The Ear Hole

Sweet Defeat

I know it's shown its face here before, but what a perfectly apt title to quilt the heartbreaking defeat of the NHL's most fellated team...and right in front of their own fellated fans, no less. 

Detroit Cobras - It's Raining

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And some insult to injury:

Pharcyde - Ya Mama (Matt Dike Remix)

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Ah, loss. Nice work, Wings. 

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On the other hand, victory. I happened to be listening to this Neal Evans jam as Obama wrapped up his it's-pretty-much-in-the-bag speech Tuesday night. The tune seemed to work pretty well against his triumphant gait. Make it happen, B.O. campaign team. 

Neal Evans - The Shakedown

Buy it at Royal Family Recordings

And bookmark that site while you're at it. 

An aside: Olbermann likened the Obama outcome to Neil Armstrong's moon landing. Slow up, Keith. Better leave some room for November. 

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Speaking of filthy organs, how about these?

 

Jimmy McGriff - Red Sails in the Sunset 

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Enri - The Performer

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Robert Walter - Rivers of Babylon

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Lettuce - Dizzer

Buy it on amazon

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Coming up: new Mason Jennings, Black Keys/Crowes, NMA, Conchords, Atmosphere, Old 97s, Sean Costello and Richard Julian.

My CD drive has been broken for months, so I'm stalling. As soon as I fix that bitch, I'm all yours.

Rad Against The Milk

What's with this upcoming Rad Girls show on Fuse? Quite a misogynistic trailer, no?. That milk thing is a bit unsettling; particularly Johnny Porno’s background commentary. Oh well...if it's as tactful as Pants-Off Dance-Off, I'm in.

The Rage reunion is less than a week away, friends. I'll do my best to post a couple rare—or at least unblogged—RATM tracks each day 'til Coachella. Wish I could be there.

Let's start with a couple early joints:

RATM—Darkness

RATM—The Narrows

Vexings pt. 2

Entities and organisms without which I could survive:

Coors Light ad campaigns (current in particular)
Capers
Jared
Mormons
Kurt Warner
Wind chill
david caruso*
Squirrels
Dr. Scholl's ads (all)
February
Bam Margera
Skunks
John Gruden
FreeCreditReport.com
New Jersey Devils fans

*punctuation intentional

on the slide

This morning I awoke from a two-month hibernation to discover -- in addition to a damp mattress -- that I'd been transplanted to a cattle ranch in the plains of southern Oregon. Still trying to figure out who or what is responsible for shipping me out here. Impressive.

In the meantime, the world and I have a lot of catching up to do. Lots of stuff going on out there, but the one headline really choked me up concerned the impending incarceration of my beloved soul flower, Warren Jeffs. I hope he lands himself a nice, sexually responsible cellmate.

I'm going to revamp the site a bit. The NYC show listings will be swapped out for those of Oregon's music scene, which I've actually found to be rather impressive. In honor of the inception of the 2006 football season, l will reinvigorate the Line Of The Day section, plus maybe even create a few more useless lists for these stale sidebars.

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Most importantly, the site is in dire need some fresh mp3s. Let's start with some gritty blue-eyed soul:

"Woman to Woman" by Joe Cocker

Purchase Brothers On The Slide: the Story of UK Funk 1969-1975

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Had to post this. Full trailer for Borat Does America. I'm counting the days 'til November 4th.