I also meant to mention that if you read
Lost In The Grooves
and were intrigued (as I was) by the description of Appaloosa and were discouraged (as I was) by its rarity, then weep no more.
It's just been re-released on CD. I picked one up last night.
Now playing: The 6ths
Wasp Nest.
You should all play this record today! If you don't already own it, then you should go buy it.
That's a good one, alright.
That's a good one, alright.
Also almost Merrittless Merritt. The guy sings like he's raising the dead in a Hammer film.
If celebrity deaths always happen in three's than maybe we are done for a while. CNN is reporting that Lou Rawls has died.
Well, I can only say that I'm glad that I wasn't the one who posted that.
(on edit: because I've been feeling like a black cloud or something.)
We made the LA Weekly Zeitlist.
3 List Obsessed Books
1. Lost in the Grooves: Scram’s Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed, edited by Kim Cooper and David Smay (Routledge) This illuminating A-Z guide from Los Angeles–based Scram magazine endeavors “to nudge the canon so that lost records tumble out” for the enjoyment of all who love to listen to as well as read about music. Reviews of albums are accompanied by such lists as “5 Hypothetical Sesame Street Covers,” “6 Greatest Midget Rock & Roll Records,” “Songs for Word Geeks,” “Deeply Wrong Big-Eye Pop-Psych” and “10 Non-Goth Albums Goths Listen To.”
We made the LA Weekly Zeitlist.
Nice! And very cool that they highlighted several buffista-written sidebars.
I am currently listening to Jon's Best of 2005 Breakfast of Champions podcast (which aired 12/30). I highly recommend. First - you get to hear Jon being all proud of how organized he is for the four-hour show. Hee. Second, it's four hours of Best-of-the-Year goodness. Anyone who has gotten a Best of Mix from Jon in the past knows this is not to be missed. I especially love it because it gives me a million ideas for new stuff to download/buy. (So far this morning I've downloaded The Earlies.)
Anyhoo - if you don't listen to BoC regularly this is a good one to download.