PopTodd

so, I guess we can just write off any good singers that have come around in the last 40 years, right?

You're just looking for a fight, eh?

You're not gonna get it.

Just commenting on how earnest and urgent the guy sounds.

Listen to him and think about my original statement. You'll most-likely chuckle.

Or at least that's the way he sings it.

I cannot think of a more powerful vocalist in rock.

Yeah, some of it is overwrought, but still.

The guy was so great that when he left Small Faces, he had to be replaced with TWO people: Rod Stewart and Ron Wood.

All hail Steve.

I like to play in the key of Zb.

Favorite chord Qminor 13 half-demented

I'm not a Radiohead fan. Just don't buy into the cult.

That said, OK Computer is a good record.

And I do like what I've heard of Rainbows. I'll prolly pick that up.

Yeah, I like to be contrarian.

Today (10/29):

The Small Faces - The Singles: A's & B's

V/A - Garden Of Earthly Delights: Garden of Punky Delights

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

Toots & The Maytalls - Funky Kingston/In the Dark

Sugar - Beaster

No harm in sending more good vibes.

Get better quickly, sir!

Damn.

Sorry about that.

Please take care of yourself.

Are you sure?

I was 7 years old and interviewing for the role of "Danny" in The Shining. I'm pretty sure it was him.

I met Stanley Kubrick once.

Oh, and I want this box set!

I have a little boy with peanut and tree nut allergies.

So we're handing out plain Hersey bar minis and Mike n' Ikes.

Shot in the dark, but do any of you live in/near Naperville?

 

Pops lives in Naper-vegas, and I wanna get him tix/passes to see I'm Not There, but I don't know which theater in town is most likely to show it. It's supposed to be limited release.

 

Anyway, he lives on the NW side of town, if that helps any.

 

Gonna bundle them with a copy of No Direction Home.

Try the Tivoli in downtown Downers Grove?

And that is...?

Pugwash - Almanac

First listen and, this is really good pop.

For fans of: XTC, ELO, Jon Brion, Jellyfish

So, the show was a lot of fun.

A bit too much talking (played 2 songs, then was interviewed for 10-15 minutes, rinse, repeat...), but still cool and entertaining.

The interviewer was Warren Zanes (from the Del Fuegos) and they had a good report -- have known each other for a long time.

Played mostly songs from her as-yet-unreleased album. And they sounded good.

Okay, so forget what I said earlier in the thread.

This format sounds amazing for a long-time fan (like me).

IWANNAGO!IWANNAGO!IWANNAGO!IWANNAGO!IWANNAGO!

The Replacements - All Shook Down

uhhh...objection your Honor, leading the witness...

 

I could never defend any of the bullshit that comes out of Ann Coulter's mouth, nor would I want to. However, Donny "Douche" kept asking those stupid-assed questions. His ratings must be completely in the shitter to have to stoop low enough to have her on the show to begin with. And then to start peppering her with questions designed purely to get a sensationalist response. Shame on him. He's a self-serving bastard. Ann is intellectually worthless and purely a tool for shock value. Yet people keep inviting her on their TV shows. Screw you Donny! I guess you got what you wanted, a ratings boost. And here we are talking about it. Bravo Donny...Bravo. You got what you wanted. What an a-hole.

Just like every Right-wing talk show host.

We're all different in the exact same ways.

Oh, and I am not defending the tactics, just making an observation.

This tour was my first big concert.

And I would be curious to hear the extra stuff.

Depends on the night.

I've seen them twice.

First time was relevatory. Brilliant.

Second was absoloute shite.

"Do you know what Britney Spears sounds like?"

"Yeah."

"Nothing at all like that."

I have never seen that movie. Is that where the stupid name for that dreary band comes from?

Yes it is. And yes it is.

'Outfit' is my favorite Isbell song. Too bad Jason's out of the band. I see that as a huge mistake on their part. The Truckers before Jason were great. The Truckers with Jason were freaking amazing. I hope he gets the recognition that he deserves on his own. 'Dress Blues' is an absolutely incredible song. Most people can only wish to write one thing in their entire careers that touches almost every Jason Isbell lyric.

I just saw Jason with his new band last week and when he broke into 'Outfit' as his second song of the night I was overjoyed.

 

Dress Blues

 

What can you see from your window?

I can't see anything from mine.

Flags on the side of the highway

and scripture on grocery store signs.

Maybe eighteen was too early.

Maybe thirty or forty is too.

Did you get your chance to make peace with the man

before he sent down his angels for you?

 

Mamas and grandmamas love you

'cause that's all they know how to do.

You never planned on the bombs in the sand

or sleeping in your dress blues.

 

Your wife said this all would be funny

when you came back home in a week.

You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you

in a bar or a tent by the creek.

Your baby would just about be here.

Your very last tour would be up

but you won't be back. They're all dressing in black

drinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.

 

Mamas and grandmamas love you.

American boys hate to lose.

You never planned on the bombs in the sand

or sleeping in your dress blues.

 

Now the high school gymnasium's ready,

full of flowers and old legionnaires.

Nobody showed up to protest,

just sniffle and stare.

But there's red, white, and blue in the rafters

and there's silent old men from the corps.

What did they say when they shipped you away

to fight somebody's Hollywood war?

 

Nobody here could forget you.

You showed us what we had to lose.

You never planned on the bombs in the sand

or sleeping in your dress blues.

 

No, no you never planned on the bombs in the sand

or sleeping in your dress blues.

That song completely messes me up every time I hear it.

May be the best song I've heard in the last 10 years (from a strict, songwriting point of view).

Damn it , I knew I had seen that face before. I was reading about them in Mojo a while back. He does look like on of the Laugh In hosts a bit though.

You know... you're right.

I think it's Martin.

The Boo Radleys - Kingsize

Their swansong is also a much better BritPop record than the critics would lead you to believe.

Ohh, catty!

That is catty.

I am a geek. But not a snotty geek.

(And I already said that Lou knows.)

Knowing something is easy enough to do. And, once I tell you (or someone else does), we'll all know anyway.

He is a member of one of my favorite bands.

I can tell you and I will. I ain't gonna keep it to myself.

Just like to see if anyone else shares this part of my musical taste/sense of humor. Or if anyone cares.

It's Vivian Stanshall from The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

He was also the narrator on Mike Odefield's Tubular Bells album. And another member of the Bonzos - Neil Innes - became a satellite member of Monty Python, co-writing most of the songs with Eric Idle (and playing "Ron Nasty" in The Rutles).