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[Danny Baldwin]

Playlist: The Smashing Pumpkins' Rarities and B-Sides Collection

111 tracks worth of sheer awesomeness.
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Danny Baldwin

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[xAndyx]

CD Player: Anberlin, Never Take Friendship Personal

This is a great CD
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One day you will look behind you and you will see we three, and on that day, you will repent, and we will send you to whatever god you wish.

-The Boondock Saints

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[beltmann]

Now playing: Jeff Tweedy solo, live 2005.03-05. Just so, so, so good.

Eric
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"When I was in Barcelona they showed pornography on regular television. I'm assuming it's the same way in Mexico since they also speak Spanish." - IMDb user comment

[Balthazor]

In My CD player: Queensyrche: Operation Mindrcime. I've been listening to it for the past week quite often, and I'm simply amazed by it. It may take some doing to get past the 80's vocals, but I can't honestly imagine any other way for them to sing such a melodramatic tale(melodramatic in a good way), and it feels when you listen to the entire CD that they created something not only powerful but almost unique in premise: a cd in which each song is but part of the same story.
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"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all" (Oscar Wilde)

[beltmann]

[Danny Baldwin]

[beltmann]

I'm only four tracks in, but I'm diggin' it.

I actually went to the store to pick up the new Eels double album as well, but of course our local Exclusive company had no copies, didn't know what I was talking about, and tried to convince me that the last Eels album was released in 2002. Again, I must ask: Why own a music store if you don't like music?

Eric
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"When I was in Barcelona they showed pornography on regular television. I'm assuming it's the same way in Mexico since they also speak Spanish." - IMDb user comment

[Balthazor]

[matt header]

Speaking of, has anyone heard "A Grand Don't Come For Free" by The Streets? The greatest "story" album in recent memory. Losing some money, watching soccer, and hanging out with your girlfriend has never seemed so epic.
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"I don't like talking to people I know, but strangers I have no problem with." -- Larry David, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

[beltmann]

I caught Westerberg in concert a couple weeks ago--my ears were still ringing the next afternoon, perhaps because we were standing at the rail right up front--and have been on a bit of a Westerberg / Replacements kick recently.

Eric
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"When I was in Barcelona they showed pornography on regular television. I'm assuming it's the same way in Mexico since they also speak Spanish." - IMDb user comment

[beltmann]

I'm a big fan of Guster, so my wife and I made a point of catching their stop at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee last night. They are currently touring college campuses and acknowledged that the huge Ballroom was the only exception on the entire tour.

The opening act, sadly, was unlistenable. The Zambonis play only songs about hockey--"Powerplay," "The Referee's Daughter" and "Guster Likes Hockey" were on the setlist--and rely exclusively on primitive chords, ugly melodies, and lame fratboy jokes. The mostly teen and college kid crowd was unreasonably kind to their schtick, which speaks either to their decency or to their indiscriminate taste. Some goodwill may have been earned when members of Guster joined the Zambonis for a mildly catchy tune, but when it was over my wife still leaned over and asked if we could send them to the penalty box.

Thankfully, Guster played an extremely crowdpleasing set loaded with fan favorites--rousers included "Fa Fa," "Barrel of a Gun" and the ridiculously catchy "Amsterdam"--and even introduced a handful of songs that are slated for their next album. For me, I was most thrilled to hear "Come Downstairs and Say Hello," and, during the encore, "Happier." The entire night, though, was filled with smart, complex, powerful melodies with absolutely unbelievable percussion. (For the uninitiated, drummer Brian Rosenworcel generally plays barehand, swatting at his two kits with a vengeance.) Guster's been been touring for 10 years, so it's no surprise that their set was extremely tight and polished.

For an encore, the band stood at the edge of the stage, unplugged their instruments and played a true acoustic song. For those of us in the balcony, it was nearly impossible to hear--those on the floor collectively inched their ears closer to the stage--but it was a very nice, very cool, very classy gesture.

Finally, it was nice to see the front-row denizens living up to tradition and tossing ping-pong balls at the band at the end of "Airport Song."

Eric
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"When I was in Barcelona they showed pornography on regular television. I'm assuming it's the same way in Mexico since they also speak Spanish." - IMDb user comment

[Monkeypox]

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[beltmann]

Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Not a single retail outlet in our little burg of West Bend carried this (despite being the year's best-reviewed album, according to Metacritic). On a trip to Milwaukee this afternoon, I stopped at Best Buy, which also did not carry it. So I detoured over to Borders, which not only carried the album but had it prominently displayed near the entrance. Even better, it was discounted $3. Not a bad deal--$14.99 for 33 tracks of new Eels genius.

Eric
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"When I was in Barcelona they showed pornography on regular television. I'm assuming it's the same way in Mexico since they also speak Spanish." - IMDb user comment