so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

i’m pretty excited for the national, modest mouse, r.e.m. concert tomorrow at merriweather. i put up a few r.e.m. covers when i first heard about the show, but they were mostly other bands covering r.e.m.’s songs. these are all r.e.m. covering other bands. enjoy and see you at merriweather tomorrow?
mp3: r.e.m. – femme fatale [link [...]

mp3: mercury rev – observatory crest [link expired]
the cover this week comes from mercury rev’s 2002 little rhymes pt. 2 single and is a first for the bat and the bird. it’s the first cover i’ve ever posted without being intimately (or on occasion vaguely) familiar with the original. “observatory crest” can be found [...]

i just found this clip of a 2007 jonathan richman show. he’s definitely an interesting guy. anyway he plays “pablo picasso” for like 45 seconds.

and while i’m at it, here’s another richman related cover . the shins doing “someone i care about” from the modern lovers debut.

so jonathan richman is playing at the 8 x 10 in baltimore this weekend and i am trying to decide if i feel like going. i’m a fan of the modern lovers eponymous debut and i’ve got a jonathan richman and the modern lovers album that i feel so-so about… but that’s it. i have [...]