one of the best albums ever...

I love this album and will never feel guilty about it, no matter who says it sucks. In my record store days me and a co-worker played "Dirty Work" on repeat, seeing who would cave and turn it off first. We got to about 20 times, numerous customer complaints and bad jokes ("Is this crappy music day?" no, fuck you) before we decided, it would never get old, but we should take it off for now, it will always be there for us, like your most reliable friend. Maybe you'll drift apart for some time, but when you come back together, it's like nothing has changed.

So get acquianted or re-acquianted with one of the best friends you will ever have: Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

GVSB vs. GVB

This is a fun little ep from a couple of indie heavy hitters.

This split of live radio performances captures Girls Against Boys back when I first really got into them and Guided By Voices doing a few of my faves of theirs.

So here is Eight Rounds

The Fireman

I got this disc years ago when someone brought it into the second hand shop I was working at. The main reason it caught my attention was the picture of an incredibly sexy and busty girl hiding in the tray under the cd. Yes, that alone was enough to make me check out te disc. It's always been a great melodic/ambient kind of background thing to throw on. Dreamy without becoming easy listening, and ambient without becoming boring. A very lovely little thing, at times reminiscent of Ry Cooder, Nels Cline and Rachel's... which is to say good.

Now as I was getting ready to post it I decided to find out more about it, I just hadn't bothered really. Turns out it was a collab between Youth (Killing Joke) and Paul McCartney (yep, that guy). It's been out for 10 years, it's probably the best thing he's done in at least 20.

The Fireman - Rushes

mix from last week.

OK, here's a mix I was supposed to post last week. No time for details though.

ENJOY

01 The Album Leaf - Another Day
02 Lilium - Locked In Tight
03 Richard Buckner - Mile
04 American Music Club - Only Love Can Set You Free
05 Tobin Sprout - Since I...
06 Migala - Low of Defenses
07 Elvis Perkins - The Night And The Liquor
08 Nina Nastasia And Jim White - Late Night
09 Centro-matic - With Broken Hands
10 Bourbon Tabernacle Choir - Simple

Elvis Costello, Live at The El Mocambo 1978

Here's a great concert from a legendary Toronto venue.

This was the bonus disc in a long out of print Costello box set. ENJOY

drinks, free food & free drinks, free movie, more drinks.

so the title sums up my night last night quickly.

The movie in question was "Hatchet". It's an old style horror, no digital effects or anything, been getting great reviews. It had some decent humour, but I didn't think it was anything too new or original, and the horror side was lacking, nothing close to a scare. Maybe it's just cause I was pretty drunk at that point.

On the music side, I had put together a playlist but left the link on my work computer, so wait you will have to.

Until then, here's a great old Best Kisser's In The World song that was covered by the Supersuckers. Hungover Together

Also, I need to rent out a room... anyone who is or knows someone looking in Toronto should check it out. http://toronto.craigslist.org/sub/378392878.html

a new mix

Another mix, figure since I'm not posting too frequently it should at least be something half decent. So here's the blood, sweat and tears of making a playlist for your enjoyment.

Download here.

Tracklist:
1. Opsvik & Jennings - Commuter Anthem
2. Stuart A. Staples - Which Way The Wind
3. Spain - Before It All Went Wrong
4. The Big Sleep - S.K.B.
5. Buffalo Tom - Gravity
6. Wipers - The Lonely One
7. Chris Whitley & The Bastard Club - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
8. Afterhours - Ballad for My Little Hyena
9. Swell - So Would I
10. Murder City Devils - Press Gang (Remixed By The Latch Brothers)
11. Malcolm Middleton - Superhero Songwriters
12. Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon

not much time for the old blog this week.

but here's the new Social Distortion track Far Behind, it's from their disappointing greatest hits that just came out. It's a good track, but the disc doesn't dig very deep.

It was the long weekend... I've been busy.

Went to see Transformers, which is amazing eye candy without the badness most of the summer blockbusters provide. Also saw the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie En Rose which is amazing but certainly not a feel good movie. Marion Cotillard is unbelievable as Piaf, can't even begin to explain how good she is.