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  • Five fer Friday XI

    [MP3] Generation X – "100 Punks Rule" EXPIREDThat first album by Billy and the boys was awesome. Here's my favorite track.[MP3] The Jam – "Saturday's Kids" EXPIREDI really need to devote an entire entry on the Jam. Until then......[MP3] Hoodoo Gurus – "I Want You Back" EXPIREDThis is from their...(read full post)

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  • Five fer Friday X

    [MP3] Aimee Mann – "Stupid Thing" EXPIREDLet's begin ballady with this track from Mann's first solo disc.[MP3] Ben Kweller – "Hear Me Out" EXPIREDLove this Kweller tune from his '04 disc On My Way.[MP3] Nirvana – "Breed" EXPIREDRecently saw a VHI "Classic Album" episode on "Nevermind" and it reminded just...(read full post)

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  • Picks fer '06, Part 2

    From The Tragic Treasury:[MP3] Gothic Archies – “Walking My Gargoyle” EXPIREDFrom Funnel Cloud:[MP3] Hem – “Not California” EXPIREDFrom Ole Tarantula:[MP3] Robyn Hitchcock – “(A Man’s Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs EXPIREDFrom Boys and Girls in America:[MP3] The Hold Steady – “Chips Ahoy!” EXPIREDFrom Ben Kweller:[MP3] Ben Kweller – “Penny on...(read full post)

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  • Picks fer '06, Part 1

    This is the best I’ve heard in 2006, a good but not great year fer rock ‘n’ roll. Of course, I only have two ears so there’s only so much I can listen to. I’d love to hear others opine on the subject. Or even share a track or two.Look...(read full post)

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  • Five fer Friday IX

    [MP3] 101ers – “Sweet Revenge” EXPIREDJoe Strummer from his pre-Clash days (thanks to Pete for this!).[MP3] Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – “Coma Girl” EXPIREDJoe Strummer from his post-Clash days.[MP3] The Clash – “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais” EXPIREDWhy not? Joe Strummer from his in-Clash days.[MP3] Of Montreal – “Art...(read full post)

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  • Snow Tracks

    Well, December is here. Time to drag the Christmas songs down from the attic.[MP3] Apples in Stereo – “Holiday Mood” EXPIRED[MP3] The Boys – “Run Rudolph Run” EXPIRED[MP3] Dance Hall Crashers – “I Did It for the Toys” EXPIRED[MP3] Dr. Elmo – “Grandma’s Killer Fruitcake” EXPIRED[MP3] Dressy Bessy – “All...(read full post)

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  • Five fer Friday VIII

    [MP3] The Hong Kong – "Tongue Tied" EXPIREDNew wave, Blondie-like pop from another blondie-led band.[MP3] Elvis Costello – "Radio, Radio (Live on SNL)" EXPIREDThanks to Franz for this one – he also shared this YouTube link to the circa-1979 performance.[MP3] Elvis Costello – "Mystery Dance" EXPIREDThis is for Senap who...(read full post)

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  • 999

    This post goes out to Greg, the childhood buddy who introduced me to punk back in high school and in the process saved my rock ‘n’ roll soul from the likes of Journey, Styx, and REO Speedwagon.Thank you, Greg. I am forever indebted. The thought of tootling around town as...(read full post)

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  • Promo: Memphis

    If you any of you are pondering doing a music blog, here’s one of the perks: As you become established and start getting some traffic to your site, record companies begin offering you free discs in hopes that you’ll give their band a plug.This has happened twice now at Water....(read full post)

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  • Stupid Songs

    This is a post I’ve been wanting to do for a while. A few months back as I was listening to “Beer for Breakfast” by the Replacements, I realized that there are a lot of wonderfully stupid songs out there – songs whose subject matter is so crass, juvenile, and/or...(read full post)

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  • My Aim Is True

    By popular demand (one person constitutes popular demand at the Water All Around blog), here are three tracks from Costello's classic 1977 debut disc, My Aim Is True:[MP3] Elvis Costello - "Watching the Detectives" EXPIRED[MP3] Elvis Costello - "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" EXPIRED[MP3] Elvis Costello - "Waiting...(read full post)

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  • Elvis Costello

    You young uns might not know this, but there was a time way back in rock ‘n’ roll days of old when Elvis Costello didn’t take himself too seriously and played with rockin’ back-up bands, not crusty classical quartets. In those days, when punk was in its infancy and E.C....(read full post)

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