Jukebox Upchuck #16

Oooh, I like this. This is nice. The man who sold this to me told me it sounded like Fleetwood Mac meets Ron Sexsmith ... and I still bought it!*

Midlake – "Roscoe"
Midlake – "Young Bride"

*with a discount, of course

Jukebox Upchuck #15

I'm relying on my NYC readership to tell me whether Austin-NYC band VietNam is worthy of the hype they're receiving. I haven't heard their debut, just these two tracks, which I find intriguing as they mine Spiritualized territory. I'm therefore guessing that they might be a fun band to see in person.

VietNam – "Summer in the City"
VietNam – "Priest, Poet & The Pig"

Jukebox Upchuck #14

Winning the award for Last Blogger On Earth To Post About The Shins New Record is ... me! Man, wasn't Oh, Inverted World a wonderful record? Too bad they haven't been able to measure up to it again. Ahh, but they are so good at melancholy. Here's one you know and one you maybe should.

The Shins – "Phantom Limb"
The Shins – "Turn on Me"

Spam me

And now for some non-sensical, three-line poems made up entirely of the unedited subject lines of spam e-mail I have received lately.

Cialis Sells Like Hot Cakes
Hayek Sarah Michelle Gellar
love mandarin indonesian
So why are they so thin and fit?


The itself supermodel son
her write about losing
astride heckling
return address megalomania


Maffia Presley
Crime mob rar
feisty greedy
Enlarge your income


Radical Muslim drinking enemies’ blood
overcrowded natural history
4 FEET AND RISING SLIGHTLY.
rung patriarchy


The vendors have a genuine reason for sale
Full heart
Old Together
nutritious betray

Jukebox Upchuck #13

It's amazing to hear just how far Kevin Barnes has come in a decade.*

Of Montreal – "I Can't Stop Your Memory" (1997)
Of Montreal – "Suffer for Fashion" (2007)

*But he's still writing about broken hearts.

If I had it to do over again...

I would have believed the hype the first time around concerning Karen Dalton. To think that I've been depriving myself of Dalton's raspy croon for the past year ... tsk tsk. I'll post more mp3s at a later date, but consider yourself warned: she was the real deal.

If I had it to do over again...

I would have interviewed Ian Svenonious instead of Ian MacKaye when The Make-Up opened for Fugazi in Peoria in '95.*

*Seriously, The Make-Up were a LOT more fun that night — even though this video is obviously not from that night.

Jukebox Upchuck #12

It's not too often one hears a song quite like this. Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck are now just a footnote of the late-'60s Canadian rock scene. They were from Vancouver, toured with the likes of Deep Purple and Cream, and released one full-length for Capitol, but never hooked on with a fan base despite efforts like this...

Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck – "Kill the Pig"

Celebrity Basketball with Dan Quayle

Little known fact*: Dan Quayle averaged 15.3 points per game in the 1983-84 U.S. Legislative League. His uncanny ability to nail a three pointer (35.6 percent on wide-open shots) led him to often be picked fourth for five-on-five teams. "'Deadeye Dan', as we called him, could really convert a right-handed layup with stunning consistency. Give the guy 25 to 30 shot attempts a game, and he could get you 20 points," said teammate Bill Bradley. "His only drawback was an occassional tendency to corral a defensive rebound, and then immediately shoot the ball -- at the opponent's goal. He wasn't so good at thinking on his feet, as they say."

*Actual fabrication

Jukebox Upchuck #11

One of my favorite flicks of all time. Talk Hard!

Leonard Cohen – "Everybody Knows"*

*It's a shame they went with the Concrete Blonde cover on the soundtrack instead of the original.

Pandamonium #2

Patty Puke, the Party Panda, crashed another toddler affair this week. She does love her cake.

Jukebox Upchuck #10

Here's something that the elementary schoolteachers who read my blog will likely dig ... my fave Jens Lekman song sampled by a host of first-, second-, third-, and fourth-graders from a Maryland after-school program. Hear more at their MySpace page, and be sure to check out the Sufjan Stevens sampling "First Ladies Anthem". For real.

Rappers Delight Club – "When We Were Kids"

Jukebox Upchuck #9

Apparently, iTunes won't permit you to download only Spoon's new single off the Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack. Instead, you have to download the entire soundtrack. Pity, that.

Spoon – "The Book I Write"

Jukebox Upchuck #8

I found this strange melancholy song from Swedish songstress El Perro del Mar — a friend of Jens Lekman — to be quite addictive. The rest of the tunes on her Myspace page are worth checking out as well.

El Perro del Mar – "Party"

Jukebox Upchuck #7

Still sounds good after all these years!

Archers of Loaf – "Greatest of All Time"

Jukebox Upchuck #6

"A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird. B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word." C'mon, tell me you don't hear The Trashmen's classic hit in the verse's guitar/vocal melody. Even that sneaky lyric part way through the song, "Well, everybody knows..." But fuck, is this ever catchy in a totally dumb way. Just don't pay no mind to the words.

The Fratellis – "Flathead"

Jukebox Upchuck #5

A tip of the hat to Soul Sides for this one, a complete redo of a Clipse song featuring a backing track from '70s funkster Lee Fields.*

Clipse – "Mr. Me Too" (Z.A.K. remix)

*I bet even Listmaker finds something to like here.

Pandamonium #1

Ladies and gents, meet Patty Puke, the world's lone Party Panda.* We'll be checking in with Patty off and on over the course of the year as she travels the world in search of the ultimate party. Feel free to click the pic to get up and personal.


*Yes, I have too much time on my hands.

Scary semi-nudes, part one

Maybe this is what GW wants to speak to us about tonight.*

Someone call the humane society already.

*Update: Surprisingly, it was not.

Jukebox Upchuck #4

Call me a stick in the mud, but I could care less about the University of Florida winning the NCAA football championship. Until the BCS gets a legitimate playoff system in place, it's all just child's play...

Will Oldham – "Puff the Magic Dragon"
Broken Social Scene – "Puff the Magic Dragon"

Chairs are for sitting, vol. 2*

Lawn chairs, which came about in the early 1950s with the invention of lawns, revolutionized sitting in much the same way that tract homes revolutionized neighborhoods.

*Historical evidence that chairs are indeed for sitting.

Jukebox Upchuck #3

Handsome Dick Manitoba lives for...


The Dictators - "(I Live for) Cars and Girls"

If I had it to do over again...

I'd still skip a full day of high school classes to see these guys in concert.*

Man. Fucking Mudhoney were the shit in 1991. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is still one of my favorite records of all time.

*This time, however, I would not get caught.

Albums I wouldn't mind hearing #1

Obviously, I'd like to hear this before I, too, am six feet under. I first thought this was a gospel record for the elderly, but it turns out it's a fiery sermon to troubled youth. Beware guns & doping — or else!

Note the white leather boots. Nice!

Jukebox Upchuck #2

The beach always sounds good in January.*

Nagisa Ni Te - "Me, On the Beach" (variation of their original)
Jens Lekman - "Me, On the Beach" (cover)

*Seriously, right now it's 80 degrees on the Virgin Islands.

This idea is so good...

...I may run with it myself. What a productive way to recycle filth. Peep the newest poetic offering from the recently- determined-to-post-on-a-regular-basis df.

“Tried soft is the best way to gain money then”

No fraud anymore!
Save your money now!
Play and Win
Be happy with it!
Test the sweets of the life yourself
Re: your dot
Re: my swath
Re: your pyxi
Re: my impis
Its for u
Meds from USA. What else do you need?

Someone beat me to it

Can you believe it? I swear I had this same idea when I was 14: Welcome to Hot Doug's: The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat Emporium.*

They even stole my idea for a theme song!

*I'm not kidding.

Jukebox Upchuck #1

I did not know that Simon Joyner was so wild & free with the rock 'n' roll. I still think he does Omaha proud in a way that Conor Oberst only wishes he could.

Simon Joyner & the Fallen Men - "Medicine Blues"

And I just bought a 2007 wall calendar...

Damn it! The stars of Negro League baseball ain't got nothing on ...


Order your copy today!

Word to your mother*

The better sports anchors can't be satisfied by simply talking about sports.

YouTube

*I would not actually say this to your mother.

Chairs are for sitting, vol. 1*

Notice how the couple appears at relative ease, both man and woman feeling comfortable enough to remove their headwear. Wicker has a way of soothing one's nerves.

*Historical evidence that chairs are indeed for sitting.