Category: Music

Tomorrow, I’m going to try to see REM for free here in Toronto. Me and probably 50,000 other folks.

Lost treasure I just rediscovered: The Pretenders first album, especially “The Wait” and “Precious.” Yup, Chrissie Hynde swearing and breathing heavy pretty much turned me into a man back in 1979.

Take a letter of the alphabet. Come up with a great song by an artist whose name starts with that letter, for each decade from the 60s until now. Today’s letter is M:

• 60s: MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
• 70s: Magazine – The Light Pours Out of Me
• 80s: Morrissey – Interesting Drug
• 90s: Modest Mouse – Dramamine
• 00s: Magnetic Fields – All My Little Words

I might be cheating with the last one, but I seem to remember 69 Love Songs coming out in 2000. If I’m wrong, let me know. Now, your turn…

“I gave myself to God, there was a pregnant pause before He said ‘OK'” – Belle and Sebastian

Hit “Comments” and participate!!

Oh yeah, funny story from last night. Earlier, Britt had told me that Guided By Voices were still in town and might drop by to see Spoon’s show. So they were rehearsing some GBV songs in case Bob Pollard wanted to come up on stage and sing with them. If you know GBV, you’ll know that Bob Pollard always gets really really drunk before and during their shows. So, when a drunk guy insisted on coming up on stage during Spoon’s set, they let him come up and they just played one of their songs while he wailed something or other. My first thought was, hey, is that Bob Pollard?!