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Especially since I can't play it anymore. "Another Time" is a freaking beautiful song. Discuss the genius of Mr. Belew here, please.

The live Brinsley Schwarz version is even better, IMO. Have you heard it? It's on this album:

Nick Cave - "Breathless"

Aimee Mann - "Mr. Harris"

anything by Otis Redding

Otis Redding - "These Arms Of Mine" Otis Redding - "Dock Of the Bay" The Kinks - "Days"

Telekinesis - Telekinesis! (streaming from Merge) Bobby Fuller - The Best of the Bobby Fuller Four Iron Maiden - Killers Jim Ford - The Sounds of Our Time Harry Nilsson - Harry/Nilsson Sings Newman

So, I do have a little Jim Ford sampler disc, if anyone is interested. PM me and I'll get it out to you. Dude is pretty amazing.

All of that, plus... his sense of humor.

Hank III has the sound, but not the songs, IMO. Very disappointing.

Have a great gig! If I were in Brooklyn, I'd be there.

Love him. All I know is the Greatest Hits, and dwightyoakamacoustic.net, so I need to dig deeper. But those two collections are pretty great.

I got news for you. It's not just corporate country music, but corporate music, in general. Mainstream RnB has been pretty crappy for a very long time. Only just now are they starting to find the way to make good mainstream RnB again. (Raphael Saadiq, is a prime example of how they're finding their way back.) But they'll loose it again. Mainstream country has always been mostly shitty. But then folks like Hank, Dolly, Willie, Waylon, et. al break into the mainstream, and they find their way again. Of course, the product pushers then push those folks into the background again (because the t

A heads-up: Primal Scream are on-tour and coming to Metro in April!!! Check your local listings...

Nick Lowe - The Wilderness Years Meat Puppets - Too High to Die Luke Doucet - Broken (and other rogue states) Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love Souled American - Around the Horn

I have yet to hear Skidoo, but I can say with certainty that the Harry/Nilsson Sings Newman 2-fer is very-well worth it.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM SPECIAL OLYMPICS CHAIRMAN TIMOTHY SHRIVER REGARDING U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA

What I heard of Beyond, I thought was pretty damn great. So, as to this article: :dribble :dribble :bounce8

It's not even the best GBV record ever. That would be Alien Lanes.

CSN - "Teach Your Children" Jason Isbell - "Dress Blues" Ludwig Van Beethoven - "Ode To Joy" Beach Boys - "You Still Believe In Me" Guided By Voices - "Smothered In Hugs" The Staple Singers - "Sha Na Boom Boom (Heavy Makes You Happy)" Toots & the Maytalls - "Pomp & Pride" XTC - "Earn Enough For Us" Jonathan Richman - "You're the One For Me"

Jason Isbell - Sirens of the Ditch The Brokedowns - New Brains For Everyone Pink Floyd - The Early Singles Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit Lambchop - Thriller

I think I told this one elsewhere, but there was a local band down in Columbia, MO -- or at least they played there enough for me to consider them local. I had no real desire to see them, but one Halloween (1989), they opened for fIREHOSE, so I figured that I'd go to the show and check out the local yokels. It was Uncle Tupelo. They blew me out the freaking door. Sorry for repeating that story. I wasn't planning on doing so, but it does fit here, so what the hell?

Okay, here is a blasphemous post: I've only seen Wilco once, and was underwhelmed. TA-DA!!! Of course, it was maybe their second-ever show and consisted of a lot of material from A.M., which is my least-favorite Wilco record. Jeff played the first half of the show solo/acoustic and it was good. But I was really waiting to hear the new material during that part of the show. And, when he finally got around to introducing the new band and playing the new stuff..... it was okay.

You know... those shows you were dragged to by someone, or went to on a lark? But then the band wound up blowing you away? Or at least they far surpassed expectations? Me: Primal Scream: I was always kinda lukewarm on them. And, when they showed up 1.5 hours late for a midnight show, I was prepared to just freaking hate them (as was the entire crowd at Metro that night). But then, they started playing. By 30 seconds into the first song, every damn person in the club -- including bouncers, sound engineers, and bartenders -- were rocking our ASSES off!!! Amazing show! Oh, and another one: T