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Wednesday, September 6, 2006

BestOf: Aerosmith

I thought I'd share my list of the all-time best Aerosmith songs ever. This is, of course, personal opinion, but I'd be interested in hearing about songs that I may have missed. You don't need to tell me that a song sucks and shouldn't be on the list. If it's there, it's because I really like it. But let me know what you think you'd add if you were making the list for you.

Dream On
Mama Kin
Same Old Song and Dance
Train Kept a Rollin'
Toys in the Attic
Walk This Way
Big Ten Inch Record
Sweet Emotion
No More No More
You See Me Crying
Back in the Saddle
Last Child
Rats in the Cellar
Nobody's Fault
Get the Lead Out
Home Tonight
Draw the Line
Come Together
Heart's Done Time
Rag Doll
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Hangman Jury
I'm Down
F.I.N.E.
Love in an Elevator
Helter Skelter
Baby, Please Don't Go
You Gotta Move
I'm Ready
The Movie

Friday, September 1, 2006

Upcoming: Ben Folds Collection

From the Ben Folds web site:

Ben To Release Rarities Collection supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp October 24th!
Ben Folds is set to release supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp, a comprehensive collection of original songs culled from his rare EPs, b-sides, covers and film soundtrack appearances. The album is due in stores October 24th. Boasting remastering and tweaking that was completed at Ben's own studio in Nashville, TN with bassist Jared Reynolds and drummer Lindsay Jamieson, the 12 tracks on supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp also includes covers of "In Between Days" (The Cure), "Get Your Hands Off Of My Woman" (The Darkness) and Ben's own version of the Dr. Dre hit "Bitches Ain't Shit." The tracklisting as as follows:
1. In Between Days
2. All U Can Eat
3. Songs of Love
4. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
5. Learn To Live With What You Are
6. Bitches Ain't Shit
7. Adelaide
8. Rent A Cop
9. Get Your Hands Off My Woman
10. Bruised
11. Dog
12. Still

Nine of these songs are from the three EPs that Ben released in the last few years. "Bruised" is from "The Bens" EP (collaboration between Ben Lee, Ben Folds and Ben Kweller). "Bitches Ain't Shit" is from the "Landed" single, can be had on iTunes and was also on a special vinyl version of Songs For Silverman. I can't find info on "Still" - is this a retitling of "Still In Love" (a collaboration between Ben and William Shatner from Ben's Fear of Pop Volume 1)? Not sure.

Friday, August 25, 2006

Valley Christian Alum

My lovely bride passed along a CD she received as a promotional item from Indie 103.1 at the Fair last month. There were several interesting bands included (which I may note at another time), but the one that grabbed my attention was a classmate from Valley Christian, Greg Laswell. You can check out Greg's music at http://www.myspace.com/greglaswell or http://www.greglaswell.com/

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Upcoming: Jars of Clay - Good Monsters

A new album from Jars of Clay called "Good Monsters" will drop on Sept. 5.

I've loved Jars of Clay since the beginning of time. It's been interesting to follow their maturity into a kind of mellow adult contemporary band. I like it, for I am a contemporary adult after all, but I missed them plugging in and speeding things up a bit. So I was pleased to here that some of the new songs on their web site sound a little more on the energetic side.

So, if you haven't been into Jars of Clay yet or if your interest waned while they got mellow, this is a great time to go to their web site and check the new songs out. I really dig 'em.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Follow Up: Genesis Reunion Rumors

Well, I'm very late on this news, but at least that shortens the time from "the next twelve months" down to less than four. It is kind of strange, though, that there are still "members of Genesis" even though the band has broken up (far as I know). From the official site:

Statement from the members of Genesis

1st December 2005

In the light of current speculation about their activities, the members of the Genesis have issued the following statement through Tony Smith Personal Management:

"There are no decisions by Genesis to perform anywhere whatsoever at this time. This situation will not alter in the next twelve months."

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Even Newer Imperial Drag Songs

You guys may have heard about Imperial Drag releasing nearly twenty songs as Weed files... and then doing it again with nearly twenty more. Well Not Lame records has exclusively released five more Imperial Drag songs. I'm not sure how new this is, but Dan just pointed it out to me today and it was new to me. So I thought I'd share. By the way, if you don't already have the first 36 Imperial Drag songs, be careful getting them from the Not Lame links... they have the same song linked for two different titles: "The Man In The Moon" where it should be "Down With The Man". So you can also find the originals (without that error) here.

Weed files are WMA music files that can be played three times before you need to buy the song. After you do that, you can share the song and have the potential to earn a little money when other people buy your copies of the song. Enjoy.