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This week's topic is of no interest to me so I figured I would go ahead and do the word association I missed last week. Thought I would throw in some video links as well.

Go ahead and click through to them - they are quite good.

TV: "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" - Bruce Springsteen
Entertainment: "That's Entertainment" - The Jam (The Morrissey version is quite good as well.
Drive: "Driver's Seat" - Sniff'n The Tears
Dark: "Beware of Darkness" - George Harrison
Job: "Get a Job" - The Silhouettes
Cat: "Cat People" - David Bowie
Silence: "In That Quiet Earth" - Genesis
Noise: "Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC
Creep: "Boris the Spider" - The Who (Creepy, Crawly, Creepy, Creepy, Crawly, Crawly)
Rose: "Ramble On Rose" - Grateful Dead

Via Music Memoirs

Be sure to check out Power Pop Review. This is a blog I found a while back but had slipped out of memory until a nice chat via Twitter about The Act and other faves of mine brought me back to it. Full of all sorts of tasty Power Pop goodness, you can't help but feel good perusing its pages.

I particularly appreciated the post about the Vinyl Resurgence which is literally music to my ears. That photo of the used bins brought back great memories of hours and hours at The Record Swap in Homewood and miscellaneous other shops in Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins whose names elude me right now.

There are a lot of music blogs out there but very few make it into my reader, this was a no brainer.

Which music blog would you recommend?

I know it's not Tuesday. Why not use your imagination and just pretend it is.

The mission from our Music Memoirs friends this week:

A little something different.

I'm going to give you a list of drinks and you give me a song/album/artist that fits that particular drink:

Espresso: "Espresso Love" - Dire Straits
Wine: "Tastes Like Wine" - Gov't Mule
Beer: "Warm Beer & Cold Women" - Tom Waits
Milk: Milk & Honey (LP) - John Lennon / Yoko Ono
Water: "Gimme Some Water" - Eddie Money
Tea: "English Tea" - Paul McCartney
Cappuccino: The Cappuccino Kid - Not a song but the mysterious sleeve note writer for The Style Council.
Margarita: "Margarita" - Traveling Wilburys

OK - I know it's not much of a post but I wanted you to know that haven't forgotten either of my loyal readers.

What would you have picked? No need to mention margaritaville...

Cheers!
SB

It's a word association from our Music Memoirs friends this week:

Holly: Not Fade Away - The Crickets
Tree: Little Willow - Paul McCartney
Hug: Hold Me Tight - The Beatles
Ice: The Thin Ice - Pink Floyd
Give: Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel
Take: Take Me Back to Chicago - Chicago
Try: Try Me - UFO
Drink: Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - Paul McCartney & Wings
Party: Garden Party - Marillion
Rest: Calico Skies - Paul McCartney

So I see I went a bit heavy on the Macca this week with 2 choices from the outstanding and underappreciated Flaming Pie - but it's my blog so I can do that.

What did you pick?

SB

It's Friday so it's time once again for our Top 5 On Friday via our friends at Music Memoirs

Our mission for today:

Top 5 musical things on your Christmas Holiday Wish List:

I thought about going with the pie in the sky sort of thing, trip to NY for the Gov't Mule New Year's Eve shows etc.. but with the holidays coming up, I thought that a more realistic list might be useful to family or friends who may actually be curious as to what I might like if they were inclined to add me to their gift giving lists...

Gov't Mule - A Tail of 2 Cities (DVD) / A 2 DVD set featuring 2 full shows, one of which we attended here in Chicago.

The Faces - 5 Guys Walk into a Bar (Box Set) / A fantastic band given the full box set treatment. I've heard such wonderful things about this collection.

Guitar Strings - I really could use some strings for my guitars. I really like the Elixirs for the Carvin electric but I have had good luck with GHS in the past. Lights .010 through .046 are great. GHS Lights for the acoustic.

A couple years back I picked up a Line 6 Guitar Port which is a very cool USB connected effects processor. You can also get a subscription to an online service which offers lessons and new effect settings but I've let it lapse. Would be cool to be able to pick that up again.

And lastly, I'd love more time to play my guitars. I guess that is something that I can give myself but I just don't take enough time to play any longer. I think if I was still taking lessons I would take the time to play more.

What is on your list?

SB

This week we get a Thankful Theme from our friends at Music Memoirs

Our Mission is twofold:

What musical things are you the most thankful for?

Guitars. I love guitars. I love the way they sound. I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. Acoustic, electric, 6 string, 12 string, nylon string, it don't matter to me. An amateur (like me) can play some songs, a master can make it sing or cry.

If you could say thanks to one artist/band who would it be and why?

As much as I love, respect and admire a lot of other artists, I'm going to have to go with The Beatles. Simply put, The Beatles made me love music, and are responsible for me being the music fan I am today. No other artist has had that same level of influence on me, and if you know me, you know that is saying a lot.

SB

I saw that my buddy Ross posted some great photos from the Gov't Mule Fillmore show he attended this weekend (you lucky bastard)



Seems that Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh joined the Mule for what sounds like a great couple of tunes Loser > Terrapin > Loser - Sugaree

Until I can get the downloads, I'll have to make do with this great clip from earlier this month featuring Warren and Phil & his friends with a fantastic "Stella Blue" - which unfortunately I can't embed but is worth the click through to watch.

Enjoy!

SB