PopTodd

Jonathan Toews ("Taze")

Patti Smith - Horses By all accounts, I should love this record. It is in a style that I adore, made with people that I really dig, coming from a scene that is one of my favorites. Also, it is held up as an essential of that genre. Somehow, it just leaves me cold. Am I missing something?

"Jesus Christ died for somebody's sins, but not mine" -Patti Smith - "Gloria" "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me" -Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off" "I remember how the darkness doubled" -Television - "Marquee Moon"

Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory The Cure - The Head On the Door Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones

I asked him. He said something like: I don't remember. We were both really drunk.

Just picked up: Rancid - Let's Go I have the double 10" white vinyl, but no turntable to play it on, anymore. It's nice to hear this again; especially "Radio" (one of my favorite songs, evah).

Todd Rundgren - Runt Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? Rancid - Let's Go Caesaria Evora - Roogamar

I had the chance to interview Richard Lloyd when I was in college (during the tour for the '92 s/t/ record). He's a really good interview; gives a lot of thoughtful, involved answers. For instance, he told me a story about how he got decked by Jimi Hendrix once, when he was a teenager. (They had mutual friends.) It was a thrill to talk to the guy. And then the show freaking blew my mind!

I don't think that I would consider this a suite. Verse/prechorus/chorus... and then I would consider that bass breakdown a middle-8, folloewd by a coda. But then, maybe that's just a feel thing.

The Good Stuff

Just arrived: Sybris - Sybris

One of the good ones that I forgot. I thought of that one, but wasn't sure whether or not to consider it a single piece, so I left it off.

I'm a sucker for a good rock suite... those songs that have multiple, distinct parts that may or may not flow seamlessly into one another. But they were written to be a single piece. I always wanted to write one, myself (and tried, with arguable results, on the first HoP record). Some of my favorites: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - CSN "Good Vibrations" - Beach Boys "The Sacrifice of Victor" - O(+> "Band on the Run" - Wings "Untitled" - P.M. Dawn And, I'm sure that I've forgotten many. Fill in the blanks, if you will, please...

P.M. Dawn - Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry For Bringing You Here. Love, Dad Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel To be Kind (live @ the BBC) The Beach Boys - Today/Summer Days Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny

I don't know. I forgot that he was in Magazine. Damn. Now, I'm gonna have to go and buy all of their stuff, too.

Man, the more I listen to this guy, the more I really dig him! I sense another Nilsson-like obsession coming on... For fans of: Ennio Marcone, Nick Cave, Tom Waits

Barry Adamson - As Above, So Below

You see, I would qualify "The India Song" as a weak track; a failed novelty.

"The India Song"? Or is that on Radio City?

Is there anyplace that I can hear streaming samples from that one? (I have no access to MySpace.)

Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life Kiss - compilation from a friend

I'm bumping this just in case anyone missed it before it dropped away.

Shane MacGowan - The Snake Falstaff - Falstaff The Joypoppers - Zoomar Mission Of Burma - Vs. Eric B. & Rakim - 20th Century Masters

Any of you here (esp. Chicagoans) remember these guys? They only put out 1 official album, but they also had a couple of songs on comps here and there. I probably saw them 5 or 6 times. Great band. Anyone have anything of theirs that was not on that one album (Plexicom)? I've been trying to find a few of the songs that they had on an early demo/EP and whatever else I can get my hands on.