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Every time I play that at home (which is pretty often) my 12 year old daughter rolls her eyes and says "this is that CD where the singer swears all the time."

Bettie Serveert - Palomine Saw them last night and they were really good; they have an amazing new drummer. But there was something a little sad about it. Small crowd (75 people maybe), playing in the same club they have played many times. I don't know. Maybe I'm just feeling old ...

Yeah - they did the recent reissues of the first two Feelies albums that came out last year. I know Freedy Johnston's last album was on Bar/None but I have no idea who else they handle.

via pitchfork: The Feelies Plan First Album in Two Decades Fans of ancestral indie rock, get excited. In 2008, New Jersey postpunk pioneers the Feelies reunited to play a few shows and reissued their classic out-of-print albums. They must've liked the way things went, since they're now getting ready to release a new album, their first since 1991's Time for a Witness. The new LP is due next spring on Bar/None, produced by band members Bill Million and Glenn Mercer. As of right now, the band has finished recording the album's basic tracks.

Yup - the Burma/Wilco show was at the Fleet Boston Pavilion/Harborlights place on the waterfront.

Bill Janovitz (of Buffalo Tom) in Camden Maine in 2000.

I've seen a bunch of tributes on line today but that's one of the nicest (with the exception of the one a-hole). I think most people remember the first time they met (or saw) Billy. For me it was in the late 1980s at the Rat and he pogoed through the crowd, with drinks in both hands, got up on stage, twirled around and then went back through the crowd. When we left the place, he was out front handing out flyers for some show he was promoting. I remember talking to people the next day and everyone just kept saying, "oh sure - that's Billy."

Love that song ...

It may not mean much to folks outside of Boston but for anyone around here the death of Billy Ruane is a big loss for the Boston music scene. Billy Ruane RIP

I know I've already pimped my friend's movie about getting the Kinks back together ( ) but Zooey is one of the people he interviews and she is very endearing (and a big Kinks fan).

I went through that phase with Harborcoat when I was 20.

Golden Smog? Or was there something before that?

Not only am I not from St. Louis, I've never even been there!

Recorded 50 years ago today ...

Recent interview with Moe Tucker where she clarifies - but doesn't back away from - her position.

Wow - what a sad article. I saw him play a few months ago and it was pretty good but a little weird. He played a ton of songs, one right after the other, without stopping. His voice sounded great and it reminded me of how many good songs he has written but he didn't seem all that engaged.

What's not to like?

From Low's MySpace blog: we're almost done. after the RGC midwest tour, i flew out to L.A. for a couple days to work on more guitars and some vocals (sounds so glamorous when i have to type it out...). nels cline came in and played some guitar, too. i won't even begin to try to explain how awesome he is. now we are going thru rough mixes and the smallest decisions. i'm fairly sure the title is "c'mon." this upcoming tour to new zealand and austalia will be a nice break before final mixing. have a great week. if you can hear me, mavis staples, i love you.

There's a store near me (Newbury Comics which are mostly in the Boston area) that is selling it for $6.99. I think I'll go pick it up at lunch.

More big changes at emusic. The good news is that they are adding more than 250,000 tracks from Universal Music Group to its catalog. The bad news is that the pricing is getting more complicated and, as best as I can tell, more expensive. I will see how this goes for a month or two but this may be it for me. It used to be a good and inexpensive way to hear new stuff but unless there is a lot of Universal Music Group stuff I like (and as long as they continue to not allow unused downloads to carry over) it may not be worth it anymore.

Not really. Touch of Grey was a legitimate top 10 mainstream hit competing with Whitney Houston, George Michael, and Bon Jovi. It really did bring a whole new group of fans to the band. HMD may be the song that non-Wilco fans can identify as being a Wilco song but it's nowhere near the scale of something like Touch of Grey.

I was thinking either Foggy Notion or I'm Set Free (to find a new illusion) ...

I could watch that over and over again. And watching it just now reminded me of how tired I was those couple of weeks.

Not to defend the list but according to the title of the thread it is the best first films by directors ...

Just curious - who would you say was first?