a request

A friend of mine asked me why I haven't posted any Tom Waits. So here you go, my favorite Tom Waits song.

local act

Today's song is by a pretty awesome band from the town I live in. They moved away, sadly, earlier this year and aren't really performing that much anymore, but I had the privileged of seeing these guys multiple times and hanging out with them. It helps that I used to work with the bass player. If you ever get a chance to see them live, I highly recommend it. Here is The Uptown Bums with Throw Your Money Away.

Childhood memories

When I was in kindergarten, I had a friend that I did everything with. We were always spending the night at each others house and would stay up as late as we could. There was one song we would listen to non-stop, which I'm sure annoyed both of our parents. Every time I hear this song, I remember being a little kid and running around like an idiot.

I have to be at work in less than 6 hours, I don't know why I am not in bed right now. Tonight's song was the inspiration for the title of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. Hope you enjoy, it is a fantastic song.

lacking my joie de vivre

Continuing in the theme of Sad Bastard music, today's song is by the Decemberists.

A sharp suit and a kipper tie, A big arrow pointing to my fly

Today's song is by the amazing Belle and Sebastian. Yes they do sad bastard music (for you fans of High Fidelity out there) but this song absolutely cracks me up. And the music video makes it even funnier.

Under appreciated 80's music

Today's song is by a band I feel is greatly under appreciated when it comes to 80's music. Sure everyone has heard of Jenny (867-5309) and Come on Eileen, but how many people remember Wall of Voodoo.