Today's playlist (12/22/2007)

Radiohead- Pablo Honey
Radiohead- My Iron Lung ep

With all of the current buzz surrounding In Rainbows I thought that I'd revisit the early Radiohead. I'm glad that I did, especially the Iron Lung ep. 'The Trickster' and 'Lewis (Mistreated)' are two of my favorite Radiohead tunes.

Today's playlist (12/17/2007)

Tosca- Different Tastes of Honey

Today's playlist (12/14/2007)

Webb Wilder- About Time

Today's playlist (12/13/2007)

Tosca- Opera

The Gourds- Heavy Ornamentals
Another case of really trying to like this disc. Same as with The Raveonettes. It's not that either are bad- and they're both pretty good- it's just that neither really moves me. And as far as the Raveonettes go, if I want to listen something new that's descended from the Velvet Underground and Jesus and Mary Chain then I've always got A Place to Bury Strangers.

Wynton Marsalis- From the Plantation to the Penitentiary

Drive

Subconsciously I didn't give my hometown 'alternative' newsweekly enough credit. I had grown tired of their myopic topics; it seemed like a majority of their subject matter was the prevention of corporate America from permeating Knoxville. Almost everything else was about the lack of mass transit. Sure, it would be fantastic if Knoxville cared about its past, and every square foot exuded history like New Orleans. But if most people want their shopping choices narrowed only to Old Navy, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Chili's, Walgreen's, and Olive Garden, well, this is a democracy and the majority rules. But I digress. I was just picking up Metro Pulse out of habit when I would pass the newspaper rack at the grocery store.

Jack Neely's thought-provoking cover story 'The Quiet Disaster' proved to me that I needed to rethink my previous position.

I don't really contemplate driving anymore. I can remember when I was 14 or 15 and how much I craved a driver's license. Now it's a chore more than anything else. 'The Quiet Disaster' caused me to reflect on the mundane everyday act of operating an automobile. And not just my driving habits, but, as the story inspired me to do, America's violent automotive nonchalance.

Today's playlist (12/7/2007)

The Smiths- Same Day Again

Today's playlist (12/4/2007)

Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers- Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1