Whoa! I gotta check some of those out.
I saw Ira play with the A-Bones once at Magnetic Field. I miss that place so.

VG
I think it's also important to keep things in perspective- like Noel was saying in his blog post about the monoculture. Whereas they've received some attention in our (youngish, indie-rocky) community- almost nobody knows who this band is. The modicum of success that they've achieved doesn't even allow them to pay…

YLT
Ira does fill-ins on WFMU and I've caught a couple of them in recent months. I think the breadth of his musical interests (and Georgia's and James' too, I'd imagine) really play a big part in keeping them interesting after so many years. You can really hear it on stuff like "Periodically Triple or Double." I'm…

Mad Monster Party?
So when you say "botched", are you suggesting that Phyllis Diller getting her clothes torn off in a cat fight is anything less than stellar?

McGoohan!
Just psyched to be reading this.

I thought the same thing when I saw the name "Spike!"
They could expose weirdos together…

Patton's comedy is downright Metsmerizing.

with Richard Edson, Al Leong and Mike Starr.

OUT OF AFRICA cleaning up at the Oscars…

MUSTER THE GOOMBAS!!!

…and X always, ALWAYS marks the spot.

Tentpoles
Tent can't stand without the tentpole…

Jojo
Jonathan Richman might get freaked out by the Modern Lovers tattoo on my wrist. Oh, who are we kidding? He'd be totally cool about it.

Dr. Goldfoot was in the first batch of movies I ever Netfliked.

I was Egghead for Halloween one year. Grew a mustache and everything.

I still love you, Hulkster…but I'm not *in* love with you.

Grumble this
Grumblings about something looking like Rankin-Bass?
Send these grumblers to me. I'll give 'em something to grumble about…

Say what you will, ZMF- but Uncle Bob could drink Slayer under the table…

Ted Leo! Kottonmouth Kings! Haystack!
Scharpling and Paul F. Tompkins spent about 45 minutes trying to wrap their minds around The Gathering of the Juggalos. It was bloody hysterical. 1 hr 27 mins into Tuesday night's show:
http://wfmu.org/playlists/BS
I had to listen to it 4 times.

You should call Scharpling with your "Somebody told me I look like X" story. I think that's honestly the worst one I've heard yet…