MC 900ft Jesus "If I Only Had A Brain"

Here's another Weekend Post:

I thought this guy might have a little more of a shelf life.  There were some good songs, some good narratives.  But not long after this record, he basically stopped making records because he felt he'd taken his style as far as it was going to go.  Which, I guess, is a smart thing to do, rather than flog mediocre material.


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Weekend posts are a chance to revisit songs that have happy memories, not of anything in particular, other than just hearing the tunes.

Many of these songs were tracks that I played during my 90s stint as an Alternative/Modern Rock radio show.  They're tunes that I hardly hear these days, but are fun to revisit.

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Spearhead "Hole In The Bucket"

Here's another Weekend Post:

I know Michael Franti has had some commercial breakthrough success in the last few years.  If you're only familiar with the last 2 albums, it's totally worth your while to go back to his 90s output, both with the early Spearhead record, and his previous group Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy.


Hear the song on Youtube.

Weekend posts are a chance to revisit songs that have happy memories, not of anything in particular, other than just hearing the tunes.

Many of these songs were tracks that I played during my 90s stint as an Alternative/Modern Rock radio show.  They're tunes that I hardly hear these days, but are fun to revisit.

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J Geils Band "Come Back"

How does it feel to know that mvyradio is going to "Come Back" to the FM dial on the Vineyard?

I felt like dancing like Peter Wolf does at the 3:01 mark!  (Or at least the 2:16 mark)

If you haven't heard the news that MVY is coming back on the FM on MV, read all about it on our Friends of mvyradio page.


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Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones "Long Time Gone"

I can't quite land on a feeling about this song.

If we play it on mvyradio, will folks tune in and go "What the hell is this oldies stuff?"

Or will it just feel similar to a She & Him track---it sounds retro, but is clearly modern enough to fit in the MVY playlist?

I will say, I respect the fact that both these artists, in their respective careers, have refused to be defined by the genres that made them famous, and are willing to go down paths that that traditional fans might find uncool/uninteresting.

So that does tip the "friendly feeling" scales for me.

But feeling good about the artists doesn't answer the original concern . . . what will it sound like to flip the dial to MVY and hear this?  Good or bad?


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Benny Bell "Shaving Cream"

It had gotten pretty bad.

My friend Amy Vanneman reminded me of the cautionary tale of Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose.  I certainly didn't want anything living in there.

Literally, with 2 outs in the top of the 9th, during Game 6 of the World Series, I went into the bathroom and plugged in my electric razor for the first time in weeks.

I'm not a huge fan of shaving.  I find it to be a messy hassle, a real drag on the morning routine.

Fortunately, I married a woman who likes a bit of facial hair on me, so I'm okay.

In fact, the last time I was clean shaven---shaved with a straight-edge razor---was my wedding day 8 years ago.

Since then, every week or two I use an electric razor to shave down to a 5 o'clock shadow and then let it grow for another week or two.

This was the longest I'd ever let it get.  I was doing it for the Sox---so I said.

But c'mon, I might as well be truthful, if this year's "thing" was to grow a rat-tail or get a Neil Diamond tattoo or walk around with a ferret dressed as Paul Revere, I wasn't likely to do it.

I like the Red Sox.  But I'm a bigger fan of not shaving.

So after the razor was charged up over night, I sheared my face.

And since then I've let it grow, all over again.

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Amos Lee "The Man Who Wants You"

On Monday I was filling in for Barbara Dacey during The Lunch Hour.  I'd decided to use her Essential MVY feature---where she delves more deeply into a particular artist or theme---to explore the Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

At the end of the hour, as I was recapping and switching gears back to regular programming, I had a little revelation as to why I'd been making a mistake over and over.

All fall long, as I've introduced the new Amos Lee track, I'm stumbled over the title.  But saying the two titles back to back explained the reason . . .

I'd played Wilco's "I'm The Man You LOVES You," in the Wilco set, and came out of the Wilco set and into "The Man Who WANTS You" by Amos Lee.

All fall long when I've introduced the Amos Lee song, I've stumbled over "Loves," because my brain wants to say "Wants."

I'm not sure I'll get any better at not mixing the titles up.  But at least I understand why.


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Bob Dylan "Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat"

Maybe you could tell from the enthusiastic Halloween picture, my son does enjoy a costume.

And they have a few of them at the pre-school he attends.

My wife and I were crying/laughing the day his teacher, Sally, sent this picture home.  He apparently wears this ensemble on a regular basis.

My wife posted this picture on Facebook, and I couldn't resist putting up a song quote.  Had to laugh when I saw that Sally posted the picture, too, and thought of the same quote.

"I see you got your leopard skin pillbox hat/Well, you must tell me, baby/How your head feels under somethin’ like that?"

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Kansas "Dust In The Wind"

Baseball is a slow game.  So despite the excitement of the World Series, there was plenty of time between innings and between pitches, to think about songs that would make fun (but ultimately stupid) music cues for some of the players, like Dustin Pedroia.

Dustin The Wind.  Get it?


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Flatt & Scruggs "Salty Dog"

Baseball is a slow game.  So despite the excitement of the World Series, there was plenty of time between innings and between pitches, to think about songs that would make fun (but ultimately stupid) music cues for some of the players, like Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jon Lester.

I'm sure a guy nicknamed "Salty" has heard this one before.  But hey, it's performed by a guy named Lester, too!


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Little Feat "Don't Bogart That Joint"

Baseball is a slow game.  So despite the excitement of the World Series, there was plenty of time between innings and between pitches, to think about songs that would make fun (but ultimately stupid) music cues for some of the players.

Since Xander is from Aruba, which is part of the marijuana-friendly Netherlands, I'm most certain that he never bogarts a joint . . .


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