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MORE NEW OLD VINYLThe Drunken Fool and I went Vinyl shopping the other day. Here's my latest haul:XTC - 'Skylarking' and 'Black Sea'It turns out that I already had 'Skylarking' so it goes to The...
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RECORD RELEASE PARTYSaturday night, at Southpaw (125 5th ave, Brooklyn), Himalaya is proudly hosting their record release party.It's a great record, recorded at Smoke and Mirrors over the better part...
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LEFSETZ GETS A SEVEN INCH PLATFORM BOOT IN THE ASSAnyone who has read this blog for a few years may remeber how much I hate Bob fucking Lefsetz, the weasel who thinks he knows everything about the...
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SHOPPING LISTThe recent inventory of the vinyl collection - my one true obsession - has resulted in a list of records that are needed, wheather as replacements for lost or stolen albums, or just plain...
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FLEETWOOD MAC @ MSGWow. I really wasn't expecting a high energy, balls out, Rock show, but that's what Fleetwood Mac delivered on Thursday night.As Lyndsey Buckhingham told us from the stage after the...
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IT HAPPENED(not the actual iPod)Thanks to The Drunken Fool and Figo. It's already full of Metal.
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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: FIGO TOUR 2009Entry One:So, I'm sorry that I've been so lax about posting, but I've eaten up over 1,500 miles in the past three days - 'Been ten thousand miles, been in fifteen...
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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: FIGO TOUR 2009 (Part Two)In Chicago for another day, we have an early all ages show tonight at The Metro. The Lovely Missus Daly, The Drunken Fool's better half joined us last...
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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: FIGO TOUR 2009 (Part Three - Home Again)Phew! That shit ain't fuckin' easy. Why couldn't this have happened when I was young and more resilient? Every day that passed brought me...
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THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF FIGO TOUR 2009I'm off the tour for a spell, but the Drunken Fool has started a Figo Tour Blog so y'all can follow along as the boys head down the east coast deep into the...
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MADDEN RETIRES, JACKSON SIGHSWith so few competent commentators broadcasting these days, it's with a sad heart that I wish John Madden a happy retirement. I'll miss his total lack of bullshit, his...
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NOT A MOMENT TOO SOONTonight @ 8pm @ Trash Bar I will finally Get Help.Check the NPR write-up, or the Absolute Punk review in which Smoke and Mirrors actually gets a nod.At any rate, I like Get Help,...
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GET HELP @ TRASH BARIt's always cool to see a band play stuff you recorded, and doubly so when you genuinely enjoy the material. It was such an occasion tonight at Trash Bar when Get Help took the...
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THE LEGAL DIVA'S VINYL HAULMy Lady went vinyl shopping. She's amazing. This is what she got:Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili PeppersThis unbelievable vinyl package of a well loved and oft blogged about...
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THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF NEW OLD VINYLAnd so the collection grows:David Bowie - Never Let Me DownThe album that launched the spectacle of crap that was the Glass Spider Tour marks the height of...
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VINYL, NEW AND USEDThe surprising news of Michael Jackson's death will have it's impact upon the record collection. The Legal Diva and I do not have a copy of either 'Off the Wall' or 'Thriller', two...
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JACKSON'S REACTION TO THE DEATH OF JACKSONMichael died on Thursday. It's now Saturday, and my two most frequented television channels - MSNBC and VH1 Classic - are both still in round the clock MJ...
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THAT REPRESENT MANNear as I can tell it comes from Muddy. The boastful first person narrative set to song. Muddy told you he was a Man, then he told you how to spell it."Now when I was a young boy, at...
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1309!I am pleased to announce that The Legal Diva broke 1300 on the last vinyl haul she pulled down in Chuck-Town last week. This load features more brand new 180 gram reissues*. Papa Robbie was on...
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1317!A while back, when Charlton was in town, we went by Generation Records, ostensibly to find the new Mawell release - they didn't have it. You can't just go buy a new record in NYC anymore. At any...
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105 Concerts01: Atlanta Rhythm Section (Steppenwolf was on the bill, but they bailed and we got The Mushroom Band as the opening act. Early 79? Ike Hall, West Point, NY. First exposure to the smell of...
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HEY CONGRESS, FUCK YOUI hope they all die horrible painful and expensive deaths.
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HOW YA BEENOkay, to catch up, I found work at Burger World, the Legal Diva is now a Pickle Person, much has changed, but so little has changed. American politics is still fucked despite the tide of...
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MARCAt some point in '83 or '84 Pat Wilson came home with a copy of The Slider. It pretty much changed everything. Within a short amount of time I owned the trilogy that marked the zenith of T....
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