Daddy, make a picture

Is a sudden and uncontrolled desire to listen to Richard Thompson songs a sign of impending middle-age?

Is there some genetic switch that makes kids of all ages need to sing along to the Banana Splits song?
Not that I’m complaining. Ralph’s version rocks the mini-van.

I can still clearly remember one night in High School in a car with some friends after a party. We were parked somewhere, drinking beers and doing things that high school students do at night when someone turned the radio on.
Through the AM static we could hear from the announcer’s voice that while sitting […]

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
David Byrne is rolling his own radio on the Interweb.
Nice to see great artists take things into their own hands.
Link via Like IT Matters

While holding our collective breath waiting for the new New Order album, check out these excellent mash-up and techno sites.
Get up and wave your damn arms in the air!!!
links via Colleen and Stephen

A question from Gary.
Does Mike Love stare at the ceiling every night, thinking of the 300 pound, coked-out behemoth that was Brian Wilson, and quietly whisper “why God why? why wasn’t I the one with the talent?”
Or does he even realize it?
[Posted with ecto]

Great bands that should - but never will be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
Black Flag
Pere Ubu
The Bonzo Dog Band
Devo
Mission of Burma
Joy Division
Shack
Flipper
Circle Jerks
The Negro Problem
The MC Five
Minor Threat
Husker Du
The Replacements
The Adverts
Nazz
The Modern Lovers
Not so great bands that would totally rock out if they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of […]

I stumbled upon something called Audioscrobbler. Basically you put this plug-in on your hard drive that uploads your most recently played songlist to the Audioscrobbler web site. The dark, mysterious and multi-tentacled aliens who run the sight then compare what you listen to what others are listening to and arrange audio-geek blind dates with folks […]

The Mommy and the Daddy headed into the Big City to see Stew last night at the Thalia Theater at Symphony Space.
I’m sure I must have known this but I sort of forgot that Probyn Gregory of Wondermints was in Stew’s band. I did remember that Heidi from Wednesday Week was Stew’s thinner, lighter […]

I had to remind myself that we’ve been here before and we made it.
So for fans of 80s music who want to remember what those days of RayGun II were like… my RayGun II Dorm Party mix is available on the iTunes Music Store here. Of course you need iTunes to get it but […]