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It's called Captain's Dead. You probably have been reading it for years. I'm slow, forgive me. Husker Du (sorry, no umlauts available) and Grant Lee Buffalo are there, among others.
Weather is horrible and anyway, I've been down all week with a nasty cold, so I wouldn't have been up to it anyhow. Obviously, the return of the AOTP podcast is on hold as well. Last night was the first night since Saturday that I got a decent amount of uninterrupted sleep. (On Wednesday night, there was a two-hour stretch where I was waking up every 15 minutes because I couldn't breathe.)
On the bright side, Kim and I went to Baltimore/D.C. to visit with my good friend Michael, his wife Rona and their girls. We hit the following sights:
Capitol Steps - tepid political humor for people who can't handle The Daily Show.
Amicci's - stumbled into this one after wandering around Little Italy for a bit - good food!
The National Aquarium in Baltimore - if you like fish. The 4D Theater is pretty wild.
Maryland Science Center at Baltimore - We didn't actually get to the science part. Michael and I saw U23D on the IMAX screen here. It was quite overstimulating. and wiped me out pretty good.
Baltimore Maritime Museum - Not a museum in the truest sense. It's actually a series of ships and subs that you walk through. Not for the claustrophobic. We had to settle for this one on Sunday becauase the aquarium and the science museum were overflowing.
The CD burner at the station died a couple of weeks ago, so now there's no way to record the show. Since I'm off on winter break next week, I'm thinking about going back to the original AOTP podcast as a way to promote the show on HGRNJ.
By the way, HGR is now a non-profit organization, so the URL will be moving to homegrownradionj.org (or hgrnj.org). Adjust your bookmarks accordingly.
Suck it, Cheatriots.
A repost (for Jason). Learn more about The Brilliant Corners.
01. The Brilliant Corners - Somebody up there likes me
02. The Brilliant Corners - Teenage
03. The Brilliant Corners - Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
04. The Brilliant Corners - She's dead
05. The Brilliant Corners - Never a young girl
06. The Brilliant Corners - Oh
07. The Brilliant Corners - Your feet never touch the ground
08. The Brilliant Corners - Father like son
09. The Brilliant Corners - Trust me
10. The Brilliant Corners - Forever
11. The Brilliant Corners - Can't wait that long
12. The Brilliant Corners - With a kiss
13. The Brilliant Corners - Sixteen years
14. The Brilliant Corners - Meet me on Tuesdays
15. The Brilliant Corners - Jim's room
16. The Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix
17. The Brilliant Corners - Trudy is a squeel
18. The Brilliant Corners - Please please please
19. The Brilliant Corners - Delilah Sands
20. The Brilliant Corners - I don't want to talk to you
21. The Brilliant Corners - Love it I lost it
22. The Brilliant Corners - The Pope, the monkey and the Queen
23. The Brilliant Corners - The ghost of a girl
Bonus: The video for "Why do you have to go out with him when you could go out with me?"
So instead of being coy about it, here's For Against's 1995 album, Mason's California Lunchroom, released on the Rainbow Quartz label.
Going for $30 or more everywhere that I can see: Amazon, MusicStack, GEMM.
Great record! I always loved this super-obscure band from Lincoln, NE. If you like what you hear, a few of their earlier works are now available on eMusic and have been rereleased in physical form on the Words On Music label.
BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD, A SMALL FAVOR:
After an extensive inventory process carried out throughout 2007, it has come to my attention that I am missing a number of CDs (at least 50 in number) that I was certain I had but now cannot find. Many of them are relatively easy to obtain, but here are a few that will be quite difficult to capture.
#1 - Shelf life by For Against. Received this as a promo in my You Could Do Worse days (1997). No idea where it is now. Very difficult to find - none of the usual suspects carry it.
(Finally found it for $12 on half.com!)
#2 - Broken toy shop by E. A bit pricey these days, usually between $20 and $40. With all the interest in Eels these days, you'd think some enterprising record label would rerelease this one.
(My friend Chris will hook me up with a copy of this one.)
#3 - Let's skip the details by My Dad Is Dead. Another one I'm certain I had. Could get it for around $20, but I'm holding out for a bit.
(Let's skip the details can be found at this page on the MDID website, along with a few others.)
IF YOU CAN HOOK ME UP IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WITH THESE GEMS, YOU WILL MAKE A FRIEND FOR LIFE!
