Some Andy Williams....

How bout some Portuguese too? Di Melo, a somewhat mythical figure in Brazilian Samba Soul. He only released one album, but what an album it was! Here’s a vida em seus metodos dis calma.

Born tolouse-lautrec. man nbt was good.

Face in the crowd was one of the first songs i figured out how to play on my own on guitar.

you high fiving mother fucker.

Orange 9mm! shit was tragic.

Don’t they play down at the shore?

Catch-22, The Suicide Machines, Dancehall crashers, Steady Earnest, the skoidats, voodoo glow skulls, tim armstrong, heavy manners, gangster fun, the i-tones, link-80, orange county supertones, scofflaws, the toasters, the skunks, the checkered cabs, nostrilosaurus, fishbone, mu330, the hippos, dr. ring ding, eastern…

Remember ska bands? The Allstonians, assorted jellybeans, the rudiments, the pietasters, mustard plug, lets go bowling, hot stove jimmy, the eclectics, buck-o-nine, real big fish, skanking pickle, wank, bruce lee band, luke skawalker, the skalors, the parka kings, beat soup, the pilfers, the gadjits, bim skala bim,…

James Booker using them big hands on the piano. Junco Partner

A classic from Lesley Gore. Maybe I know.

Another Ska tune. When they change to a major key....... so nice!

Love their cover of Pink Houses

A lot of the D.C. guys have become pretty insufferable over the years getting wrapped up in their own legacy..... but dam they put out some good tunes! Here’s a fave of mine from Ian’s next band.

Go on and treat me like a jerk.

I got a hundred and ninety-six different kind of oil cans.... Like a toaster!

Pete Rock did some amazing remixes. I particularly like his version of

There was a clip that was floating around after Bowie passed where he imitated other singers and of course he did awesome. When asked to do Lou Reed he said it was to hard. I guess Bowie couldn’t sing that out of tune...

Anyone remember Suburbia? Old school Vandals

The Beasties rocking hard.