Wow, you talked to Jonathan Lethem? This is a total thread hijack, but I thought "Fortress of Solitude" and "Motherless Brooklyn" ruled. Actually FoS has all kinds of music in it(and some of my favorite kind) so it's only a partial hijack. Hec, whenever you are done, I promise I'll read it, however amateurishly, so I will stop thinking of Mr. Waits as the Guy My Dad Likes Who Wrote The Wire Theme Song(although, of course, I think that's awesome)

I will stop thinking of Mr. Waits as the Guy My Dad Likes Who Wrote The Wire Theme Song(although, of course, I think that's awesome)

Okay my secret dream is that they ask my band to cover that for the last season. They haven't had a garage pop (or whatever we are) version of it yet! It's time, right?!?!

That would rule! And I could freak people out and say "I know them! No, we haven't met f2f yet. But I still know them." Not that I don't freak people out with my command of cornerspeak already, but... it never gets old. You feel me?

So, at Fiona's suggestion, I have purchased Gomez' Liquid Skin. Gomez is a fantabulous band for listening to on headphones, which is pretty much the primary method I use for listening to music these days. I got tired of having to replace my crappy $20 computer speakers every six months, and I wound up getting a pair of high quality studio cans for my sound tech work, and thanks to having a removable 1/4 inch plug that converts to a mini plug, I can just plug the cans into the back of the computer. It's now spoiled me for listening to music. Especially bands (like Gomez) that play with the stereo mix.

It feels like an easter egg that you find not by uncovering the secret hidden place in the product, but by choosing the correct method for using the product.

Okay my secret dream is that they ask my band to cover that for the last season. They haven't had a garage pop (or whatever we are) version of it yet! It's time, right?!?!

It's definitely time! DH and I are just catching up on The Wire. I can't believe we never saw it until now. Homicide is my all time favorite non-Joss show. And one of the few I have on DVD.

I vote SCS! But I don't have a vote. I've been rewatching The Wire, trolling for Wild Bunch references. I counted 4 in Season 1, all towards the end of the season. Just started S2, and there's one right there in the first episode. And MAN, I'd forgotten how S2 is where they really start to bring the funny, right from the start with Bodie and Lake Wobegon.

Gomez is a fantabulous band for listening to on headphones

Glad you enjoyed them, Sean! I'll email you.

I vote SCS! But I don't have a vote.

Me either, sadly! and I don't think I know anyone who does have a vote. But I can dream!

And MAN, I'd forgotten how S2 is where they really start to bring the funny, right from the start with Bodie and Lake Wobegon.

That's one of my favorite moments of the whole series ever.

All is not well in the Land of the Violent Femmes: [link]

Nobody ever gives love to the bassist. Hee.

No, really, that whole thing's a shame. It sucks how those issues tear bands apart over and over.