Going Back To Cali
Today's songs:
[MP3] LL Cool J | Going Back To Cali
Obvs.
[MP3] Buffalo Tom | Summer (Acoustic)
Still waiting for that Buffalo Tom show in D.C. C'mon guys, make it happen!
[MP3] The Sundays | Summetime
My love for The Sundays, probably one of my (and John Peel's) favorite bands ever - yet I hardly ever mention them on this site, and lead singer Harriett Wheeler (hubba hubba) knows no bounds and probably deserves a post of it's own. One day... I only got to see them live once, on the Static and Silence tour at the Supper Club in New York. It's a shame they were big before the internet came into it's own. There isn't much info about them online.
[MP3] Superdrag | I'm Expanding My Mind
I always pictured this song, from Superdrag's criminally underrated sophomore album, playing over the closing credits of my as-of-yet unwritten movie about a group of friends going on a road trip out West. That last sentence is about as far as I've gotten on that screenplay, but hey, it's a start. That would be a good post, "Soundtrack to the movie/screenplay I haven't written yet." I'm coming for you Zach Braff. You and Jump Little Children can eff off.
I did a little dance earlier today when I found out the opening band for The National's October show at the Black Cat. As Damore would say...MMMMmmmmmmmmmbest!
Whew, I don't have to see Idlewild now. Not that I was going to.
oh fuck how i love that superdrag record
Harriet is hot.
I saw the Sundays only once. The summer of 1990. (Yo La Tengo opened, people talked through their entire set. It was a very quiet show.) They were sublime. Harriet was more than exceptional. She had a sore throught and could not sing one of the album's songs, so they played everything else and then did "Here's Where the Story Ends" one more time.
Leaf=Best, Braff=Worst. JLC's 'Magazine' & 'Vertigo' lp's are pretty sweet though.
Amen on the Buffalo Tom show -- come to DC, guys! You have fans here.