Put Your Ipod on random, lemme know the first 10 songs that come up...

Hendo's List:
1. Bootsy Collins - Keep That Funk Alive (NBA Remix)
2. Mary Gauthier - The Ledge
3. Sam & Dave - I Take What I Want
4. The Bad Livers - Git Them Pretty Girls
5. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I Send My Love To You
6. Arizona Amp And Alternator - Man On A String
7. Holly Golightly - Won't Come Between
8. The Holy Modal Rounders - Flop Eared Mule
9. The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
10. Junior Kimbrough - Do The Romp
* 11. The Doors - Land Ho!

No Name's List:
1. Hickory Wind (Alternative Version) - Gram Parsons
2. Stairway to Heaven (Live Do You Remember Laughter version - Led Zep
3. Stay Away From Heaven - Yo La Tengo
4. Obstacle 2 - Interpol
5. Frank & Jesse James - Warren Zevon
6. One Too Many Mornings (Bootleg IV) - Bob Dylan
7. Your Little Hood Rat Friend - The Hold Steady
8. Come Back Margaret - Camera Obscura
9. Land Of Hope & Dreams (Devils & Dust Tour Version - Bruce Springsteen
10. September Gurls - Big Star

Little Liza J.'s List:
1. Atmosphere - Guns And Cigarettes
2. Sarah Harmer - Come On Lion
3. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheep
4. Josh Ritter - Anne
5. The Chemical Brothers - Get Up On It Like This
6. The Peasall Sisters - In The Highways
7. Starship - We Built This City
8. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
9. The Martinis - Free
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Purple Stain

Mr. Poop's List:
what's an ipod?
1-Minus 5-Twilight Distillery
2-Charlie Pickett and the MC3-If This Is Love Can I Get My Money Back
3-Built To Spill-Going Against Your Mind
4-Tommy Womack-Tough
5-NRBQ-Captain Lou
6-Red House Painters-New Jersey
7-The Go! Team- Bull In The Heather
8-The Drams-Unhinged
9-Minus 5-Aw Shit Man
10-Neko Case-Bowling Green

Disco Stu's List:
1. Ray Charles "Move It On Over" The Complete Country and Western Recordings
2. Camper Van Beethoven "Come on Darkness" Key Lime Pie
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain "Cracked" Barbed Wire Kisses
4. The Monks "Monk Chant" Black Monk Time
5. Woody Guthrie "Take a Whiff on Me" The Asch Recordings Vol. 2: Muleskinner Blues
6. Them "I'm Gonna Dress in Black" The Story of Them (1964-1966) Disc 1
7. Elliott Smith "Pretty Mary K" Figure 8
8. Neko Case "Ghostwriting" Blacklisted
9. Super Furry Animals "The Piccolo Snare" Phantom Power
10. The Figurines "Race You" Skeleton

welcome disco

Shrimp Cracker's List:
1. Mission of Burma - "Learn How", from The Horrible Truth About Burma
2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - "No Second Thoughts" from the
Playback box
3. T. Rex - "The Rabbit Fighter", from The Slider
4. Marah - "The Dishwasher's Dream" from If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry
5. Radiohead - "Just" from The Bends
6. The White Stripes - I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends", from
White Blood Cells
7. MC5 - "Teenage Lust" from Back In The USA
8. Radiohead - "Spooks" from live bootleg, 6/1/06
9. The Figgs - "Rollerskate" from Rejects LP (props to Travis doing
that digital transfer once upon a time)
10. Son House - "Death Letter Blues" from country blues playlist

The Pirate And His Dogs' List:
1. XTC - Grass
2. Henry Flynt - Jamboree (from Back Porch Hillbilly Music 2)
3. Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Sunrad's Command
4. Wooden Wand - Perch Modifier
5. Sunset Rubdown - Hope You Don't Stoop To Dirty Words II
6. Antony & The Johnsons - Fistful Of Love
7. Excepter - Ice Cream Van
8. Tom Waits - Murder In The Red Barn
9. Wilderness - Post Plethoric Rhetoric
10. The Angels Of Light - Destroyer

Top Ten Most Punk Rock Things That Aren't Really Punk Rock

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Jose Reyes RBI Machine's List:
1. anything by Half Japanese
2. Wally Backman. His life. His style. His play. But mostly his life.
3. Hank Williams. " " " " " " " "
4. Adam Carolla hanging up on Ann Coulter on the radio
5. My old '73 Ford Pinto. No driver side window, had to clean/gap the sparkplugs every week. AM radio. Engine fire.
6. Countdown with Keith Olbermann
7. my wife BEFORE we started going out
8. Neil Young and Crazy Horse circa 70's and 80's. some 90's moments
9. Rocket From The Crypt- circa now
10. Seaver Anthony Glassman-head first into EVERYTHING!!

No Name's List:

10. Greg Duhli

9. All The President's Men

8. Carl Jr's.

7. Terrance Mallick
6. Johnny Depp

5. Thelonious Monk

4. Lester Bangs

3. Bob Dylan Circa 19 "play it loud" 66

2. Nick Tosches

1. Hunter S. Thompson

Greil Marcus's List:

10. The Go-Go's

9. Turtle Shell Glasses

8. The Raincoats

7. Griel Marcus

6. Chloe's Dad

5. Sleater Kinney

4. Neil Young

3. Books on music that aren't punk but "really" are punk rock

2. The Basement Tapes

1. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk

Hendo's List:
1. The Monks
2. JYD's (both Jim Washburn and Jerome Williams)
3. Moondog
4. The Figgs "Rejects" LP
5. Johnny Cash
6. The Killer - Jerry Lee Lewis
7. The KP Challenge (Neigh-borhood!)
8. Slashing Your Own Tires
9. The Sonics
10. Breaking Every Dish In Your House Just For The Hell Of It

Shrimp Cracker's List:

10. Newspapers
9. The UN
8. recorded sound / Thomas Edison
7. NASA
6. Amy Goodman
5. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. Declaration of Independence
3. Agricultural Revolution / domestication
2. Bob Dylan, Newport Folk Festival, July 25 1965
1. Charles Darwin: theory of evolution & natural selection

Top Ten Harmony Singers I'd Give Up Booze To Hear

Top Ten Harmony Singers I'd Give Up Booze To Hear

Shrimp Cracker's List:

1. David Crosby to Roger McGuinn
2. Pete Townshend to Roger Daltrey
3. David Rawlings to Gillian Welch
4. Macca to John Lennon (sorry, but Paul was best in the harmony role)
5. Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds
6. Mark Olson to Gary Louris
7. Bruce Foxton to Paul Weller
8 Dee Dee to Joey
9. Mike Gent to Pete Donnelly
10. Pete Donnelly to Mike Gent

No Name's List:
10. Tie: Carl & Pete (Libertines prior to sucking) & Mike Gent & Pete Donnelley

9. Kate & Anna McGarrigle

8. The Raelettes

7. The Jayhawks (Gary, Mark, whoever)

6. The Louvin Brothers

5. The Everly Brothers

4. Shirelles

3. The Band

2. Carl Wilson & his brothers

1. Emmylou Harris (GP'sCW)

Honorable Mentions: The Jordanaires & Donna Jean Godchaux & whoever is singin back-up on "Gimme Shelter"

I really want to put the chicks from Fleetwood Mac in here but dont know how.

Jose Reyes RBI Machine's List:
1. Everly Brothers
2. Don Rich (from the buckaroos)
3. Little Steven (from the e streat band)
4. John Doe and Exene Cervenka (from X/the knitters)
5. Gary Louris and Mark Olsen
6. Sloan
7. Billy Bremner (from rockpile)
8. Lulu Gargiulo (from the fastbacks)
9. Bruce Foxton (from the jam)
10. Buddy and Julie Miller

Hendo's List:
1. Stanley Brothers
2. The Temptations
3. Dee Dee Ramone
4. The Byrds
5. High Dials
6. The Everly Brothers
7. The Beach Boys
8. The Who (just for the intro to "a quick one while he's away)
9. The Shirelles
10. Sonny and Cher (come on!)

Top Ten Musicians Who Won't Let The Rock Die

Top Ten Musicians Who Won't Let The Rock Die

Shrimp Cracker's List:
1. Iggy Pop
2. Bo Diddley
3. Mick/Keith
4. Les Paul
5. Angus & Malcom Young
6. Little Steven/Bruce
7. Billy Childish
8. Dick Dale
9. David Johansen
10.Neil Young

No Name's List:
10. Dave Davies - Come on He Basically Created The Rock
9. Dewey Finn (Leader of the School of Rock Band) -B/C He's Fictional
The Rock Can Never Die. Allright Fancypants! Raise Your Goblets To
Rock!! Dude, I Service Society By Rocking - This Dude Rocks!!!
8. Little Steven Van Zandt - Representing & Promoting Good Clean Rock Fun
7. Zakk Wylde or Sebastian Bach - Where Would They Be W/out The Rock?
6. Iggy Pop - Detroit Rock City
5. Neil Young - Teaching Generations To Rock
4. Chrissie Hynde - Gets Drunk & loud At Joni Mitchell Concerts = Rock
3. Shane MacGowan - Honorary Johnny Thunders Spot
2. Phil Spector - Will The Rock Ever Die?
1. Keith Richards The Rock Won't Kill Him, But Will He Kill The Rock? = #1
Future List Member:
Robert Pollard

Jose Reyes RBI Machine's List:
1. mark arm
2. scott McCaughey
3. mike watt
4. ray davies
5. lemmy
6. neil young
7. the neighborhoods
8. roky erickson
9. NRBQ
10. steve wynn

Hendo's List:
1. Lemmy
2. Keith Richards
3. Billy Childish
4. Iggy
5. The Ramones
6. Angus Young
7. Neil Young
8. Little Steven
9. Mike Watt
10. Tie: Jon Langford & Mark E. Smith
Honorable Mentions: The Supersuckers and The Figgs, cause you can tell both bands will be rockin well past any reasonable age. They're lifers.

Don't mess with Texas

Speaking of Mr. Earle, how about the collaboration he did with the shit-hot Del McCoury Band. "The Mountain" from 1999 is a pretty great album from start to finish. As a side note, I've been told that during concerts, the Del McCoury Band changes broken strings mid-song with NASCAR pit stop-like precision and speed, without missing a beat. If that's not badass, I'm not sure what is these days.
"Texas Eagle" , "Carrie Brown"

Rank and File's main members were the Kinman Brothers, who were actually in late '70s LA punk band The Dils, before they relocated to Austin, TX and hooked up with Alejandro Escovedo and started a new band. Their first album Sundown from 1982 is some pretty good cowpunk. I don't know if you would call them troubadours, but everyone's got a different definition and something to hide. I always have trouble getting past the production techniques that almost everyone used in the '80s (who decided that recording drums like that was cool?), but the songs speak for themselves.
"Amanda Ruth" , "The Conductor Wore Black"



....And some Texas Blues (after a few beers we may kick into the blues...)
Mance Lipscomb - "Shake, Shake Mama" , "One Thin Dime" , "Take Me Back Babe"

Lot's of great stuff from Texas, now how 'bout Rhode Island, Alaska, and Wyoming?

P.S. as I type this up, a commercial for Dell Computers just came on the tv, and it uses the 13th Floor Elevators song "You're Gonna Miss Me" that was the topic of one of the first posts on this blog. weird shit.

Alex and the Frock

Very nice Mr. No Name.

Just in case you don't know him, Alex Naidus is the most underrated /underappreciated lead singers of all time. His time spent with The Punishment Frock from 2001 - 2003 ranks among the most amazing music of recent times. Here are some tunes by the Punishment Frock originally recorded in March of 2003 at the Studio at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The Punishment Frock - "Home Again" (a P.F. original)
The Punishment Frock - "Dead Flowers" (demo of the stones song)

Alex, Evan, and Ken originally formed the band in late '01 as a trio comprising of guitar, slide guitar, and mandolin. Over the next year and a half, the band swelled to as many as 7 musicians, adding electric guitar, bass, drums, fiddle, and viola. The world needs to hear more of Alex. Check out the blog he posts on: Slang Editorial

Johnny Cash & Matthew Sweet

American V - J.C.'s newest but most likely not the last in the series of albums known as the American Recordings is a pretty low-key affair. Not a lot extra musicianship besides the strumming of guitars. One of the exceptions though is "God's Gonna Cut You Down" a track that finds Mr. Cash, R.I.P. doing something vocally on the chorus that could almost be called rapping. With the stomping beat pushing the track forward this song calls for a rollicking remix.

On a much different note is this Matthew Sweet track from his girlfriend LP which was just given the deluxe remastering job for some unknown reason. Still "Divine Intervention" is a "sweet song" of sorts and deserves some playlist attention. While writing about Mr. Sweet, I'm sure a few of you saw in the store or heard about his collaboration with Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) performing a number of covers of popular music from the 1960's. While the tracklist is cool, the new versions stick pretty closely to the original and though Ms. Hoffs sure can sing pretty, her and Mr. Sweet just don't pull it off.

For some reason they decided to only record well known singles and nothing obscure to surprise us with. On a optimistic note, the album is billed as Under The Covers Vol. 1 so maybe they will get things right the next time. If any of you like Ms. Hoffs voice as well as the other Bangles as much as I do there is a track on Tom Petty's Play list box set entitled "Waiting For Tonight" that features the Bangles singing backup. Pretty good stuff.

Whose Heartbreakers Break The Most Heart?

Heartbreakers vs. Heartbreakers. Who wins? The answer could easily turn on whether you'd rather listen to the New York Dolls over The Byrds. But the problem takes on a new size when you like both of the above bands and the universes they have come to represent. So we will compare:

Bootlegs: Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers may take the pie on this one thanks to all those french and NYC weirdos who find it fun to listen to the band crash, nod off and play the same 15 songs over and over.

Location: NYC vs. Gainesville, FL. Do any of you know what the heck happens in Gainesville?



Spirit of Rock and Roll: J.T's boys have to win hands down. There leader is a poor man's Keith Richards and a lot less lucky and what the hell is more "rock n' roll" than that?. Also 3/4 of the original band killed themselves off. I happened to have met Richard Hell once upon a time & I happened to have a copy of the Bomp's "What Goes Around" which I asked him to sign. In addition to his name he x'ed out every member but himself and that left Richard Hell. Only one of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers have passed on. This is a good thing, don't get me wrong but the spirit of rnr lives on in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers.
Logo: While Johnny Thunders and Co. had a real cool font, the Petty guitar through the heart looks much cooler on a pin.

In a fight: Rednecks from Florida or a bunch of NYC punks, some of whom enjoy dressing up in ladies clothing. I'm gonna let you decide this one.

Best Album Title: L.A.M.F. def. beats out Your Gonna Get It and Songs and Music From She's The One. But what the fuck does Damn The Torpedoes even mean? For all we know it puts LAMF to shame like Get Your Wings or something.

Finally the Tie Buster - Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, guitarist & piano player in T.P.'s band tip the scales. These guys have done so much session work I don't even have room to begin posting it. But to name a few: Johnny Cash’s American records, Lucinda’s Car Wheels, Zevon, Roy fuckin get him a stamp Orbison, Bash & Pop, Cracker, Elvis C, The Replacements, The Jayhawks, Joe Strummer. & that's not even the iceberg. These two are arguably the most proficient talents in the universe at their respected positions. They win the sixth man award every time out. Both have consistently been picked for rock n’ roll’s version of the allstar team: the session man - and as a result Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers narrowly win out.


Tune in next time for battle of the Wainwrights: Martha vs. Rufus.

Tom Petty - Zombie Zoo
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Built To Last
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Do You Love Me