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Re: Seeger Sessions: American Land Edition

jefito — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:10:46 -0000

Yeah...I'm sort of pissed about this too.

And will also be buying it.

Re: A Year Since Katrina

jefito — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:13:24 -0000

Thanks for the great post, Pete--I'll be sharing it with my readers shortly. I'll also be reviewing the new Dirty Dozen Brass Band CD, out today, titled "What's Goin' On." It's a re-recording of the Marvin Gaye classic, done in the inimitable DDBB style, with proceeds going toward relief efforts. Check it out!

Re: What A Fool Believesapalooza

jefito — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:07:46 -0000

I've heard Peter Cox's version of "Fool," and the remix of Peter Cox's version of "Fool." Together, they are possibly the only two songs whose shittiness have actually made me angry. Peter Cox is the Death Star of blue-eyed soul.

Re: Sesame Street Kicks It Old School

jefito — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:36:06 -0000

I totally just fucking bought this. You just cost me $30, you dick.
P.S. I ordered it through your site, so you should get, like, a few cents from the sale. Congratulations.

Re: Best Album Title since…

jefito — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:15:51 -0000

Saw a review of this in EW and wanted it right away...despite the fact that my brief mid-'90s stint as a DJ at a college station has forever soured me on every band with the words "Yo," "La," or "Tengo" in its name.

Re: Barenaked Ladies Make It Damn Near Impossible

jefito — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:43:14 -0000

And as we've discussed previously, my copy has TWELVE tracks.
Masterful work here. I will alert my readers shortly.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 1

jefito — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:03:05 -0000

Yesssssssssss...they're drawing you in...This is gonna be good. I can't wait.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 1

jefito — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:03:05 -0000

Yesssssssssss...they're drawing you in...This is gonna be good. I can't wait.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 1

jefito — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:45:31 -0000

There's a great little essay about "guilty pleasures," and why that's such a ridiculous, offensive concept, in the new Klosterman book. Buy it! Through Jason's site, even!

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 1

jefito — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:45:31 -0000

There's a great little essay about guilty pleasures, and why that's such a ridiculous, offensive concept, in the new Klosterman book. Buy it! Through Jason's site, even!

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 2

jefito — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:25:22 -0000

I'm not sure exactly how or why, but I think attempting to gas one's self to death with an electric oven is an incredibly apt metaphor for the music of Paul Davis.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, Pt. 2

jefito — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:25:22 -0000

I'm not sure exactly how or why, but I think attempting to gas one's self to death with an electric oven is an incredibly apt metaphor for the music of Paul Davis.

Re: CHART ATTACK!#2: 10/6/90

jefito — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:44:38 -0000

So are you saying that if Rod Temperton released his own version of "Sweet Freedom" now, that he'd be covering Michael McDonald?

Re: CHART ATTACK!#2: 10/6/90

jefito — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:44:38 -0000

So are you saying that if Rod Temperton released his own version of Sweet Freedom now, that he'd be covering Michael McDonald?

Re: CHART ATTACK!#2: 10/6/90

jefito — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:20:45 -0000

Hmm. So it's Rod Temperton's fault that people are too lazy to know he wrote "Sweet Freedom"? Look, asscheeks, if you didn't write the song, you covered it, regardless of whether your version winds up becoming the definitive one. Nobody's saying you're obligated to do anything. Jesus H. Christ. I'm sure there are people who think Michael Bolton recorded the "definitive" version of "When a Man Loves a Woman." You and I would call these people stupid. However, there are also people who would call anyone who doesn't know who wrote "My Girl" an idiot. Rather than debating the degrees of stupidity here, I submit that if you record something someone else wrote, it's a cover, and that's the end of the goddamn story, regardless of what Actor Boy dug up on Wikipedia.

Re: CHART ATTACK!#2: 10/6/90

jefito — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:20:45 -0000

write the song, you covered it, regardless of whether your version winds up becoming the definitive one. Nobody's saying you're obligated to do anything. Jesus H. Christ. I'm sure there are people who think Michael Bolton recorded the definitive version of When a Man Loves a Woman. You and I would call these people stupid. However, there are also people who would call anyone who doesn't know who wrote My Girl an idiot. Rather than debating the degrees of stupidity here, I submit that if you record something someone else wrote, it's a cover, and that's the end of the goddamn story, regardless of what Actor Boy dug up on Wikipedia.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 3

jefito — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:03:12 -0000

Benny resembles a young Rue McLanahan in that cover photo.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 3

jefito — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:03:12 -0000

Benny resembles a young Rue McLanahan in that cover photo.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 3

jefito — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:17:12 -0000

Benny Mardones made his first million after he turned 30?He's made more than one?I'm totally fucking intrigued by this notion. God bless America.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 3

jefito — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:17:12 -0000

Benny Mardones made his "first" million after he turned 30?He's made more than one?I'm totally fucking intrigued by this notion. God bless America.

Re: Mixed Nuts

jefito — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:31:18 -0000

Thanks for the blove, Brother Pete! And don't tell anybody, but there are more 'Heads shows where that one came from...

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 5

jefito — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:08:52 -0000

Where the hell are all the goddamn comments? This is brilliant -- some primo fucking blogging right here. Everyone with Web access needs to get his or her lazy ass in here and partake of the glory of these posts.Seriously. This piddling handful of comments is embarrassing. It says something awful about the state of our nation. Shit.

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 5

jefito — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:08:52 -0000

Re: Two years!

jefito — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:33:16 -0000

Get a room!

Re: Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 8

jefito — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:27:26 -0000

I'm listening to Lauren Wood right now, and I feel like I'm in a fern bar. Wearing velour.Also, I've never seen Pretty Woman. This is something I've been proud of for nearly seventeen years.