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6/9/2020 7:33:54 PM
Mr. Troll -- RIP

6/7/2020 5:41:42 PM
Live online performances

5/20/2020 7:56:17 PM
I'd like this to be a manly music forum

5/2/2020 10:50:28 AM
I was interviewed for a podcast

3/26/2020 1:20:44 PM
I've been doing live stream concerts, too

2/24/2020 10:47:42 PM

2/4/2020 12:36:06 PM
Every write a "thank you" note to your favorite musicians?

9/29/2019 3:14:27 PM
The Alan Lomax of Indie music

9/11/2019 7:30:19 PM
Daniel Johnston died

8/8/2019 7:32:09 AM
RIP David Berman (Silver Jews)

6/12/2019 9:01:48 PM
A message from Ray Porter

5/21/2019 1:22:39 PM
The greatest live show I ever attended...

5/15/2019 1:53:19 PM
Jazz

5/10/2019 2:59:16 PM
Listen to me live on the radio TODAY (5/10)

2/28/2019 10:05:15 AM
Saw The Chills last night!

2/6/2019 4:01:04 PM
Booked another gig -- in May!

2/1/2019 5:15:39 PM
I'm thinking of stepping into Brazilian Pop

12/14/2018 8:06:23 AM
A great quote about playing guitar

12/9/2018 8:08:46 PM
How many of you have actually recorded to TAPE?

11/15/2018 10:12:59 AM
Anyone gonna be around Chicago for the Holidays?

10/18/2018 2:41:47 PM
SONGWRITERS: Is there a singer you would love to hear sing one of your songs?

8/27/2018 8:39:33 AM
Woke up with a completed song in my head!

8/20/2018 1:18:27 PM
I have this song about my little baby boy, Cary

7/5/2018 2:43:50 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRYON!

6/15/2018 8:36:36 AM
Meeting IMPeople

5/8/2018 5:32:45 PM
Coming soon...the Hop On Pop BOX SET!!!

3/25/2018 9:40:15 PM
I think I have achieved my goal as a musician.

3/1/2018 2:28:05 PM
Which should I record next?

2/22/2018 6:57:58 PM
I'm gonna be a baby now

2/4/2018 10:54:01 AM
I saw a guy who looked like Scott last night

12/18/2017 7:32:11 AM
Thank you SO much for the "Best Band" nomination!

11/13/2017 6:30:24 PM
New songs are UP!!!

10/13/2017 9:48:24 AM
New songs—mixes are coming in!

9/30/2017 11:11:11 AM
Recording next week!

9/14/2017 10:46:42 AM
RIP Grant Hart

8/30/2017 9:51:19 AM
Tomorrow is my 20th wedding anniversary!

8/18/2017 9:13:28 AM
Cary turns 18 today!

7/1/2017 6:44:21 PM
I did a Facebook Live stream

5/1/2017 8:03:38 AM
The Monkees

4/10/2017 7:20:20 AM
Where did Larree's topic about The Beatles go?

4/5/2017 7:31:26 PM
I'm playing at Billy Corgan's place next week

3/24/2017 7:03:39 AM
If any of you are ever in Chicago

3/20/2017 8:08:09 PM
Vagina

3/6/2017 7:53:07 PM
Chance the Rapper donates $1M to Chicago Public Schools

12/2/2016 7:35:56 PM
The perfect Christmas gift!!!

12/2/2016 1:30:27 PM
Why is there a picture of Stoneman at the bottom of the front page?

10/23/2016 6:26:43 AM
Somewhere, Steve Goodman is smiling...

7/23/2016 6:04:51 AM
Live on the radio 7/29—stream or over the air!

7/8/2016 7:54:23 AM
I've been covered again -- this time by BEATLESEX!

5/16/2016 10:11:22 AM
I was on TV last night

4/21/2016 10:36:51 AM
Prince: Rest In Peace O(+>

3/24/2016 8:13:54 AM
Just finished writing my first song in almost 2 years!

3/15/2016 5:49:20 AM
Just catalogued my entire music collection!

2/26/2016 8:38:28 AM
Emitt Rhodes! His first album in 40 years released TODAY!!!

2/18/2016 6:34:00 PM
Writing on instruments that you don't actually play

1/7/2016 7:38:02 AM
Are there any artists whose new albums you will ALWAYS buy?

1/2/2016 5:28:44 PM
Free damn download

12/21/2015 6:24:03 AM
Happy Holidays, from Hop On Pop

12/15/2015 6:55:34 AM
Todd's top albums of 2015

11/27/2015 7:20:14 AM
In Chicago? I'm playing a show tonight (11/27)!

9/4/2015 11:17:13 AM
Twitter account from "Person Who Sits Next to Kim Davis"

8/22/2015 7:45:49 AM
My band got some airplay in Sweden!

8/14/2015 4:47:00 AM
I've been writing full-on record reviews

7/24/2015 11:09:54 AM
MY stumper questions for music geeks

5/29/2015 5:08:24 PM
#TheThankYouProject

5/27/2015 6:41:39 AM
What music is on your iPod/phone/portable device?

5/21/2015 4:20:23 PM
Rock quote of the day

5/20/2015 9:03:22 AM
A dissertation on… my lyrics?!

5/19/2015 7:20:04 AM
Looks great! So… any new features we should know?

4/29/2015 4:32:18 AM
Hooray! I've been waiting to post this NEW song!!!

3/5/2015 8:01:07 AM
New song: "We Made It To the Middle"

2/26/2015 5:01:03 AM
A couple of recipes, if you like to cook:

1/9/2015 12:24:15 PM
Sunday -- recording session

9/19/2014 7:50:00 AM
First full-band rehearsal in a long time

8/27/2014 6:14:48 AM
New way of releasing an album

6/23/2014 10:43:19 AM
Okay, so the new song is UP "Spinning, Standing Still"

6/12/2014 12:04:32 PM
Anyone in ST. LOUIS?

4/23/2014 8:35:19 AM
One of the best songs I have ever written

4/22/2014 5:07:29 AM
Muscle Shoals documentary -- you should ALL see this

3/4/2014 6:46:59 AM
Brand New FULL-BAND recording

2/26/2014 10:19:40 AM
Video from 2/21 show

2/13/2014 11:31:58 AM
I'll be on the radio tomorrow (2/14/2014)

1/2/2014 9:11:46 AM
It's been 10 years since my first album came out

12/16/2013 6:02:50 AM
The Curtis Mayfield Story

12/9/2013 12:05:06 PM
Your best of 2013?

12/6/2013 10:25:40 AM
Happy Holidays!!!

11/14/2013 10:34:41 AM
Back in the studio

11/12/2013 6:28:34 PM
Are we in a new Golden Age of mainstream pop?

10/11/2013 6:40:55 AM
This salsa...

10/9/2013 7:50:11 AM
When the demo is better than the released version

9/26/2013 5:34:43 AM
Anybody remember this guy from Garageband.com?

8/16/2013 7:44:31 PM
So, what is/are your main axe(s)?

8/8/2013 10:05:14 AM
Help me get a little press? Thanks!

7/14/2013 4:41:08 PM
It's nice to be on the Hitline

6/29/2013 12:45:14 PM
Giving it all away

6/18/2013 4:41:49 AM
Interviewed for a blog

6/3/2013 4:30:59 PM
One of those moments that keeps me going...

5/1/2013 4:53:15 PM
The one UK punk band that actually LIKED Thatcher

5/1/2013 2:02:23 PM
Money and time

4/30/2013 4:04:12 PM
My friend Phil almost died

4/18/2013 10:06:19 AM
What have I been listening to?

2/22/2013 7:31:46 AM
New single for download at my Bandcamp page

2/4/2013 7:16:59 AM
After 22 years a NEW MY BLOODY VALENTINE ALBUM!!!

1/8/2013 8:23:34 AM
Not feeling very inspired

1/2/2013 5:10:59 AM
The No-Getters - "Sympathy"

12/31/2012 6:40:42 AM
A Happy New Year song!!!

12/28/2012 11:46:03 AM
Todd's Top 10 (or so) albums of 2012

12/6/2012 6:46:07 AM
Maybe my favorite album of the year

11/28/2012 10:33:28 AM
Holiday special:

11/27/2012 7:15:20 AM
Happy 70th birthday Jimi Hendrix

11/21/2012 2:56:51 PM
A bunch of new acoustic tunes posted

11/6/2012 7:23:04 AM
In or around Chicago? Playing a show Thursday night.

10/22/2012 11:12:32 AM
A work tape of a new song

10/18/2012 6:44:58 AM
Hop on Pop is on Spotify

9/14/2012 12:17:47 PM
Dreamtown

9/6/2012 6:18:52 AM
Whiteboarding an arrangement.

8/21/2012 5:35:18 AM
I was listening to Chicken on a Bicycle last night...

7/20/2012 11:04:16 AM
Another song from the new EP -- so hard to sing

6/11/2012 6:26:08 AM
Anyone pitch their songs to "major" artists?

4/17/2012 6:20:19 AM
Another song from the new EP -- my newest composition

4/13/2012 2:14:34 PM
Just got the first bit of radio play for my new album!

4/9/2012 10:32:47 AM
I have my new EP available for download (and streaming)

4/5/2012 10:34:34 AM
A song unlike I've ever done before... or since

3/26/2012 10:30:18 AM
First song streaming from my new EP

3/26/2012 7:24:45 AM
Release date for my new EP: 4/10

3/5/2012 5:35:39 AM
CHICAGO: playing a show Thursday (3/8)

2/13/2012 10:07:06 AM
Where the hell was the love for Don Cornelius at the Grammys last night?

2/8/2012 10:15:41 AM
If you're gonna be in or around CHICAGO next month...

1/13/2012 12:50:25 PM
JESSE ADAMS! Another one who is finally getting his due on the front page.

1/1/2012 7:20:29 AM
Thanks for putting "Suckers" on the Hitline

12/22/2011 7:09:13 AM
Nice one, Phlegm and Coversation Suicide!

12/14/2011 6:22:33 AM
Another overdue artist gets theirs... congrats SILVERWOOD STUDIO

12/5/2011 11:17:54 AM
Nice work, Hugh Hamilton.

8/30/2011 8:05:58 AM
Interview with Todd at Hearts of Country Radio

7/5/2011 5:46:10 AM
More than a year and a half after its release... another review. Weird.

6/28/2011 8:01:46 AM
Thanks for (finally) paying me

5/31/2011 7:39:38 PM
The first new song that I've written in THREE YEARS?!?!

5/18/2011 5:40:25 AM
VIDEO of me playing live, on the air (5/20)!

5/9/2011 10:04:58 AM
Well, thank you!!

4/16/2011 9:42:43 AM
Chicken T-shirts!

3/22/2011 7:35:08 AM
Who here is from the Chicago area?

3/16/2011 6:50:33 AM
Recording my first official "solo" record?

3/7/2011 8:48:06 AM
I would like to get involved here again, but...

2/16/2011 8:36:45 AM
Happy birthday -- CHICKEN ON A BICYCLE

2/14/2011 5:46:13 AM
As long as we're on the subject of Facebook...

2/9/2011 6:26:28 AM
If you think that you hate rap music... think again

12/21/2010 6:37:18 AM
The nature of the creative mind:

12/9/2010 5:42:28 AM
Tribute to Alex Chilton

12/2/2010 5:48:39 AM
CHICKEN named one of the "10 Best Albums of the Year"!

12/2/2010 5:24:49 AM
Death Cab for Cutie!

11/23/2010 7:00:03 AM
New YouTube for "Here"

11/11/2010 8:55:11 AM
Money?

11/9/2010 6:48:52 AM
Whoever bought 2 songs from me today... THANK YOU!

11/8/2010 5:48:00 AM
An interview with Hop On Pop at Aussie web mag Tomatrax

11/2/2010 6:35:00 AM
Taking a page from Bryon's book: play this tune and help out Hop on Pop...

10/29/2010 5:33:31 AM
Both HoP albums AND the Cash Cow album are ALL available for DL

10/25/2010 6:59:05 AM
Hop On Pop knows egg rolls!

10/22/2010 9:04:27 AM
Playing a gig in Chicago -- 11/6

10/21/2010 7:22:23 AM
For those of you who like Jackass

10/21/2010 5:40:28 AM
"Sheila of the Worms" has crawled onto the HITLINE

10/19/2010 7:45:31 AM
New demo posted

10/8/2010 8:36:52 AM
F*cking disheartening

10/1/2010 9:08:50 AM
My label is folding

9/28/2010 6:19:20 PM
October 16 -- come see me play in Chicago

9/20/2010 5:07:03 AM
Is anybody listening? Strange.

9/10/2010 11:14:50 AM
Interviewed at Wobblehouse.com

9/9/2010 4:48:56 AM
Happy New Year!

9/1/2010 7:59:27 AM
What the hell? I'll post another song from CHICKEN...

8/26/2010 4:51:23 AM
Thanks for putting me on the Hitline

8/20/2010 12:56:22 PM
"What a Fool Believes" played entirely ON TOY INSTRUMENTS!!!

8/17/2010 12:01:10 PM
The "LIKE" buttons on our IAC pages...

8/16/2010 7:14:01 AM
I don't know what to say anymore

8/4/2010 10:26:57 AM
New rap/hip hop station... accepting submissions

7/19/2010 6:20:47 AM
Gonna record a follow-up single: A- and B-sides

7/9/2010 10:50:06 AM
Roky Erickson playing for little kids.

6/30/2010 6:01:17 AM
Heard my song on the radio last night... and IT WAS A REQUEST!

6/28/2010 5:26:48 PM
Follow me on Twitter?

6/28/2010 11:34:39 AM
Chicago -- CITY -- gig 7/24: advance ticketing!

6/25/2010 6:36:12 AM
R.I.P.: Pete Quaife (original Kinks bassist)

6/15/2010 4:04:09 PM
New Hop On Pop website!

6/14/2010 11:46:38 AM
Hop On Pop (Todd) live ON THE RADIO (streaming, too)

6/14/2010 5:47:44 AM
What's Todd Listening to in 2010? (part 2)

6/14/2010 5:13:24 AM
Back From Vacation. Hey!

6/2/2010 6:37:10 AM
What's your favorite chord? Do you have one?

5/18/2010 7:05:25 AM
I still just want to be heard

5/18/2010 5:03:38 AM
Chicken On a Bicycle -- pay what you want!!

5/5/2010 10:19:04 AM
Hey... Nashville!!!

4/23/2010 1:34:27 PM
Chicago... I am playing this weekend, if you are near here or whatever.

4/14/2010 2:23:09 PM
Bring the topics back to the front page!

4/9/2010 2:10:08 PM
IAC just feels dead.

3/30/2010 9:11:55 AM
What inspired you to start playing music? Writing music?

3/29/2010 7:51:34 AM
Just a thread to say "thank you"

3/25/2010 8:21:01 AM
Why I write songs

3/18/2010 6:42:56 AM
Alex Chilton (Box Tops/Big Star) is dead

3/15/2010 7:26:11 AM
AllMusic entry for CHICKEN...

3/8/2010 6:38:36 AM
Check out The Garden Clots -- I love these songs!

3/4/2010 7:49:23 AM
Holy crap! "HERE" is at #13 on the OVERALL charts?!?!

2/26/2010 8:31:59 PM
VIDEO: "Here" live and acoustic at the record release party 2/18

2/26/2010 2:43:36 PM
"TORTURED ARTIST" for your listening pleasure

2/22/2010 1:10:12 PM
So, I decided to post another song... "Sheila Of the Worms"

2/15/2010 7:20:41 AM
RIP: Doug Fieger (The Knack)

2/3/2010 2:35:05 PM
Second CHICKEN song on the Hitline in as many weeks?!?!

2/1/2010 9:38:23 AM
The first CHICKEN review arrived today!

2/1/2010 9:12:51 AM
Turning my 10-year-old on to music!

1/30/2010 8:56:14 PM
I PUT UP A THIRD SONG: so, which is "The Single"?

1/30/2010 10:39:05 AM
Drum solos

1/28/2010 2:05:21 PM
CHICKEN ON A BICYCLE: NOW FOR SALE (PHYSICAL CDs)

1/25/2010 1:24:01 PM
So, a tune of mine is being used on a radio commercial...

1/19/2010 12:47:48 PM
Hop On Pop - Chicken On a Bicycle: NOW AT ITUNES

1/19/2010 10:44:11 AM
So, IAC Support... did you get my email?

1/11/2010 10:54:18 AM
NEW!!! songs up at IAC... welcome the Chicken.

1/8/2010 7:14:41 AM
RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!! (if you're in or around Chicago at the time)

1/5/2010 7:38:11 PM
Do I have "The Eye Of the Tiger"? I'm gonna find out.

1/4/2010 6:51:14 AM
What is Todd Listening to in 2010?

12/31/2009 9:29:23 AM
"New Year's Eve" on New Year's Eve

12/24/2009 6:40:52 AM
Merry Christmas, you sexy people, you!!!

12/15/2009 7:56:30 AM
Just bought a new guitar last night!

12/10/2009 7:03:45 AM
Hey Larree: Who's The Guitar God NOW?!?!

12/7/2009 8:21:11 AM
CHICKEN ON A BICYCLE: official release date announcement

12/2/2009 6:22:17 PM
A Genius. And the documentary film about him!

11/29/2009 1:20:14 PM
Muppet "Bohemian Rhapsody"

11/16/2009 9:43:37 AM
I started a new blog

11/13/2009 1:56:33 PM
This song has been broken so long, I need to promote it now that IT'S FIXED!

11/9/2009 9:29:34 AM
Is the CD dead? Am I wasting my money?

11/9/2009 8:05:06 AM
Perry Como -- this is not a joke

11/3/2009 8:33:12 AM
Strippop

11/2/2009 8:34:46 AM
You may have noticed that I removed a few songs from my page.

10/28/2009 8:28:30 AM
To those of you who have AutoPlay enabled at any of your pages...

10/19/2009 2:29:21 PM
Mojo Nixon is GIVING it ALL away for FREE!

10/13/2009 12:17:17 PM
Do you remember your first gig?

10/8/2009 2:21:33 PM
Another Todd song faceoff: "Sweet Jane" vs. "Blitzkreig Bop"

10/7/2009 12:57:05 PM
I have NO new songs up!!!

10/6/2009 9:37:24 AM
Gentlemen...

10/5/2009 9:59:06 AM
I have $25 to spend at Borders how should I spend it?

9/25/2009 8:36:46 AM
Todd's song challenge: "Waterloo Sunset" vs. "God Only Knows"

9/21/2009 12:52:48 PM
HOP ON POP versus XTC?!?!

9/17/2009 8:12:53 AM
Another new Good Stuff Station!

9/16/2009 5:01:18 PM
It's people like THIS that bring this place to a whole nother level!

9/16/2009 3:29:39 PM
Favorite LONG jams?

9/13/2009 9:42:13 PM
Jim Carroll DEAD?

8/31/2009 7:59:09 PM
I bought a piano at an estate sale this weekend

8/5/2009 7:38:06 PM
Ever have one of your best songs not make it onto the album?

8/5/2009 2:37:43 PM
My ChewToy entry in the Punk/Emo/Ska contest is top 10? Help, please?

7/31/2009 4:39:24 PM
The Takers dirtyass country in a bottle.

7/27/2009 2:40:01 PM
Okay, so a new song IS up: "I'm Pathetic"

7/22/2009 7:55:41 PM
The big number at the top of the page!

7/16/2009 4:12:59 PM
The greatest Drummer Joke EVER!

7/15/2009 10:09:55 PM
This is weird. How did this happen?

7/15/2009 2:59:49 PM
What defines a "BAND"?

6/25/2009 6:28:13 PM
Farrah Fawcett: RIP

6/19/2009 7:26:07 PM
Discovering your favorite albums in a record store. Ever happen to you?

6/17/2009 6:22:58 PM
Excellent rant on the death of music criticism

6/3/2009 2:30:30 PM
So, what is your "Day Job"?

6/2/2009 9:07:27 PM
A true demo

6/2/2009 12:43:33 PM
What's Todd Listening to Today? 2009 Edition, vol. 2

5/12/2009 7:08:31 PM
Pre-release CHICKEN ON A BICYCLE Buzz!

5/11/2009 1:34:41 PM
Not your typical High School Musical (Neutral Milk Hotel!)

5/6/2009 2:34:26 PM
Which song of yours is unfairly overlooked?

5/4/2009 6:19:29 PM
Yeah, I put it on here for streaming, but can I RELEASE it like this?

4/29/2009 2:29:40 PM
With sites like IAC, et. al., is there a need for an "official" site for your band?

4/28/2009 4:04:58 PM
Can you say CONSERVATIVE Media Bias?

4/24/2009 4:42:30 PM
Chicago tomorrow morning free festival show

4/16/2009 3:14:35 PM
Pop/Rock Suites?

4/15/2009 2:18:08 PM
Placing your music into TV/Films/Commercials?

4/7/2009 8:27:36 PM
IAC artist HAPPY ASHTRAY song on TV tonight (4/7/09)!!!

4/2/2009 2:14:10 PM
CHICKEN ON A BICYCLE!

4/1/2009 2:21:13 PM
Favorite quotes Muhammad Ali version

3/31/2009 1:02:46 PM
New song from this weekend - "Sheila of the Worms"!

3/26/2009 11:40:57 AM
"Ashes On the Water" #35 in the Underground 40!

3/19/2009 12:45:56 PM
The Killed Spirits

3/11/2009 1:15:23 PM
"I'm Pathetic" well, it's true!!!

3/4/2009 2:16:36 PM
I think I'm becoming a producer.

3/3/2009 1:47:31 PM
You like beer? I do.

3/2/2009 3:49:47 PM
Kevin White - "A Song For Holly"

2/25/2009 1:56:26 PM
NEW BEATLES SONG UNEARTHED!!!!

2/24/2009 8:31:34 PM
Favorite SINGLE LYRIC!

2/22/2009 2:50:13 PM
I might be a little absent for a bit

2/18/2009 2:47:56 PM
Writing a song? Can't finish it?

2/17/2009 6:38:06 PM
Thelonious Monk's advice to Steve Lacy

2/16/2009 5:53:11 AM
Say what you want about her boobies...

2/9/2009 8:12:52 AM
I called the radio station to request a song and...

1/30/2009 8:59:59 AM
Hey Everyone! LET'S LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC!!!

1/30/2009 6:40:00 AM
Funny thing about the blogs/internet boards

1/29/2009 6:10:53 AM
Math: the language of God, which makes Music....

1/27/2009 12:09:22 PM
This one's for Holo!

1/27/2009 6:02:57 AM
I know what's happening!!!

1/20/2009 7:20:30 AM
Licensing cover songs?

1/19/2009 6:01:45 AM
New song is only up for a short time "Come On, Let's Go"

1/15/2009 11:54:34 AM
Rob the Rich - "Forbes"

1/14/2009 6:53:30 AM
The newest GOOD STUFF station!

1/14/2009 6:30:01 AM
Not just favorite music movies, but also favorite movie quotes...

1/12/2009 6:23:50 AM
With which (non-IAC) artists do you most wish to collaborate?

1/7/2009 5:54:39 AM
The hardest song to sing?

1/2/2009 5:43:33 AM
The 2009 "What's Todd Listening To?" thread

12/29/2008 6:19:22 AM
Your favorite quotes from the film: "A Christmas Story"

12/26/2008 8:21:39 PM
Just a reminder about this excellent song

12/25/2008 7:23:21 PM
Does this work?

12/24/2008 8:54:38 PM
Something deep for you all to ponder.

12/24/2008 6:07:20 PM
New Year's Eve song

12/19/2008 11:01:26 AM
I love you all

12/15/2008 10:33:51 AM
Give me a reason to keep this song up at IAC

12/14/2008 8:12:59 PM
What would REALLY happen if you got to open for THE BEATLES?!?!?!?!

12/11/2008 8:39:39 AM
Ray Porter's interview with Phlegm

12/10/2008 11:01:36 AM
Cash Stream Buy-In value has dropped? Already?

12/8/2008 11:16:50 AM
Leo Goldberg is now available for streaming.

12/8/2008 7:36:28 AM
Bringing in an outside SINGER?

12/1/2008 10:18:38 AM
Converting .m4a to .mp3 for use here?

11/28/2008 7:06:35 AM
What I'm thankful for

11/26/2008 6:10:49 AM
So, I'm being covered... TWICE. Make that THREE times!!!

11/16/2008 10:13:26 AM
Any of you struggle with disabilities

11/16/2008 9:43:22 AM
Interview with legendary producer Jim Dickinson on Public Radio

11/11/2008 9:37:36 AM
A song for Veteran's Day

11/11/2008 6:09:57 AM
To those of you who served in the Military:

11/11/2008 5:59:17 AM
Dear Man With No Band Sam,

11/10/2008 7:36:51 AM
When an artist has a mountain of music at their IAC page...

11/7/2008 11:13:13 AM
Can you tell it's been slow at work for me?

11/6/2008 12:46:41 PM
Hear where it all started!

11/6/2008 11:20:07 AM
Adding songs to a DMD, but not to your artist page?

11/6/2008 5:19:01 AM
Those of you who noticed the new DMD at my page....

11/4/2008 1:39:49 PM
Photographic evidence that I really did vote!

10/30/2008 12:51:25 PM
I just got an AllMusic entry for me, by myself.

10/30/2008 11:46:58 AM
You who have autoplay enabled...

10/29/2008 7:48:32 AM
I am so ready for this election to be over!

10/28/2008 8:00:55 AM
You know, the great thing about democracy....

10/23/2008 6:19:23 AM
Chicago area: I'm playing a rare club show... November 13!

10/22/2008 12:18:39 PM
Chinese Democracy FOR REAL... do you care?

10/17/2008 12:16:12 PM
Levi Stubbs dead

10/15/2008 6:59:39 AM
A Year With Swollen Appendices: The Diary of Brian Eno

10/13/2008 10:39:02 AM
LISTEN TO MY NEW SONG!!!!!!! or something.....

10/9/2008 5:02:20 AM
"C'mon Angel" is at #12 on the Country charts!

10/2/2008 6:44:47 AM
So you like albums to have a consistent sound, or to sound different from song-to-song?

9/29/2008 8:30:23 AM
I am such a wuss now.

9/22/2008 10:28:37 AM
The best rock n' roll scream on IAC?

9/19/2008 6:48:21 AM
Where Todd recommends specific music for specific folks here at IAC:

9/18/2008 11:30:12 AM
The craziest, coolest song that I have yet heard on IAC

9/17/2008 9:20:47 AM
All options to promote on the web: iLike

9/8/2008 11:01:24 AM
Great new tune...

9/8/2008 5:26:32 AM
One of my favorite songs has made the Hitline

9/5/2008 2:30:10 PM
Totally psyched! My birthday concert will be...

9/5/2008 5:20:40 AM
Ricky Skaggs?

9/3/2008 5:52:55 AM
How many of you here actually entertain the idea of making a living with your music?

9/2/2008 4:32:52 AM
This is why I make music

8/20/2008 6:21:33 AM
Nick Lowe fans: LISTEN UP!!!

8/20/2008 5:11:15 AM
Brought my guitar to work

8/18/2008 12:39:27 PM
Not just spam, but I am having issues playing my songs

8/15/2008 7:42:51 AM
My top 100 albums of all-time

7/26/2008 3:35:51 PM
"Hey" remixed and up for only a couple of days.

7/22/2008 3:15:18 PM
Open Mic night: I'll be at Fitzgerald's (Chicago) tonight (7/22)

7/18/2008 12:37:00 PM
The Truth about McCain and his Bush

7/15/2008 6:20:57 AM
My station: "The Good Stuff"

7/9/2008 6:55:33 AM
Hop On Pop recording updates

7/7/2008 8:50:59 AM
Lest you all think that I was serious...

7/4/2008 9:23:22 AM
A wonderful musician who wants to TEACH

7/2/2008 7:36:38 AM
Needed: Chicago-area bluegrass musicians

6/23/2008 5:23:46 AM
Second MIXTAPE song posted... again for a short time, only.

6/11/2008 5:54:55 PM
Your favorite moment gigging?

6/10/2008 11:37:59 AM
Now YOU can listen to some of my extensive music collection

5/29/2008 7:36:41 PM
Basic tracking for MIXTAPE song #2 is done!

5/22/2008 12:16:25 PM
I'm trying to bring this guy to IAC

5/22/2008 7:52:18 AM
A NEW SONG -- well, a new old song...

5/19/2008 6:01:53 AM
What's Todd Listening to Today? -- 2008 Edition, vol. 2

5/19/2008 5:59:19 AM
Whoever bought a HoP DMD: Thank you!!!

5/16/2008 5:03:41 AM
Todd: Solo, Live, and Acoustic -- CD available

5/12/2008 11:52:17 AM
No more small shows in CHICAGO??!? --- STOP THIS!!!

5/8/2008 11:05:12 AM
Post the link to your IACer-selected cover tune here!!!

5/7/2008 12:12:52 PM
Pick a Cover for another IAC Musician

5/5/2008 10:44:30 AM
What is up with ukelele?!?!?!

5/5/2008 6:59:02 AM
Which of your songs surprised you?

4/30/2008 12:15:44 PM
Kids review Yo La Tengo

4/29/2008 11:29:40 AM
HEY BLUEGRASS MUSICIANS!!!!

4/29/2008 4:58:52 AM
Oblique Strategies

4/28/2008 12:41:23 PM
Another MIXTAPE demo is up for your perusal

4/21/2008 9:26:46 AM
CHICAGO: I'm playing a show on Apr. 24

4/11/2008 6:38:04 AM
If you like the new song...

4/9/2008 6:27:28 AM
New station - The Good Stuff, Too!

4/7/2008 5:01:58 AM
FIRST "MIXTAPE" SONG UP (for a short time only)

3/28/2008 7:28:28 AM
How do we (CAN we) search by city?

3/25/2008 11:49:47 AM
One of my best-ever songs... is incomplete. What would you do?

3/7/2008 7:35:00 AM
And... WOW!!! Thank You!

3/6/2008 4:26:12 AM
I saw The Pogues last night.

3/5/2008 5:53:30 AM
HEAVY FREAKIN' METAL!!!

2/22/2008 8:47:12 AM
A meditation for you:

2/19/2008 6:57:09 AM
Songs that you wrote around a song title.

2/7/2008 7:39:12 AM
Because we could all use a good laugh

1/31/2008 10:53:59 AM
I have been here since the beginning and never had a Top-50.

1/31/2008 9:32:30 AM
A new station: Yin/Yang

1/22/2008 7:23:26 AM
I don't wanna be famous.

1/17/2008 11:18:04 AM
You have the power... I know that I do.

1/15/2008 6:38:50 AM
Anyone see Roky Erickson on Austin City Limits the other night?

1/9/2008 6:09:17 AM
I fear that I've lost my passion

1/2/2008 7:30:12 AM
What's Todd listening to today? -- 2008 Edition

12/26/2007 9:18:07 AM
Chicago: I'm playing a show on Jan. 4

12/24/2007 7:51:19 AM
My end-of year mix

12/10/2007 9:42:27 AM
Volume control issues?

12/4/2007 9:03:58 AM
What's the most-embarassing album in your collection?

11/29/2007 10:34:20 AM
List here ALL of the projects that you have on IAC

11/27/2007 3:08:12 PM
ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANYBODY WHO RECORDS MUSIC!!!

11/26/2007 11:11:04 AM
Have you ever shared a gig with an IAC artist? How was it?

11/26/2007 9:45:33 AM
My "The Good Stuff" station is #33 on the station charts?!?!

11/20/2007 10:14:23 AM
Creating stations of entirely your own music?!?!

11/14/2007 3:15:10 PM
Who is selling HARD-COPIES of CDs here?

11/1/2007 12:12:44 PM
I'm going to play for my son's 2nd Grade class tomorrow!

10/29/2007 3:38:42 PM
Let's hook up on MySpace, too!

10/26/2007 8:49:43 AM
Let's hear your musician jokes.

10/24/2007 3:35:22 PM
Scott, add a new genre? Lo-Fi?

10/24/2007 2:14:32 PM
So. Cal. IACer check-in. Are you okay? Status?

10/10/2007 9:49:56 AM
Post your AllMusic listings/reviews

10/10/2007 9:09:26 AM
So, I won concert tickets to see... Steve Earle

10/5/2007 10:21:51 AM
I just upped the first song I ever wrote

10/2/2007 9:13:54 AM
I bought a resonator guitar yesterday!

9/26/2007 3:44:33 PM
Hop On Pop planning to record again in the near future!

9/25/2007 9:05:27 AM
New station -- BlergleFlorp

9/10/2007 1:29:16 PM
Anyone ever organize a Benefit concert?

9/10/2007 10:40:31 AM
Why I love IAC

9/7/2007 12:25:30 PM
A universal invitation to all you IACers

9/6/2007 11:45:35 AM
Drop me a line to see HoP live on TV

9/5/2007 9:44:57 AM
What was your FIRST gig?

8/31/2007 8:44:47 AM
It's my 10-year wedding anniversary!!!

8/28/2007 9:52:21 AM
Another community for IACers to take advantage of....

8/23/2007 9:18:33 AM
You know what pisses me off?

8/20/2007 3:48:31 PM
The next logical step for IAC? Their own LABEL!

8/15/2007 3:16:47 PM
CHICAGO!!! I'm calling to you!

8/9/2007 10:27:43 AM
Updated daily: What is Todd listening to today?

8/7/2007 8:12:39 AM
Anybody in Chicago wanna play with me?

8/3/2007 9:57:52 AM
I decided that i LIKE our album!

7/30/2007 3:11:33 PM
Finally got a MySpace page up!

7/30/2007 9:00:39 AM
Back from vacation -- and I'm not happy about it.

7/20/2007 12:13:29 PM
To those of you who have cover songs up here...

6/28/2007 8:26:02 AM
Anyone see the Paul Simon tribute on PBS last night?

6/19/2007 8:49:27 AM
Making "mixes" for friends... want a mix?

6/13/2007 12:08:35 PM
Is it me, or do you always see the same artists on the front page?

6/11/2007 8:52:21 AM
Perpetual member?

6/6/2007 1:45:44 PM
Just created a new, Live music-only station

5/25/2007 9:55:36 AM
Another site that I think many here could benefit from... JPFolks

5/18/2007 10:33:53 AM
I'll be playing a solo/acoustic show May 24.

5/17/2007 1:54:52 PM
What makes for a good cover song?

5/14/2007 3:49:49 PM
THE GOOD STUFF!!!!

5/11/2007 10:37:40 AM
One time, when I was taking with the late Stanley Kubrick...

5/8/2007 9:25:49 AM
One World, One Music

5/1/2007 2:51:27 PM
What inspires me? What inspires you?

4/23/2007 9:41:25 AM
Autoplay: Good marketing, or just-plain annoying?

4/12/2007 2:45:13 PM
Getting airplay on our local station?

4/4/2007 2:53:54 PM
A special offer from Hop On Pop:

3/27/2007 11:56:06 AM
Calling Nick Lowe! Nick Lowe: you are being paged!

3/20/2007 10:43:42 AM
Back to the basement...

3/16/2007 9:18:05 AM
I'm playing a free acoustic show Sunday!

3/9/2007 2:32:17 PM
The change in season does something to me

3/6/2007 4:14:40 PM
A crazy, all-over the place mix for you

2/5/2007 8:39:15 AM
Um.. Prince at the Super Bowl... WOW!

2/2/2007 10:14:55 AM
Is there any way to convert from .m4a to .mp3 on a Mac?

1/31/2007 8:48:40 AM
Allow me to rephrase: MY STATION NEEDS SONGS!!!

1/30/2007 2:13:06 PM
The Demonstration Station!!!

1/17/2007 4:12:28 PM
The WGN vid has been taken down.

1/8/2007 12:14:06 PM
I finally got our TV performance up on the web!!!

9/25/2006 10:22:55 AM
All I want is to be heard...

7/17/2006 9:07:29 AM
Hop On Pop is on the Hitline.



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Hop On Pop

5/19/2008 6:01:53 AM

What's Todd Listening to Today? -- 2008 Edition, vol. 2
5/19/08:
Pat DiNizio - Songs & Sounds
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band - The Mountain
The Strawberry Smell - Odorama
Blue Ruin - Flame


Just because the first blog for this year is getting so ridiculously long.
Feel free to dig it up, if you feel so inclined. Although I have no idea why!

;-)

And, as always, please ask questions of me about anything that looks interesting to you. I do this because I love to share.


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Hop On Pop

5/20/2008 5:04:15 AM


5/20/08:
Roky Erickson - Demon Angel: A Day & Night With Roky Erickson
And, of course, lots of IAC.


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Hop On Pop

5/21/2008 5:05:36 AM


5/21/08:
Mercury Rev - See You On the Other Side
Staple Singers - The Best Of...
Jason Isbell - Sirens Of the Ditch
Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel To Be Kind
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session


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Hop On Pop

5/22/2008 4:41:06 AM


5/22/08:
I have decided that today is "90's Day". (Ugh just the sound of that makes me sick that the nostalgia is already coming.)

Singles - Original Soundtrack
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Neil Young - Unplugged
Blur - 13


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Hop On Pop

5/23/2008 4:55:48 AM


5/23/08:
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Eleventh Dream Day - Zeroes and Ones
The Records - Smashes, Crashes, and Near Misses


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Hugh Hamilton

5/24/2008 5:35:20 AM


I've got Clapton, Dylan, and McCartney Unplugged - but not Young. What am I missing?


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Steve Ison

5/24/2008 11:02:01 AM


Woh...The Staple Singers are great!
Havn't got the album tho..
I'm gonna have an explore on youtube :)


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Hop On Pop

6/9/2008 5:08:11 AM


How long since I've updated?
Wow!

In honor of IAC back up online, all day I'll be playing NUTTIN' BUT IAC!

Welcome back.


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Hop On Pop

6/10/2008 4:43:01 AM


6/10/08:
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
John Prine - Great Days (disc 1)
Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-Pura


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Hop On Pop

6/11/2008 10:28:18 AM


6/11/08:
Luna - Penthouse
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Mojo Magazine's Tribute to Paul Weller - The Changing Man: Rarities & Inspiration
Dogbowl - Flan
King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?!


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Hop On Pop

6/12/2008 6:12:41 AM


6/12/08:
Relix June 2008 Compilation
Dogbowl - Flan
(left over from yesterday)


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Hop On Pop

6/13/2008 4:50:12 AM


6/13/08:
Lots of meetings today, so I'll be listening to IAC as time allows.


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Hop On Pop

6/16/2008 4:56:23 AM


6/16/08:
Falstaff - Falstaff
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
Paul Weller - As Is Now
Super Furry Animals - Radiator


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Hop On Pop

6/17/2008 10:23:30 AM


6/17/08:
IAC
and
iTunes on shuffle


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Hop On Pop

6/20/2008 5:10:12 AM


6/20/08:
Um...
the same thing as on the 17th, and on all the days since the 17th.


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Hop On Pop

6/23/2008 5:19:39 AM


6/23/08:
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello
John Cale - Vintage Violence
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline


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Hop On Pop

6/24/2008 5:01:13 AM


6/24/08:
Brian Eno - Another Night On Earth
The Millennium - Begin
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S.
Brinsley Schwarz - Nervous On the Road/The New Favourites Of...


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Hop On Pop

6/25/2008 5:01:08 AM


6/25/08:
IAC and a couple of mixes from friends and...
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
The Replacements - Let It Be


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Hop On Pop

6/26/2008 4:57:08 AM


6/26:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
The Candy Skins - Space I'm In
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1997)
Bob Elliott - Simple Machines


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Hop On Pop

6/27/2008 6:24:11 AM


6/27:
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Pugwash - Almanac
Dwight Yoakam - The Best Of...
Too Much Joy - Cereal Killers


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Hop On Pop

6/30/2008 7:51:09 AM


6/30/08:
Roy Wood - Boulders
Pegboy - Strong Reaction/Three-Chord Monte
Supergrass - I Should Coco
Television - Marquee Moon
Toots & The Maytalls - Funky Kingston/In the Dark


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Hop On Pop

7/2/2008 5:51:58 AM


7/1 and 7/2:
IAC Radio stations, and nothing but!


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Hop On Pop

7/3/2008 4:55:08 AM


7/3:
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello
Built To Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
Kings Of Leon - A Ha Shake Heartbreak
Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool/Labour of Lust


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Steve Ison

7/3/2008 3:19:55 PM


So It Goes and I LOve My Label are such fantastic songs..
Early Nick LOwe is pretty damn wonderful


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Hop On Pop

7/7/2008 5:32:30 AM


Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
Harry Nilsson - Son OF Schmilsson
John Cale - Vintage Violence
British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power
Big Star - 3rd/Sister Lovers


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Richard Scotti

7/7/2008 6:28:11 AM


Tim Buckley - Buzzin' Fly
Stones - Singer Not The Song
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit
Richie Havens - Follow
Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand


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Hop On Pop

7/7/2008 6:31:26 AM


You, dear Mr. Scotti, need to hear some John Cale. I do believe that you will like him.


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7/7/2008 10:56:13 PM


Hookay--- finally read one of your "what's TODD listening to" blogs -It turned out to be a LONG one with MULTIPLE days- and I found out WHY you tend to reference artists I like a lot.... You are a TRULY diverse mo' fo' with GREAT tast in passionate/well written music from ALL walks of life & styles! I'm impressed! Keep it real like that! -phlegm


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Hop On Pop

7/8/2008 5:30:00 AM


7/8/08:
Just IAC and my iTunes on shuffle.
As of 7:30 CDT -- Conversation Suicide on IAC.

And, yes Phlegm, I have listened to you before and there are quite a few of your songs that I like. Drop me a line if you feel so inclined, and I can lay some suggestions on you. (I love doing that, in case you didn't know.)


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Hop On Pop

7/9/2008 5:23:22 AM


7/9/08:
The High Llamas - Hawaii
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Shrimp Boat - Some Biscuit + Daylight Savings
The Best of the Johnny Cash Show - 1969 to 1971


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Hop On Pop

7/10/2008 4:39:35 AM


7/10/08:
The Sea & Cake - Everybody
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Judas Priest - Living Afer Midnight (Best Of)

and, a mix that a friend made for me a few years back.


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Hop On Pop

7/10/2008 8:27:37 AM


7/10:
And now, I'm also listening to the Hugo/Dick session stuff.

Very cool.


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Hop On Pop

7/15/2008 4:50:12 AM


7/15/08:
Charlie Parker - Jazz Masters 15
Flatt & Scruggs - Songs Of the Famous Carter Family
Mekons - Rock 'n' Roll
The Byrds - Sweetheart Of the Radio
Love - Love


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Hugh Hamilton

7/15/2008 6:01:30 AM


Hi, Todd - Did Mr. Aven lead you to Charlie Parker?
Thanks for having us on your playlist...
:)
H


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Hop On Pop

7/15/2008 6:11:02 AM


Oh no, I've had this disc for a long time! It's just been a while since I've given it a listen. (Also have "The Quintet: Live @ Massey Hall" album, which is pretty amazing!)

And, as to having you on my playlist: it is certainly my pleasure. The songs are great. Sounds like a whole lot of fun.


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Hugh Hamilton

7/15/2008 6:21:54 AM


I didn't mean as in "buy it" - just wondering if the SaxPrince had lead you to the SaxKing. As always, I admire the diversity of your collection and the dedication of your daily listening.

Thanks, it was indeed lovely to do some live duet work especially - the solo stuff gets kinda lonely, and I've heard enough of my own voice (lol). I'm glad to see you've been advancing on your recording project(s).

:)
H


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Hop On Pop

7/16/2008 5:38:26 AM


7/16/08:
Radiohead - Best Of (2-disc ltd. ed.)


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Hugh Hamilton

7/16/2008 7:05:08 AM


A gift for you, Todd...a one-man band video - I'd like to do something like this myself, but this is so good I dunno if I should even try. I keep suggesting this site to the dude, but so far he ain't biting:


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Hop On Pop

7/16/2008 7:30:52 AM


Thanks Hugo!
I'll check it out at home (YouTube is blocked for me here).
T


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Hop On Pop

7/17/2008 5:46:21 AM


7/17/08:
iTunes
and
IAC


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Hop On Pop

7/21/2008 4:53:14 AM


7/21/08:
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne


It's a UT kinda day...


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Hop On Pop

7/23/2008 4:58:49 AM


7/23/08:
John Cale - The Island Years (Fear/Slow Dazzle/Helen Of Troy)
The Judy's - Washarama
Tonio K. - Life In the Foodchain
Daniel Johnston - Why Me?: Live in Berlin
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs

and, if I get around to it...
Def Leppard - YEAH!

As always: ask me about anything.


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Hop On Pop

7/24/2008 4:36:23 AM


7/24/08:
Wimple Winch - The Story Of Just Four Men
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Wire 154


That Wimple Winch thing, I just picked up and I recommend highly for folks who would like to hear what The Hollies might have sounded like playing acid psych. Late Merseybeat stuff with the occasional fuzzed-out guitar and spoken word interlude. Great melodies and a great sense of humour.


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Hop On Pop

7/25/2008 4:43:39 AM


7/25/08:
Martin Newell - A Summer Tamarind
Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies To God
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
Brinsley Schwarz - Nervous On the Road/The New Favourites Of Brinsley Schwarz


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Hugh Hamilton

7/25/2008 2:06:21 PM


Have a great weekend, Todd!

Booga Booga Booga!!
:)
H


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Hop On Pop

7/28/2008 6:01:32 AM


7/28/08:
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Los Lobos - Kiko


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Hop On Pop

7/29/2008 4:52:27 AM


7/29/08:
The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (disc 1)
Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (disc 3)


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Hop On Pop

7/31/2008 7:15:30 AM


7/31/08:
Emitt Rhodes - career-spanning collection
Bee Gees - Best Of
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello


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Hop On Pop

8/12/2008 5:04:08 AM


Back from vacation today.
Hi!

8/12/08:
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (OST)
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
The Sea & Cake - Everybody
The Fall - The Real New Fall LP


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Hop On Pop

8/13/2008 4:42:15 AM


8/13/08:
Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (album 2)
The Knack - Get The Knack
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
Mark Sultan - The Sultanic Verses


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Hop On Pop

8/14/2008 4:28:39 AM


8/14/08:
Margo Guryan - compilation
Radiohead - The Best Of...
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Fugazi - Steady Diet Of Nothing


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Hop On Pop

8/15/2008 4:51:12 AM


8/15/08:
I certainly won't get to all of it today, but:
The Hollies - 30th Anniversary Collection
Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos
Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City
Big Star - Third (Sister Lovers)


Lots 'o poppy goodness.


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8/15/2008 5:03:49 AM ---- Updated 8/15/2008 5:13:09 AM


Hey nice to see another Guided By Voices fan out there! I turned a couple of people on to them, but haven't listened to anything new since BEE THousand & such... I loved how he would FORESHADOW (often inadvertently) a future track, by including an even crappy-ier demo version on a previous disc...and then Lo & behold a more finished version on a newer collection! Of course he IS one of the LO-FI kings, in my mind.

Oh crap! Should've guessed this one too - You're a fan of The FALL & Mark E. Smith too! Hells yeah Todd.... The Knack, Teenage Fan Club, The Beegees and then all the way to the obscure underground GBV & The Fall YOU and I have to blahblahh...more often.

I bet you like Al Green & The Residents too? Yup. Thought so! MUSIC is about the passion...


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Hop On Pop

8/15/2008 5:17:12 AM


Hell, my whole lo-fi period was inspired by GBV, whom I sort of modeled myself after at the time.

You've heard "The Yummy Song", no?

And "If It's Important To You" may not be lo-fi, but that big hook at the end is pure Pollard.

Sorry. Now this has become something of a promo thread. But I have been into GBV for a while now, and I do love them so. You know that Bob Pollard has a page on IAC, don't you?


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8/15/2008 5:28:55 AM ---- Updated 8/15/2008 6:01:09 AM


NO way! I'll have to look at that this week, and get some of his music up on my stations for sure! one of my idols from the 90s...and somebody who paved the way for my own twist on the whole music thing...

So Does that mean HE, himself put it up here, as an indie artist? Or is it a FAN page, like some of the GREATS that are on here appear to have...

Nobody will tell me if some of these amazing artists like Mr. Pollard, Dano Johnston, X, NIN, Cracker, Tom Waits, Pennywise, Frank Black, Van Morrison and even Pete Townshend (which I KNOW is really him), are REAL artist pages... or just fan pages, like exist on so many other indie music distribution sites (purevolume, isound, etc.)...

I've been showin' 'em to my fans, friends, family and other musicians, as if these "real" artists are up in here on IAC with the likes of you & little ole me...

It's true right? I mean, since they're not on major labels (even Samuel Jackson, for example, or NO/FX), they're honestly on IAC as indie artists? Please, I must know.

TODD, by the way I haven't forgotten that I am to be checkin' out HOP on POP & the other great project of yours CASH COW== it's just NOT somethin' I wanna do without giving an actual listenin' ear. I think it's YOU & Anjuli who are NEXT on my list.... It's just other greats like TEENAGE Fan CLub, DIRGEk and many more keep jumpin' in front of you!

Anyway, NICE to talk music with you... and I'll definitely by checkin' out those LINKS in your comment there. ROCK the FUCK on! -phlegm


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Hop On Pop

8/18/2008 4:55:44 AM


8/18/08:
Sun Ra - Jazz In Silhouette
Joe Pisapia - Daydreams
Sebadoh - Bakesale
Judas Priest - Best Of: Living After Midnight
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation


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Hop On Pop

8/19/2008 4:40:13 AM


8/19/08:
John Cale - Vintage Violence
Wilco - Being There
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere


(yeah, I said it!!!)


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Hop On Pop

8/20/2008 5:06:41 AM


8/20/08:
Hoodoo Gurus - Electric Soup
The Breeders - Last Splash
Smoking Popes - At Metro
Roy Wood & Wizzard - Archive Series


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8/20/2008 5:12:14 AM


LOVE The Replacements, Paul Westerburg, Prince, John Cale (during Velvet Underground dayz? Yes?), uh... HANSON? -- you mean the family band?

I like the Cowsills better.

Or even the Partridge Family.

So TODD -- What's the story on all these amazingly successful artists with IAC pages? Is it really the artists, or their publicist/manager/label/ etc.?

Or are many of these pages of FAMOUS artists just Fan-boy/girl pages -- like on so many other Music Distribution Sites out there?

I ask a lot of questions, don't I ? -pHLeGm ????


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Hop On Pop

8/20/2008 5:21:33 AM


I have no idea about whether or not it's actually the artist or not.
I'm just making an assumption that it's management putting one up, and that the artists themselves probably rarely (if ever) actually come here.

That John Cale is his first album after leaving the VU. But really, all of his first 5 or 6 albums are well-worth having. (If you have not yet heard Paris, 1919, please do yourself a favor and remedy that!

As to Hanson: I am not a proud man. But there is some pretty solid pop music on that there record.


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Hop On Pop

8/21/2008 4:49:11 AM


8/21/08:
It's a Shrimp Boat kinda day!!!

Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (4-disc box set)
Shrimp Boat - Cavale
Shrimp Boat - Speckly


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Hop On Pop

8/22/2008 4:41:08 AM


8/22/08:
I'll be doing a lot of IAC listening today, but I also brought a bunch of CDs, because I felt like it!

House Of Freaks - Tantilla
Dwight Yoakam - The Very Best Of
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
Jim Ford - The Sounds Of Our Time
The Chamber Strings - A Month Of Sundays
Iron Maiden - A Real Live One


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8/26/2008 5:30:09 AM


8/26/08:
Elastica - Elastica
Son Volt - The Search
Toots & The Maytalls - Funky Kingston/In the Dark
Martin Newell - A Summer Tamarind
Cornershop - When I Was Born For the 7th Time


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8/27/2008 4:48:43 AM


8/27/08:
Bob Elliott - Late Afternoon Sun
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Ultimate Collection
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?


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Hop On Pop

8/28/2008 5:02:38 AM


8/28/08:
Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth
The Flavor Channel - Plexicom
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage • Volume 1
Various Artists - The Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation CD


That Lounge Ax collection was assembled to raise money to help one of the great rock clubs in Chicago defray some legal costs because a Yuppie neighbor moved in next door and started complaining about the noise. Moron. I played there several times myself, and it was just as excellent a place to play as it was to see a show.

Anyway, there are songs on there from:
The Jesus Lizard, Shellac, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Tortise, Archers Of Loaf, Mekons, and that's only the half of it.

Sadly, the club closed down in 2000, and thus closed the doors on my youth.
On a side note: it was also the only female-owned rock club in Chicago at the time, and one of the owners is the wife of Jeff Tweedy (Wilco).


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8/29/2008 4:55:28 AM ---- Updated 8/29/2008 5:10:59 AM


8/29/08:
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Blur - Blur
Tenpole Tudor - Best Of: Swords Of a Thousand Men


As to The Exploding Hearts: Phlegm and other lovers of The Clash, or Green Day (yes I know they are very different) would love this band, as it finds the common ground between the two. Just great rock and roll. So good.

Tenpole Tudor: Steve Ison, if you don't know these guys (but I'll guess that you do), you would love this. True, Eddie Tudor isn't much of a singer, but the hooks are undeniable. And anyone else who is a fan of true English pub rock, dig it!


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Steve Ison

8/29/2008 8:18:17 AM


I thought Margo Guryan was one of my little 60s secrets Todd lol..I've got Paints A Picture and a compilation..She's so good
Amazed at the depth of your music collection :)


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Hop On Pop

8/29/2008 8:38:53 AM


I got to know Margo Guryan because I was exposed to an American pop songwriter who covered a few of her tunes -- Linus Of Hollywood. You should check him out too, Steve. (He covered "Shine" and "Sunday Morning"). Linus is also a helluva songwriter in his own right.


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9/2/2008 4:36:28 AM


9/2/08:
Steve Ison - The Stars Are Never Really Distant
Belleveille - My Friends Are My Estate
Bongwater - Double Bummer
Stiff Records Box Set, Disc 2


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9/3/2008 4:47:42 AM ---- Updated 9/3/2008 4:47:55 AM


9/3/08:
Jimmy Smith - Root Down - Live!
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (disc 1)
Bobby Fuller - The Best Of the Bobby Fuller Four
Eleventh Dream Day - Zeroes and Ones


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Hop On Pop

9/4/2008 7:31:36 AM


9/4/08:
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Brian Eno - Before & After Science


Yep, all Eno today.
But I'm almost done, so IAC is in the queue.


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srm1138

9/4/2008 10:09:31 AM


Not a thing wrong with an all-Eno day, Todd (and some damn fine choices, too).


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The Man With No Band

9/4/2008 10:24:40 AM


I'm just having a Hop-On-Pop day .... and I'm rather enjoying myself ...


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Hop On Pop

9/4/2008 10:32:48 AM


Thanks so much Sam.
I been listening to you today, as well.


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The Man With No Band

9/4/2008 11:38:56 AM


The results are in .... Here are my top dozen Hop On Pop tunes ... as close to "in order" as I can get ...

For My Friends
Bound To Fail
I do
Miles from Monday
and to think
Ashes On The Water
Happy Days
Carey's Here
Hey
Block Block
If It's Important To You
I'm Pathetic

Good show Todd ... Look for some of these to soon appear on my stations ... of course a few of them are already there ...
Cheers !


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Hop On Pop

9/5/2008 4:38:07 AM ---- Updated 9/5/2008 10:53:17 AM


Fun to see the rankings. Thanks Sam!

On to today's business (or, rather, pleasure):

9/5/08:
John Doe - Meet John Doe
The Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Def Leppard - Yeah!


And, just purchased:
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Redux
(so very, very good)


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Hop On Pop

9/8/2008 5:01:33 AM


9/8/08:
David Ruffin - David
Relatively Clean Rivers - Relatively Clean Rivers
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
The Clean - Anthology
King Khan & His Shrines - What Is?!


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Hop On Pop

9/10/2008 4:57:19 AM


9/10/08:
Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
Dogbowl - Flan
Los Lobos - Kiko
The Breeders - Pod


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Hop On Pop

9/11/2008 4:47:56 AM


9/11/08:
Fugees - The Score
Nick Lowe - The Wilderness Years
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus


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srm

9/11/2008 5:01:14 AM


Just curious, Todd- ever listen to much Eddie and the Hot Rods?


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Hop On Pop

9/11/2008 5:08:17 AM


Afraid that I have not heard any Eddie stuff.
I know the name, though. Is that the Roy Wood rockabilly alter-ego?


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srm

9/11/2008 5:13:10 AM


They were a late-'70's "garage band" from Essex. I only had one of their albums, but the last couple of days I've had "Teenage Depression" running through my head for some reason.


That damn plate in my head must've shifted.


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9/11/2008 5:15:22 AM


great to see The CLEAN and PAVEMENT up in there..... Now I can see that you truly ARE a fan of Mark E. Smith & THE FALL, because both of these other two bands share influence from mr. smith.... Still amazed by the diverse listening ear you have. But NOW that I've loaded up my stations with your tunes, I can SEE that your influences have created a VERY varietacious sound 4 u. ROCK on!


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Hop On Pop

9/11/2008 5:17:50 AM


Steve --
You have a plate in your head, too?
We should form a band of folks who have had brain surgery and major head trauma!


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Hop On Pop

9/15/2008 5:24:16 AM


9/15/08:
Meat Puppets - Out My Way
Self - Gizmodgery
The Move - Black Country Rock (live @ the BBC)
Dolly Varden - Mouthful Of Lies


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BonsaiChainsaw

9/15/2008 5:39:27 AM


That's a great idea, Todd. Do you like to stick kitchen magnets on your forehead, too?

Btw, Monday is a great day for the Meat Puppets!

- Steve


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Hop On Pop

9/15/2008 6:11:22 AM


Any day is a great day for the Meat Puppets!

And, did you have stuff done to your head, too?


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BonsaiChainsaw

9/15/2008 6:37:56 AM


Actually, it's more of a metaphysical plate. I'm just glad it didn't come with a cup and saucer.
- Steve


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Hop On Pop

9/16/2008 5:15:32 AM


9/16/08:
Today is a day where I pull out a couple of things that I haven't listened to in a while:
James Iha - Let It Come Down
Cherry Twister - At Home With Cherry Twister


and then, a couple of old favorites:
John Cale - Vintage Violence
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker


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Hop On Pop

9/17/2008 5:12:20 AM


9/17/08:
Blur - Parklife
Jim Ford - The Sounds Of Our Time
Wimple Winch - The Story Of Just Four Men
Badfinger - The Best Of...


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Hop On Pop

9/18/2008 4:36:11 AM


9/18/08:
Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Mission Of Burma - Vs.
Roky Erickson - The Evil One
The Auteurs - New Wave


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Richard Scotti

9/18/2008 6:53:54 AM


Have you ever checked out the Irish band, the Pouges?


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Hop On Pop

9/18/2008 7:22:57 AM


I just saw them in March.
Love 'em!

"A Fairytale Of New York" is far and away my favorite Christmas song. Chokes me up every damn time.
And "Sally MacLannane" my be the best drunken singlalong (shoutalong -- "FAR AWAY!!!") ever written.

Shane is a tragic character, to be sure. A modern-day Joyce, drinking away his life and yet so obviously brilliant. Also, if you've read any interviews with him, he also seems like a genuinely good guy... which triples the tragedy of it all.


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Hop On Pop

9/19/2008 5:01:22 AM


9/19/08:
a short day today...
Shrimp Boat - Cavale
Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel
Ramones - All the Stuff and More


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Hop On Pop

9/22/2008 6:32:07 AM


9/22/08:
Wire - Send
DJ Nuts - Disco É Cultura Vol. 3
Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies To God
Toots & The Maytalls - Funky Kingston/In the Dark
The Clean - Anthology (disc 1)


Oh, and also, in celebration of the Cubs clinching the N.L. Central for the 2nd year in a row:
Eddie Vedder - "Go All the Way"
(The latest in a series of beautiful love songs to Chicago's North Side baseball club.)


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srm

9/22/2008 6:43:34 AM


Crank the Toots and the Maytalls! Go Cubbies!


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Hop On Pop

9/22/2008 7:04:51 AM


A: I do post in the morning. And the albums that I post are the ones that I have brought in with me for the day. I do not always get through them all. And sometimes I do get away from my plan. Usually with some IAC.

Re: The Cubs:
The players had gone back into the clubhouse, but came back out to celebrate with the fans when they would not go home.
I agree that the celebration was a bit over the top for a division title, but Cubs fans are starved for ANYTHING. And this is the first time in 100 years that they have even made the playoffs in back-to-back years.
As an outsider, I can see it pissing you off. As a Cubs fan, I know of the love affair between the fans and this team. And I assure you that it is very real. We are close to the action and there is a lot of interaction between us and the players.
I can also assure you that several of the players left the park and went across the street to the local pubs to hang out with some of the fans there, after they left the park. That's just the way it is in Chicago, and part of the reason we do love our Cubbies. It's not just that the park is so beautiful; it's also smack in the middle of a residential neighborhood. And they're a part of it.


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Hop On Pop

9/22/2008 8:03:29 AM


Not saying I don't think it was over-the-top, considering.
Just saying that the fans that were there on Saturday most-likely will not be there for even one playoff game. (So hard to get tix.) So it was cool of the players to share a little with the fans.
The clubhouse celebration was a lot more sober.


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Hop On Pop

9/23/2008 4:49:17 AM


9/23/08:
back to music...
Belle & Sebastian - early EPs
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline...
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Jeff Buckley - Grace


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Hop On Pop

9/23/2008 12:07:46 PM


A late addition to 9/23:
James Hunter - People Gonna Talk

Great retro, and I mean REALLY retro Soul/R&B release that came out in '06, but sounds like 1961. Sounds like some great, lost Sam Cooke record; and I don't say things like that lightly.


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Hugh Hamilton

9/23/2008 3:38:09 PM


That's a cool concept indeed (lost Sam Cooke record)...


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srm

9/23/2008 4:34:56 PM


Thanks for the nod to James Hunter, Todd. I had some downloads with eMusic.com available, so I picked up Believe What I Say (from 1996 -The "People Gonna Talk" album is unavailable there). It definitely has that old-school, R&B sound. This album has a great version of "Hallelujah! I Love Her So" that KICKS!


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Hop On Pop

9/24/2008 4:53:16 AM


Always happy to turn you on to something new, Steve. That's why I bother with this thread... to hopefully turn some of y'all on to something new.

So, here's what I got today (9/24/08):
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
Ike Turner - I Like Ike: The Best Of Ike Turner
Caesaria Evora - Cabo Verde


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Hop On Pop

9/25/2008 4:50:43 AM


9/25/08:
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
Rancid - Rancid (2001)
The Replacements - All Shook Down
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, and Delivered


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Hop On Pop

9/26/2008 4:54:21 AM


9/26/08:
Lucky Bishops - Lucky Bishops
Various Artists - Wayne Kramer Presents: Beyond Cyberpunk
Plush - Fed
Various Artists - The Birmingham Sound: The Soul Of Neil Hemphill, Vol. 1


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Jerry Kabat

9/26/2008 7:54:14 AM


Hey Chicago What a ya say, The Cubs are gonna win today.

Been going to wrig since Ernie playe Shortstop and Chuck Conners played First. Dad used to take me to all the Philly games. One day I asked him why we don't see any other teams and he replied" Because the Cubs can beat the Phillies" Lets hope they still can.

Go Cubs


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Hop On Pop

9/29/2008 5:54:04 AM


9/29/08:
Nick Cave - Abbatior Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus
Shrimp Boat - Duende
Thelonious Monk - The Best Of the Blue Note Years
Tom Zé - Estuando o Pagode


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Hop On Pop

9/29/2008 11:27:22 AM


9/29/08:
Just arrived in the mail:
The Brokedowns - New Brains For Everyone
Melodic, Chicago-school hardcore. Think Naked Raygun, or even early Hüsker Dü. Great shoutalong choruses and better-than-average chord changes. Fast, loud, catchy, and URGENT.


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Hop On Pop

10/1/2008 4:58:23 AM


10/1/08:
The Everly Brothers - The Very Best Of
Marvin Gaye - Super Hits
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel To Be Kind
Tom Zé - Estuando o Pagode


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Hop On Pop

10/2/2008 4:34:30 AM


10/2/08:
Kirsty MacColl - 10-song compilation
Elliott Smith - XO
Linus Of Hollywood - Your Favorite Record/Let Yourself Be Happy
© - ©
Cleaners From Venus - My Back Wages
Gene Clark - Flying High (disc 1)


And yeah, I know that I won't get through it all today, so look for repeats tomorrow.


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Hop On Pop

10/3/2008 4:26:50 AM


10/3/08:
Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
Shrimp Boat - Some Biscuit + Daylight Savings
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo


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Hop On Pop

10/6/2008 5:14:44 AM ---- Updated 10/6/2008 6:11:15 AM


10/6/08:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Talking Heads - The Name Of this Band Is Talking Heads
The Who - A Quick One


(all of todays selections were things that I bought THIS WEEKEND, with birthday money.
yay for new music!!!)


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10/8/2008 4:46:48 AM ---- Updated 10/9/2008 5:44:34 AM


10/8/08:
Wire - 154
Dwight Yoakam - The Very Best Of
The Brokedowns - New Brains For Everyone
Happy Ashtray - Everybody Sees You


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Hop On Pop

10/9/2008 4:47:55 AM


10/9/08:
Beach Boys - Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Joe Pisapia - Daydreams
Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh


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Hop On Pop

10/10/2008 5:19:55 AM


10/10/08:
Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S.
Relatively Clean Rivers - Relatively Clean Rivers
Wimple Winch - The Story of Just Four Men
Sebadoh - Bakesale


Going to see Old Crow next week, so this listen is the beginning of my prep!


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10/10/2008 6:03:51 AM


YES!!! Another Sebadoh fan! My favorite of theirs is STILL "Why do you cut off your sleeves? " -pHLeGm


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Hop On Pop

10/10/2008 6:10:49 AM


Bakesale is the only one that I own. But I love it and really need to pick up Harmacy, Bash Your Head on the Punk Rock, and whatever else they have.


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10/10/2008 6:26:08 AM


I heard from somebody recently that they are STILL doin' stuff musically together. Is that true? Either way, I'm sure they're doin' something artsy or musical !


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Hop On Pop

10/13/2008 4:52:15 AM


10/13/08:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Falstaff - Falstaff
The Who - A Quick One
Happy Ashtray - Weathervane
Brinsley Schwarz - Nervous On the Road/The New Favourites Of...


(That Happy Ashtray may be my new favorite '08 release.)


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10/13/2008 5:25:00 AM


I immediately recognized HAPPY ASHTRAY, as your friend from Chicago itself.
I checked his IAC PAGE and he's still only on a couple of stations, with NO comments.

I have two sets of former bandmates from TUCSON who are in projects that are being ignored like that. THEY, like Happy Ashtray's stuff, have great music.
I suggested they should try blogging a little, and using the SHOUT boxes on stations to get the word out, and get noticed & listened to. I think they're gonna actually do something about it this time.

I'm sure you've learned that YOU are your BEST and most reliable promoter. Nobody's gonna do it for you.

My guess is Happy Ashtray is Happy with his Chicago & surrounding area connects, and has no desire beyond that? IF NOT, you really should encourage him to actively get involved. IAC really is the BEST place for independent, Original music. Just my thoughts Todd.


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Hop On Pop

10/13/2008 5:58:17 AM


I've talked the place up to him and he likes it here. Not much of a blogger, though.

At any rate, I just got back from recording with him this weekend... Not sure if I'm gonna post the song yet, as there are a few things that I wanna fix first. But it is off to a damn good start, methinks.

We did the official MIXTAPE version of Tortured Artist (formerly called "12 Ghosts"). And we are on our way to a damn good track. Just those couple of things...


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Hop On Pop

10/14/2008 6:38:50 AM


10/14/08:
Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band is Talking Heads
The Format - Dog Problems
The Sea & Cake - Everybody
Mark Sultan - The Sultanic Verses


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Hugh Hamilton

10/14/2008 7:51:02 AM


Just stopping by to browse your listening, and as always I'm impressed...

A friend gave me a triple-CD set of "Shut Up And Play Your Guitar" by Zappa as a bday gift...I listened to all three CDs straight and I think I've lost what was left of my sanity...

;)
H


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Hop On Pop

10/14/2008 7:54:49 AM


I took that Zappa set out of the library when I was in H.S. and had a hard time getting through it, impressed though I was. Yeah, it's pretty warped. But then again, it's Zappa.
I should re-visit that collection.


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Hop On Pop

10/15/2008 5:08:17 AM


10/15/08:
Bee Gees - Compilation (from: 1st/Tales From.../Horizontal/Idea/and various outtakes)
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Dogbowl - Flan
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight


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10/15/2008 5:25:30 AM


GOOD MORNING TODD
HOW ARE THE KIDS? DID YOU NOTICE YOU ARE PART OF THE KICK OFF FOR MY SHOW?
JUST THOUGHT YOIU MIGHT WANT TO NOTE THAT GIVEN WHERE THIS THING IS HEADED TO - GOD WILLING

PEACE TO YOU AND YOURS AND IF I MAY BE SO BOLD - I LOST TWO CHILDREN AT THE TENDER AGES OF MELANIE 5 AND JOHN MICHAEL 6, IN A TRAGIC MOMENT OF WHICH MY TIRED MIND CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE RIGHT NOW AND KNOWING YOU HAD KIDS AND ALL AND OBVIOUSLY LOVE THEM LIKE I LOVED MINE - WOULD YOU GIVE THEM A LOVING KISS AND HUG FROM THERE UNCLE E NOX OR JUST FROM YOU FOR ME AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU DID IT - I'M SORRY BUT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO PSYCHICALLY LINK TO THE FEELINGS - GOD WILLING - IF YOU DON'T MIND - THANK YOU BROTHER

HAVE A NICE DAY TODD

E NOX


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Hop On Pop

10/15/2008 7:35:45 AM


Every day, E Nox. Every chance that I get.
And I will make sure that they get several from you. I can only imagine the pain and anger. Thank you for channeling it into something so positive. God bless.


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Hop On Pop

10/16/2008 4:39:52 AM


10/16/08:
Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos
Bob Elliott - Simple Machines
Hüsker Dü - The Living End
Caetano Veloso - Livros


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Hop On Pop

10/17/2008 5:17:22 AM ---- Updated 10/17/2008 5:17:22 AM


10/17/08:
Love - Forever Changes
Prince - 3121
Brian Eno & John Cale - Wrong Way Up
Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel


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srm

10/17/2008 5:42:54 AM


"Wrong Way Up" is another great Eno collab.

btw Todd, I'm still looking for that Eno interview. They don't have it for download anymore, but they still stream it here: Eno on Internet Archive.


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Hop On Pop

10/17/2008 6:19:51 AM


Thanks, Steve! I'll check that out later today.


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Hop On Pop

10/21/2008 5:04:53 AM


10/21/08:
Motown Hitsville U.S.A. box Disc 2
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
Eric B. & Rakim - 20th Century Masters


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10/21/2008 5:19:29 AM


I'm a HUGE fan of Gang of FOUR -- Excellent choice --- AND Motown Hitsville !!! YEAHHHHH! you rock.


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Hop On Pop

10/22/2008 5:31:41 AM


10/22/08:
Beethoven: Kreutzer / Spring Violin Sonatas (Ashkenazy/Perlman)

And then, IAC all day, baby!


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Hop On Pop

10/23/2008 4:45:40 AM


10/23/08:
Martin Newell (Cleaners From Venus) - Songs For... A Fallow Land
Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies To God

and a couple of mixes from friends...


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Hop On Pop

10/24/2008 4:49:34 AM


10/24/08:
Happy Ashray - Weathervane
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Sundial - Acid Yantra
Café Tacuba - Un Viaje


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satch

10/24/2008 5:15:42 AM


Most eclectic - awesome!
Your listening tastes seem to reflect well the music that you play ;)


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Hop On Pop

10/24/2008 5:19:46 AM


You mean, nobody else listens to it?
;-)

Thanks Satch I hope that some of the eclecticism comes through. Keeps it interesting.


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Hop On Pop

10/27/2008 5:09:54 AM


10/27/08:
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville


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10/27/2008 8:28:34 AM


JA = ha h hAha ha! Liz Phair ---

"I wanna be your blow job queen, I wanna lick & make you like it...." = hilarious & genius...

She's awesome. -pHLeGm


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10/27/2008 8:36:45 AM


There's a friend of mine who (I am told) actually dated her for a while... before that first record. So some of those songs may be about him.

I am in Chicago, remember. So it is possible.
Never asked him, though. And I doubt that I ever will. I prefer just to go on thinking that it's true!


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10/27/2008 11:59:44 AM


Now I'm doing an iTunes shuffle.
My last 6 tunes:
King Missile - Muffy
Super Furry Animals - Sidewalk Serfer Girl
Doris - You Never Come Close
Prince - Motherless Child (live/acoustic/solo)
Grinderman - Electric Alice
Happy Ashtray - More and More


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10/28/2008 5:26:46 AM


10/28/08:
Guided By Voices - Sunfish Holy Breakfast/The Grand Hour (EPs)
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (disc 3)
Willie Nelson - To Lefty, From Willie


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10/29/2008 5:20:52 AM


10/29/08:
Not even getting off of the Isles today...
The Who - A Quick One
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Brinsley Schwarz - Silver Pistol
The Move - Black Country Rock (live @ the BBC)
John Cale - Vintage Violence


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10/30/2008 11:05:47 AM


10/30/08:
I didn't get to everything yesterday, so I liestened to the Cale and Brinsley album today. And also to:
The Beatles - Abbey Road

And some IAC and my iTunes.


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10/31/2008 4:57:17 AM


10/31/08:
No Halloween theme here...
The New Pornographers - Electric Version
Gilberto Gil - Frevo Rasgado
The Clean - Anthology (disc 2)
Nick Lowe - The Convincer


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10/31/2008 5:53:58 AM


I do so LOVE THe Clean! Nice choice.

In the same vein as The Fall, eh? Experimental music from the punk era & beyond...


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11/4/2008 6:03:56 AM ---- Updated 11/4/2008 11:10:53 AM


11/4/08:
Beto Villares - Beto Villares
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig!!!
Latin Playboys - Latin Playboys
Tom Zé - Estuando A Bossa
Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop and Roll!


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11/5/2008 6:38:55 AM ---- Updated 11/5/2008 7:36:46 AM


11/5/08:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Grant Hart - Intolerance
Matthew Sweet - Altered Beast
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (soundtrack)
Trakan - Opening Soon Under New Management


Phlegm: If you don't have that YYY's album, you should check it out. I think that you'll like it.


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11/6/2008 5:20:25 AM


11/6/08:
Smoking Popes - Live at Metro
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of 1000 Men


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11/7/2008 4:47:26 AM


11/7/08:
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
Judas Priest - Best Of: Living After Midnight
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
M.O.T.O. - Single File
The Tories - Wonderful Life


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11/10/2008 6:45:34 AM


11/10/08:
A short day for me, so I probably won't get to it all, but:
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Bloque - Bloque
Jonathan Richman - Jonathan Sings!
Television - Marquee Moon
The Brokedowns - New Brains For Everyone


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11/11/2008 5:19:07 AM


11/11/08:
Well, I didn't get to
Television - Marquee Moon
yesterday, so that is what is in my ears right now, as I type this.

But I also brought:
Stevie Wonder - Songs In the Key Of Life
Doug Martsch - Now You Know


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11/12/2008 5:28:32 AM


11/12/08:
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue
Brian Eno - Before & After Science
Paris - Guerilla Funk


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11/13/2008 5:33:56 AM


11/13/08:
Pulp - His 'N' Hers
The Wolfgang Press - Queer
The Webb Brothers - Maroon
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Hearts Of Oak
The Who - A Quick One


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11/14/2008 5:55:59 AM


11/14/08:
IAC
and
iTunes shuffle
Maybe I'll choose a complete album from my iTunes to listen to, as well. We'll see.


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11/17/2008 4:58:52 AM ---- Updated 11/17/2008 10:14:13 AM


11/17/08
Happy Ashtray - Weathervane
Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Nick Drake - Pink Moon


Just arrived and now playing, as of 12:13 p.m. Chicago time:
Ashtray Boy - The Honeymoon Suite
(That's a lot of ashtrays from Chicago, today!
Funny thing is that Happy Ashtray and the drummer from Ashtray Boy are both friends of mine and used to play in a band with each other.)


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11/18/2008 5:00:40 AM ---- Updated 11/18/2008 9:27:54 AM


11/18/08:
Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
They Might Be Giants - Flood
Zumpano - Goin' Through Changes
Wimple Winch - compilation


Just arrived:
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show/Aerial Ballet/Aerial Pandemonium Ballet


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11/19/2008 4:39:09 AM


11/19/08:
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Various Artists - The Late, Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered/Covered


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11/20/2008 4:41:05 AM ---- Updated 11/20/2008 8:53:01 AM


11/20/08:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus! Dig!!!
Shrimp Boat - Duende
Beto Villares - Beto Villares
Various Artists - Latcho Drom (original soundtrack)


Just received from a friend:
Harry Nilsson - The Point!


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11/21/2008 4:51:01 AM


11/21/08:
David Grahame compilation
Def Leppard - YEAH!
The Boo Radleys - Kingsize
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads


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11/24/2008 5:23:30 AM ---- Updated 11/24/2008 8:06:37 AM


11/24/08:
Weezer - Weezer (blue)
Relatively Clean Rivers - Relatively Clean Rivers
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Blur - Parklife


Just added to the queue:
Jay Bennett - Whatever Happened, I Apologize


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11/25/2008 4:58:10 AM


11/25/08:
Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Ashtray Boy - The Honeymoon Suite
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs


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11/26/2008 4:41:28 AM


11/25/08:
Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello
Shrimp Boat - Daylight Savings/Some Biscuit


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11/29/2008 8:01:52 AM


11/28:
Dolly Parton - The Grass Is Blue
The Beatles - The White Album


11/29:
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme


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12/1/2008 6:26:20 AM


12/1:
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
Os Mutantes - Mutantes
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline


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12/2/2008 6:47:20 AM ---- Updated 12/2/2008 6:49:57 AM


12/2:
Pat DiNizio - Songs and Sounds
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
James Brown - The CD of JB
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Souled American - Around the Horn


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12/3/2008 5:13:40 AM


12/3:
Steve Ison - The Stars Are Never Really Distant
XTC - Skylarking
Bob Elliott - Simple Machines
Sam & Dave - The Very Best Of...


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12/4/2008 5:05:22 AM


12/4:
Didn't get to the Bob or to the XTC yesterday (meetings), so those are first in the queue today. But then, I also brought in:
Def Leppard - YEAH!
Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood


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12/5/2008 4:41:08 AM


12/5/08:
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
Richard Hell - Destiny Street
Brinsley Schwarz - Nervous On the Road/The New Favourites Of...
D'Angelo - Voodoo


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12/8/2008 4:50:06 AM


12/8/08
Pink Floyd - The Early Singles
Dwight Yoakam - dwightyoakamacoustic.net
Thin Lizzy - The Definitive Collection
Roy Wood - Boulders
Essex Green - Everything Is Green
The La's - The La's


Two things:
1. I probably won't get to all of these today
2. How can they call it "The Definitive Collection" if it doesn't have "Running Back"?


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12/9/2008 7:13:12 AM


Home with a sick child today, 12/9.
Already listened to
Greg Camp - Defektor (little brother's choice)

And we'll probably be watching some Flip Wilson, Kids In the Hall, Pee Wee's Playhouse, and various movies that will keep big broter ()the sick one) entertained today.


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12/9/2008 7:23:14 AM


Flip Wilson? Damn, you do ROCK mr. Todd.

That's one of my Phavorite dead comedians!


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12/10/2008 4:56:13 AM


12/10/08:
Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Pandemonium Ballet


Oh, and we did watch some Flip yesterday.
But, mostly we saw the movie Leatherheads, with George Clooney. It was good; kinda like an old Cary Grant movie, but not as rapid-fire.


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12/12/2008 4:58:16 AM


12/12/08:
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Pixies - Doolittle
The Band - Music From Big Pink


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12/12/2008 5:04:46 AM


Damn -- tha's why we've been on the same wavelength lately ---

Pavement &The Pixies are TWO of my biggest influences/loves in Indie Music and two of the few bands out there that have "made" it, that I actually got to see before they were hot stuff!

(Of course they're not QUITE as indie and unknown as WE two are, eh? Hee hee ehh e.... ahhh heh . hmm. )


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12/12/2008 5:24:56 AM


Oh yeah, I saw both bands too.
Pixies I saw on the Doolittle tour.. in a teeny little room in Columbia, MO (where I was going to college). And then I saw them again on their final "real" tour in 1991.

Pavement I didn't see until Wowee Zowee, when they were already selling out Metro in Chicago. It's the biggest of the little rooms in town, and, back in the day, was the home base for another band you may know and love -- Naked Raygun.


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12/12/2008 6:15:37 AM


Naked Raygun? You've mentioned them before --- I must look them up.


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12/12/2008 11:54:14 AM


Now I got a hankering for the record, so I put on:
John Cale - Paris, 1919

So, so great.


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12/15/2008 5:30:17 AM ---- Updated 12/15/2008 5:30:33 AM


12/15/08:
Caesaria Evora - Rogamar
The Who - A Quick One
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Brian Eno/John Cale - Wrong Way Up


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12/16/2008 6:35:06 AM


12/16/08:
Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
Various Artists - Paisley Pop: Pye Psych and Other Colours (1966-1969)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Jim Ford - The Sounds Of Our Time


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12/18/2008 4:59:33 AM


12/18/08:
Various Artists - The Birmingham Sound: The Soul Of Neil Hemphill (Vol. 1)
Peter Laughner - Take the Guitar Player For a Ride
The Hollies - 30th Anniversary Collection
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers


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12/22/2008 2:36:17 PM


I'm home all week on vacation, so I'm mostly listening to my sons' iPods.
Today, my oldest was gracing me with:
Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop, Drop and Roll!

Good stuff.


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12/29/2008 5:10:02 AM


12/29:
Back at work. *sigh*. Mostly what I'm listening to:
Dexy's Midnight Runners compilation (I've been curious about their catalog for a while now. It's starting out sounding pretty good.)
Also...
Whatever I feel like hearing on IAC and my iTunes.

I also may go out and pick something up at Best Buy later.


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12/30/2008 4:47:37 AM ---- Updated 12/30/2008 5:50:44 AM


12/30:
My penultimate entry for the year.
(penultimate I love that word!)

Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars
Hoodoo Gurus - Magnum Cum Louder
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
John Cale - Vintage Violence
Raphael Sadiq - The Way I See It


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12/31/2008 5:22:17 AM


Today, the final day of the year, I will listen to 3 of my favorite albums of 2008:
Happy Ashtray - Weathervane
Beto Villares - Beto Villares
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!


(That Raphael Saadiq that I listened to yesterday is another one, as is the Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson disc that came out this year. And, I really need to hear albums from IACers that came out in '08; show me the way!!!!)


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