PopTodd

Don't know how I missed that. Good pick, Joss! (And you too, mpolak!)

Listening to this now and am really enjoying it. So... just a reminder that HE IS OFFERING IT FOR FREE DOWNLOAD AT HIS SITE! It is absolutely not for everyone, but you may be someone that may actually enjoy this. I do.

Fucking beautiful. Now I just need one of these so that I can make it right:

Johnny Cash - At San Quentin Urge Overkill - Saturation Léo Lago - Venturas e desventuras do engenhoso Cavalleiro do Lago Luna - Penthouse The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious

You people are crazy. Not yet a single mention for the best album of the year?

As far as RT goes, I gotta go with "Calvary Cross"

The Bobby Fuller Four - Best Of... Paper Airplane Pilots - Western Automatic Music The Replacements - Let It Be The High Llamas - Hawaii Dwight Yoakam - The Very Best Of...

How about just: Your favorite?

So, maybe I was overstating Prince's solo as being the best ever. Yeah, we can all do with a bit of hyperbole every now and then. What IS your pick? Me? Whilst Robert Quine remains my favorite guitar player ever, for the best solo ever, Ira Kaplan gets my nod for: Yo La Tengo - "Pablo and Andrea" It's everything that a solo should be... it takes the feel and emotion of the song and elevates them to all new highs. Fekkin' brilliant without any showboating.

Excellent.

I mean seriously, how sick is this?!?! And yeah, that's George Harrison's kid standing behind Prince, with the acoustic; having his mind blown along with everyone else. I mean, his dad was a Beatle, and even he is in awe of the little man.

Grant Hart - Good News For Modern Man Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. Tom Zé - Danç Éh Sa Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel To Be Kind (Live @ the BBC) Pink Floyd - The Early Singles

Last 10 on iTunes: Sad Dracula - SOS Ray Davies - Creatures of Little Faith Matthew Good - i'm a window Happy Ashtray - for the rest of my life Super Furry Animals - Pam V Velvet Underground - i'm waiting for the man (Gymnasium version) Saturday Looks Good To Me - (Even If You Die In The) Ocean The Ike Reilly Assassination - You're So Plain Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs (Different Take - Norman Dolph Acetate) Bad Brains - Right Brigade

Any news of Mangum recording is good news! I do hope that he starts writing again, too.

I've only been to Italy: Southern Italy (Apulia). It's my favorite place in the world; Lecce, in particular.

Had a perfectly poured Guinness yesterday. It was incomprehensibly wonderful; a reminder as to why (when poured correctly and served at the proper temperature), Guinness is the still the best beer is the world.

Various artists - The Very Best of UK Punk Smoking Popes - At Metro Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs The Band - Music From Big Pink

Bad Brains - I Against I

Ducks Deluxe - Ducks Deluxe/Taxi To the Terminal Zone Mark Sultan - The Sultanic Verses Miles Davis - Birth Of the Cool Gilberto Gil - O Dol de Oslo Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Okay! I added it! Dig it. Thanks!

The page doesn't seem to be loading. In fact, IAC seems to be down entirely, right now. I'll try again in a bit and let you know when I can hear your tune. Thanks for adding your stuff. I'm looking forward to hearing it!

The Magistrates - SunSpray Shrimp Boat - Cavale Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On the Run The Knack - Serious Fun various - Live From Sound Opinions (Vol. 1)

Has yet to be determined. But probably not. (I mostly used that for listening to mixes in various formats in the production phase.)

Yes and no. Thanks. And I suppose that I should temper my comments. Those with whom I did collaborate (and there were many) contributed a LOT to the album. Their talents are not going to go overlooked, simply to feed my ego. But the fact is, this is an album that I never could have done, were I confined to the construct of the band-as-a-unit. The collaborators brought a lot, but they were hand picked by me. Hence, I feel that this album is more me than anything else I have done. And it feels good. So pardon my crowing.