What are you listening to right now?

Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin'

IVAN REBROFF singing KALINKA - he just passed away at te age of 77

Triennale - Brian Eno (From the 'Plus From Us' album)

Enchantment-Where Do We Go From Here

great, underrated band IMO[/quote]

I always had the feeling they were a good bunch of musicians who found themselves in the 1980s and applied themselves to that mileau. I never really thought their hearts were in it, just their heads.

I bought Shuttered Room (mostly for Stand Or Fall).

They great live.

Bloodhound Gang -- Discovery Channel

the smiths - there is a light that never goes out

god damn morrisey and marrs, the best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQ_1sXZJxI

Catatonia - Road Rage


cerys welsh accent is the best

Sam Cooke--Send Me Some Lovin'

Jack Of All Parades
Elvis Costello

When we first met I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you
And the world walked round at my mouth
They lit me up and they snuffed me out

And I was everybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades

You won't know who to thank
You won't know who to blame
It's just a part of the Murdering Game
'Cos down in the fleshpots
Where they pay you in pounds
They're laughing like drains
And baying like bloodhounds
For the Jack of all parades
The Jack of all parades

Once I knew a girl
That looked so much like Judy Garland
That people would stop and give her money
And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby
Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
Oh the Jack, of all Parades.

Now the way that I feel is no longer news
You know my love and how to refuse it
Cause you know where the door is
And how to use it
Oh you know you do

But from my chequered past
To this shattered terrace
Where you can't keep your mind off
the Crimes of Paris
And you can't keep your peace
And try to forget it
And I can't forgive you
For things you haven't done yet

Oh I was anybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades

When we first met I didn't know what to do
My old love lines were all worn out on you
And the world walked 'round my mouth
I didn't mean to say it
I just blurted it out
As you pretended not to notice
Or be taken aback
And I loved you there and then
It's as simple as that

Oh I was everybody's boy
But soon that thrill just fades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
To be the love of one true heart
Or the Jack of all parades
Oh the Jack of all parades

I'll Wear It Proudly
Elvis Costello

I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

Well you seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed

We are arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out and the air outside turned blue from fright
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness says "What do you suggest?"

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

King of America by Elvis Costello may be my favourite album of all time

Rannet al Tabla

Amazon reviews agree:

Amazon.com essential recording

This plunge into blues and roots Americana stands with This Year's Model and Imperial Bedroom as Costello's greatest work. Ryko's repackaging is immaculate, natch, and this time Elvis contributes a fascinating 3,000-word essay about the recording and its dismal fate at Columbia's hands. --Jeff Bateman

Amazon.com
Seeking to exorcise the demons of 1981's ill-fated country album, Almost Blue, Elvis Costello had another go with 1985's exquisite 15-song exploration of American life, King of America. "Little Palaces" and "Indoor Fireworks" feel like you've lived with them all your life. "Our Little Angel" has the aura of a lost Hank Williams classic, but, of course, only Costello could come up with a couplet like "You try to love but you're so contrary / Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary." King of America isn't all slide guitars and domestic discord, though. "Lovable" is as pure a moment of joyful abandon as Costello has ever allowed himself. Six months later, he kicked up an unholy racket with Blood and Chocolate. Costello fans have never seen another year like it. --Peter Paphides

Does My Ring Burn Your Finger-written by Buddy Miller

Powerful song...powerful

You're so vain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQREs4f_oE&feature=related

Dengue Fever

LA based band that revived the Khmer (Cambodian) psychedelic rock of 1960s. Most of the musicians in this genre were killed by the Khmer Rouge, as it combined the western music with khmer style singing.

Shave Your Beard

http://www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic


And this is the original 1960s music, Ros Sereysothea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTU6CH1ZCrc

ANd here is a trailer of a short film made about her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ImHqGBbyE

LA BAMBA CLASSIC ORIGINAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW5q6csAKcE&feature=related

For New Yorkers: Dengue Fever will be around for 3 days:

3 Mar 2008 20:00 Union Docs. screening of our documentary film brooklyn, New York
4 Mar 2008 20:00 Mercury Lounge New York, New York
5 Mar 2008 20:00 Southpaw Brooklyn, New York
6 Mar 2008 20:00 Terrence F Club Princeton, New Jersey

http://www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic