"we're all part shatner
part steve mcqueen
part elliott gould
you know what i mean"

man, i miss hellno. i've got adios armageddon on vinyl record album but i left all my vinyl record albums in new york. whoever's got it on cd is one lucky mamajama….

New Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks album "REal EMotional TRash" comes out in March. Listen to the first released track from it, "Baltimore": [audio:stephen_malkmus_jicks_baltimore.mp3]

The trailer is out. The soundtrack is amazing. Can't wait:

neil young is such an old man.

"comes a time" is such a celebration of getting old.

 and he wrote it when he was younger than

 i am now. 

Comes a time when you're driftin'
Comes a time when you settle down
Comes a light feelin's liftin'
Lift that baby right up off the ground.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
There comes a time.

You and I we were captured
We took our souls and we flew away
We were right we were giving
That's how we kept what we gave away.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
There comes a time.

How many of you still check this site? Not many I guess. Well just to get things pumping again. I've heard 2 Bee Gees covers in the past few months. The Nina Simone cover is beyond great. The Lucksmiths, well, I like the Lucksmiths and that's why I'm posting it. You know, for funzzies.

Nina Simone: To Love Somebody

[audio:beegeeslove.mp3]

The Lucksmiths: I Started A Joke  

[audio:beegeesjoke.mp3]

I've never owned this album. I know Big Lizard and Eat Your Paisley like the back of my hand, but I just never picked this one up. I admit, I listened to it at work and my first impression was, "where are all the pop hits?" And then I started listening. There is some great comedy in this album. All their albums are hilarious, but this one had me cracking up out loud. While it might not be their catchiest album, it might be their finest work with their banter. I've must have played this album 20x since.

How 'bout a block of The Boss, dude? Sorry, just played a block of The Boss for the guys at the sandal store.

Ok, hipsters love it. It's probably playing in all the Williamsburg bars as we speak. Which is why it took me so long to get this album. But, I have to admit, I like it. It is a solid indie pop album. Then again, I listen to all this crap. Put a little lo-fi, retro, pop, indie rock on and I'm down. Yeah, I'm a sucker for the whistling. Ok, this review is obviously telling you that this might fall into the guilty pleasure realm. But, I'm loud and proud! Say it, don't spray it, child!

what kind of crazy thing do you think went on when they wrote the last dinosaur jr. album?  j mascis talking something about growing up in the 1940's? lou barlow talking about growing up as an immature cat in park slope? murph saying something like, "it's not a bald spot… it's a solar panel for a love machine."…   i can't help it but it needs to be said.  just that feeling of bros before ho's, befo' skatebo's, before family-o's and shitty-o's.  it kind of makes me feel like the first time i really heard music.  the first time i actually identified with it.  beyond "you saw me crying in the chapel", beyond michael chapel, beyond cousin brucey, and beyond harry harrison in the morning. BEYOND

BUG… this was the first time i ever felt like an individual.  the first time i left the womb.  there are different ways to do that i guess.  and when you get older, it's not much more than this.  it's not much more than anything.  not much more than nothing too.  this is all i came to do.  this is all i came to do.  this is all i came to do… no. no. YES!YES!YEs?yes? yes? yes…..

what did j mascis do to your masculinity? 

I am digging this new Wilco album. A little slower and a lot more 70's. I couldn't pick between 2 tracks, so I'm putting both of them up for your listening pleasure. Think Don Henley on this first track.

[audio:wilco1.mp3]

[audio:wilco2.mp3] 

Lily Allen - Alright, Still

Is she worth the hype?  I don't know, decide for yourself, I like it.  It sounds like it's all pop sweetness, but when you listen to the lyrics you realize she's decimating all the boys she's ever dated.  Check it out.

 …check out this track I just downloaded from Parts & Labor, they have a huge sound and the drumming is sick. The track is called "Fractured Skies".

 [audio:parts-and-labor-fractured-skies.mp3]

hey so i dont know what it means.  but recently Marty yesdude'ed PULP's This is Hardcore. an album that i have totally heard before, but only until now really grasped it awesomeness.  maybe like how we were never ment to really understand that tv show thritysomething, because, well we werent 30 when it came out and lets face it its pretty dated now. but not this record.  sure its pretty loungey @ times and more than once i thought of neil diamond, but its pretty dark and disturbing—no, dark and unsetteing.  like afgan whigs but not as rocking. how can an album be so good but leave you in such a strange mood.i love this record but i dont know what that means. maybe i'm all grown up and lost my rose colored view of the world, or maybe i'm seeing 20/20.  

So, I got this new iPod. Now, I can listen to my music in color! It's amazing. Along with the technicolor iPod, I got more space on this sucker. Which means, more music I haven't listened to in ages. Demaria gave me this album awhile back, and I forgot about it, until now. Here's a hint:

"Say mister can you spare a dime? Some change could make a change. Can buy some time… SABRINA!!" 

[audio:kissthebottle.mp3] 

Got a live recording of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks at Portland in January. Janet Weiss (formerly of Sleater-Kinney) really adds to Malkmus that the other guy didn't. I think these 2 tracks will prove my theory of Malkmus-Relativity. And, it's an awesome song.

Weiss (Live) : [audio:dragonflypie_live.mp3] 

sans-Weiss : [audio:dragonflypie.mp3]