That's the Lord's work you're doing there.

That's the Lord's work you're doing there.

I do feel an evangelical responsibility to spreading good music around. St. Peel is our exemplar.

In the vein of St. Peel, I offered a few custom burnt CDs to the co-worker who won the betting pool on Li'l Jandek's birthday (that's my oh-so-clever nom de Internet for my kid). She indicated that she loves Nirvana but has never explored that kind of music. Not wanting to alienate her, I went with slightly more cuddly punk and post-punk.

1. Husker Du - "Love Is All Around"
2. Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
3. Cramps - "Human Fly"
4. Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?"
5. Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket"
6. Palomar - "Knockout"
7. McLusky - "She Will Only Bring You Happiness"
8. Television Personalities - "Look Back In Anger"
9. Buzzcocks - "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
10. Slits - "Heard It Through The Grapevine"
11. KaitO - "Try Me Out"
12. Liars - "Mr. Your On Fire Mr."
13. Minutemen - "The Glory of Man"
14. Meat Puppets - "Swimming Ground"
15. Dinosaur Jr. - "Freak Scene"
16. Liliput - "Ain't You"
17. Sleater-Kinney - "You're No Rock & Roll Fun"
18. Mission of Burma - "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"
19. Feelies - "Fa Ci-La"
20. Television - "Venus"
21. Replacements - "Unsatisfied"
22. Talking Heads - "Don't Worry About The Government (live)"
23. X - "Adult Books"
24. The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey"
25. Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba"
26. Clash - "White Man In Hammersmith Palais"

Good set, Hayden! Very listenable - no spinach whatsoever. Though I don't know a few of those cuts (McLusky, Palomar, Liars...). I love that version of "Grapevine" - was Budgie playing on that? I think he was. "Grapevine"'s one of those indestructible songs. I know at least four versions that are great.

Thanks! I don't know if Budgie was on that version of Grapevine or not, but I'd guess yes. It could be Palmolive, but it's a little more advanced than her usual drumming technique. But man, do the Slits burn that song down!

McLusky are a more recent band for me. They play post-Pixies punk (lots of highs & lows) with a rare sense of humor (for instance, the two albums I have are McLusky Does Dallas and The Difference Between You And Me Is That I'm Not On Fire). I read on Pitchfork that they broke up last month, though.

You'd love Palomar. They're bouncy like the Raincoats and early Talking Heads and have tasty girl-group vocals. Misha & I saw them open for the Mekons back in ought-2.

And the Liars are one of the smartest bands around today who aren't the Fiery Furnaces. That track is from their Gang of Four-ish first album, They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top.

t babbling about music from my childhood

This weekend I had (another) one of my omigod iTunes is soooooooo cooooooool! moments. We had taken my parents out for dinner, and Dad casually mentioned that The Point! was out on DVD. Now, The Point! was a huge, HUGE part of my childhood. Some of my earliest memories are of laying on the floor of the living room and singing along with the soundtrack LP. (In later years, when I would talk about The Point!, people would look at me like I was nuts, because they'd never heard of it.)

So when we got home from dinner, I opened the iTunes store. Ta-da! For $9.99 I could have part of my childhood back. Blessed, blessed iTunes store. (Yes, I'm going to buy the DVD. But the notion that I can sit at my desk and listen to The Point! over and over and over makes me even more of a Perkygoth than normal.)

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Palomar are definitely a Hec-friendly band.

I am embarassed to admit that I totally missed the 24/Go-Betweens shoutout.

t edit I have The Point DVD!

I have The Point DVD!

I'm buying it next paycheck. My very first cat was named Arrow.

Can anyone explain to me why so many people have never heard of The Point!? I know it was on tv fairly often during 1969 to about '72 (as far as my fuzzy childhood memory will let me recall), but for about ten years, whenever I would tell people (who were around my age group) about it, they were convinced I had imagined the whole thing. The only thing that reassured me that I hadn't imagined the whole thing was going over to my parents' house and listening to the LP.

Huh. I not only saw the Point, I'm pretty sure they showed it in school at least once.

I discovered The Point when I discovered Harry Nilsson. A great songwriter, great singer and world class carouser.