happy independent record store day!!

today is national independent record store day. i hope you got and supported you favorite local record store. me? i went to music millenium and dropped some cash. got the new black francis and the new ray davies. also got a re-issue of 'raw power' and a great ronnie lane collection.
you all know how much i love record stores. i get lost in them. there are so many choices. and any one you make may change your life. like, what if you never heard 'pet sounds'? or 'tim'? or 'little'? or 'rock bottom'? or... or... or the thousands of others i've never heard of? what if you picked them up on a whim today? wouldn't that be amazing?
so go. go buy yourself some music.
before you can only do it online.
ugh.

Springsteen - Sandy

RIP Danny Federici.

Wussy - In the Studio

you should get to know wussy.

Vic Chesnutt - Supernatural

that voice. my god.

what's going ahn

i'm sure you've all been curious as to what yer old friend the feeb has been up to lately. well, this is it. my latest purchases. some are 3 buck finds some i paid the full monty for. here goes:

1. j. geils bamd-love stinks
2. various artists- instrumental music of the southern appalachians
3. ornette coleman- skies of america
4. the gutter twins- saturnalia
5. robert pollard- superman was a rocker
6. bonnie 'prince' billy- ask forgiveness
7. nick cave & the bad seeds- dig!!!lazarus dig!!!

recomended: ornette coleman, nick cave, and bonnie 'prince' billy.
really good: instrumental music of the southern appalachians, j. geils band
average: the gutter twins
disapointing: pollard

sorry, bob, but i've put up with alot.

XTC-Dear God

this one is for pete.

i got a message for you

and it's an apology. the other day i slighted the beloved pavement. today, in a reflective mood, i put on 'slanted and enchanted'. it's fucking great. who am i kidding? i love pavement. true, i love the fall more, and pavement does indeed owe them a tremendous debt. but i was unfair. malkmus is a genius songwriter. listen to 'trigger cut' if you don't believe me. and 'slanted' and 'crooked rain, crooked rain' are two of the best albums ever. shit, they're better than 'code:selfish'. sorry kids.