PopTodd

It averages everyone's ratings, so yes... the 10 + 1 = 5 math is correct. And, you are not going crazy, I just added the poll.

I check out the NP: thread, too. Love it. And, if you want to see an example of what I'm talking about, check out the link in the first post. And, mf: there is the poll. Vote away!

Why do you come to VC regularly? Yep. What do you get out of coming here? How did you get into VC? I met LouieB and Wendy in line, waiting to get into a Steve Earle show that we all won tickets to. They told me about this place (so blame them). I get some good musical advice, as to cool stuff to listen to. And also (you guessed it) some good ears to let me know what they think of my tunes, too, when I have something new to offer. Also, some of the other boarders have pretty damn good bands/music themselves. It's nice to hear that stuff, too. Do you consider yourself a Wilco fan, even if yo

No support then, eh?

"The Sound Of Music" - The Bonzo Dog Band (seriously) Or, anything by the Bonzos, actually. It'll keep you awake because you'll be laughing so hard.

Stone Roses - Second Coming Tonio K. - Life In the Foodchain Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (disc 3) Brinsley Schwarz - Silver Pistol

Ditto.

Tell me about this, please.

Just bought the twofer from Amazon. Anxiously awaiting its arrival. Thanks for the recs. And, I will be getting more (all, most likely) at some point. But, this wasn't supposed to be just a recommendation thread, but a discussion of this brilliant artist. Anyone got anything else?

That was actually the first version that I ever heard. Then I searched out the original and was blown away all over again. I also covered it (solo/acoustic) at a Gene Clark tribute show here in Chicago a few years ago. (Gene's brother and Carla Olsen were both also on the bill... a pretty thrilling night for me to be able to play that song -- and "Here Without You" -- for folks so close to the man, himself.) But yeah, it is an overlooked gem.

"You Still Believe In Me" - Beach Boys "Ju Ju Man" - Brinsley Schwarz "Me & The Devil Blues" - Robert Johnson "Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks "Cathy's Clown" - Everly Brothers "Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk "Why Not Your Baby?" - Dillard & Clark "She" - Gram Parsons "A Fairytale Of New York" - The Pogues

Papas Fritas - Buildings & Grounds The Everly Brothers - The Very Best Of... British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power Elliott Smith - XO

It's a lineup for aging hipsters (like me).

Great, highly overlooked album.

I have recently become obsessed with Nilsson. And, as I only own a few of his albums, this is my own selfish way of finding out which are the ones that I need to get (next -- because I am going to get them all eventually). So, of what I've heard so far, I'd rank them: Son Of Schmilsson Nilsson Schmilsson Pandemonium Shadow Show Aerial Ballet The Point Pandemonium Aerial Ballet and that's all that I own. Now, rank and discuss, please.

Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime Freakwater - Feels Like the Third Time The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Emitt Rhodes - Daisy-Fresh From Hawthorne, CA

Just arrived in the mail: Caviar - Caviar

Going with the clich

The Wrens - The Meadowlands Pegboy - Strong Reaction/Three-Chord Monte Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (disc 1)

Speaking of Coltrane... I also remember reading that Roger McGuinn's guitar part on "Eight Miles High" was inspired by Coltrane. He said that he was trying to approximate the sound of the clacking valves on a saxophone with the way he attacked the strings on his 12-string, especially during that fast part after the main melody during the guitar motif.

I am a fan. And they are not coming to Chicago. Damn(ed)!

Is it worth ponying up the extra cash for the remaster? I don't have a great stereo system (just a CD boom box, and my car stereo), so is the sound that much better on the CD remaster and are the extras on the DVD (are there any?) so great that I should pay twice the price?

Just got an email from a fellow music geek friend the other day, extolling the virtues of this record. It's not his usual kind of thing, and he admits as much. At the same time, he calls it a "masterpiece". Just looking for other thoughts/discussion about Graham's solo output. Whaddya think of it, and of this record, in particular?

Agreed. And the interview came out about the same time as that album -- in Guitar Player Magazine. (Actually, reading that very article is what gave me the notion to check out music outside of the mainstream, in the first place!)

I once read an interview with Kurt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) where he extolled the virtues of: ZZ Top Said that Billy Gibbons was one of his favorite guitar players. Don't remember any specific songs, but I thought that one was interesting.