Deadpool

A fun little trick is to put your name followed by "was killed by" in Google to see how your going to die. My highlights:

"... was killed by wraiths."

"... was killed by an American sniper."

"... was killed by a rock thrown through a window of a store or saloon at Caledonia."

Another little trick is to put "... needs." The first to pop up for me was:

"... needs a girlfriend."

Grrr....damn you Google.

SuSh 03.26.06

Hadn't done this in a couple of weeks, but I played a shuffle on the way home from work this morning and got an A++ playlist:

1. Johnny Cash - "Tear Stained Letter" (American IV: The Man Comes Around)

2. Wheat - "Test Tones (Demo for the Flaming Lips)" (The Amos House Collection, Volume II)

3. Guided by Voices - "The Best of Jill Hives" (Earthquake Glue)

4. Wilco - "A Shot in the Arm" (Summerteeth)

5. Pixies - "The Happening" (Bossanova)

6. Uncle Tupelo - "Watch Me Fall" (Still Feel Gone)

7. Beulah - "Shotgun Dedication" (Handsome Western States)

8. Bright Eyes - "Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh" (Fevers and Mirrors)

Y <= End

I was planning on finishing this off tomorrow, but I've got a little bit more time before bed and only a few more to go.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo/New Wave Hot Dogs
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Yo La Tengo - Fakebook
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me
(some record store in Kent, Oh.)

Yo La Tengo - Painful
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Yo La Tengo - Danelectro
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day
(Amazon)

Neil Young - Harvest
(pretty sure it was at Rineharts in Kirksville, Mo.)

Neil Young - Freedom
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse -
Ragged Glory
Sleeps With Angels
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Neil Young - Mirror Ball
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Neil Young - Silver & Gold
(bought from Cory)

Well that was fun. Now what?

T - X

Talking Heads - Remain in Light
(BMG)

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Maria Taylor - 11:11
(Saddle Creek)

that dog. - Retreat from the Sun
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

They Might Be Giants - Then: The Early Years
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

They Might Be Giants - Flood
(BMG)

They Might Be Giants - Miscellaneous T
(I bought this at the mall in Columbia, Mo. I'm surprised I remember that.)

They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18
(BMG)

They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine?
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

They Might Be Giants - John Henry
(BMG.....Wow, I haven't listened to TMBG in years. I think I'll listen to this one now.)

They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.....this is a disc of a bunch of actors re-enacting the book.)

Tool - Aenima
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Tool - Lateralus
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Travis -
The Man Who
The Invisible Band
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Travis - 12 Memories
(Merle Hay Mall - Des Moines, Ia.)

Jeff Tweedy - Chelsea Walls
(Amazon)

Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
(eBay)

Uncle Tupelo -
No Depression
Still Feel Gone
March 16-20, 1992
Anodyne
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (single)
(I think I got this at a mall in either Columbia, Mo., or Cedar Rapids, Ia. I barely even remember owning it.)

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
(Wal-Mart in Kirksville, Mo. Berto bought it for me because he lost a bet. The Cards beat the Braves in the playoffs in 2000. I remember that vividly.)

John Vanderslice -
Mass Suicide Occult Figurines
Time Travel is Lonely
Life and Death of an American Fourtracker
Cellar Door
(Amazon)

John Vanderslice - MGM Endings
(downloaded here)

John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See (box)
(BMG)

Violent Femmes - Add it Up (1981-1993)
(BMG)

Viva Voce -
Hooray for Now
Lovers, Lead the Way
The Heat Can Melt Your Brain
(Amazon. Still sore I didn't have the cash to buy directly from Anita.)

Tom Waits -
Closing Time
Nighthawks at the Diner
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Tom Waits - Small Change
(BMG)

Tom Waits -
Swordfishtrombones
Rain Dogs
Franks Wild Years
Bone Machine
The Black Rider
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

M. Ward -
Transfiguration of Vincent
Transistor Radio
(Merge Records)

Weezer - blue album
(BMG)

Weezer - Pinkerton
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)
(I keep remembering the times I bought all these. I remember buying this one very vividly. It was during some festival in downtown Kirksville on a Saturday in October. I was on shift at Gatsby's and really sick. I had to go to work extra early and had to walk a really long way to get there because there was no parking downtown. I took a break before lunch and ran over to Rineharts. I picked this one up. It'd only come out four days before. Then I went back to my car and listened to it and passed out. I was really late getting back to work....still sick. I didn't really appreciate this one for like another week when I felt better.)

Weezer - green album
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)
(Still the best new music Tuesday.....Weezer, REM, Tool, Depeche Mode.)

Weezer - Maladroit
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Weezer - The Lion and the Witch
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Weezer - Make Believe
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs
(BMG)

Paul Westerberg - Eventually
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Paul Westerberg - Suicaine Gratifaction
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Wheat - Per Second, Per Second, Per Second...Every Second
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Whiskeytown - Faithless Street
(I bought it somewhere in Akron. I don't think it was at the Quonset Hut. Might've been at Borders Books in Fairlawn.)

Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
(Back to that record store, now clothing store in Columbia, Mo. I was with Brandi.)

Whiskeytown - Rural Free Delivery
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Whiskeytown - Pneumonia
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

White Stripes -
s/t
De Stijl
(Amazon)

White Stripes -
White Blood Cells
Elephant
Get Behind Me Satan
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

White Stripes - Walking With a Ghost
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)
(I also own a bunch of White Stripes singles Gordon let me burn.)

Wilco - A.M.
(BMG)

Wilco - Being There
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind) (single)
(Back to that Columbia, Mo., record store/clothing store with Brandi. God I with I can remember the name of that place!!)

Wilco - Summerteeth
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Wilco -
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A Ghost is Born
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Brian Wilson - SMiLE
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Wolf Parade - EP
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

X-Files - Songs in the Key of X
(BMG)
(This sounds stupid, but this is a compilation of X-Files "influenced" music. The thing is, though, it's really good. Great stuff from Nick Cave, Soul Coughing, Foo Fighters, Frank Black, REM with William S. Burroughs, and Elvis Costello. Pretty unlikely place for a great compilation.)

Almost done! One more letter to go.

P - S

By the way, the way I'm organizing this list is exactly the way everything appears in my collection.

Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Pavement - Terror Twilight
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Pearl Jam - Vs.
(Gift from mom & dad. The first CD I ever got.)

Pedro the Lion - Winners Never Quit
(I think it was eBay. Might have been Amazon, though.)

Pedro the Lion - Progress
(Amazon)

Pedro the Lion -
Control
Achilles Heel
(Hastings - Kirskville, Mo.)

Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Tom Petty - Wildflowers
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - She's the One
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Anthology: Through the Years
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Pink Floyd -
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Ummagumma
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
(gift from aunt & uncle)

Pink Floyd -
Wish You Were Here
Animals
The Wall
The Division Bell
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Pink Floyd - Pulse
(I think, I think, I bought this from either Jonathan or Jonas)

Pixies - Surfer Rosa
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Pixies - Doolittle
(BMG)

Pixies - Bossanova
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Police - Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings
(BMG)

Phosphorescent - The Weight of Flight
(Amazon.....still waiting on their other two in the mail.)

Robert Pollard -
Zoom
Bubble
From a Compound Eye
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Portastatic -
The Nature of Sap
De Mel, De Melao
(Amazon)

Portastatic -
The Perfect Little Door
Summer of the Shark
(Merge Records)

Portastatic - Autumn was a Lark
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Portastatic - Bright Ideas
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.....first CD I bought after moving here)

Postal Service - Give Up
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Radiohead -
Pablo Honey
The Bends
(BMG.....actually, Pablo Honey might've been at Rineharts)

Radiohead - Kid A
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo., special edition bought at Slackers in Columbia, Mo.)

Radiohead -
Amnesiac
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
Hail to the Thief
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
(Hmmm, tough one....I can't remember if it was bought at Hastings in Kirksville or Atomic Records in Milwaukee. I just can't remember.)

Rage Against the Machine - Renegades
(Whizz Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Lou Reed -
New York
Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology
Songs for Drella (w/ John Cale)
(BMG)

Lou Reed -
Set the Twilight Reeling
Perfect Night: Live in London
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

REM -
Document
Green
(BMG)

REM -
Automatic for the People
Monster
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

REM -
Reveal
In Time: The Best of REM (1988-2003)
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Rentals -
Return of the Rentals
Seven More Minutes
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Replacements - Let it Be
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Replacements -
Tim
Pleased to Meet Me
Don't Tell a Soul
All Shook Down
(BMG)

Replacements - All for Nothing, Nothing for All
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Damien Rice - O
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
(Saddle Creek)

Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
(Amazon)

Rolling Stones -
Beggars Banquet
Let it Bleed
Exile on Main St.
Sticky Fingers
Goats Head Soup
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Rushmore Soundtrack
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.....I'm pretty sure)

Saddle Creek -
50
Lagniappe
(Saddle Creek....duh)

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Sigur Ros - ( )
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
(gift from aunt & uncle)

Paul Simon - s/t
(BMG)

Elliott Smith - Figure 8
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Smiths - Meat is Murder
(I think it was at the Quonset Hut in Akron. Might've been at Rineharts in Kirksville, though.)

Smog -
Sewn to the Sky
Burning Kingdom
'neath the Puke Tree
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Smog - Rain on Lens
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
(bought from Wajda via Amazon)

Todd Snider - Step Right Up
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Todd Snider - Viva Satellite
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Son, Ambulance - Euphemystic
(Amazon)

Son, Ambulance - Key
(Saddle Creek)

Songs: Ohia -
The Ghost
Protection Spells
(tour-only CDs downloaded from here)

Songs: Ohia - Didn't it Rain
(Amazon)

Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Son Volt -
Trace
Straightaways
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Son Volt - Wide Swing Tremolo
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Son Volt - Afterglow 61 EP
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Sorry About Dresden - The Convenience of Indecision
(Saddle Creek)

Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Soul Coughing - El Oso
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Spoon - A Series of Sneaks
(Amazon)

Spoon - Love Ways
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Spoon - Girls Can Tell
(Amazon)

Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Spoon - Gimme Fiction
(Merge Records)

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Sufjan Stevens -
A Sun Came!
Enjoy Your Rabbit
(Amazon)

Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
(Amazon)

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
(Asthmatic Kitty)

Strokes -
Is This it
Room on Fire
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Superchunk - s/t
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk - No Pocket for Kitty
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk -
On the Mouth
Foolish
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk -
Incidental Music 1991-95
Here's Where the Strings Come in
(Amazon)

Superchunk - Indoor Living
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk - Come Pick Me Up
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Superchunk - Here's to Shutting Up
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk - Clambakes Vol. 1: Acoustic In-Stores East & West
(eBay)

Superchunk - Clambakes Vol. 2: A Page of Madness
(Merge Records)

Superchunk - Cup of Sand
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superchunk - Clambakes Vol. 3: When We Were 10
(Merge Records)

Superdrag - Regretfully Yours
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Superdrag -
Head Trip in Every Key
In the Valley of Dying Stars
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Supergrass -
In it for the Money
s/t
Life on Other Planets
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Supergrass - Road to Rouen
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
(BMG)

Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Matthew Sweet - Son of a Beast
(BMG)

Wow, break time! Almost done.

M - O

One more list before bedtime.

Magnolia Soundtrack
(some mall in Shorewood, Wi.)

Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After the Blues
(Secretly Canadian)

Jeff Mangum - Live at Jittery Joe's
(Merge Records)

Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Aimee Mann - Lost in Space
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Man or Astro-Man? - Project Infinity
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Man or Astro-Man? - Experiment Zero
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Man or Astro-Man? - Made From Technetium
(Borders Books - Fairlawn, Oh.)

Man or Astro-Man? - Eeviac
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Man or Astro-Man? - A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Man or Astro-Man? - Beyond the Black Hole
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Mardo - s/t
(gift from the band when they were on our morning show)

Paul McCartney - Wingspan
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Minus 5 - Down With Wilco
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Minus 5 - In Rock
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Minus 5 - At the Organ
(Amazon)

Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Modest Mouse - The Fruit That Ate Itself
(Amazon)

Modest Mouse -
The Lonesome Crowded West
Building Nothing Out of Something
The Moon & Antarctica
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks
(Amazon)

Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Modest Mouse - Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again
(some website)

Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Morrissey - Southpaw Grammer
(some record store in Kent, Oh.)

Morrissey - Maladjusted
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
(Amazon)

Most Serene Republic - Underwater Cinematographer
(Amazon)

Mountain Goats - The Coroner's Gambit
(Amazon)

Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
(eBay)

Mountain Goats -
Tallahassee
We Shall all be Healed
(Amazon)

Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Now here goes some Russian band that Jonathan got for me, but my keyboard doesn't have Russian characters. Oh well. There are two of them and they were bought somewhere in Russia.

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
(Merge Records)

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Neva Dinova -
s/t
The Hate Yourself Change
(Amazon)

New Pornographers -
Electric Version
Twin Cinema
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Now It's Overhead -
s/t
Fall Back Open
(Saddle Creek)

Ozma - Rock and Roll Part Three
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

F - L

Had to take a nice long break for sleep and a birthday dinner for a work friend.

I'm having a lot of fun with this project. I'm also very surprised with my memory. It's nice to have a catalogue of all my CDs too. Even if you think it's boring, hey I'm having fun.

Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Strange But True
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Jay Farrar - Sebastopol
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jay Farrar - ThirdShiftGrottoSlack
(Amazon)

Jay Farrar -
Terroir Blues
Stone, Steel & Bright Lights
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jay Farrar - Live EP
(some website)

Feist - Let it Die
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Fiery Furnaces -
Blueberry Boat
EP
Rehearsing My Choir
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Orenda Fink - Invisible Ones
(Saddle Creek)

Flaming Lips - Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Flaming Lips - The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Flaming Lips - Hit to Death in the Future Head
(Amazon)

Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
(BMG)

Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
(eBay....I used Wajda's account)

Flaming Lips -
The Soft Bulletin
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fight Test
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Flaming Lips -
20 Years of Weird: 1986-2006
The W.A.N.D.
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Flotation Toy Warning - Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Foo Fighters - s/t
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Foo Fighters -
There is Nothing Left to Lose
One By One
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Franz Ferdinand - s/t
(Hastings - Kirkville, Mo.)

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Freddy Jones Band - s/t
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Garbage - Version 2.0
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Get Up Kids -
Four Minute Mile
Something to Write Home About
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Get Up Kids - Eudora
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Get Up Kids -
On a Wire
Guilt Show
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Go Back Snowball - Calling Zero
(Amazon)

Golden Smog - On Golden Smog
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Golden Smog - Down by the Old Mainstream
(BMG)

Golden Smog - Weird Tales
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Good Life - Black Out
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Good Life - Album of the Year
(Saddle Creek)

Gorillaz -
s/t
G-Sides
Demon Days
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies and Minds
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Guided by Voices - Box
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Guided by Voices - Vampire on Titus
(Amazon)

Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
(Record Exchange - Akron, Oh.)

Guided by Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Guided by Voices - Mag Earwhig!
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Guided by Voices - Do the Collapse
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Guided by Voices -
Isolation Drills
Universal Truths and Cycles
Earthquake Glue
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(Amazon)

Woody Guthrie - Worried Man Blues
(BMG)

Woody Guthrie - Library of Congress Recordings
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Ben Harper - 3 (box)
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Burn to Shine
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

John Wesley Harding -
The Name Above the Title
Why We Fight
New Deal
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

John Wesley Harding - Awake
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Buddy Holly - The Buddy Holly Collection
(BMG)

Honeydogs -
s/t
Everything, I Bet You
Seen a Ghost
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Incontinentals -
s/t
Coaster
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Incubus -
Make Yourself
Morning View
A Crow Left of the Murder...
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
(eBay or Amazon, can't remember but it was one or the either)

Iron & Wine - The Sea & the Rhythm
(Amazon)

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Iron & Wine - Woman King
(Amazon)

James - Gold Mother
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

James - Seven
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

James - Laid
(original: BMG, remastered: Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

James - Wah Wah
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

James - Whiplash
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

James - Millionaires
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

James - Pleased to Meet You
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

James - B-Sides Ultra
(Amazon)

James - Getting Away With it...Live
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Jandek - Raining Down Diamonds
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Bill Janovitz - Lonesome Billy
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jayhawks - Blue Earth
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
(BMG)

Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
(some mall in Cedar Rapids, Ia.)

Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jayhawks - Smile
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
(Amazon)

Jimmy Eat World -
Static Prevails
Clarity
s/t (b-sides)
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jimmy Eat World - s/t or Bleed American
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Jimmy Eat World - Futures
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jimmy Eat World - Stay on My Side Tonight
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Freedy Johnston - This Perfect World
(BMG)

Freedy Johnston - Never Home
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Lambchop -
Aw C'mon
No You C'mon
(Merge Records)

Lemonheads -
It's a Shame About Ray
Car Button Cloth
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Living End - Roll On
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Loose Fur - s/t
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Lullaby for the Working Class - Blanket Warm
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

D - E

Dandy Warhols -
Dandys Rule, Ok?
.....Come Down
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Dandy Warhols - Welcome to the Monkey House
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Miles Davis - This is Jazz 8
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Death Cab for Cutie -
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Forbidden Love
(Amazon)

Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Death Cab for Cutie - The Stability E.P.
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Decemberists -
Her Majesty...
Picaresque
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Deftones - White Pony
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
(Saddle Creek)

DGC Rarities Vol. 1
(BMG)

Bob Dylan -
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline
Blood on the Tracks
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Bob Dylan - Desire
(gift from Kelvin)

Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Bob Dylan - The Essential Bob Dylan
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
(BMG)

Steve Earle -
I Feel Alright
El Corazon
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Steve Earle - Jerusalem
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Eels -
Beautiful Freak
Electro-Shock Blues
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Eels -
Daisies of the Galaxy
Souljacker
Shootenanny!
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
(Amazon)

Eisley - Laughing City
(Amazon)

Eisley -
Marvelous Things
Room Noises
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Mark Eitzel - 60 Watt Silver Lining
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Mark Eitzel - West
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Mark Eitzel - Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

C

Cake -
Motorcade of Generosity
Fashion Nugget
Prolonging the Magic
Comfort Eagle
Pressure Chief
(all bought at Hastings in Kirksville, Mo., 1999-2004)

Calexico -
Feast of Wire
Convict Pool
(Amazon)

Calexico/Iron & Wine - In the Reins
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Johnny Cash -
The Fabulous Johnny Cash
Hymns by Johnny Cash
Songs of Our Soil
Now, There was a Song!
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Bitter Tears
At Folsom Prison
At San Quentin
(Amazon)

Johnny Cash - Classic Cash/Hall of Fame Series
(gift from mom & dad)

Johnny Cash - The Collection
(gift from Ahrens)

Johnny Cash -
The Mystery of Life
American Recordings
(BMG)

Johnny Cash - Unchained
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Johnny Cash - At Madison Square Garden
(eBay)

Johnny Cash -
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Unearthed
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Cars - Anthology: Just What I Needed
(BMG)

Cat Power - The Greatest
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds -
Let Love In
Murder Ballads
(BMG)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
(Insound)

Clash - London Calling
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Clash - On Broadway
(bought from Wajda)

Coldplay - Parachutes
(gift from Berto)

Coldplay -
A Rush of Blood to the Head
X&Y
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
(BMG)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Model
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions -
Armed Forces
Get Happy!!
Trust
Imperial Bedroom
Punch the Clock
(BMG)

The Costello Show - King of America
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elvis Costello - Mighty Like a Rose
(some record store in Des Moines, Ia.)

Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet - The Juliet Letters
(BMG)

Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth
(BMG)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - All This Useless Beauty
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - It's Time (single)
(that record store, now clothing store - Columbia, Mo.)

Elvis Costello -
When I Was Cruel
North
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Counting Crows -
Recovering the Satellites
Across a Wire: Live in New York
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Green River
Willie and the Poorboys
(BMG)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
(that record store/clothing store - Columbia, Mo.)

Cursive -
Domestica
Burst and Bloom
The Ugly Organ
(Saddle Creek)

B

Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Beach Boys - Endless Summer
(Quonset Hut - Akron, Oh.)

Beastie Boys - Anthology: The Sounds of Science
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Beatles - Anthology 1
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)
(pretty crappy Beatles collection, I know)

Beck -
Mellow Gold
One Foot in the Grave
Stereopathetic Soul Manure
Odelay
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Beck - Mutations
(Target - St. Clairsville, Oh.)

Beck - Sea Change
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
(Amazon)

Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane (box)
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Belle & Sebastian -
The Boy With the Arab Strap
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
(Amazon)

Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Beulah -
Handsome Western States
When Your Heartstrings Break
(Beulah's website)

Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Beulah - Yoko
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Beulah - Yoko Demos
(some website)

Big Star -
#1 Record/Radio City
Third/Sister Lovers
(BMG)

Big Star - In Space
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Blur -
Leisure
Modern Life is Rubbish
Parklife
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Blur - The Great Escape
(Amazon)

Blur - s/t
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Blur - 13
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Blur -
The Best of
Think Tank
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
(Amazon)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Booth and the Bad Angel
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Tim Booth - Bone
(Amazon)

Bottle Rockets -
The Brooklyn Side
24 Hours a Day
(Rineharts - Kirksville, Mo.)

Bottle Rockets - Brand New Year
(Slackers - Columbia, Mo.)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

Bright Eyes -
A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997
Letting Off the Happiness
Fevers and Mirrors
Lifted....
A Christmas Album
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Motion Sickness
(All bought from Saddle Creek. Plus many singles, EPs, and split discs mostly downloaded....too many to list.)

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
(Amazon)

Broken Social Scene - s/t
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Jeff Buckley - Grace
(Amazon)

David Byrne - s/t
(BMG)

David Byrne - Feelings
(some record store in Columbia, Mo., forgot the name.....now a clothing store or something)

Start => A

I was struggling to sleep last night, lying in bed thinking about where I bought certain CDs. Don't know why exactly, but I was. I think I remember where I bought most CDs I currently own, dating back to 1993 when I got my first one. Sounds like a fun experiment. I'll post everything I own to see if I can remember. This is going to take a long time so I'll do it in pieces. Here goes:

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Ryan Adams - Gold
(Cory bought it for me at Streetside Records in Warrensburg, Mo., I think)

Ryan Adams - Demolition
(Streetside Records - Columbia, Mo.)

Ryan Adams -
Rock n Roll
Love is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Ryan Adams - 29
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Airport 5 -
Tower in the Fountain of Sparks
Life Starts Here
(Amazon)

American Analog Set -
The Fun of Watching Fireworks
From Our Living Room to Yours
(Atomic Records - Milwaukee, Wi.)

American Music Club - Mercury
(Record Exchange - Akron, Oh.)

American Music Club - San Francisco
(BMG)

American Music Club -
1984-1995
Love Songs for Patriots
(Merge Records)

Amos House Collection, Volumes 1-3
(Amazon)

Animal Collective - Feels
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Arcade Fire -
EP
Funeral
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
(gift from mom & dad)

Autumn Defense - The Green Hour
(Plan 9 - Richmond, Va.)

Autumn Defense - Circles
(Amazon)

Azure Ray - November
(Saddle Creek)

Azure Ray - Burn and Shiver
(Amazon)

Azure Ray - Hold on Love
(Hastings - Kirksville, Mo.)

Reborn

I'm in the middle of another music-buying frenzy. I've picked up some really good stuff this week. I ordered Sufjan Stevens' A Sun Came! to polish off my Sufjan collection. I also ordered up the whole catalog from Phosphorescent (just received The Weight of Flight today, the first I've received).

Tuesday I found a couple of great used CDs. I finally picked up the New Pornographers' Electric Version, something I'm very embarrassed that I hadn't bought yet. I also was thinking the night before that I would like to get into Great Lake Swimmers, then was very happy to find their Bodies and Minds used.

The real gem out of everything was Tuesday's best new release:


Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA

Fantastic stuff! I expected no less. Their first album was brilliant and this one is even better. It's definitely not like their first. It was an experiment in chaotic beauty, a noisy quiet album. This one is a little more straight-forward rock. "Hey Chicken" almost sounds like A.M.-era Wilco.....almost. Then followed by the almost Belle & Sebastian-esque "The Ruling Class".....almost. There is only one long noise orgy song in "Wreckroom," but it really wouldn't sound out of place on A Ghost is Born.

Damn, damn good stuff here. A little hard to compare to their first disc, so I can't really say which one is better. I still wouldn't put Loose Fur on the same level as Wilco, but it is more than enough to keep me satisfied between Wilco albums. Way more than enough.

Formatting

Big scare last night, but I've since recovered. I know I've had some virus and spyware problems on my computer the last couple of months, but I've kept them at bay for the most part. Last night, though, I was cleaning up some stuff on the harddrive when my anti-virus went ballistic. No matter what I did, I couldn't get rid of the infected file.

I finally decided to cut my losses and format the harddrive. Painful decision, but it had to be done. I've spent the last six hours working on getting back to full-speed and I'm mostly there. Okay, that a lie. I did fit in a trip to the record store in there too. Hey it's payday, and it's a release day for a sweet new album. I'll post about that tomorrow, likely.

Man, my computer is running like a dream right now. I love it. I've formatted it one other time, but that was when it was still fairly new (two years ago). It sucks to start all over; but if you're careful about backing things up, it's a huge improvement.

Back to reinstalling shit.

Home (Again)

One month from today I'll be flying back home. Woohoo!!

I'll be going home to watch Little -bro play ball one more time before graduation. I can't wait.

Mars Hill

Speaking of crappy reasons to currently be an Iowan....


Mars Hill Church burned down last week. Mars Hill Church is located basically in the middle of nowhere, near Floris, Iowa. It was Iowa's oldest still-standing church.
The church is also located almost right next door to my uncle's farm. I spent a lot of time in this area growing up.

It's been a little over a year since I've been there, but I remember it all very vividly. So eerily quiet. It's one of those places you really get a feel that you are truly in the middle of nowhere.

It was also a place of many of my fears as a child. The church has had a pretty seedy past, all of which is pretty common knowledge to those that know of its existence. It really is a pretty creepy area, but it's beautiful and quiet.

I know Amanda can vouch for this as well, but anybody that has spent any time in this area has their fair share of creepy tales. I've heard plenty of stories of weird creatures in the nearby woods, red lights stalking people at night, gunshot sounds in the night, voices and crying coming from the trees. Strange stuff.

When I heard about the fire, I was really hoping that it was of natural cause. Knowing the history of the place, however, I knew that it had to have been arson. It's a shame. I'll miss the place.

Busted

Man, I was so into this tournament. The two schools I went to (Kent State and UW-Milwaukee) were in. Plus my favorite school (Iowa) won the Big Ten. Things were looking so great.

Yesterday couldn't get much better. My bracket was just impeccable. UW-Milwaukee won (yeah, I picked it). Things were perfect.....

.....then today happened.

My bracket has been devastated. Kent State lost (um, I actually didn't pick them). The worst though was seeing Iowa lose. That was just agonizing. I didn't get to see any of the game. Then with ten seconds left, the station flipped over to the game. All I got to see was my team lose, then it flipped right back. Gee, thanks. And I work at this place?

Almost immediately after the game my phone started ringing. I was expecting it to be someone to rub it in. I was still in shock, so I was tempted not to answer. I did, however. It was my parents. They were flying into College Station, Texas, and wanted to know how the Hawkeyes were doing.

That sucks.

Broken News

I've never really hidden my displeasure in ESPN. Usually it involves that whole "East Coast bias" thing. I've tamed on that a bit though now that I actually live on the East Coast.

The thing that really bugs me is on ESPNews. Everything seems to be "breaking news" on there. I mean, EVERYTHING is breaking news. Not that they go into any kind of special news coverage, they just flash breaking news on the bottom of the screen. Plus they'll do that for the same story for twelve hours or so.

I saw a nice little example of this tonight:



Hmm, okay? Does anybody really notice this stuff anymore or are we all desensitized. Maybe they just expect any dumbass to come wandering into their network, see something shiny and stay around.

I ought to start doing breaking news here on the Suitcase.

Breaking News
-b enjoyed tonight's "My Name is Earl"

SuSh 03.11.06

I feel like a million damn dollars tonight. Maybe it's two consecutive days of 80+ degree weather. Maybe it's that Kent State won the MAC tonight, Iowa's in the Big Ten championship, and UW-Milwaukee won the Horizon earlier this week. Thursday I really started feeling horrible. A couple of people from work have sinus infections, and that's exactly what this felt like. However, I feel great now. I can handle a two day sinus infection, compared to every other ones I've had. Now's a good time for a good shuffle:

Current track count: 4615

Opener: Eels - "Theme From Blinking Lights" (Blinking Lights and Other Revelations)

1. Guided By Voices - "Optical Hopscotch" (Do the Collapse)

2. Weezer - "Devotion" (El Scorcho CD-single)

3. Desaparecidos - "What's New for Fall" (What's New for Fall CD-single)

4. Whiskeytown - "If He Can't Have You" (Faithless Street)

5. Golden Smog - "Easy to Be Hard" (On Golden Smog)

6. Lambchop - "There's Still Time" (No, You C'mon)

7. Man or Astro-man? - "Structo (Mr. Microphone Mixup)" (Made From Technetium)

8. Yo La Tengo - "Saturday" (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)

9. Elvis Costello - "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" (When I Was Cruel)

10. Son Volt - "Bandages & Scars" (Omekah and the Melody of Riot)

Holy shit that's a great mix!! Seriously, burn one for yourself. Every song transitioned perfectly. The Eels opener is perfect...well, because it's an opener. "Bandages & Scars" is a great moody closer. Good stuff from Whiskeytown and Golden Smog I hadn't listened to in forever. Even having a random Man or Astro-man? song in the middle of that fit perfectly. Dead serious, that's a great mix. Well done, Mr. mp3.

Grade: A-

Loaded

Mom and Dad really came through for me this week. They sent me a box full of the best potato chips in the world, Sterzing's, straight outta Burlington, Iowa!!

I have discovered here in the Mid-Atlantic that the king of chips is Utz's Crab Chips. Damn, damn, damn good chips. Still they are sludge compared to Sterzing's.

Frenzy

I went on a CD shopping frenzy the last two days (with a long night of drinks sandwiched in last night). There's some great stuff here, so let's run things down, shall we?


Cat Power - The Greatest

Cat Power really does kick ass.....but I guess she does it quietly. I'll need to listen to this a little more to really gauge it, but I know that's I bought something great.

Sigur Ros - ( )

Never actually gotten around to getting any Sigur Ros until I saw this disc used yesterday. Always wanted to, but never actually went through. I think this album is a test of patience. Come on, it's over an hour long with only eight untitled songs sung in a nonsense language. All-in-all it's a spectacular album. Not really something to listen to on the way to work, though.


Flaming Lips - 20 Years of Weird

I'm on such a Flaming Lips kick right now, getting geared up for their new release (only a month away!). This disc was released today, although it's kind of the offical release of a bootleg the band gave out at SXSW. It's basically a soundtrack to their documentary, mostly live stuff. I was really fighting hard not to buy this because I figured it'd just be collection filler. However, I'm really glad I did because it's incredible. There's this one song from the movie that I've always wanted ("Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear") and I'm very happy that it is on this disc. Plus finally getting to hear the full version of "Sleeping on the Roof" from the parking lot experiments is well-worth the price.


Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D.

First single from At War With the Mystics. Just the song with two unreleased songs. Nothing overly exciting, but only $3.


Smog - Sewn to the Sky

Smog's debut, found it used. Just an awful mess of an album, but looks damn good in my growing Smog collection. Think Jandek meets Guided By Voices meets me putting the dishes away, then you get the idea.


Smog - Burning Kingdom

Also found this one used. Just an EP, but good nonetheless. Still not his best, but again, it looks great in my collection.

Reverend

Sometimes I hate being a sports fan. Last night, the Rams cut Isaac Bruce. He has been my favorite since Ed McCaffrey retired.

I'm really, really hoping that this post is for not. Maybe the Rams will re-sign him somewhere down the road this off-season. Or maybe he'll retire, but I doubt that. Bruce has really shown the last two years that he's still at the top of his game.

Whatever he does, I'll still cheer him on.

Continuation

I'm making it a point to only use the shuffle function when I'm planning on posting about it (once a week). However last night's list really sucked, plus the shuffle function was still on while to and from work this morning. This time, I got a very nice mix. Check this one out:

1. Mountain Goats - "Old College Try" (Tallahassee)

2. Wilco - "I Must Be High" (A.M.)

3. Beulah - "Burned By the Sun" (The Coast is Never Clear)

4. Guided By Voices - "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" (Bee Thousand)

5. Iron & Wine - "My Lady's House" (Woman King)

6. Jayhawks - "Take Me With You (When You Go)" (Hollywood Town Hall)

7. Johnny Cash - "The Fourth Man in the Fire" (Unearthed Volume 1)

8. Billy Bragg & Wilco - "Ingrid Bergman" (Mermaid Avenue)

Much, much better. I would definitely buy that album.

SuSh 03.04.06

Very sleepy tonight. Very, very sleepy. Hardly slept the last two days, plus I'm directing every newscast tomorrow. At least it's my Friday tomorrow. Still I thought I'd do a shuffle and post before bed. Here goes:

Current track count: 4572 (I did a little spring cleaning this week)

1. Smog - "Natural Decline" (Rain on Lens)

2. Get Up Kids - "Ten Minutes" (Eudora)

3. Coldplay - "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" (A Rush of Blood to the Head)

4. Lambchop - "The Lone Official" (Aw C'mon)

5. Eisley - "Memories" (Room Noises)

6. Bob Dylan - "Lay Lady Lay" (Nashville Skyline)

7. Magnolia Electric Co. - "The Dark Don't Hide It" (What Comes After the Blues)

8. Beck - "Little One" (Sea Change)

9. James - "Strangers" (Millionaires)

10. Travis - "Somewhere Else" (12 Memories).

What an ecclectic mix!! Maybe not in a good way, though. The first half of this shuffle was terrible! I mean, Smog to the Get Up Kids?? Leave it to Bob to save the day halfway through....with my favorite Dylan song too. Then follow that up with some Jason Molina....excellent!! Still, overall, pretty shitty shuffle. I guess that's why this experiment is fun.

Grade: D+

Funny side note....Berto and I argued once who would be the next James, Travis or Coldplay? On this mix, I got all three.

Off to bed.

Completist

My tax refund has come and gone. Like with most years, a large chunk went towards new CD's (mostly stuff I never got around to getting). This year's purchases:

Airport 5 - Tower in the Fountain of Sparks
Airport 5 - Life Starts Here
Blur - The Great Escape
Guided By Voices - Vampire on Titus
Mountain Goats - The Coroner's Gambit

Throw in a new cardigan, some new jeans, and a portion into savings, and it's all gone.

That's a lot of music to keep me occupied, but I still wanted to pick up something new. It was between the new Cat Power and Jenny Lewis' solo debut. After I saw Lewis' video on Subterranean Sunday night, it was settled.



I'll admit that I came had a bit of negative bias towards this album before I picked it up. I like Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, but I'm not a big fan. Sorry hipsters. It's something that I listen to occasionally, but not with a great deal of confidence. When I heard about this album's country concept, I was very sceptical. I've heard Jenny try out some country sounds with Rilo Kiley with very unsatisfactory results. Then I saw that she covers the Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care" with Ben Gibbard as Roy Orbison, M. Ward as Jeff Lynne, and Conor Oberst as Bob Dylan. Oh boy, this album was definitely heading towards gimmick-land. Not good.

Still "Rise Up With Fists!!" was a hell of a song when I saw the video.

Likewise, the rest of the album follows suit. It's pretty damn good! Not as forced as I figured. There are still those moments when Jenny tries a little too hard to be Linda Ronstadt or something, but it doesn't get in the way of the finished product. Even "Handle With Care" is great! It just feels great to hear this stuff. Easily better than any Rilo Kiley releases. Not spectacular, but my prejudgement was definitely inaccurate.