Very nice job picking categories, Corwood!

And no time to procrastinate for me. I'm excited to use this as a way to look busy when I should be working this week. Excellent.

Thanks, Tina!

Yeah, I think the Lost In The Grooves category means "you people need to listen to this RIGHT NOW," not anything to do with Rock Snobbery. Can everyone live with that definition? There's no need to go check Bob Christgau's buying guide to get an idea about rock canon or anything. It's way more subjective.

Also, with the cowbell link in place, are y'all alright with that?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the more I think about it, the more I'm disinclined to change things. But, on the other hand, I don't want anyone to drop out.

I'm good with everything. The yea-sayers talked me into it. (I was always good with the cowbell category)

Oh yeah, I'm fine with everything! It will just make me think and/or bullshit harder!

Allllllllright! Hello, Cleveland!

I need to write lyrics for a song we're supposed to play THIS WEDNESDAY but instead I'm obsessing over my picks for the mix. Darn you all!

Write a song about making a mix. Worked for Thurston Moore.

From Pitchfork:

Os Mutantes Reunite for One Night Only

David Nadelle and Amy Phillips report:

What Kurt Cobain couldn't do, a London arts center will: on May 22 at the Barbican, Brazilian psychedelic rock legends Os Mutantes will perform for the first time since 1973. Unfortunately, brothers Sergio and Arnaldo Baptista (as well as drummer Ronaldo "Dinho" Leme) are not scheduled to perform with original singer Rita Lee. But as Meat Loaf would say, two out of three ain't bad.

This remarkable concert is part of the Barbican's "Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture" festival, which is on now and will continue until May 21. The celebration of music, art, film, theatre, and dance examines the revolutionary Tropicália movement of late-60s Brazil. Government censorship inspired a creative outburst of provocative and spontaneous art.

Musically, the scene exploded after the 1968 compilation album Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis, attracted worldwide attention. Os Mutantes began their career as the house band on a Brazilian TV show, but became weirder and weirder as time went on. They worked with Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, wore crazy costumes, put on multimedia performances, and recorded experimental sound collages long before it was cool.

In 1993, Cobain attempted to reunite the band, but they refused. Oh, snap! David Byrne's Luaka Bop label released the Os Mutantes compilation Everything Is Possible. Beck has also given the band mad props. So this is a pretty big deal.

Other performers during the Barbican's Tropicália festival include such heavy hitters as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Zé, as well as a "Tropicália Remixed" showcase featuring new arrangements from original movement collaborator Rogerio Duprat and UK special guests Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas/Stereolab), and Isle of Wight throwbacks the Bees. Check the Barbican website for additional installations, films, and live shows.

Write a song about making a mix.

Well...I already have a subject. I just need the actual words.

We're doing a benefit for a friend who had a speaker fall on her face. She broke her glasses and had to get stitches between her eyebrows and she's doing okay. The club is paying all her medical expenses so this is just to give her some extra $ for her pain & suffering. Here is the poster:

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She's a member of the new roller girl league here and was really hoping her first injury as a Roller Girl would have happened oh during an actual bout or somethhing. So the song is about the roller girls. The music was already written and is very fast race-y appropriate. I just...need some words. And maybe a whistle.

Good cause. And a song about roller girls! Nice.