So they tell me it's Tuesday - what you got?

[Jim Clark]

Isn't that why we love Calexico? And Giant Sand? Well, only once in awhile. And remember that band I was real big on a couple years ago called Tracker right after their Polk CD came out? Love that sound. I thought that sounded quite a bit like Ridgway and the gang, albeit not as new wavey. But some of it was goofy enough. And it does have that film noir feel like much of Ridgway's work. Maybe too subdued for you. Nice version of Eno's instrumental Somber Reptiles too. Maybe too indie since it does draw from many bands in the community. I think Tricky Ricky got a copy and gave it a limp thumb up. Screw him! I give it a double stiffy!

http://cdbaby.com/cd/tracker?cdbaby=...ffb1f488165bb0

Calexico does have it's moments. Sadly the snorefest that is the iron and wine/calexico resulted in an album that only tentoze could love. OK, maybe a couple of others too (cheezy smile). Never heard much Giant Sand, what I have listened to I guess didn't exactly motivate me to run out to the record store. Guess I haven't listened to the right tracks!

jc

[Davey]

Calexico does have it's moments. Sadly the snorefest that is the iron and wine/calexico resulted in an album that only tentoze could love. OK, maybe a couple of others too (cheezy smile). Never heard much Giant Sand, what I have listened to I guess didn't exactly motivate me to run out to the record store. Guess I haven't listened to the right tracks!

jc

Yea, Giant Sand would probably be hit and miss with you. Guess I never sent you a copy of my Giant Sand comp, but they're an old band that almost goes back to that same time, except no new wave flowing in their blood. They (Howe Gelb and the Calexico boys) spend a lot of time in the Neil Young and Lou Reed mode, except with some desert sand in the mix. Sometimes pretty fun, though. Dream Syndicate and Steve Wynn satisfy some of that same craving for goat tacos that I often have. But that's all old stuff too. Guess you're right. Maybe there's a good reason - have you really listened to any of those old WOV records lately

Dismemberment Plan was kind of like WOV, wasn't it? Giuess you didn't really get caught up in that band like some of us. Enon too. In fact, Enon is the modern WOV. John Schemersal = Stan Ridgway? Maybe ...

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/enon.html
The songs on Enon's 2000 debut album, Believo!, vary widely, deriving character as much from bizarre samples, vocal overdubbing, crackly vinyl sounds, and totally messed up pots-and-pans percussion as from the melodies themselves. What they all share is a brilliantly unhinged quality and a booming catchiness. If you took cartoon music, made it rock, then made it dangerous, you'd have Enon. Their 2002 sophomore album, High Society, stretched the group's sound into a more straightforward live rock sound, thanks partly to the departures of electronics whiz Lee and percussionist Calhoon (who recommitted to their old band). Here Toko Yasuda of The Lapse contributes several dancey pop tunes, adding an entirely new facet to Enon's sound, while Matt Shultz took over on drums.

[Troy]

Yes, that WOV aspect is what I like about Calexico. Still, there is no GRIT in Calexico. Where's the weird, distorted analog synths? Where's the searingly sarcastic lyrics? Where's the attitude?

Occasionally the band Clinic captures some of that "putting your tongue on a 9V battery" feeling WOV delivered, but they were kinda one-note Johnnys for me.

Steve Wynn? Meh. Too Safeway, like Chris Isaac.

No, I like Calexico, but their low key delivery fulfills only one aspect (the Tex-mex desert vibe) of Wall of Voodoo's overall appeal for me.

Convict Pool was a snore too.

I'm with Jim, I've never head anything quite like Wall of Voodoo. One of the most unique bands I've ever heard.

[nobody]

No time for much detail, but I did crank Husker Du: Zen Arcade through headphones today at work and was blown away all over again. Never got too into Sugar or Mould's solo stuff, but Zen Arcade is simplay fantastic.

Also beenm playing a ton of ska lately, mostly some Trojan records 3 disc sets and a 3 disc Treasure Island ska/rocksteady collection. I could listen to this stuff for days on end. I also pulled out an early 90s Bad Manners disc with silly stuff like them covering First Cut is the Deepest with a reggae/ska feel. Just good stupid fun.

Right now, I'm listening to Roky Erickson far too loud as to what should be healthy for a man of my age. DON'T SLANDER ME!

Been a bit of a fogey lately...not much new stuff...partly for bein' broke and partly 'cause I just love some of the stuff I've already got

OK...gotta run. Later.