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Let’s Pull Away Over Nature’s Forces

Robyn Hitchcock, Groovy Decay – This was Robyn’s second solo album, from 1982. And it was not particularly successful, so it was kind of difficult to find. While I prefer to purchase things in physical form when possible, I bought both this and the demo … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Authors, Beatles, Christmas, Families, Holidays, Humor, Language, Minus 5, Monkees, Music, Robert Rankin, Robyn Hitchcock, Sexuality, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, groovy decay, groovy decoy, let the war against music begin, my failed christmas career, my failed songwriting career |

I May Be Wrong, I’ll Pay for It

Cracker, Bob’s Car – This 1995 fan club release was recently made available to the general public. I’d previously heard some of the songs on it, but not all. It’s largely a collection of stuff the band did in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Ben Folds, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Humor, janelle monae, jenny lewis, Minus 5, Music, Poetry, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Sexuality, sparks, Video | Tagged bob's car, calling cortez, david lowery, f.s.k., flamingos, grace jones, johnny hickman, joy'all, kim jong-un, neil young, roger miller, scott mccaughey, the age of pleasure, the girl is crying in her latte, veronica lake, what matters most |

Protect the Lifeforce

Here’s some music I’ve been listening to, and all of these albums were actually released on Bandcamp. I usually buy the CDs when they’re available, even though I mostly listen on the computer, and it’s easier to download thsn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Animals, Beatles, Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Minus 5, Music, Robyn Hitchcock, Technology | Tagged arnie kjelsrud mathison, bandcamp, cats, charlie francis, che guevara, david lowery, debbie petersen, dogs, elvis presley, frode stromstad, george harrison, jenny lewis, laura kidd, life after infinity, mao tse-tung, ned's atomic dustbin, no ones, obey robots, once in a thousand, penfriend, peter buck, phil ochs, plesiosaurs, scott mccaughey, she makes war, vending machine, victor krummenacher |

Friends Are Breaking Up, Friends Are Breaking Down

I don’t think I’d realized until recently that the two bands Scott McCaughey leads had released new albums in the past two years. Scott suffered a stroke in 2017, and forgot his entire body of work, but eventually was able … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Health, Minus 5, Music, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged boris vian, conrad uno, howard hughes, kurt bloch, nicholas musuraca, nostalgia, rip torn, rko radio pictures, scott mccaughey, stroke manor, tad hutchison, toxic youth, val lewton, wynonie harris |

Killing John Barleycorn

“John Barleycorn” is a British folk song with written versions dating back to the sixteenth century, personifying the barley crop as a dying and reborn figure. It can get pretty graphic about the torments heaped upon poor John, who is … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Christianity, Drugs, Food, Frank Black/Black Francis, Holidays, Minus 5, Music, Mythology, Passover, Poetry, Religion | Tagged alcohol, beer, beowa, fast man raider man, harvest, jesus, john barleycorn, john barleycorn must die, john barleycorn must live, johnny barleycorn, kathleen herbert, let the war against music begin, rebirth, resurrection, robert burns, scott mccaughey, traffic, whiskey |

Our Christmas Monkees

The Monkees, Christmas Party – The new Monkees record is a collection of Christmas songs, some old and some new. I like Christmas music (as well as winter music that gets lumped in with it because no one wants to … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Christmas, Holidays, Minus 5, Monkees, Music, XTC | Tagged adam schlesinger, alex chilton, andy partridge, christmas party, davy jones, michael chabon, mike nesmith, paul mccartney, peter buck, peter tork, rivers cuomo, scott mccaughey |

I Can’t Turn Off What Turns Me On

I don’t know why, but it’s become more difficult for me to review music as of late. Part of it is probably just that I don’t get a chance to listen as much as I used to, but I’ve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Amanda Palmer, Minus 5, Music, Young Fresh Fellows | Tagged annie clark, bill rieflin, corin tucker, david bowie, donald trump, edward ka-spel, filthy friends, i can spin a rainbow, invitation, kim boekbinder, krist novoselic, legendary pink dots, masseduction, noisewitch, peter buck, r.e.m., scott mccaughey, sleater-kinney, st. vincent, veronica varlow |

I Can’t Pretend to Be Someone Who Pretends to Be Someone Else

Here are some thoughts on the four albums I received for Christmas: The Rutles, Archaeology – Shortly after the release of the Beatles’ Anthology project, Neil Innes reunited with John Halsey and Ricky Fataar to record a new album of … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Beatles, Humor, Minus 5, Music | Tagged archaeology, dungeon golds, everything is beautiful, fun! fun! fun!, george formby, george harrison, john halsey, marcella puppini, neil innes, puppini sisters, r.a. the rugged man, ricky fataar, rutles, scott mccaughey, scott the hoople in the dungeon of horror, shonen knife |

Father’s on the Drink Again

A song I heard a week or so ago that I hadn’t listened to in a while is “Story,” by the Minus 5, which is on their first album Old Liquidator. It’s a pretty amusing track, basically a short story … Continue reading →

Posted in Etymology, Minus 5, Music, Neko Case, New Pornographers | Tagged alcohol, dan bejar, franz kafka, graham greene, scott mccaughey, story, streets of fire, the power and the glory, whiskey |