Evidence Against Our Case

I'm in a movie where boy meets girl]

While looking for something else by Joe Jackson, I found this.

And remembered all over again how much I love it.

What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, Understanding, and Irony

Just like the Rollers...

The Tartan Horde (with Nick Lowe and Rat Scabies from the Damned) pay tribute... of a sort:



And the hows and whys of this particular record:

From Here

Your life is heading in a questionable direction...

The sound comes through the radio.

High in the mountains. Late at night.

The guy who shouldn't be there. The girl he left behind.

Stuck in the radio station. Convinced no one's listening.

Playing her favorite records. Over and over.

Reading from her letters. The letters that she sent him.

Reading them on air. For the people who won't listen.

The snow is coming down now. And soon it will get harder.

And soon it covers everything. Except for that one sound.



And if you think you can outdrive it. If you think you can get away.

If you think you can cross over the mountain range. And you won't hear it anymore.

You've got another thought coming.

And another. And another.

While the songs keep on coming. And the guy keeps on talking.

And the snow falls in front of you. Blanketing, blinding.

Your headlights keep moving you forward. Because you'll never go back.

Everything's Good in the World Tonight

He's really got a hold...

Celebrating a singular voice.


Twice.

Queen Bee

Stop everything and watch this

Hafdis Huld has a new album coming out and here's a video for "Queen Bee" one of the songs on it.

After years in the city, Hafdis Huld moved to the countryside and her neighbor Jon gave her a dog. To thank him, she wrote this song.

And then Alisdair Wright did this video... which is completely magical and wonderful and enchanting.

One Poor Correspondent

Too Too Hard To Find

From 39 years ago.

A perfect mid-70s mixture of tunefulness, self-indulgence, profundity, and lazy, lazy lyrics.



Produced by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick, who clearly learned something from all those Beatle records.

And as a bonus, from the same album, here's another one:

American Compare and Contrast

Out on 441 like waves crashing on the beach


Roger McGuinn:


Taylor Swift:


Foxes & Fossils:


Frank Turner:


Cruiserweight:


The Howling Tongues:


And Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: