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Still in the afterglow of her show last night at the Fillmore, so of course I’m posting Lucinda Williams.
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Honesty to the level of awkwardness, from someone who’s been a songwriter for thirty years and a bona fide star for ten. A lover of music who isn’t afraid [...]

You don’t need me to tell you Isaac Hayes was the man.
From 1973, here’s Black Moses putting his inimitable stamp on Bill Withers’s “Use Me,” from one of the greatest live recordings I’ve ever heard.
Isaac Hayes - Use Me from Live At The Sahara Tahoe (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)

I’m off for the (U.S.) holiday, but this clip from Urgh! A Music War should tide you over. I’ll be watching it continuously all weekend myself.
Gary Numan - Down In The Park

I’m not sure when I bought the soundtrack to Urgh! A Music War. I think it might have been during my first serious out-of-town record-buying binge (armed with a wish list compiled from many weeks of poring over the Trouser Press Guide To New Wave Records).
Anyways, as far as I was concerned, this was the [...]

Ween doing “Freedom Of ‘76″ on The Jane Pratt Show in 1993, right after Pure Guava came out.

[via Stereogum]

Another classic song I first heard as a cover. It would be years until I heard the original Modern Lovers version of Road Runner, which would prove to be so mighty it would stand on its own — despite the fact that I had heard the Pistols make a beautiful mess of it [...]

Today’s vegetable is from what might be my very favorite album. Purchased at Rasputin for maybe $3 to throw on a tape for our wedding reception, its true value was soon realized. Young (27) Wayne at the height of his powers (before he grew ashamed of his voice), fantastic arrangements played by a [...]