I am writing today’s post under extreme deadline pressure, just 15 minutes before it is scheduled to post. That’s what happens when I leave town for eight days.
This week I saw a great concert featuring Guster, Ben Folds Five and Barenaked Ladies. I’ll expound on it over the course of this week’s posts. But I’m kicking things off with a clip of comedian/singer Boothby Graffoe, who opened the show.
As much as I enjoy Travis’ second and third albums, I never really got into their fourth, 12 Memories.
This fits my theory that some artists are just fit for one or two records but not long-term consumption.
I own dozens of records by the likes of Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Lucinda Williams and others. I can’t imagine any of those people releasing an album I wouldn’t want to own, even if it didn’t live up to their previous work.
My Random Weekends have turned up a lot of bonus tracks from Elvis Costello’s many reissues, so it’s nice to see an actual album cut pop up today.
This Year’s Model, Costello’s second album, is a fast and furious collection of brainy punk pop, world’s away from the material he would go on to release in the decades to come.
Meet Me In Montauk 