PopTodd

Resurrecting this thread because... I was just listening to this song today and it occurred to me just how much I love so, so many of his songs. And then it occurred to me that he might be considered a guilty pleasure my many of you. But for me, he just really freaking rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WTlUfn7hU

One of my favorite Chicago bands of the 90s—The Flavor Channel—only released a single album. But I did some digging online and was able to create a playlist of hard-to-find and unreleased songs that they had recorded. Their music is all based in a pretty standard 90s alt-rock-type sound, but their arrangements are very much of their own sound, incorporating not only typical rock guitars, but also surf, classic 50's rock n roll, free jazz sax skronk, and stride piano breaks. Really fantastic stuff. And... hooray for the Internet for helping me dig this stuff up!!! The following song is just on

Now listening to this friend of mine from the days when I used to haunt the (now defunct) CMJ message boards. And his radio show from last night: http://westcottradio.org/archive/everyones_invited_2017-09-17.mp3

You've never seen that before?! Have you heard the album? Good Lord, are you missing out, if you haven't!

I've only read one -- the one about Murmur. And I only picked it up because it was written by a high school friend of mine. I did really enjoy it, though. And now, another friend of mine (a former coworker) has signed the contract and is in the middle of writing another one -- about D'Angelo's Voodoo. So I'm sure that I'll read that one, too. Overall, it's like, they kinda intrigue me, but I'm not really motivated to read any of them for some reason. At least not until a friend gets involved in the project. Hoping some discussion in here will either convince me to read others or tell me wh