PopTodd

I don't think that I am slighting them as musicians. And I certainly don't intend to slight them. I understand the "studio as instrument" mindset, and even subscribe to it. I just think that in this case, it's kinda apples and oranges.

oops. Also... Meat Puppets.

The JB's The MG's The Funk Brothers

I'm just gonna throw up a bunch of names because that's kinda how I do these things. Oh, and these are just BANDS, mind you... NOT solo artists or singing groups: Ramones Replacements Uncle Tupelo REM Creedence Clearwater Revival 13th Floor Elevators Sly & The Family Stone Parliament The Byrds Big Star Guided By Voices Neutral Milk Hotel Velvet Underground Television Richard Hell & The Voidoids Camper Van Beethoven Shrimp Boat Talking Heads Sonic Youth Cheap Trick Flying Burrito Brothers (Gram Parsons version) NRBQ Please notice, that I am also not including Rap/Hip-hop acts in t

Don't know if I've [postyed this one before, but I think it's a pretty good one... You know those songs that, the first time you hear them, you can already sing along? The ones that there are no surprises -- but in a good way. The first time you hear them, they sound like they've always been a part of your life. Well, IMO, these are some of those that I have on my iTunes. Some you already know, some you don't. But you will once you hear them.... http://www.mediafire.com/?4ddwnrnjnnh Live - The Bangles September Gurls (live) - Big Star Ju Ju Man - Brinsley Schwarz Israelites - Desmond

I feel like we're musical kindred spirits. Seriously. Caetano, Roy Wood, Peter Laughner, Jim Ford... JEEZUS, man! I think that we would have a helluva band together, if you lived any closer. I'll be downloading this one... at least the tunes that I haven't heard yet.

LINK I own #1: YES! And I stupidly let #4 slip away from me when I was in college: I really miss that Traynor. But I wanted a foot-switchable overdrive channel at the time, and gave it up to have that. This thread is mostly just to post pics of cool amps. I'm not a true gear-head, but I do drool over gear, all the same.

Heard this when I was in a record store up in Traverse City last week. Sounded excellent and we wound up buying their first album as a result. (Neither me nor my wife had ever heard them before and we both loved it.) We'll probably buy the new one when we can. EDIT: Downloaded both songs available at their site. (Yeah, there's 2 available now.)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits Jim Ford - The Sounds of Our Time The Chamber Strings - A Month Of Sundays Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On the Run Little Edi - 21 Songs

After a second listen, I'm thinking that it really is.

Isobell Campbell? Not really an a capella beginning, but pretty close. And even if it's not the exact song, it's a pretty good one!!! Mindy Smith - "Come To Jesus"? Again, not exactly like your description, except that it mentions Jesus a lot. And it's also a pretty great tune.

Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking Eleventh Dream Day - Zeroes and Ones Tom Zé - Danç-Éh-Sá The Judy's - Washarama Brian Wilson - SMiLE

Glad that I could turn somebody on to that record. And I'm equally glad that it didn't disappoint.

He's good enough, he's smart enough; and, doggone it, people LIKE him!

Okay, so JFF recommended this album to me: Here are my impressions after a couple of listens: The songwriting, itself is not immediately grabbing me. But on this (my second) listen, I am enjoying it more than the first time around. I can hear how it is a bit of a subtle record and how it will grow on me. The sound of it is absolutely 90's College Radio. Not commercial "Alternative", but exactly what I used to hear on the left of the dial back around 95 to 98. There is a DIY vibe with some interesting chord voicings and appropriately, half-mumbled, (barely) out-of-key vocals. Hints of early

I watched The Muppet Show with my kids last night, and they were the guests on the episode that we saw; the last episode of season one. SO FREAKING COOL!!! Here's a YouTube link: (YouTube is blocked here at work, so I'm not sure which clip this is... hopefully it's either the notepad flirting, or the clay faces. Let me know, please.) Never really thought about it before, but they were pretty much the precursor to The Blue Man Group. And, I guess that they're still around and still performing: www.mummenschanz.com Cool.

ANTI Records Sampler (Winter, 2007) The Best of the Johnny Cash Show (1969 - 1971) Shrimp Boat - Speckly Butterflies - Butterflies John Cale - The Island Years

Just a place for us to post our thoughts about things that we listened to at the urging of our fellow VCers. Really, just a place to answer these three questions: What did you get? Who suggested it to you? What do you think of it? And then, of course, add any other commentary that you might want to add; a "thank you", "screw you", "I'm going to kill you for this!", or anything else like that. I hope that this will be stickied to the top of the forum, as a handy little reference tool for the board. I'll be posting something here pretty soon -- as soon as I digest this album.

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves Butterflies - Butterflies I gotta get my hands on a copy of that.

Just arrived! Hopefully I'll get to give it a listen today. I'll give you my impressions once I get to listen.

Can't believe that I missed this one: Webb Brothers - Maroon Only one of my favorite albums of the '00s!

Yeah, it is loud! But I only play it occasionally. It helps, when I'm in a musical rut, to pick up a different instrument. And, if that instrument sounds as different as a resonator does, that just adds to the inspiration. Also, I did record with it already... on a fluke. The song is a pretty straight-up indie pop song (kinda), and I had this big, fat Weezer distortion thing happening. I wanted to come out of it with a guitar hook, and decided to play that hook on the resonator. Good choice. It's good to have that option.

Michael Jackson died back in '07, as you can plainly see: HERE IS THE SITE

Los Lobos - Kiko Sun Ra - Supersonic Jazz Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power The Breeders - Pod And, given some time, I may get to listen to my DL of: Léo Lago - Deus e o Diablo no Reino do Lago (free download HERE)