Yay!

Downloading now! Thank you!

::loves::

So... heard any good tunes lately?

Been listening to Thea Gilmores new album the last two weeks. So good the hair on my toes still stand up.

So far, the only bad thing on the record is that they've put Play Until the Bottle's Gone as a "hidden track" instead of just making it the twelft track proper. I hate that kind of thing.

Been listening to Thea Gilmores new album the last two weeks.

I've been listening to her cover of the Clash's "I'm Not Down" for the last couple months. Brilliant! I love her voice. I should get more Thea.

Ooh - thanks for the Thea Goilmore recommendation. Am downloading now. As Hec says, her version of "I'm Not Down" is amazing. Am now playing her cover of "Ever Fallen in Love" which is also way-good. (I should be a music critic, with adjectives such as "way-good.")

Some choice AMG quotes about Thea to give you a sense of her:

With her deep burnished voice somewhere between Alison Moyet, Sandy Denny, Annie Lennox and Beth Orton, British thrush Gilmore moves a bit closer to the mainstream on her fifth album. Producer Nigel Stonier (who also plays guitar throughout) buffs up the sound but keeps Gilmore's folk-pop intact.

Some people listen to the young Thea Gilmore and swear that they hear a modern Bob Dylan. Rather, listen to the lead track on this, her fifth album, and what you'll hear is arguably even better: Kirsty MacColl at the top of her game. Then move on to the next song, the snarling and roots-rocking "When Did You Get So Safe," and you'll hear more than a faint echo of Richard Thompson at the top of his as well. But ultimately such comparisons are misleading, because just about elsewhere else on this album all you'll hear is a sharp, thoroughly developed and really quite unique voice delivering songs that are personal without being maudlin and rootsy without being in the least derivative. This holds true even when she's covering other people's material, such as Bob Dylan's "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" (itself a rewrite of the classic protest song "Joe Hill"), Bruce Springsteen's "Cover Me," and the Clash's "I'm Not Down.

Coming in from the black for a tina f shoutout.

I just got spam entitled "lip rayfield split" - WTF?

From way back (Waybacks!):

Frankly, my festival going days are over - but I have no other plans so - what the hell.

Whuh-huh? Not counting Winfield, the giant family reunion of people you're not related too, right?

What a shocker about Kirk. If fan devotion alone could do the trick, none of them would ever get even a hangover.

Also - Katefate - they have announced that Kirk's-health-willing, they are headlining Stage 5 on Saturday night for Winfield. Just like old times.

Awww. Just when I was thinking about heading back on Saturday instead of Sunday. I can't even remember why now; Saturday is always so intense.

Just read your report of the SLR Chicago concert. Damn allergies. Thinking about the two Winfield buds we lost unexpectedly this year. Fucking allergies.

Hey, Theo - Love "Potato!" It's a useful weapon in the earworm wars at work. I need all the defenses I can get - has anyone else ever been voice mailed the entirety of "Chevy Van?"

To all musicistas: Many smooches and may the perfect tune for your mood pop up next on shuffle!

Awww! I was just listening to it now, in fact, since I've got iTunes set up so that it picks up newly added tracks more often.

I think I first heard the potato song on NPR about 7 years ago. It led to the discovery that I have the so-useful talent of singing the lyric "potato" to any tune - Love Me Tender, Star Spangled Banner, etc.

This and double-jointed thumbs are about all I have to offer, so don't tell me if you can do it too.

What the heck is going on on the cover of Goat's Head Soup?

Slate article about Christgau: [link]

With Pauline Kael, Christgau is arguably one of the two most important American mass-culture critics of the second half of the 20th century