Records to Listen To

Here's a list of albums that I have - either digital or on vinyl - that I need to listen to at some point. Some more urgently than others. It's tough to listen to everything, especially when so much music is worth returning to again and again; and so much music only gets better with repeated listening; and I constantly buy and download new records; and the Minutemen consume most of my time and I'm sure that the copy of London Calling I got on vinyl is going to be taking a lot of my time. Oh well!

Some of this shit is brand new, old, and in between. A few of these records I was embarrassed I hadn't listened to yet, but hey, we're all friends.

So here's the list, let me know if you like any of them in particular! I'm going to listen to as many as I can as I can get to them, and I'm going to comment about them - I think. Hopefully.

Down There, Avey Tare

Atomizer, Big Black

Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Chico Dusty, Big Boi

Vespertine, Bjork

My War, Black Flag

Sunset Mission, Bohren & der Club of Gore

Death of a Ladies' Man, Leonard Cohen

1,000 Years, The Corin Tucker Band

Pop Negro, El Guincho

Spike, Elvis Costello

Kaputt, Destroyer

Beyond, Dinosaur Jr

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse, Faces

If'n, fIREHOSE

The Gilded Palace of Sin, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Dry, PJ Harvey

Suicide Invoice, Hot Snakes

New Day Rising, Husker Du

The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson

kills, jj

So Alone, Johnny Thunders

Go, Jonsi

Voice of Chunk, Lounge Lizards

Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn

Meat Puppets II, Meat Puppets

Little Criminals, Randy Newman

Parade, Prince

Tim, The Replacements

Dig Me Out, Sleater-Kinney

Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen

EVOL, Sonic Youth

Streetcore, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

Shipwrecked, The Sultans

Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan

Scoop, Pete Townshend

Lisbon, The Walkmen

Apostrophe ('), Frank Zappa

Picnic or Not?

I'm feeling pretty good and exciting right now. Gonna go eat some food soon, post cognac and: Minutemen, Zevon, and CCR. Pretty nice night of music - love me Minutemen, they are truly one of the greatest bands to come from this continent or any other.

Dunn beside me as "Lookin' Out My Back Door" comes on. CCR is so much warmer and, I'd believe, sounding closer to what Fogerty and co. imagined when they recorded. Duh, you could say, cuz that's all they knew. But CD's are cold - though they suit certain music perfectly (blink-182?).

Aight, I'm out. Leave you with this:

(it might not be a picnic - sure hasn't always been for me and in a few drinks I'm sure I'll be saying this ain't no picnic)