Jon, you're gonna forward that to FW, right?

Jon, you're gonna forward that to FW, right?

You mean what David said? Already done. She wrote back that she was "blushing furiously".

I think it's funny that Saget has met her but you haven't. We need an excuse to visit Chicago (not that visiting you isn't reason enough)!

Jon, you're gonna forward that to FW, right?

FW. That's good. I liked FAQ Girl, but FAQWife makes me think, "isn't that something issued by Muslim clerics?"

If anyone wants the MP3s from that Staggerlee site, I have most of them; 27 versions, IIRC.

Cool. Maybe you could send a few of your favorites to buffistarawk, Jim. Did you see this site -- 218 versions! (Just listings, no audio.) It also led me to Cecil Brown's Stagolee website. The version titled "Toast - New York, 1967" is NOT safe for work listening unless you're wearing headphones, and maybe not even then. Interesting legal defense by Stack's girlfriend. Btw, Cecil Brown is best-known for his 1969 novel The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, so I'm thinking his interest in the whole Staggerlee mythos goes way back.

Speaking of buffistarawk, Corwood, I finally converted the first EDO album to mp3s & tried to send it to you last night, but gmail was acting wonky & yousendit timed out. I burned it & brought it to work. Much faster connection here. I'll try sending again this afternoon.

Excellent!

We need an excuse to visit Chicago

• Neil Diamond, United Center, 8/1
• Hot Hot Heat, the Metro, 7/25
• Konono No. 1, Logan Square Auditorium, 11/11
• Puffy Amiyumi, the Vic, 8/27
• Smog, Empty Bottle, 8/4
• Le Tigre, the Vic, 8/10
• White Stripes, Auditorium Theater, 8/29-8/31
• Xiu Xiu, Bottom Lounge, 9/9
• Buffistas

I just found a little goldmine.

Today's obsession is Andrew Bird and following a link on his website, I got to the in-studio performance archive page for 89.3 Minnesota Public Radio.

It's streaming, not .mp3s. But what a collection: Bird, Rilo Kiley, Ted Leo, Eels, Bob Mould (doing Workbook-era stuff), Mercury Rev, Robbie Fulks, Leo Kottke, M.Ward, the Shins, Lou Barlow, Low.

I know what I'm listening to this morning.

ETA: The Rilo Kiley is jaw-droppingly good. Jenny Lewis' voice is so amazing. Great interview with Bob Mould and he plays a song of his new album (Body of Song - "Paralyzed") and it sounds (thank you jesus!) like OLD Mould. So good.

We need an excuse to visit Chicago

What Rio said!

Duh! I forgot the link.

Today's obsession is Andrew Bird

I've got two of his earlier albums, Oh The Grandeur and The Swimming Hour. Ya gotta like a guy who can write a song titled "Tea and Thorazine."

I've got two of his earlier albums, Oh The Grandeur and The Swimming Hour. Ya gotta like a guy who can write a song titled "Tea and Thorazine."

I just downloaded the Swimming Hour from emusic this very moment. (Sidenote: The guy I am sorta kinda maybe seeing right now went to highschool with him.) His set at Intonation was the best of the day.

In other news - I just used iTunes 4.9 to download this morning's Breakfast of Champions and it was SO DARN EASY. I love it! (Before 4.9 you had to use this little pod application - still easy, but iTunes is a easier.) Jon played "Casimir Pulaski Day" and the band of the week is Jesus and Mary Chain - WOOT!

I kinda love slow-at-work Fridays when I am in a music hungry mood like this and have bandwith to burn.

Jon played "Casimir Pulaski Day"

And two of my learned listeners called in to tell me that

a) There is a statue of Casimir Pulaski on the Boston Common

b) There is a section of the Southeast Expressway near the Boston Globe named after Casimir Pulaski.

Speaking of iTunes, there are (finally) some Lothars tunes available at the store! Thank you, CD Baby!