, so we CANNOT listen. However, if you would set up an IAC page (it's free), that would be very cool so that we can all hear your tune; and in contex

Frank Black - Bluefinger