Category: music

I heard the original version of Do Ya on the radio yesterday. It’s really good. Nice and crunchy. I think I’d previously only heard the ELO version. Alas, iTunes only has the ELO version and not the older one. Amazon has it, on a “Best of The Move” collection, but it ain’t cheap.

There are two new Chris Whitley albums out on Messenger Records, and you can only buy them direct from their web site. I haven’t heard either one yet, but they should be good.

New Rum Diary album out. Review here. Interview here. I was just listening to their last couple of CDs a few days ago. They’re good. Really.

Now playing: Death Cab for Cutie – Lowell, MA

Today, my favorite Warren Zevon song is “Numb as a Statue” from The Wind.

I’ve been obsessing a bit over the last song on Life’ll Kill Ya, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick.” It’s a pretty simple song, but it’s really powerful. at least it is to me right now. It seems dark and pessimistic at first, but there’s a ray of hope at the end.

I started listening to Warren Zevon’s Life’ll Kill Ya a few days ago. I initially assumed this was written not long after he found out he had cancer, but apparently not. This album came out in 2000, and he didn’t find out about the cancer until 2002. Still, he seems to be thinking about death a lot here. “Requiscat in Pace.”

Very nice mixtape posted here — all legally downloadable.

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