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This week it's been:
Screaming Trees- Dust
One of the most underrated bands of the Seattle explosion. Grungy blues-inspired folk rock from a shaggy group of flannel wearing Pacific Northwest mountain men. It's easily their best record. Unfortunately, it was also their swan song. But what a swan song it is. Thank god Mark Lanegan is still making solo albums.
Buffalo Tom- Big Red Letter Day
Early 90s college-rock at it's finest. Intelligent, honest, extremely well written, and catchy as hell. One of the best break-up albums of all time.
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Blues Traveler - Straight On Til Morning...pulled this out of a boxnot long ago and I can't believe I ever put it away. Hadn't listened to it in many months but I was listening to it all last weekend.
Hindu Love Gods - S/T...some bizarre out-of-the-blue blues experiment with Warren Zevon on vocals. One of my favourite oddball records, though the music itself is excellent...straight-up hard-charging covers of ancient blues tunes.
Neil Young - On the Beach...I lost this and thought I'd never find it again...it's an original ripped-from-vinyl copy I had to make because for decades he refused to release it on CD...I just found it while cleaning out a storage closet and WOW...it's like hearing Ambulance Blues for the first time again. Still sends a chill down my spine.
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Since discovering http://www.Led-Zeppelin.com I've been listening to all my old zep albums....good memories....almost got the jean jacket out. With a little undercover work I found a bittorrent site that has almost every Zep show ever recorded....I've been filling up hard drive space like crazy...
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I've been listening to Tom Waits' Rain Dogs for the past week or so. Its such a brilliant album. Creepy and emotional and all around excellent. Its easily one of his best.
-Jenna
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A few of my Skydiggers CD's.
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Velevet Underground and Nico - Andy Warhol
I just got this disk back from my buddy after a couple of years. I forgot how great this album is. I've been singing Heroin all morning. Hope the boss doesn't hear me.
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Jenna_Bird Wrote:I've been listening to Tom Waits' Rain Dogs for the past week or so. Its such a brilliant album. Creepy and emotional and all around excellent. Its easily one of his best.
Agreed, agreed, and agreed. While I think the term 'musical genius' gets thrown around a bit too much, I feel that Waits is quite deserving the description.
Have you ever seen the Austin City Limits featuring Waits (recorded 12/5/1979)? It's quite theatrical, and a must-see for all his fans, as well as general music fans and poetry buffs alike! Click here to purchase a DVD....but I think there's only one left!!
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I haven't, but it looks like its worth tracking down. There's a really obsecure video store a couple miles away...I might have to give them a call and see if they have it in stock. Thanks for the suggestion! :thumb:
-Jenna
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You're welcome..you used to be able to purchase individual episodes of Austin City Limits directly from PBS (or from your local PBS station), but I went to their site and it didn't look like any ACL DVDs were available
I guess a pic will have to do! :?
Nobody can make a cigarette look as delicious as Mr. Tom Waits can!
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The Horrible Esthete Wrote:Jenna_Bird Wrote:I've been listening to Tom Waits' Rain Dogs for the past week or so. Its such a brilliant album. Creepy and emotional and all around excellent. Its easily one of his best.
Agreed, agreed, and agreed. While I think the term 'musical genius' gets thrown around a bit too much, I feel that Waits is quite deserving the description.
Put me down as a Waits fan as well, and I couldn't agree more regarding Rain Dogs. So many good songs. 9th & Hennepin still gives me chills. Have you guys heard his new record? It's a freakin' masterpiece. I should also mention that one of my favorite live albums of all time is the 1975 gem Nighthawks at the Diner.
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Yes, I've heard his newest, (Real Gone)and it is incredible. Saw him perform "Make it Rain" on David Letterman last October...raw & haunting....and simply phenomenal. I agree , Nighthawks at the Diner is a very good album, and I like Closing Time as well....if you haven't already, check out Mule Variations(1999)....soooo freaking good...
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Asylum Years is a great import if you can find it. Its sort of a greatest hits, but without cheese.
Track Listing:
Diamonds on My Windshield
(Looking for) The Hear of Saturday Night
Martha
The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Grapefruit Moon
Small Change
Burma Shave
I Never Talk to Strangers (duet with Bette Midler)
Tom Traubert's Blues
Blue Valentines
Ptter's Field
Kentucky Avenue
Somewhere (yes the one from West Side Story)
Ruby's Arms
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I recently found my old Def Leopard Hysteria cassette...I don't know what was more amazing, stumbling across this old gem, or actually finding a machine that still plays cassettes.
And I threw on DOOKIE by Green Day the other day...now that's a classic. Lots of great memories in that one.
Goulet!!!
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Imagine a world before the "beginning was the word.”
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Lizard King! Nice work on the "Big Trouble In Little China" avatar! Classic!
I have been listening to "Every Picture Tells A Story" By Rod Stewart lately. Man, Ron Wood owns this shit.
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