15+ musical things I'm thankful for, to be expanded on (and more links added) later...

(i just added a few link updates; more to come, as previously threatened...)

1. The Beatles
2. The Hair Soundtrack (Original Off-Broadway cast)
3. The Chad Mitchell Trio a few songs: Lizzie Borden, Rum By Gum, and Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
   
4. Hearing Highway 61 Revisited at the right time
5. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (that record I can't find anymore)
6. Rolling Stone Magazine's 1988 "Top 100 albums of the last 20 Years" (and various other mags)
7. Oingo Boingo
8. Tom Waits
9. Mahavishnu John McLaughlin (esp. My Goals Beyond)
   
10. The Fall
11. The Blank Generation
12. The Richmond, VA music scene (circa 1994)
    
13. Dub
14. Steve Albini
15. Ninja Tune
    
16. Califone
17. John Peel
18. Radiohead
19. Wire
20. Bad Religion
21. The Saints
22. Future Primitive Sound Sesssions
    
23. Mille Plateaux record label (R.I.P)
    
24. Loscil
25. The Tied & Tickled Trio
26. Mark Lanegan
    
27. Venetian Snares
    
28. All Songs Considered podcast

Okay, that's more than 25, right? I'll get back to this, just wanted to belt these out, while I had my mind on it. You'll see each of these get a link. And eventually at least a mini-essay.

Happy Holidays. And shit.

The Pixies and the 20th Anniversary of Doolittle

It's the 20th anniversary of The Pixies' classic album Doolittle

I saw them live last night at The Fox Theater in Oakland; they played Doolittle all the way through, plus a bunch of tracks off Surfer Rosa. Really great. Big sound. Cool videos (short films really) for all the songs on the album.

They played 3 shows at The Fox, and they are still on tour through December (then they head down under in 2010).

I also found out that they have some free tunes for download on their site. I thought you might be interested....