David, I've got Nora O'Connor doing "Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again" -- do you want it? I like it quite a bit.

As soon as I find my copy of Marianne Faithful's Strange Weather

I have that -- even included "Penthouse Serenade" on one Buffistamix. What would you like? I'll send it/them to you. (After work, I mean.) Btw, did you get the Berger book? Get as in receive; I'm sure you grok Berger's mouth music.

David, I've got Nora O'Connor doing "Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again" -- do you want it? I like it quite a bit.

Please! Shoot it to me.

Joe, if you could just send me "Strange Weather" you'd save me the trouble of digging up my living room.

I have not received the Berger as yet. ::looks suspiciously at mailbox::

Please! Shoot it to me.

OK, insent to your gmail address.

I have not received the Berger as yet.

Crud. Corwood, did you get the book I sent you? Because if you didn't then maybe I'm spacing out, but I'm sure I sent them at the same time. And I think it was a couple weeks ago.

Oh, well. Check buffistarawk for something I think you'll enjoy.

ETA: I'll send "Strange Weather" when I get home.

"I'm working on the ding dang book so this cost is totally justified news"

At a minimum, it's tax deductable!

I got the book & CD, Joe. I thought I'd emailed you a word of thanks, but if I didn't, THANKS! Are you checked email semi-regularly again?

Just got back from Amoeba with a stack of Tom Waits and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Cor, erika - I presume their version of "Way Down In the Hole" is one of the ones used for The Wire?

It's really interesting listening to Tom Waits the Early Years (v. 1-2). He never sucked. Also his voice was conventional and pleasing if a little reedy back then. You can really hear the guy who started in folk clubs here. It's a little like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, little like Dan Hicks without the hot licks.

Other recent musical obsessions:

The Direct Hits - a band I discovered from my buddy (and book contributor) Elizabeth Ivanovich's old radio show at Stanford. Best known for their mod-classic single "Modesty Blaise" I picked up their sole collection years ago, and have recently rediscovered it. There's nothing on them at AMG and I think they probably just got lumped in with all the other mod revival groups of the early 80s, but they're way better. They write fantastic melodies reminiscent of Graham Gouldman's songs for The Hollies, the mod-psych of 60s Move and Revolver-era (specifically John's songs) Beatles, but their biggest influence is The Who. They're excellent players too, with tight harmonies, and lyrically they cover all the moddish concerns. The titles convey their flavor: "Modesty Blaise," "A Place in the Eighties," "Christopher Cooper" (sort of "David Watts" out of "Nowhere Man" with backwards guitar), "The Old Curiosity Shop," "My Car," "What Killed Aleister Crowley," "Henry, the Unhappy Inventor" (a Who-ish suite obviously inspired by "A Quick One" - and it doesn't suffer from that comparison), "Toy Soldier" and "Just Like An Abacus" to rattle off a few. Highly recommended for folks who love mid-sixties Britpop. They have one collection titled The Magic Attic.

The Wackers - Wackering Heights. I'd been interested in Bob Segarini's work ever since the legendary (in my circle anyway) Power Pop issue of Bomp, and his early work with The Wackers has finally been re-released. Part of the Quebec power pop scene of the early seventies (the other big power pop scenes in America at that time were in Cleveland [Raspberries] and Memphis [The Ardent scene that produced Big Star / Rock City etc.]). Three and four part hamonies, more like CSN&Y than the Beach Boys with with loose country-rock grooves. Really pretty stuff - late Byrds to early Eagles in sound. Lush melodies and the usual hippie rock lyrical concerns. Emmett particularly likes the baroque pop "Body Go Round."