Before I forget, my Amoeba scouting report with special alerts for Hayden and Jilli.

Jilli, I saw an advance promo copy of the new Rasputina record - due out in March. Also there's a box set of Cure b-sides.

Hayden, have you seen the Rough Trade Postpunk 101 collection? The Rough Trade Rock and Roll collection is also unbelievable. Here let me track down the links for you...

Postpunk 101

Rough Trade Rock

Being compiled by hipster record store guys, this leans (expectedly) to punk, indie rock, and garage rock, but within that framework the contents are pretty diverse, spanning from pre-punk pioneers the Modern Lovers and Rocket From the Tombs to currently hip troublemakers the Dirtbombs, the Von Bondies, and the Hives, with all kinds of stops in between. In short, if you dig your rock & roll fast, wild, and noisy, this is the ideal soundtrack for your next shindig — after all, how many albums can you name that offer you choice cuts by the Pixies, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pere Ubu, the Saints, the Beatings, Clinic, Thee Headcoats, and Guitar Wolf along with 38 more slabs of genius? (One of which, by the way, is the first authorized CD release of Crime's ultra-rare "Hot Wire My Heart.") Get it, crank it up, and if your neighbors don't complain to the landlord, they'll certainly thank you. — Mark Deming

Also, another cool postpunk comp In The Beginning There Was Rhythm with Slits, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire...

There are about four or five different versions/arrangements of the theme song "Belleville Rendezvous" (under the bridge with the trashcan lids and junk, French, English, Cabaret version, also one that's more instrumental with bits of vocals). Some jazzy underscore with a Django vibe. The chase scene music at the end, the french rock and roll song playing at the beach shack, the musette/accordion stuff during the Tour De France.

Oooh! I think I want that!

Pardon my cross-post in Jossverse:

I'm fiddling with a sidebar for the book on indie-comics and music crossovers. So far I've got:

Victor Banana's sdtrk for Like Velvet Glove Cast In Iron

Dame D'arcy singles

Aimee Mann's "Ghost World" song.

I seem to remember Alan Moore doing something for V for Vendetta. "This Vicious Cabaret"? Something like that.

Anything else come to mind? I'm trying to stick to indie comics here since there are a berjillion Superman songs.

This morning has been a very mellow-Sunday-music sort of day. The stereo's gotten more use today than it has in about six weeks (which is a conceit when you consider the out of country stuff). Right now it's got O Brother Where Art Thou; earlier was Shawn Colvin's "Cover Girl," The Best of Sting, and the Practical Magic and Providence soundtracks.

I feel very un-cool right now.

I just wanted to say that bicyclops is evil.

Mr. Bicyclops was kind enough to send me an extra CD with his excellent Frankenmix - the Philip Glass CD "Songs from Liquid Days" which I had mentioned earlier that I wanted. Except there was one extra track on it. It turned out that it was "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - I had also mentioned in a different context that I had never heard that song.

He's evil, I tells ya.

I have to admint, when I heard that song (after wondering what it was) I laughed outloud.

Anyway... bicyclops, can you send me a Word file (or whatever) so that I can reproduce your liner notes before I send off a copy of your Frankenmix to the next person? If you have such a thing, that is - otherwise I'll just reproduce it from your web page.

I don't have access to a color printer but I'm tempted to buy one so I can do bicyclops's cover art justice.

I seem to remember Alan Moore doing something for V for Vendetta. "This Vicious Cabaret"? Something like that.

Yup -- "Vicious Cabaret" was recorded by David J of Bauhaus fame. It's on David J's compilation album: "On the Glass: The Singles."

The Tripletsof Belleville song is a total earworm. It replaced "Hey Ya" for me instantaneously.

Tina's liner notes are now online here. Formatting them made me even more hyperexcited about getting it.

I have been entertained by y'alls mixes, and you're about to inspire me to make my own. (I work 10 hours a day on the computer. Sometimes it's hard for me to take on a project that will require more hours at the computer.) Anyway, if The Swimming Pool Q's are local to bicyclops, then bicyclops is local to me. Anne Richmond Boston and Jeff Calder are friends of a friend.

I just wanted to say that bicyclops is evil.

Heh heh. You were just so proud that you'd never heard it, I couldn't resist. Count your blessings I didn't yet know how much you disliked "Walking On Sunshine", you mean old happy-song hater ;)

Anyway... bicyclops, can you send me a Word file (or whatever) so that I can reproduce your liner notes before I send off a copy of your Frankenmix to the next person?

Will do.

I don't have access to a color printer but I'm tempted to buy one so I can do bicyclops's cover art justice.

I can send you another color print along with the next mix I send, if you'd like.

Ginger:

Anyway, if The Swimming Pool Q's are local to bicyclops, then bicyclops is local to me.

Native Atlantan, and still in the area.

Anne Richmond Boston and Jeff Calder are friends of a friend.

Cool!