Video Lust

I'd like to thank Van Halen, Huey Lewis and The News and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Your videos were pure magic to an eight year old boy.

All of you opened my eyes to a world beyond Princess Leia.

Again. Thank you.

Van Halen - 1984. AKA Music. Bargain bin.

Oh...Not Jim

Spring-heeled Jim winks an eye
He'll "do", he'll never be "done to"
He takes on whoever flew through
"Well, it's the normal thing to do" ... ah ...

Spring-heeled Jim lives to love
Now kissing with his mouth full
And his eyes on some other fool
So many women
His head should be spinning
Ah, but no!
Ah, but no!
But no!
Ah, no!

Spring-heeled Jim slurs the words :
"There's no need to be so knowing
Take life at five times the
Average speed, like I do"
Until Jim feels the chill
"Oh, where did all the time go?"

Once always in for the kill
Now it's too cold
And he feels too
old
Too old
Mmm, old...

La, la, la, la-la, la ...

Spring Heel Jack - 68 Million Shades... AKA Music. Bargain bin.

Keeping Up Appearances

Things are alive and well with the blog.

Things have also been busy. So please be patient.

I'll do my best to catch up on posts.

10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged. AKA Music. Bargain bin.

Lazy

I ripped this from a friend a few years ago.

I never bothered to add the tracks until last week.

Of course this was after I uploaded the file.

1. I Want to Be Rich
2. Passionfruit
3. Crying for You
4. The Distance Machine
5. Smile

Shift - The Get Rich Quick Scheme.

Major

I thought it was great that they signed to a major label.

By that point I was pretty much done with complaining about bands "selling out."

All part of growing up I suppose.

I thought they had a real chance. I thought they were very accessible.

I thought wrong.

Shift - Get In.

Rave Up

I still can't decide if I made the right call by leaving behind the ninety-nine cent 2 Unlimited disc.

After listening to O3 and getting nostalgic, I think the answer is "no."

Sunscreem - O3. AKA Music. Bargain bin.

Go Buy It

Saves the Day - Can't Slow Down. AKA Music. Bargain bin.

Shady

It boggles the mind that Revelation Records ever let You're Only Young Once... go out of print.

Lost and Found was there to fill the bootleg demand.

And there was demand. I don't know why Revelation waited so long to re-release a lot of those early releases.

Some of them still haven't made their way to compact disc. I'm sure they have their reasons. That doesn't make me want the Warzone seven inch on CD any less.

Side By Side - You're Only Young Once... So Do It Right. Long in the Tooth. Used.

Blocked

I'm still sporting The Raveonettes writers block.

Let's move on.

The Raveonettes - Whip It On. eBay. Used.

Mother Mills

For something I have never seen, I sure talk about That Darn Cat! an awful lot.

It might be my all-time favorite name for a film.

The Jeevas - The Way You Carry On. eBay. Used.