June 18, 2019

the new pornographers - the bleeding heart show (studio-2005) the great Neko Case on backing vocals

Unless you know this band (which you should ), you have NO IDEA what a song named like this is going to sound like, do you?

Well, it's great ... in fact their whole Twin Cinema record is excellent ... bit of a Canadian Indie-Rock super-group with TONS of excellent songs over the last nearly 20 years ...

Make sure you start cranking it up around the 2:08 mark ... the ending section is so kick-ass ... drumming on the whole thing is great, but the last half is transcendent, Keith Moon-level stuff

we have arrived too late to play the bleeding heart show

June 17, 2019

iron & wine - tree by the river/half moon (studio-2011) two songs that always put a smile on my face

Couple of very groovy 70's-sounding tracks from Sam Beam's "Kiss Each Other Clean" CD ...

And for the I&W traditionalists ... who hate hearing Sam with anything more than his acoustic ... this is also brilliant ... so I see their argument

June 12, 2019

natalie merchant - cowboy romance (studio-2015) the re-recorded Tigerlily Sessions

Freakin' awesome ...

June 9, 2019

If we consumers are paying the tariffs, shouldn't inflation be through the roof?

I mean, I know we are ... there's no mechanism to make Gyna and Canader pay the tariffs, and corporations aren't just going to entirely eat the losses, so ...

Yet, AFAIK, there's been no increase in inflation as a result of the tariffs. What's up with that? Are the government bean-counters fudging the numbers? Secretly applying an 'offset' value, under some sketchy auspices?

Or ... is inflation actually way up, but the media won't report it?

I just don't see how it's possible that inflation has not risen given the tariffs that have been put in place?

June 1, 2019

yes - tempus fugit (studio-1980) since someone else posted a buggles vid ...

How about Yes ... meets The Buggles ... i.e. Alan, Steve, Chris + Trevor and Geoff (strangely, that's actually NOT Owen Wilson) from Buggles ... this was a freaking kick-ass song & Chris Squire was a BASS GOD.