im the eat me, beat me lady

sup peoples? not much going on here except that i am enjoying a red stripe at 11 am. its my first beer in about two weeks, and it tastes so good. red stripe is not my first, second, third, or even in my top ten of beer choices but it was all my local gas station had that was decent. beer good…

hey, the new porno’s play in atlanta on tuesday, 10.30, at the variety and opening for ‘em is emma pollock who was once in the great glasgow band, the delgados. emma has a new solo record out, since the delgados are no longer, and i hear its really quite good, but i cant solidify that with a personal opinion since i havent heard it. here are a couple tracks from said record.

adrenaline

limbs

emma pollock site / myspace

i often think, or better yet dream, of moving the family unit to athens, georgia not greece. i am always looking for well paying gigs, but i have yet to strike potential pay dirt. not only is it an awesome little town, but the music that has come, and continues to roll out of there is some of the best in the nation. which brings me to the athens own ginger envelope which features members of dark meat and venice is sinking. its probably a good thing that i haven’t heard their new, unreleased record as of yet cause i have a feeling that it could end up fuckin up my top ten. their brand of folk/pop is rife with lap steel, piano, acoustic geetars, and breezy melodies which when all brought together into one package is probably my greatest musical weakness. check em out…really good stuff

failsafe

dirty penny

caretaker

the ginger envelope myspace

on the quick, if you like your rock, big and anthematic – even a word?, then check out the men of siberian. their new record, with me, came out last week on sonic boom recordings.

belgian beer and catholic girls

islands forever

siberian myspace / sonic boom

i dont know how this happened, but i found myself listening to billy joel’s greatest hits vol 1 and 2 the other day and i actually really liking most of it. i have always had a small soft spot in the old chest for joel, just cause i grew up listening to him, but have i not paid attention to him in probably 20 years. his stuff, at least the stuff found on the greatest hits record, has aged really well and its hard to deny that a lot of this stuff is classic american pop.

here is mr. joel playin on 10.31.77 in miami. nice soundboard recording. part two will be posted tomorrow.

1. the mexican connection

2. the stranger

3. somewhere along the line

4. summer highland falls

5. piano man

6. thunder road

7. scenes from an italian restaurant

8. travelin prayer

9. let me in

10. movin out

11. still crazy after all these years

12. just the way you are

13. angry young man

14. new york state of mind