Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.

Lorne ,'Time Bomb'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Alicia K - Jul 26, 2005 9:38:46 am PDT #9501 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

Oh, help.

My iTunes (with the iPod plugged in) is playing all the songs too fast, and therefore up several pitches. It's really annoying.

I unplugged the iPod and listened to a few songs through just the pod, and it was fine.

Has anyone had this happen?


Jon B. - Jul 26, 2005 9:44:37 am PDT #9502 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Have you tried rebooting?


Alicia K - Jul 26, 2005 10:24:44 am PDT #9503 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

That's my next step. I grew tired of the sped-up music and unhooked the Pod ... will try it again later.


sumi - Jul 27, 2005 4:35:20 am PDT #9504 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

I didn't know that Bob Mould was touring!


Jim - Jul 27, 2005 5:12:43 am PDT #9505 of 10003
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

It sounds like your Pod is somehow identifying your songs as audiobooks and applying the speed settings to them. Maybe.


tina f. - Jul 27, 2005 6:56:31 am PDT #9506 of 10003

I didn't know that Bob Mould was touring!

His new album came out Tue. and based on the interview and live performance I mentioned here the other day, I'm excited for the album and tour. I've seen him four times (both solo and with Sugar) and he's always good - I didn't see any of the electronica stuff he's been doing the last couple years though.

There's a recent interview with him over at Popmatters.

Now playing: Bobby Bare, Jr. From the End of Your Leash.

I just downloaded this the other day because I am a huge fan of his other album ( Young Criminal Starvation League). This one might be better or at least just as good. He's a darn fine lyricist. "Visit Me in Music City" is about growing up in Nashville where "the cops carry capos in case you want to change your key". "Borrow Your Girl" is about borrowing a friend's motorcycle. Generally, very good.


Sue - Jul 27, 2005 7:27:59 am PDT #9507 of 10003
hip deep in pie

I had a nice chat with my friend Drew last night, who, though he doesn't know it, is one of my musical gurus. A lot of the bands I love he he introduced me to. So he was mentioning all these new bands he's listening to, and today I can't remember any of them!


Kathy A - Jul 27, 2005 1:03:43 pm PDT #9508 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I’ve been listening to one of my alltime favorite albums (Big Pig's "Bonk") in the car lately, and mourning that they never released another album before they apparently broke up. For some reason, I was driven to google them today, and found out that they did put out a second album, but it was never imported to the States. Next month, when I finally have some extra change, I'm going to order it through Ozmusic, who has a copy of the out-of-print "You Lucky People" available for $26 (US)--$18 less than Amazon.uk.

It's the little things that make me happy!


Jon B. - Jul 28, 2005 2:30:47 am PDT #9509 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Ya know that payola scandal that Spitzer just settled with Sony? Here's a link to the memos used as evidence in the case. Amazing stuff: [link]

Findings and terms of the settlement are here: [link]


joe boucher - Jul 28, 2005 9:00:38 am PDT #9510 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Bob Mould interview/performance today on Soundcheck. Plus, a guy who wrote a book about Pet Sounds. Should be archived by 4 or 5 if you can't catch it live. WNYC is podcasting shows now, too, although I think they're only doing certain segments, not whole shows.