Thanks for the Obner link Slosh. I don't think much of Tool, but my son's are just discovering them and this will make for decent enough Rio fodder. I've got a buddy who is a Tool fanatic. He's got hundreds of Boots and is making a DVD collection of 12 of his best for my boys. They will be playground legends before this is all over...

The BTS album hasn't done much of anything for me as of yet. Of course my experience is limited to Ancient Melodies but I don't find myself pulling that one out much, if ever. Weird how something I figured would be a great find ain't ringing a single bell for me. I'll hang with it for a while. You never know.

I like the Calexico but just about any band could have done most of these songs. They do sound good but this isn't why I listen to Calexico in the first place. I do like it a lot more than the BTS though.

I've spent a lot of time with the Reindeer Section lately. Maybe just biding my time waiting for the new Snow Patrol. Heard a couple of the tracks with interviews that I grabbed off DAD and really like 2 out of three so I have some high hopes for this. Oh, and the new Appleseed cast remains incredibly high on my list.

Need to check out Loons and Liars though.

Nice thread, I haven't fared too well on my own.

jc