Depeche Mode's New Album 12.5 /16

 The songs on Delta Machine work over all. because Depeche Mode knows what it does well.  The songs that work best are the ones that blend the blues with an electronic edge.  The tracks engaged me, and kept my distracted mind in trance.  So this album gets a 11.5/16 songs.  I stared eight, and seven were     halfway there to being stared. All in all for those who like Depeche Mode and want something that reminds them of the good old days then check out this album.  The tracks that stood out were: Angel, Heaven, Slow, Borken, Soft Touch/Raw Nerve, Should be Higher, ALone, Sooth my Soul, and Goodbye.   A number of these tracks will have you singing back to them.

The point system was borrowed from the Rock and Roll Geeks reviews of Records.

Musical Interlude: Run Rabit Run

Jane 99 told me to look up the song Run Rabit Run Rabit Run Run Run.  So I did.   And here are a few versions from Rob Zombie to the original.

Flanagan and Allen

Rob Zombie

Auleulle

Muppet Show

Eminem

Being a Dickhead's (is so) Cool.

Here is my theme song!!!! I hope you all like it.  I love my life as a dickhead, and all my friends are dickheads two too.

Uncle Bumpkin

Uncle Bumpkin knows how to choose the music to make your day fantastic.  Check it out and enjoy it for yourself.

Where to Start? Live Music Archives

When you look at the list of bands on the LIVE MUSIC ARCHIVES you might begin a cold sweat, for there are so many bands, and many of these bands are bands that no one has heard about.

 Another way to find a new band to love is to look to the right of the band name, there is a number, this is the number of live recordings for each band, so if it has a large number might be a band you may want to check out.  

To get you started here are some bands that you might want to check out:

1. Hank Williams The Third: He's just plain fun.  I love his hillbilly self.  His music is a mixture of punk sentiments mixed with good old country.  It is like Johnny Cash's live at Folsom came alive today for a new generation.*  Thank you Mr. Hank Williams III
2. Disposable Heroes of Hiphopcracy:   Funky Hiphop with a conscious from San Francisco. 
3. Drive by Truckers: Another band like Hank III but a little different.
4. Fugazi: Great old school punk band.  Never got to see them live, but I stood in line with a can of food only to be turned away (a long story which will be published some day, when I am good and ready).
5. Hackensaw Boys: A lot of 'tude and a lot of rhythm.  Enjoy.  

(One great way to listen to these shows is from EXFM where you can que all of the songs and let it play).

*If you are easily offended, or one of those San Francisco PETA types,  please don't check this out (unless of course you can just let things go and realize we all have our point of view, and its still a democractic nation).

Lapping It Out Loud

Real Punk Radio Told me About This Group

Young, Loud, and Snotty

The Prestines:

The Saints (An Australian Band)

King Dork: A List of Music Mentioned in the Book

Portman loves music and his book is a good introduction to "New Wave of British Heavy Metal".

I loved the mentions of bands in the bands. I had forgotten, or had not heard of many of them.

Here is a list (it's probably not complete) of bands and songs mentioned in King Dork.

Band Names	Song Title/Album Title	Page #
ACDC	Highway to Hell	23
The Sweet	Desolation Blvd	27
Blue Oyster Cult	7 Screaming Dizbusters	28
Rolling Stones	Mothers Little Helper	37
	Sister Morphine
Who	Quadraphenia	39
	The Who By Numbers
Beattles	Help	61
White Plains	My Baby Loves Lovin	85
Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven
Yardbirds
The Sweet	Wig Wam Bam	84
Strategy	Taking Tiger Mountain	112
Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	113
Lou Reed	Sweet Jane	119
Carl Perkins	Glad All Over	155
The Stranglers	Rattus Norvegicus	170
Thin Lizzy	Mon Cher Monsieur	174
Kinks	Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	317
	Bands Just Mentioned Without Mention of a Specific Song
	Funkadelic
	Foghat
	The Jam
	KISS
	New York Dolls
	Small Faces
	The Ramones
	Rolling Stones
	Slade
	The Smiths
	Velvet Underground
	Frank Zappa
	Yardbirds

Cocksparrer
Sham 69 I missed a couple of songs: Motor Head: Jail Bait The Chase is better than the Catch Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

Negative Land

Check out On the Edge Radio, it will tickle your inner artistic lobe.  It is weird stuff from San Francisco, but if you are daring check this out, you may like it or you may hate me for suggesting it, either way you will not have a neutral opinion.

West Coast-California Basketball

a. lakers fast break makers
kinds of the court shake and bake all takers
back to back is a bad ass fact a claim that remains in tact
m-a-g-i-c see you on the court
buck has come to play his way and his way is to thwart
m-a-g-i-c magic of the buck
other teams pray for dreams
but he don't give a [fuck]
penetrating the lane like a bullet train
comes the magic blood a telepathic brain
knucklehead suckers better duck
when the buck comes through like a truck
scott stops pops and drops it in
on his way back gets a little skin
from the hand of a man named a. c. green
slam so hard break your t.v. screen
worthy's hot with his tomahawk
take it to the hole make your mamma talk
i hate to burst your bubble but triple double trouble
is coming to your town and he's going to make rubble
l. a. lakers fast break makers
kings of the court shake and bake all takers
back to back is a bad ass fact a claim that remains in tact
lakers are the team that i watch on the telly
cause they got more moves
that a bowl full of jelly
the buck stops here - pops - then cheers
a roar through the forum
that deafens my ears
the one and only know if his kind
sits in a throne
not for the records that he holds
but for being bald and bold
kareem abdul jabbar
all time great super super star
i hate to burst your bubble but triple double trouble
is coming to your town and he's going to make rubble
does anybody want some magic johnson
l. a. lakers fast break makers
kings of the court shake and bake all takers
back to back is a bad ass fact a claim that remains in tact

Saturday: Westside

Traveling the Western Highway

Route 66

When my friend John Moon, and I were traveling one time the lyrics to this song helped us plan our route. You never know when pop culture will aide you in discovery. Sometimes you might end in a farmers field but hey that's only in Flagstaff.

Well if you ever plan to motor west
Just take my way that's the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino
Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino
Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

Enjoy the Tune

30 Years and Still Golden

Toxic Audio: Voices Carry

Enjoy the video... amazing the human voice...