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    Scarlett Sings Tom Waits

    in Someone Else's Song

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    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

    Tower Records is CLOSING

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Tower Records in NYC was awesome for the instore performances and signings...at the them I saw or met:

    Scissor Sisters

    Jayhawks

    Tori Amos

    Bryan Adams :hmm yeah it was 1996

    Depeche Mode :dancing

    Ben Kweller

     

    I love instore performances...so intimate!

     

    I will miss Tower :upset

    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.

    M. Ward, Old Crow, Neil Young and Clapton - Philly

    in After The Show

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    Would have loved to see OCMS open for Wilco. OCMS introduced themselves in Philly as John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra, Mike Schmidt, Ron Jaworski and Walt Whitman. Pretty classic.

     

    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.

    Octoberquest 2006

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    if i were him i'd make some concessions to get the hell out of NY before he has a nervous breakdown.

    It won't be easy. When the Red Sox were pursuing him they tried to get him to restructure his contract, but the players' union and MLB wouldn't allow it. For him to leave NY, much of it will be up to the Yankees and how much of his contract they are willing to eat.

    Favorite Albums of the 80's

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    yes to all of those, except I have no idea who Squirrel Bait is

     

    Squirrel Bait was a band (of high school kids) out of Louisville that put out two great albums.

    The sound is not unlike Husker Du - loud but with melody.

     

    Three of the guys went on to form Slint and one who didn't (David Grubbs) went on to form Gastr del Sol.

    Favorite books

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    One of my favorite books ever is Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.

     

    It is a little weird but I have no interest in reading it again. It really reminds me of a certain place and time in my life and I think part of me worries that it is not as good as I remember it being.

    Bennett's new album

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Hey, Oil Can -

     

    Is that an intentional juxtaposition of the Talking Heads quote ("Say something once, why say it again?") with Billy Bragg ("Say one thing over and over and over, just with a different tune")? :lol

     

    Ha! Not at all. (But I was also not aware of that Bragg quote. What is it from?)

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