tinnitus photography

well, for a Wilco-themed board, i figured it was a foregone conclusion. assume it's a top 11, then.

i think _In Prism_ is the best thing they've ever done.

in no particular order Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard - best songwriter of the post-70s, hands down. prodigious output...95%+ Neil Young - can be soft, can be abrasive, can write some amazing lyrics. 75% Mogwai - kings of the loud/soft dynamics. absolutely wipes the floor w/ bands like Explosions in the Sky. 95% Sonic Youth - the most influential band of my generation. i don't find my self listening to the very early material or the outre-SYR recordings that often, though. 80% Black Sabbath - the most important metal band of all time. i've got time for all the Ozzy material, and most of the

yep.

Brighton Music Hall.

i hung out and had a beer w/ him:

my wife got a copy of Entertainment Weekly (magazine drive/fundraiser for school) and they had Vile in this year's top 10!

let's be clear here...Michael McD did the yachting up of The Dan, at least until Aja onwards.

"In the musical sense, yacht rock refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock that emanated from Southern California between 1976 and 1984. The term is meant to suggest the kind of smooth, mellow music that early yuppies likely enjoyed while sipping champagne and snorting cocaine on their yachts. Significant "yacht rockers" include Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, and Toto."

sperm hits target rock

Kaputt is way too yacht rock for me, and i like steely dan.

a friend said that 'Bon Iver' is French for 'as boring as Iron and Wine'

i shot that show and remember when the gates opened and it was a mad rush to the front of the stage. the running of the U2 fans in Foxboro.

Never Seen Fucking Whitey?

is there some sort of weird capitalization macro going on?

after reading a few posts in the Morrissey forum, those fans scare me.

while wearing a Michael Schenker t shirt.

pretty much this entire song, but esp this part: Taking inspiration from Husker Du It's a new generation of electric white boy blues

evangelista - red headed stranger

Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things

Elf Power has a good one. there are a few bands that have done covers of entire LPs (Japancakes, Clawhammer, Pussy Galore, etc).

1st post to draw traffic to yr ill-formed opinions. no thanks.

Silver Jews...Berman is fucking awesome w/ words. So if you don't want me I promise not to linger, But before I go I gotta ask you dear about the tan line on your ring finger. No one should have two lives, now you know my middle names are wrong and right. Honey we've got two lives to give tonight.

KaBOOM! CtK out of nowhere w/ the blindside hit. how've you been, man?

i don't doubt that Gallagher's written some good tunes, but 'original' is about the last adjective i'd use to describe them. maybe i need to check out this bloke's new LP.