I just put on "Strictly Personal," which is my favorite album of his. Hard to find, too.

No, but you can certainly fault Morris Teper's terrible attempts at ripping off both. He played on "Ice Cream For Crow", then on "Frank's Wild Years". His solo career is distinguished by his failed attempts to sound like Cap'n Waits, or Tom Beefheart, if you will.

A mantan greased my stead!

Vast and bulbous!
Yes, The Mascara Snake, but also tapered as well!

"Back In The USA" is the superior album. 'Shakin' Street' owns.

Which is to say; the voice of Charles Bronson, basically.

I work with a person who clearly began life as a male, and currently is living as a female. She has a 'tramp stamp' tattoo that reads, "Come On Sweet Catastrophe."

Let's not forget Henri Rene, Leo Addeo ("The Arranger's Arranger"), The Three Suns, and most of Henry Mancini's output from the '50's/early 60's. I also submit that Combustible Edison is an unjustly overlooked band.

Good lord. I managed to both misspell 'grateful' and mention The Grateful Dead in a thread about Iggy Pop. That's gotta be a double-something.

The Stooges' first album is pretty solid, except for "We Will Fall." It's a fairly common mistake of the time period; 'Hey, let's disrupt the momentum of this otherwise rockin' good album with a lengthy, pseudo-psychedelic space jam!'

So anyway Jim, now that you've broken the seal on that synthesis music that more or less has been the rule for so long, may I suggest you go check out Fishbone…

I turned 40 yesterday.
It sorta made me want to change my avatar and screen name, among lots of other things.

I wanna be the guy in Soledad O'Brien?

Ah, well. We tried.

As usual…
I find myself asking whether or not Gabrielle Anwar is supposed to be as not-exactly-Irish as she is. Joke? Meta-joke? Just shitty acting?

Morning Glory seeds (and Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds) -hell, all the legal hallucinogens I've met tend to be more like deleriants, and they all make you vomit profusely.

Or the "All My Children" episode where Tad gets hooked on grass!

I can't tell you how often I end up saying, "This is basically the plot of 'Space Madness'," whenever old teevee or movies are being watched.

I'm not even sure which episode I'd go with. They were all so damn good.

I just like the one where he dips his balls in it.