4/27 Animal Prints @ Just Us

Wackiness. Zaniness. General Mayhem.

Even Better Than The Real Thing 3:41 U2 Achtung Baby
Dance Floor Anthem 4:04 Good Charlotte Good Morning Revival
Star 69 3:09 R.E.M. Monster
Hazy Shade of Winter 2:47 The Bangles Bangles: Greatest Hits
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) 3:54 The White Stripes Icky Thump
Animals 3:07 Nickelback All The Right Reasons
Wasted & Ready 3:51 Ben Kweller Sha Sha
Laid 2:37 James Laid
Fa Fa 4:44 Guster Lost And Gone Forever
Be My Yoko Ono 2:47 Barenaked Ladies Gordon
Wild Night 3:34 Van Morrison Tupelo Honey
Peace Frog 2:52 The Doors The Very Best of the Doors (Bonus Track Version)
Quarter to Three 6:45 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
First Time 3:24 Lifehouse Who We Are
The Way I Am 2:15 Ingrid Michaelson Girls and Boys
Birthday 2:43 The Beatles The Beatles [White Album] Disc 2
In a Daydream 5:29 The Freddy Jones Band Waiting for the Night
Run-Around 4:40 Blues Traveler Four
Tripping Billies 5:00 Dave Matthews Band Crash
The Bad Touch 4:23 The Bloodhound Gang The Bloodhound Gang
Life In The Fast Lane 4:45 The Eagles Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2
Kickin' My Heart Around 3:41 The Black Crowes By Your Side
Sweet Child O' Mine 5:56 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
American Girl 3:34 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Big Jangle
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Jump Jive An' Wail 2:54 The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Dirty Boogie
You And Me And The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) 3:35 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Rock This Town 3:26 Stray Cats Rock This Town: Best Of The Stray Cats
Kiss 3:46 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Comfortably Numb 4:26 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters
Expo '86 4:11 Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism
Big Fat Funky Booty 4:15 Spin Doctors Turn It Upside Down
Stuck Between Stations 4:12 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Pour Some Sugar on Me 4:53 Def Leppard Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
All Thine 2:44 Trailer Bride High Seas
Rave On 1:50 Buddy Holly Greatest Hits
Fidelity 3:46 Regina Spektor Begin to Hope (Bonus Track Version)
Up and Down 3:32 The Chesterfield Kings Psychedelic Sunrise
Heavy Metal Drummer 3:09 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Weatherman 3:50 Damien Rice O
I Touch Myself 3:48 Divinyls DiVinyls
Take Me Out 3:57 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Rockin' The Suburbs 4:58 Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs
Nearly Lost You 4:08 Screaming Trees Singles
I Come from the Water 2:47 The Toadies Rubberneck
Sinkhole 3:30 Drive-By Truckers Alabama Ass Whuppin'

Your musical thought of the day, 4/27

"There I was one night...just a normal guy. There I was the next night...God damn it I was still just a normal guy."

Bruce Springsteen, Intro to Growin' Up (Live, 1975-1985)

4/24 Goth Night at Pin Ups

Fascination Street 4:20 The Cure Rhino Hi-Five: The Cure - EP
Head Like a Hole 5:00 Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine
Jesus Built My Hotrod 4:52 Ministry Ministry - Psalm 69
Kooler Than Jesus 4:12 My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult Confessions of a Knife
Ceremony 4:24 New Order International - The Best of New Order
The Kill 3:48 30 Seconds To Mars A Beautiful Lie
Machete 3:38 Moby Play
Smack My Bitch Up 5:43 The Prodigy The Fat of the Land
Sandstorm (Original Rework) 5:39 Tunnel Allience 50 Techno Trance Anthems
Ray of Light (Radio Edit Version) 4:36 Madonna GHV2
Stupid Girl 4:19 Garbage Garbage
Strict Machine 3:51 Goldfrapp Black Cherry-ADVANCE
Satisfaction (Radio Edit) 3:12 Benny Benassi & The Biz Satisfaction
Bodies Hit the Floor 3:28 DJ Sega Hollertronix #8 - EP
Desire 3:41 Ryan Adams Demolition
California Stars 5:04 Wilco Live In Pittsburgh
Oh My God 3:40 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy
Slither 4:08 Velvet Revolver Contraband
P***y Liquor 4:47 Rob Zombie Rob Zombie: Past, Present & Future
Enter Sandman 5:32 Metallica Metallica (Black Album)
Machinehead 4:16 Bush Sixteen Stone
Sex Type Thing 3:39 Stone Temple Pilots Core
I Sit On Acid (Soulwax Remix) 3:01 The Lords Of Acid Most Of The Remixes
Epic 4:54 Faith No More This Is It - The Best of Faith No More
Youth Gone Wild 3:21 Skid Row Skid Row
Animal 2:48 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 1]
Face to Face (Soundtrack Version) 4:22 Siouxsie & the Banshees The Best of Siouxsie and The Banshees
Fire Woman 5:08 The Cult Pure Cult: The Singles 1984-1995
Teenager 4:18 Better Than Ezra Deluxe
I'll Be You 3:29 The Replacements Don't Tell a Soul
The Fly 4:29 U2 Achtung Baby
Smashing Pumpkins - Rat in a Cage 4:20
Helena 3:23 My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
Hysteria 3:48 Muse Absolution
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Immigrant Song 2:23 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Disc 2]
Massive Nights 2:54 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Keep the Car Running 3:29 Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Daybreaker 3:55 Beth Orton Daybreaker
Under the Milky Way 4:58 The Church Starfish

4/23 Crazy Hair at Diamond Nights

Welcome To The Jungle 4:34 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
Talk Dirty to Me 3:45 Poison The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock
You Give Love a Bad Name 3:43 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
99 Red Balloons 4:02 Goldfinger Music From The Motion Picture .:: www.Persianone.Com ::.
Last Caress / Green Hell 3:30 Metallica Garage, Inc.
American Idiot 2:54 Green Day American Idiot
Five Against The World 3:13 Story Of The Year In The Wake Of Determination
Sucker Train Blues 4:28 Velvet Revolver Contraband
Lump 2:14 The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America (10th Aniversary Edition)
The pretender 4:29 Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Slow Hands 3:04 INTERPOL Antics
Some Days Are Better Than Others 4:17 U2 Zooropa
Fire 2:38 Jimi Hendrix The Ultimate Experience
I Saw Her Standing There 2:32 The Beatles Live At The BBC (Disc 1)
Cecilia 2:53 Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits
D'yer Mak'er 4:21 Sheryl Crow Encomium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin
Livin' In The Future 3:57 Bruce Springsteen Magic
Somebody To Love 2:32 The Ramones Acid Eaters
Pour Some Sugar on Me 4:53 Def Leppard Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
Nine In The Afternoon (Radio Mix) 3:14 Panic! At The Disco Nine In The Afternoon
Jump Around 3:36 House Of Pain The Best of House of Pain and Everlast: Shamrocks & Shenanigans
Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) 3:29 Ray J Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) - Single
It Was a Good Day 4:20 Ice Cube Ice Cube: Greatest Hits
Diamonds Are Forever (Remix) 3:53 Kanye West Feat. Jay-Z Promo CD
Yer So Bad 3:06 Tom Petty Playback (3) Good Booty
Desire 3:41 Ryan Adams Demolition
China Girl 3:47 Pete Yorn musicforthemorningafter (Bonus Disc)
Lola 4:11 The Kinks Greatest Hits
Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Live from Athens) 3:12 R.E.M. Accelerate
Afterglow 61 2:48 Son Volt Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
Nasty Naughty Boy 4:45 Christina Aguilera Back To Basics
Bilingual (Dirty Mix) 7:26 Jose Nunez Subliminal Album, Vol. 13
Closer 6:13 Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
Big Fat Funky Booty 4:15 Spin Doctors Turn It Upside Down
Girlfriend 3:40 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
Pride and Joy 3:40 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Miles Away 3:34 Spacetrucker Demo
A Shot In The Arm 4:20 Wilco Summer Teeth
Question 2:16 Old 97's Satellite Rides (Disc 1)
Let's Get It On 4:03 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits

Your musical thought of the day, 4/22

Maybe we'll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without these jerks
Anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here.
--Don Henley, Sunset Grill

4/20 Funny T-Shirt Night @ Just Us

Born In The U.S.A. 6:08 Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985 (Disc 2)
Atlantic City 3:30 Automatic 7 At Funeral Speed
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) 3:54 The White Stripes Icky Thump
I Come from the Water 2:47 The Toadies Rubberneck
La Grange 3:54 ZZ Top Tres Hombres
King Of All The World 2:52 Old 97's Satellite Rides (Disc 1)
Hipster Girl 3:45 MC Lars Hipster Girl - Single
White & Nerdy (Parody of "Ridin'" By Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone) 2:50 "Weird Al" Yankovic Straight Outta Lynwood
I'm a Asshole 4:26 Dennis Leary Asshole
1492 3:51 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Traffic and Weather 3:37 Fountains of Wayne Traffic and Weather
Under Pressure (Studio) 3:32 The Used & My Chemical Romance
Lola 4:11 The Kinks Greatest Hits
D'yer Mak'er 4:23 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Disc 2]
Just What I Needed 3:47 The Cars Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology (Disc 1)
Can't Help Falling In Love 2:58 Elvis Presley Elvis 30 #1 Hits
Buddy Holly 2:39 Weezer Weezer
Big Shot 3:44 Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1978 - 1985) [Disc 2]
Hard To Handle 3:09 The Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker
Home 5:05 Marc Broussard Carencro
Devil Inside 5:11 INXS Greatest Hits
Ants Marching 4:31 Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming
All I Want Is You 6:30 U2 Rattle And Hum
You Can Make Him Like You 2:49 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Authority Song 3:50 John Mellencamp Uh Huh
Terror 5:25 My Ruin Speak & Destroy
Map Of The Problematique 4:18 Muse Black Holes And Revelations
Chaos 4:55 Mute Math Mute Math: Teleprompt Limited Edition
I'm Yours 4:18 Jason Mraz Sampler 001
Somebody Told Me 3:18 The Killers Hot Fuss
Basket Case 3:03 Green Day Dookie
Downtown 5:11 Neil Young Mirrorball
Are You Gonna Go My Way 3:32 Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits
Real World 3:52 Matchbox Twenty Yourself Or Someone Like You
Come Out And Play 3:18 The Offspring Smash
Crawling 3:29 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor 2:54 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Hands Down (new version) 3:06 Dashboard Confessional
Never Too Late 3:29 Three Days Grace One X
Living Well Is the Best Revenge 3:12 R.E.M. Accelerate
She Builds Quick Machines 4:04 Velvet Revolver Libertad
Run to the Hills 3:54 Iron Maiden The Essential Iron Maiden
Mr. Brownstone 3:49 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town 3:16 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 2]
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 4:20 The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
The Monorail Song 1:51 The Simpsons Songs In The Key Of Springfield
In Search Of An Out Of Body Vibe 0:24 The Simpsons Songs In The Key Of Springfield
A Girl Like You 4:43 The Smithereens 11

The Originality Question

I had a conversation with a friend about the state of music a few weeks ago, and it caused me to go into one of those phases where a question bugs me and bugs me. We were debating whether there's anything truly "new and original" out there musically, each blasting some bands for sounding the same over and over again. I even ended up blasting one of my own favorites, Blues Traveler, for the really sad act of putting out an album of cover songs of their own composition.

And the more I thought about it, the more convinced I am that there is actually nothing new under the sun. You can argue that there hasn't been since Grandmaster Flash took to the mike, and even that might be debatable. Every artist owes a debt to some musical influence to someone.

Take Vampire Weekend, one of the it bands of the moment. Their new album, which I love, gets praise for being fresh and original. But basically they're writing pop songs with African and Carribbean beats, something that Paul Simon did on Graceland 20-plus years ago. And Paul Simon wasn't exactly the first person to discover African music but he won a Grammy for it.

You can play this sort of musical Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon for just about every band. The Beatles built on Chuck Berry. The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin stole from every bluesman around, and Eddie Van Halen took many pages out of Jimmy Page's playbook.

I guess what matters is how you put all those influences together. Making it sound fresh becomes the challenge, or you'll end up like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, ripping entire songs right out from under Tom Petty's nose.

As long as an artist acknowledges and embraces those influences rather than ignoring them, I say go for it. Most musicians understand the history involved. Nothing though bugs me more than listening to some self-described genius act as if their album sprang forth from their amplifiers and changed the face of music by the sheer virtue of their own brilliant originality. Usually its in an interview on some "modern rock station" that seems to think everything produced after 1991 just magically happened.

Embrace the past, use it to build the future. Play the good shit. No matter when it came out.

4/17 Party at Retrology Square

King Of Pain 4:58 The Police Every Breath You Take: The Singles
Wind It Up 4:27 Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Zak And Sara 3:11 Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs
Self Esteem 4:18 The Offspring Smash
You're Crazy 3:17 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
Basket Case 3:03 Green Day Dookie
The Best Of What's Around 4:17 Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming
Oxford Comma 3:24 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Hipster Girl 3:45 MC Lars Hipster Girl - Single
No Sleep Till Brooklyn 4:07 The Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill
Stronger 5:12 Kanye West Graduation
Shake Ya Tailfeather 4:26 Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee DJ Envy-Street Sampler
La Vie Boheme 6:59 Original Soundtrack Broadway: Rent Disc 2
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist 5:28 Original Broadway Cast Avenue Q
Anarchy In The U.K. 3:32 Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks
Beverly Hills 3:16 Weezer Make Believe
Teenager 4:18 Better Than Ezra Deluxe
Supermassive Black Hole 3:29 Muse Black Holes And Revelations
Down Under 3:41 Men At Work Contraband - The Best Of Men At Work
Church Of The Poison Mind 3:31 Culture Club The Best Of Culture Club
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 3:37 Eurythmics Ultimate Collection
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Most People Are DJs 5:51 The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me
The Last DJ 3:48 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Last DJ
Daybreaker 3:55 Beth Orton Daybreaker
New York City 3:27 moe. Dither
Crash & Burn 2:59 Blues Traveler Four
I Liked You Better When You Hated Yourself 2:46 The Badlees River Songs
Under the Milky Way 4:58 The Church Starfish
Mistaken For Strangers 3:31 The National Boxer
Dead Sound 3:33 The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust
Make It Wit Chu 4:51 Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris
The Girl You Lost To Cocaine 2:40 Sia Some People Have Real Problems
Raisin' Hell Again 1:57 Nashville Pussy Get Some!
Bad Reputation 2:26 The Reverend Horton Heat Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Story of My Life 5:47 Social Distortion Greatest Hits
Rollerskate Skinny 3:52 Old 97's Satellite Rides (Disc 1)
I Wanna Be Your Dog 3:05 Uncle Tupelo 89/93: An Anthology
Stop the Rock (Apollo 440 Original Mix) 3:32 Apollo Four Forty Gettin' High On Your Own Supply
You Make Me Feel Like A Whore 2:47 Everclear Sparkle And Fade
Slither 4:08 Velvet Revolver Contraband
She's The One 4:31 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run
You May Be Right 4:09 Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1978 - 1985) [Disc 2]
Desire 3:41 Ryan Adams Demolition
The Weight 4:35 The Band The Band: Greatest Hits
In My Life 2:58 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
I'll Be Your Lover, Too 3:54 Van Morrison His Band and the Street Choir

4/16 Best in Rock T-shirts at Diamond Nights

SL was giving us a hard time, but we partied hard anyway...

Jealous Again 4:37 The Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker
Keep Your Hands To Yourself 3:26 The Georgia Satellites Georgia Satellites
Gin And Juice 6:24 The Gourds Shinebox
Space Game 4:06 MC Lars The Graduate
Devil's Haircut 3:14 Beck Odelay
Stupid Girl 4:19 Garbage Garbage
Stacy's Mom 3:18 Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers
Praise You 3:48 Fatboy Slim The Greatest Hits Why Try Harder
Chaos 4:55 Mute Math Mute Math: Teleprompt Limited Edition
And She Was 3:38 Talking Heads The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered)
I'll Be You 3:29 The Replacements Don't Tell a Soul
Life Wasted 3:54 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam
Mannish Boy 5:21 Muddy Waters The Story of the Blues (Columbia)
Victoria (Live) 4:03 Old 97's Satellite Rides - Bonus Disc
The Picture 3:26 Son Volt The Search (Deluxe Version)
Blister in the Sun 2:24 Violent Femmes Add It Up (1981-1993)
Ecstasy 5:02 Rusted Root When I Woke
Put Your Hands On Me 2:58 Joss Stone Introducing Joss Stone
Shut Up And Kiss Me 3:43 Mary Chapin Carpenter Party Doll & Other Favorites
Saving Grace 3:48 Tom Petty Highway Companion
Four Winds 4:16 Bright Eyes Cassadaga
Cradle of Love 4:39 Billy Idol Billy Idol: Greatest Hits
Like an Animal 2:43 The Donnas Bitchin'
Crazy Bitch (dirty) 3:25 Buckcherry 15
Tainted Love (7" Single) 2:40 Soft Cell The Very Best of Soft Cell
She Bop 3:54 She's So Unusual
The Dutchess - 02 - Clumsy 4:01 Fergie The Dutchess
Man With No Country 3:04 Flogging Molly Float
The State of Massachusetts 3:55 Dropkick Murphys The Meanest of Times (Deluxe Edition)
Funky Céilí (Bridie's Song) 4:01 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
Hot Thing (feat. Will.i.am) 3:50 Talib Kweli Eardrum
Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') 3:50 T-Pain feat. Yung Joc Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') - Single
Fight The Power [Live] 3:55 Public Enemy Revolverlution
All I Want Is You 6:30 U2 Rattle And Hum
Human Touch 6:31 Bruce Springsteen The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Disc 2)
Let's Get It On 4:03 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits

Your musical thought of the day, 4/15

You're always saying you're too weak to be strong,...
You're harder on yourself than just about anyone,...

Why swim the channel just to get this far?
Halfway there, why would you turn around?

Darkness comes in waves,... tell me,
why invite it to stay?

You're warm with negativity,
Yes, comfort is an energy,...
But why let the sad song play?

I have faced it,... A life wasted,...
I'm never going back again.

Oh I escaped it,... A life wasted,...
I'm never going back again.

Having tasted,... A life wasted,...
I'm never going back again.

Oh I erased it,... A life wasted,...
I'm never going back again.

--Pearl Jam "Life Wasted"

4/13 Silver and Gold at Just Us

The new Sunday night home of House Party. Some Rez Day tunage:

Brian Wilson 4:45 Barenaked Ladies Rock Spectacle
Laid 2:37 James Laid
3 Strange Days 5:12 School of Fish School of Fish
Massive Nights 2:54 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor 2:54 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Get Off This 4:26 Cracker Kerosene Hat
Heart Of Gold 3:07 Neil Young Decade [Disc 2]
Firecracker 2:52 Ryan Adams Gold
Silver And Gold 5:50 U2 Rattle And Hum
When You Were Young 3:40 The Killers Sam's Town
The Lemon Song 6:19 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
Slither 4:08 Velvet Revolver Contraband
Golden Years 4:01 David Bowie
Paralyzer 3:28 Finger Eleven Them vs. You vs. Me
Train In Vain 3:11 The Clash The Singles
The Way I Am 2:15 Ingrid Michaelson Girls and Boys
Already Gone 4:12 The Eagles Their Greatest Hits
I Saw A Bird Fly Away 2:51 Dar Williams The Beauty Of The Rain
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) 3:02 Van Morrison Saint Dominic's Preview
Wonderful World 2:05 Sam Cooke The Man And His Music
Drive My Car 2:30 The Beatles Rubber Soul
Always 5:53 Bon Jovi The Best Of (Crossroad)
Authority Song 3:50 John Mellencamp Uh Huh
Rendezvous 2:51 Bruce Springsteen Tracks (Disc 1) [Box Set]
Makin' Some Noise 3:27 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I feel fine) 4:07 R.E.M. Eponymous
Peace Frog 2:52 The Doors The Very Best of the Doors (Bonus Track Version)
Rebel Yell 4:48 Billy Idol Rebel Yell
Animal 2:48 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 1]
Learn To Fly 3:57 Foo Fighters There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Dance With Me 2:42 Old 97s Blame It On Gravity (May 13)
The Cheapest Key 2:42 Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers (Bonus Track Version)
Essence 5:52 Lucinda Williams Essence
6 String Belief 3:17 Son Volt Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
Thing Called Love 4:11 John Hiatt The Best Of John Hiatt
Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus) 3:21 Drive-By Truckers Alabama Ass Whuppin'
Can't Help Falling In Love 2:58 Elvis Presley Elvis 30 #1 Hits
You Got the Silver 2:55 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
Kiss 3:46 Prince The Hits/The B-Sides (Disc 2)
Anything and Everything 3:44 Martina McBride Emotion
All In The Groove 4:16 Blues Traveler Travelers & Thieves
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast 3:49 Spin Doctors Turn It Upside Down
Timebomb 2:50 Beck Timebomb - Single
Maria's Wedding 4:09 Black 47 Fire Of Freedom
It's Alright 4:01 Big Head Todd & The Monsters Sister Sweetly
Tougher Then The Rest 4:35 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love

Counting Crows Covering Van Morrison

People have ragged on the Counting Crows for sounding too much like Van Morrison, like that could be considered a bad thing. Back before their first album was released, they actually stood in as the house band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction when Van decided not to show.
Apparently the Crows have taken the comparisons in stride over the years. Here's a link to a great sounding version of the band covering "Caravan."

Counting Crows - Caravan (Van Morrison)

Your musical thought of the day, 4/11

Life goes by so fast
You only want to do what you think is right.
Close your eyes and then it's past;
Story of my life

--Social Distortion, "Story of My Life"

4/9 Best in Businesswear @ Diamond Nights

It was a night of surprises, and the return of The Easiest Game in SL.

Vertigo 3:15 U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Song 2 2:01 Blur Blur
Take Me Out 3:57 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Taking Care Of Business 4:54 Bachman Turner Overdrive BTO II
So Much to Say 4:06 Dave Matthews Band Crash
I Want A New Drug 4:45 Huey Lewis & The News Time Flies.. The Best of Huey Lewis & The News
Dreamin' 3:54 G. Love & Special Sauce Philadelphonic
People Everyday (Reprise) 4:56 Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of ...
The Real Slim Shady 4:45 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) 3:02 Van Morrison Saint Dominic's Preview
Spirit In The Night 6:22 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Bruce Springsten Live 1975-85 (Disc 1)
Hangin' Around 4:07 Counting Crows This Desert Life
Old Time Rock & Roll 3:15 Bob Seger Greatest Hits
Listen To Her Heart 3:04 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers The Big Jangle
Feel Good Inc. 3:41 Gorillaz Demon Days
Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) 3:29 Ray J Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) - Single
Paper Planes 3:24 M.I.A. Kala
This How We Do It 3:54 Montell Jordan versus-3.blogspot..com
SexyBack 4:03 Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland SexyBack - Single
Love Rollercoaster 4:37 Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sorry 3:46 Buckcherry 15 (Bonus Video Version)
Praise You 3:48 Fatboy Slim The Greatest Hits Why Try Harder
Fa Fa 4:44 Guster Lost And Gone Forever
I'm Always In Love 3:41 Wilco Summer Teeth
baby got back 4:23 Sir Mix-A-Lot
Fat Bottomed Girls 3:23 Queen Stone Cold Classics
Big Fat Funky Booty 4:15 Spin Doctors Turn It Upside Down
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Your Little Hoodrat Friend 3:53 The Hold Steady Separation Sunday
Gwendolyn 4:20 The Badlees River Songs
Lack Of Water 4:24 The Why Store The Why Store
Shattered 3:47 The Rolling Stones Some Girls
How Far We've Come 3:31 Matchbox Twenty Exile On Mainstream
Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex 3:07 CSS Cansei de Ser Sexy
Smile 3:16 Lily Allen Alright Still
Daybreaker 3:55 Beth Orton Daybreaker
Oxygen 3:51 Colbie Caillat Coco
Possession 4:39 Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
To Make You Feel My Love 3:54 Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume III
The Cheapest Key 2:42 Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers (Bonus Track Version)
Still I Long For Your Kiss 4:09 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Crossfire 2:17 Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls
Pledge Of Allegiance 3:38 Louis XIV The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Let's Get It On 4:03 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits

The Highway is alive tonight

Yes, another Springsteen post. But the man keeps pulling out the surprises. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, here's a grainy video of Bruce and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello nailing a killer, rocked-out version of The Ghost of Tom Joad. Morello's guitar solo at the end is just fucking mind-blowing. Enjoy.

Your musical thought of the day

Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate
And for them I would not disagree
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe
I say fate should not tempt me
--Mary Chapin Carpenter, "I Take My Chances"

4/5 Acoustic Nightcap @ Killing Moon Records

A special set of acoustic tracks and other laid back stuff to wrap up the night....


I Take My Chances 4:23 Mary Chapin Carpenter Party Doll & Other Favorites
Old Apartment (acoustic) 3:17 Barenaked Ladies WBCN Naked Too
Drown (acoustic) 3:26 Son Volt Radio Sessions (95 - 96)
Gun 5:19 Jeff Tweedy The Vic Theatre
Mr. Jones 5:17 Counting Crows The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2
Let My Love Open the Door 2:34 Pete Townshend The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 3
Longview 3:30 Green Day The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 3
Carolina Blues 4:47 Blues Traveler The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2
Citrus 2:44 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Copperhead Road 4:03 Steve Earle
No Surrender 4:42 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975-1985 (Disc 3)
One 3:53 Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man
In My Life 2:49 Dave Matthews (solo) Come Together - A Night for John Lennon
Tangerine 2:58 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Disc 2]
Ooh La La 3:31 Faces Ooh La La
Dignity 5:58 Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Volume 3
Uncle John's Band 4:45 Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead
Landslide 3:11 Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby 7:46 Counting Crows This Desert Life
I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory 4:37 Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers (Bonus Track Version)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 2:05 The Beatles Rubber Soul
Dancing In The Dark 4:27 Pete Yorn musicforthemorningafter (Bonus Disc)
Just Like A Woman 5:50 Richie Havens Bob Dylan The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Disc 1)
Walk On The Ocean 2:59 Toad The Wet Sprocket P.S.: A Toad Retrospective
The Best Of Everything 4:03 Tom Petty Playback (2) Spoiled & Mistreated
The Luckiest 4:25 Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs

4/3 Lingerie and Boxers @ Just Us

New venue, great crowd. Might end up back there again soon.

Lack Of Water 4:24 The Why Store The Why Store
Steal My Kisses 4:05 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Burn to Shine
Que' Onda Guero 3:29 Beck Guero
Tunnel Of Love 5:13 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love
Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World 3:53 U2 Achtung Baby
Dignity 5:58 Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Volume 3
Starry Eyed Surprise 3:48 Paul Oakenfold Bunkka
The Remedy (I Won't Worry) [New EQ'd LP Version] 4:16 Jason Mraz The Remedy - Single
What I Got 2:52 Sublime Sublime - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Hollywood (Live on Leno 8/30/07) 3:23 Collective Soul Jay Leno 8/30/07
When You Were Young 3:40 The Killers Sam's Town
Traffic and Weather 3:37 Fountains of Wayne Traffic and Weather
Wreck Of The Old '97 2:05 Johnny Cash Complete Live At San Quentin
Designs On You 3:49 Old 97's Satellite Rides (Disc 1)
Tightrope 4:39 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1 5:16 James Brown 20 All-Time Greatest Hits
Back In The U.S.S.R. 2:43 The Beatles The Beatles [White Album] (Disc 1)
Can't Help Falling In Love 2:58 Elvis Presley Elvis 30 #1 Hits
No One (Radio Edit) 4:09 Alicia Keys No One (Radio Edit) - Single
Desire 3:41 Ryan Adams Demolition
California Stars 5:04 Wilco Live In Pittsburgh
Custard Pie 5:25 Jimmy Page & Black Crowes Live at The Greek
Party Pit 3:56 The Hold Steady Boys and Girls In America
Angels Of The SIlences 3:39 Counting Crows Recovering The Satellites
Love and Happiness 5:10 Al Green I'm Still in Love With You
Whiskey In the Jar 5:05 Metallica Garage, Inc.
If You Don`t Love Me (I'll Kill Myself) 3:36 Pete Droge Necktie Second
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong 3:55 Spin Doctors Pocket Full of Kryptonite
But Anyway 4:10 Blues Traveler Blues Traveler
Sample in a Jar 4:41 Phish Hoist
Pocketful of Sunshine 3:23 Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful of Sunshine
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 3:37 Eurythmics Ultimate Collection
Electric Avenue 3:51 Eddy Grant Killer On The Rampage
Santa Monica 3:11 Everclear Sparkle And Fade
The Middle 2:46 Jimmy Eat World Bleed American
The Distance 3:00 Cake Fashion Nugget
Wind Beneath My Wings 4:54 Bette Midler Beaches (Music from the Motion Picture)
Polka Power! 4:21 "Weird Al" Yankovic Running With Scissors
Chaos 4:55 Mute Math Mute Math: Teleprompt Limited Edition
Talk Dirty to Me 3:45 Poison The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock
You Give Love a Bad Name 3:43 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) 4:14 Cracker Cracker
You And Me And The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby) 3:35 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Tripping Billies 5:00 Dave Matthews Band Crash

4/2 Best in White at Diamond Nights

Betterman 4:29 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) [Disc 2]
The Best Of What's Around 4:17 Dave Matthews Band Under The Table And Dreaming
Always the Last to Know (Single Mix) 4:17 Del Amitri 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Del Amitri
The Cheapest Key 2:42 Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers (Bonus Track Version)
Singular Girl 4:16 Old 97's Satellite Rides - Bonus Disc
Rain King 4:16 Counting Crows August & Everything After
I'm Gonna DJ 2:08 R.E.M. Accelerate
Dead Sound 3:33 The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust
Animals 3:07 Nickelback All The Right Reasons
White Wedding, Pt. 1 4:12 Billy Idol Billy Idol: Greatest Hits
A Girl Like You 4:43 The Smithereens 11
Train In Vain 3:11 The Clash The Singles
Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) 3:29 Ray J Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) - Single
Party Up (Up in Here) 4:29 DMX ...And Then There Was X
Gin and Juice 3:33 Dr. Dre Chronicles - Death Row Classics
London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines 3:24 Panic! At the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor 2:54 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Pledge of Allegiance 3:38 Louis XIV The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Crazy Bitch (dirty) 3:25 Buckcherry 15
Basket Case 3:03 Green Day Dookie
Thunderstruck 4:52 AC/DC The Razor's Edge
Two Hearts 2:46 Bruce Springsteen The River (Disc 1)
Sloop John B. 2:59 The Beach Boys Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys
Down On The Corner 2:45 Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle, Vol. 1
I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me 3:32 Fall Out Boy From Under the Cork Tree
Tainted Love (7" Single) 2:40 Soft Cell The Very Best of Soft Cell
Bitch 3:38 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Shawty Get Loose 3:35 Lil Mama Shawty Get Loose (feat. T-Pain & Chris Brown) - Single
Like A Prayer 5:52 Madonna The Immaculate Collection
Groove Is In the Heart 3:52 Deee-Lite The Very Best of Deee-Lite
So Happy 4:12 Theory of a Deadman So Happy - Single
Dragula 3:43 Rob Zombie Rob Zombie: Past, Present & Future
Anarchy In The U.K. 3:32 Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks
Ring of Fire 3:52 Social Distortion Greatest Hits
Gravity's Gone 3:33 Drive-By Truckers A Blessing And A Curse
I Will Survive 5:11 Cake Fashion Nugget
Loser 3:57 Beck Mellow Gold
Until The End Of The World 4:38 U2 Achtung Baby
Oxford Comma 3:24 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Put Your Hands On Me 2:58 Joss Stone Introducing Joss Stone
Jump Around 3:36 House Of Pain The Best of House of Pain and Everlast: Shamrocks & Shenanigans
2 Pac Tupac - Changes 4:29
The Best Of Everything 4:03 Tom Petty Playback (2) Spoiled & Mistreated
Tougher Then The Rest 4:35 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love
Let's Get It On 4:03 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits