Oil Can Boyd

I am sure if he were on my team I would support the whole

I think Double Nickels is their best, but Project Mersh and Three Way Tie for Last are probably easier to get into (and quite good too).

RIP Red ...

To the people who recommended this last week, I thank you.

Embarrassing confession: I have had that album for a couple of years and have never listened to it. Not even once. Perhaps I will load it onto the pod tonight ...

Ummm, how about "Happy"?

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Love the Cracker. One of my favorite songs from them is Another Song About the Rain.

Tanya Donnelly's new album This Hungry Life

Hasn't stopped Tupac - or Johnny Cash, for that matter ...

I don't often read rock bios (or autobios) but I always liked Phil and it was $5 at Barnes and Noble. I'm about 100 pages in and it's OK.

When I was in college (which is longer ago than I would like to admit) my dorm had a fundraiser and with the money we had the choice of buying a VCR or a laserdisc player. I remember there was lots of discussion but the laserdisc faction won out. It seemed like a good choice at the time ...

I love that album!!

Saw the movie of this last night and thought it was excellent. Very dark but very funny.

I know I am in the minority on this, but I have never been able to get into Wowee Zowee. I love Pavement and I would count Slanted as one of my ten favorite albums ever, but WZ just doesn't do it for me.

ARod gets blamed because of plays like this:

Interesting thread and quite a weird flashback for me. I bought my first CD player in 1991 and among the first CDs I bought was: Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh Superchunk - No Pocky

Even better; it's from Fox News ...

Scarlett Sings Tom Waits Scarlett Johansson Record Deal in the Works Scarlett Johansson and Lindsay Lohan are about to have something in common. Scarlett, I am told, has signed a deal to make her first record. "Scarlett Sings Tom Waits" is being recorded now and through the winter, with a possible release next spring from Rhino Records' recently reactivated Atco label. The eventual release date will be coordinated with Johansson's movie schedule. Fear not, though. Unlike some other recent pop tarts, Scarlett

It's been a good series so far but somehow Perez (3-11, 6.55 ERA) vs. Reyes (5-8, 5.06) doesn't quite seem like playoff baseball ...

A couple that I have not seen mentioned (but I might have missed 'em): New Pornographers Magnetic Fields

I forgot about those. I remember walking in the 4th Street store (in 1986 maybe) and seeing Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians. But while I am bummed that they are closing, I also can't remember the last time I bought anything at one of the Boston-area stores.

That's funny. I saw them at the Newport Folk Festival couple of years ago (the year Wilco played) and they were phenomenal. They were playing on one of the small stages and they rocked.