Chris Stroffolino: October 29, 2006

Fats Domino’s version of “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (except for me and my monkey).

I know it exists, and I can imagine it. But I haven’t actually heard it.
If anybody can send me it I’d be grateful.

1. The Radiants, “Hold On”

   I was really surprised when I found out this song didn’t even crack the top 50. I haven’t even heard it on KPOO, but a DJ at Ghost Town Gallery recently played it, and it just about blew my mind.

2. Wilco,”At Least That What You Said”

   Oh, maybe I really mean Continuous Peasant’s “So Denied.” Or Lionel Richie. I’m told there’s a song he wrote for his drug-addled daughter that has a similar melody

3. The Fabulous Poodles, “Tit Photographer Blues””
   Camper Van Beethoven (to say nothing of classic rock and roll radio (circa ‘56-’73)—”Where The Hell Is Bill?” “Joe Stalin’s Cadillac,” etc)—and The Flaming Lips extended this into the grunge (or post-grunge) era—for a moment.
4. Kate Bush,”Suspended In A Gaffa”
5. Evolution Control Committee, “Now You’re Angry”

   Pretty damn catchy and effective for a so-called ‘spoken word’ piece combined with music. The synths still have soul, the horn parts add guts, the female lead singer/croaker’s voice is pleasing in that sexy/sarcastic kind of way. “I wanna raise, I wanna go home, I want sex. I want a cookie”—-good drums.

6. Counting Crows, “A Murder Of One”

   More 90s retro. I had great hopes for this band largely because of this song. “All your life, it’s a shame shame shame…” Is this “emo”?

7. The Dead Milkmen, “Two Feet Off The Ground”
8. Carly Simon,”That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be”
9. Toots And The Maytals, “Still Is Still Moving To Me”
   Featuring a duet with Willie Nelson; and, yes, he can sing reggae pretty good
10. Bonnie Prince Billy “Hard Life”

    From Will Oldham’s 2003 Master And Everyone album, which was strongly recommended me as a comeback for him. For me, by far, the best song on the album. Since it’s also the last song on the album, I get this sense of a build-up similar to Lou Reed’s _Coney Island Baby_Yes, I feel a little cheated because I’m finally getting really into the album at this point but at only 34 minutes it abruptly ends.