Elefant – “Now That I Miss Her”
Radiohead – “Faust Arp”
Doves – “N.Y.”
Whiskeytown – “Under Your Breath”
Tom Waits – “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Led Zeppelin – “Houses of the Holy”
Big Wreck – “Inhale”
The Thrills – “You Can’t Fool Old Friends With Limousines”
RAWK SAWNG OF THE DAY: Refused – “Refused Are Fuckin’ Dead”
Breakdown:
9 songs
3 during commute to work
6 at work
0 during commute home (cell phones are Satan)
We’ll save today’s BEST BAND YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD for a band that didn’t make the iPod playlist, but kept my feet tappin’ all night at Belle Isle Brewery. Don’t take my word for it – come hear The Magpies with your own two ears next Tuesday, suckas! The Clevelandites will be in Oak Shitty again, this time at Speakeasy (Yes, it has a stage. Yes, it sounds better than Conservatory). If we’ve gotten around to actually “launching” this little blog experiment by then, you trendiest-of-trendy readers should invite all your friends and enemies for a night of some of the finest American songwriting, accordion playing and twangy rock and roll around. Goes good with Whiskeytown, Jerry Lee Lewis, beer, The Boss, Cash and the roots rock side of Rolling Stones. Try this opening line on for size: ”Here comes the night and I’m feeling like a pistol-whipped criminal.” Righteous! I told some folks in the bar that I’d die a happy man if I could listen to bands like The Magpies every night, and that wasn’t just the Belle Isle booze talking – I really meant it. Guess I could be in for an early death if they keep playing here so much. So it goes.
Tags: Tom Waits, beer, booze, Doves, The Thrills, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Refused, Big Wreck, Elefant, Whiskeytown, The Magpies, Belle Isle Brewery, Speakeasy, Conservatory, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Rolling Stones
