Heavy Rotation

Stuff I've been listening to recently:

Corrupt & Immoral Transmissions [EP] - Shivaree
Unreleased Demos 1990 - Matt and Mark Linkous
Discover A Lovlier You - The Pernice Brothers
Baby Blue - Mary Lou Lord
Take Fountain - The Wedding Present
Blame The Vain - Dwight Yoakam

Apology

This one goes out to a brother.

Apology (Chuck Prophet) [ from the LP The Hurting Business]

Everybody
Wants an apology
Me from you, you from me
The accursed from the blessed
The great Northeast from the Old Southwest
Everybody
Wants an apology

Everybody
Wants an apology
CBS from the MTV
But it always takes too long
And it always comes out all wrong
Well I don't even want
Your apology

Someday soon, the Vatican is gonna call
One day even the warden
Is going over the wall
The shoulder from the road
The Cancer from the Scorpio
Someday soon, the Vatican is gonna call

How can I swallow
Every little thing she says?
She don't even, she don't even
Know Elvis from El Vez
If The King was here today
You know he'd make that sucker pay
She don't even know Elvis from El Vez

Everybody
Wants an apology
Me from you, you from me
Tell me what good would it do
If I got down on my knees, just for you?
Everybody wants
An apology

Listen to it

El Vez

Hi Sam...

A shout out to my lovely niece Samantha, who reportedly reads w.o.h.
over her morning coffee and Cap'n Crunch. Bless you my dear, and try
not to be too traumatized. I do take some dramatic license now and then,
after all.

A couple of summers ago

A Quick one...

Went to the Cubs game tonight with my sister and her family. They lost.
The Cubs, that is. My sister and company won, because they got to spend
the evening with me. So, no joy in Mudville tonight, but I got a cool pic of
Wrigley field that I posted below.

Came home and it was still warm outside so I went for a midnight swim.
Trying to relax, but that doesn't seem to be too easy to do at the moment...

Best. Video. Ever.

By way of the venerated Stereogum, this shit is whack. Prepare
to smile, and to be very entertained by this guy.

Shiva-Redux

Good news, it appears that Duke McVinnie is still playing with Shivaree.
He's on that Black Sessions recording, which was recorded following the
show from which he was absent. I'm sure you're all as relieved to hear
this as Y.T. My bad for assuming there were hostilities involved. I guess
I was just projecting...