Whats playing on your system today?

asvjerry,

I have great respect for variety.  We have the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Thanks for mentioning The Tubes. I saw them years ago at Bogarts in Cincinnati. Fee Wabill came into the audience during the performance and took my friends Fosters Lager from him and chugged it, autographed it and went back on stage.  

Also a big NIN fan, Little feat. Dire Straits too. I'll explore some of your other selections as well. 
 
Today I listened to Toto, "Hydra ", entire albumn. 
Also Candlebox  S/T. I particularly like the song "Rain". 

N

Buddy Guy - Heavy Love

re: peter holsapple--i forgot about the continental drifters (his project with the girl from the cowsills!). "vermillion" was the one i remember as being noteworty. as for chris stamey, i useta wear the hell out of "wonderful life", "it's alright ( a slicker major label lp) and the "instant excitement" ep--none of these are on spotify, but very well worth tracking down on ebay or wherever--in contrast to his later, wispier stuff, i still remember these songs 30+ years later.

speaking of great songwriters with bad voices, i've been listening to steve earle's latest, terraplane. the guy's obviously made a pact with the devil--all that heroin and hard living and he still hasn't lost the knack. "go go boots are back" may be the best song he's written.
likewise, game theory's "lolita nation" (just reissued). the late scott miller's reedy voice is an acquired taste (i dig it), but he was a great, smart pop writer and anyone into  big star/dbs/posies will worship this.

The good Rats, "Tasty" and "Cherry River". 

N

one more holsapple reference, then i'll shut up forever---marty, you're probably onto golden palaminos "blast of silence"---for the unitiated it's a sorta supersession featuring among others, a very young matthew sweet and tbone burnett. the great syd straw covers an obscure holsapple song, diamond; the little feat songs which begin and end the record are also great. the earlier "visions of excess" is artier and features michael stipe (doing moby grape), jack bruce and johnny rotten