Giuseppe Zangara

I'd be willing to put Tindersticks in my overall top 20, but, after all these years, I still can't place one of the s/t's over the another. They cancel each other out.

I think their covering Randy Newman live over the last few years is working its way into the music. That's not a bad thing. And this album is definitely different from any of their other albums, but that's how Wilco goes. A.M. and Being There weren't anything like Summerteeth, which wasn't anything like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born. I wasn't expecting Sky Blue Sky to rank among their very best, but I at least wanted something good (and better than AGiB); based 1.5 listens, I think that's what I got.

It's over now. I just hit play again, but I don't know if I'm gonna stick around for the whole thing one more time. Regardless, based on one listen, I like it.

Whatever song I'm hearing now is the one they played when I last saw them live nearly a year ago. Better than I remembered.

I really, really like whatever the song that ends with the line "I know you don't live here no more" is. I'd know the title, but thanks, blocky, useless quicktime player.

I can't get the player to physically load on my screen. I don't know what track I'm on, but I'm still liking this.

Real downtempo vibe on this album, but it's kind of nice. The production's a lot warmer than on AGIB, which helps.

I liked the first song.

I think they're gonna have the stream up for a few hours, so you still have time to check it out.

I'm hearing it now.

Did you click the bird? YOU HAVE TO CLICK THE BIRD

I saw that, too, but it looks like I don't have the proper Quicktime set up for it. Currently downloading the latest update, so hopefully that'll help.

Seriously. "Later this afternoon," my ass. They can't get a late start on this; I'll probably be blacked out by then.

I'm pretty drunk right now, so there's no way I'm giving this a fair first listen tonight. Oops. I'll tune in, anyway.

Okay, contenders/definites so far for the 11-20 half of my all-time top 20: Slint - Spiderland The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? The Clash - London Calling New York Dolls - s/t Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches De La Soul - Three Feet High & Rising Oh man, I just need two more. Then the task of ranking them.

70s 1. David Bowie - Hunky Dory 2. Wire - Pink Flag 3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 4. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 5. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? #s 1 & 2 are from the top ten; 3-5 are candidates for the top 20.

Yeah, I'm staying in for this. Drink some beer and listen to some tunes. Join me, won't you?

Okay, I'm gonna try the 90s: 1. OutKast - Aquemini 2. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters 3. Slint - Spiderland 4. uh... 5. um... Well. I can't come up with something concrete right now for those last two; discussion makes me realize that I haven't listened to much 90s music, lately. As for the three you see, #s 1 & 2 are from my all-time top ten list; Spiderland's a definite candidate for all-time top 20, if I ever get around to finishing that long in the works project.

80s 1. Tom Waits- Rain Dogs 2. XTC - English Settlement 3. Roxy Music - Avalon 4. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie 5. King Crimson - Discipline That was easy, as five from my list of 10 all-time favorite albums were from the 80s. Only two of them were from the 90s, so no go on a top five.

How are things.

Speaking of Weezer and Pinkerton, drunken dancing and singing along to "The Good Life" is nothing but good times.

Shows hims for embarassing me here.

Well, I just banned Gene from the other place.