Tuesday! And you know what that means...

[Mike]

Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads, I suppose Thompson might be an acquired taste with his baritone voice but this disc is something special with some lovely acoustic guitar and a really nice recording too.

Efterklang – Tripper, minimalist electronica with strings and subtle backbeats I think they are Danish but not sure. You have to be in the mood for it, but if you are it’s well worth a listen.

Death Cab For Cutie – Plans
Laura Veirs – Years of Meteors
The Clientelle – Strange Geometry
Mars Volta – Frances The Mute
Earlimart – Treble and Tremble
A comp of my own, Shadow Of A Man

Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World, turning into a grower. Yer right Davey he does have a real Peter Gabriel vocal style that’s infectious. It’s a really nice album, not flash or commercial just doing what they do best.

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions, haven’t listened to this in a while but seeing he has a recent one out which has been getting rave reviews made me pull this out what a classic album. Sadly his latest from the samples I heard I won’t be rushing out to buy.

Cheers
Mike

ps Good luck with the tests Jar hope it works out ok

[ToddL]

The Books - Lost & Safe
Beck - Guero
Augie March - Strange Bird
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Nada Surf - The Weight is...
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
Neil Young - Prairie Wind
Pernice Brothers - Nobody's Watching (Live)
Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter

Bill

How was the Nada Surf?

[Finch Platte]

Also picked up an Umphrey's McGee disc as well. It's in the car . . . It had a googlemap of Chicago on the cover. Like a cross between Phish and Dixie Dregs. Quirky, fast and complex.

Umphrey's McGee- heard of 'em?

Where'dja get it?

fp

[magno@mac.com]

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Umphrey's McGee- heard of 'em?

Where'dja get it?

fp

[Troy]

Umphrey's McGee- heard of 'em?

Where'dja get it?

fp

I found it used on the weekend. It's pretty darn good. I think you might like it.

I saw them on TV recently and they smoked.

[Jim Clark]

Nothing to report, no time. But I was saddened to read about Masonjar. Jar, I hope they're able to nail it down and get it corrected very soon. Knowing how miserable an illness can be, I hope and pray for nothing but the best for you.

Regards,
jc

[-Jar-]

Nothing to report, no time. But I was saddened to read about Masonjar. Jar, I hope they're able to nail it down and get it corrected very soon. Knowing how miserable an illness can be, I hope and pray for nothing but the best for you.

Regards,
jc

Thanks so much Jim. I appreciate your thoughts. And I can now report that the problem IS nailed down.

Gall Stones.

Doh.

At least we know!

I guess I'll be going under the knife pretty soon..

Oy.

-jar

[BarryL]

Nobody even wants an ELO album produced by Jeff Lynn.

Maybe a Paul McCartney album produced by Jeff Lynn would be good for both their careers.

[Troy]

I guess I'll be going under the knife pretty soon..

-jar

That sucks!

Good luck on the surgery.

[Dusty Chalk]

Gall Stones...I guess I'll be going under the knife pretty soon..Oy...

Good luck with that...

[BarryL]

Gall Stones.

I guess I'll be going under the knife pretty soon..

-jar

It's true what they say, sometimes bad things happen to good people. Don't go lingering in the hospital though. They're not safe.

[Davey]

Augie March - Strange Bird

Any thoughts on that one Bill? Been almost a year now since I picked up my copy, and listening to it right now, and still seems like a very nice CD. Lots of depth in the music and words. That opening "The Vineyard" has always reminded me a little of "Golden Slumbers" from Abbey Road. But when that ornate opener finishes, they launch with a running start right into "This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers" and really set the hook in me. Some of that Split Enz that Dave G was just mentioning along the way, and some Kinks, and a few other familiar signposts, but it all makes for a pretty nice road trip.

Or does it blow chunky pieces of hippo genitalia? In which case, I hope you didn't buy it on my rec