davesec wrote:this is super lame, but i borrowed a copy of ryan adam's 'heartbreaker' and listened to it while driving overnight and i enjoyed it.

there is no shame in this. enjoy it.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

caix wrote:What was the last band or album that excited you (old/new)?

That would be "Every Picture Tells A Story" by Rod Stewart.

It's nice to meet up with old friends!

This record has been giving me a lot of please recently as well.

Also The New Year's The End is Near, Nina Nastasia's Dogs, and the new Uzeda. All great records!

katie, a princess wrote:

davesec wrote:this is super lame, but i borrowed a copy of ryan adam's 'heartbreaker' and listened to it while driving overnight and i enjoyed it.

there is no shame in this. enjoy it.

i know he's a big favorite for a lot of people, but i can't help but think that he's a big hack, and up until a few days ago i don't think i ever enjoyed anything he did. i guess it's just all subjective. or maybe it was the situation in which i listened to the record.

also i think some of his lyrics on heartbreaker are plain stupid. if you're going to try and capture an era, try not to insert dumb ass shit like 'fuck me up, steal my records', especially when you're capable of writing/using lyrics like 'when you're young, you get sad, you get high' which is pretty much perfect

davesec wrote:

rachael wrote:I suprised myself when I found my most recent musical excitement from a little record called Orange, by a band called Asobi Seksu. So good!

is this that japanese band? some band that sounds exactly like that just played ottawa while i was away and everyone was flipping out over them.

Yup. They are playing Chicacgo on Friday too. I wish I could go.

Spencer/Dickinson - it's a Jon Spencer side project that was a Japan-only release a few years ago, now available in the US.

It's pretty much a throwaway, which means it's really great Jon Spencer - reminds me of the crazier stuff he did on the first few JSBX albums. The CD version is called "The Man Who Lives For Love" for some reason.

Sid Hartha wrote:Spencer/Dickinson - it's a Jon Spencer side project that was a Japan-only release a few years ago, now available in the US.

It's pretty much a throwaway, which means it's really great Jon Spencer - reminds me of the crazier stuff he did on the first few JSBX albums. The CD version is called "The Man Who Lives For Love" for some reason.

sid, do you like the heavy trash rekkid?

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katie, a princess wrote:sid, do you like the heavy trash rekkid?

Haven't heard it yet.

trilonaut wrote:about a month ago: joan armatrading -- songs "my myself i", "how cruel", "is it tomorrow yet?", "drop the pilot"

about three weeks ago: david torn -- cloud about mercury

about two weeks ago: jesu -- heartache

about one week ago: sleepytime gorilla museum -- grand opening and closing (reissue with bonus tracks)

Hey I put out a sleepytime record too! The live disc...