New Jamz

Here's the new stuff we got since the last stuff we got:

Creedence Clearwater Revival-Pendulum, Department of Eagles-In Ear Park, Arizona-Glowing Bird, Celebration-The Modern Tribe, The Clash-Live: From Here to Eternity, My Bloody Valentine-rarity mix selections from Geek, Sunny Sundae Smile, This is Your Bloody Valentine CD, and The New Record by My Bloody Valentine, Mudcrutch-Mudcrutch, Mudhoney-Superfuzz Bigmuff disc 2 (Live in Berlin 10/10/88 and Live at KCSB 11/16/88), The Raveonettes-Lust Lust Lust, Torche-Meanderthal, Weedeater-God Luck and Good Speed, Between The Buried and Me/Clutch/Mastodon J.J.'s mix, Brendan Canning-Something For All of Us..., Brian Eno and David Byrne-Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Dead Confederate-Wrecking Ball, Blue Flashing Light-The Mayor of Five Points, Mean Creek-Around the Bend, Motley Crue-Greatest Hits, Thin Lizzy-Dedication (Greatest Hits), Neutral Milk Hotel-On Avery Island, Secret Machines-Secret Machines, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals-Cardinology, Keane-Perfect Symmetry, Kings of Leon-Only By the Night, Of Montreal-Skeletal Lamping, Death Cab for Cutie-Narrow Stairs, Counting Crows-Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, Gnarls Barkley-The Odd Couple, Widespread Panic-Free Somehow, Jose Gonzalez-In Our Nature, Nada Surf-Lucky, Jack Johnson-Sleep Through the Static, MGMT-Oracular Spectacular, Drive-By Truckers-Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

some vinyl:
The Weight-The Weight Are Men, Pink Mountaintops-Axis Of Evol

and one 8-track:
Simon and Garfunkel-Sounds of Silence

Note, dear valued reader, the broad spectrum of sounds contained within the new jamz: classic rock, metal, hair metal, mainstream stuff, indie swag, softcore, southern rock, jammy jam bands... It ain't all good but come hell or high water we are going to listen.

As usual, only Athens bands get a link. Listen to them. Love them. I'm sorry to my friend Bop, but I am ashamed to say that I have still not gotten Guy Clark's Old No. 1/Texas Cookin' but all in good time sir.

Record Collection Recollections

Looking through my vinyl collection and I thought I would share the most notable specimens. I own most of what I own (including my record player) thanks to the lovely Lisa and the Forces' own T nutz, who brought up his collection for my listening pleasure. Now we are really entering the deepest realm of the labyrinth of shit that nobody cares about:

First, a few of the good and classic in no particular order:
Beck-Sea Change, The Police-Zenyatta Mondatta, Elvis Costello and The Attractions-The Best of..., Panda Bear-Person Pitch, Johnny Cash-Live at San Quentin, The Beach Boys-Endless Summer, Deerhunter-Cryptograms/Flourescent Grey EP, Queen-A Night at the Opera, Primus-Suck on This and Pork Soda, The Ventures-Hawaii Five-O, Jim O'Rourke-Eureka, The Flame-Fallout, The Beatles-1962-1966, Pink Floyd-The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, and Animals.

Some jazz:
John Coltrane Quartet-Ballads, Various Artists-Brazil's Super Hits, Chet Atkins-Lover's Guitar, Ahmad Jamal Trio-Live at The Pershing (But Not For Me), Dean Martin-I'm the One Who Loves You, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim-Self-titled, The Dave Brubeck Quartet-Time Out.

There is also a mountain of classical music that I will not share with the reader, instead choosing to leave to said reader's imagination, which is quite vivid.

I will however, share with you the 3 most ridiculous records we have which no one would ever buy back, but we will never sell:
Oak Ridge Boys-Bobbie Sue. Hunter bought this solely because the album cover photo is one of the funniest things thine eyes ever seen. Artwise, right up there with Orleans-Still the One LP, which I do not own as of yet but am tirelessly striving to find.
Fat Boys-The Fat Boys are Back. Honestly, I don't really feel too good about myself having a laugh at Kurtis Blow's expense. (Kurtis Blow=a.k.a "The Chief of the East" a.k.a. "The Ox That Rocks" a.k.a. "Doc Nice" a.k.a. "The Prince of Rap"). I actually love this album and play it often.
Don Ellis-At Fillmore. Shitty horns.

Also, here's the bulk of my 8-track collection, which is a work in progress:
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin (or I, or whatever they call it), Frank Sinatra-Just One Of Those Things, The Beatles-Abbey Road, Tony Bennett-The Good Things in Life, George Harrison-All Things Must Pass (Cartridge 2), and Kenny Rogers-Greatest Hits.