Before you answer, check out my latest (awesome) CD swappin' haul:

The Tom Robinson Band Power In The Darkness
The Sports The Definitive Collection
Hanoi Rocks 12 Shots On The Rocks
Hanoi Rocks Another Hostile Takeover
The Wonderfools Kids In Satanic Service
Dimestore Haloes The Ghosts Of Saturday Night
The Dogs Fed Up
Honeycrack Prozaic
The 101ers Elgin Avenue Breakdown
The Basement Brats Curse Of The Brats
Freddy Lynx and the Corner Gang Full Cover
The Washington Dead Cats Treat Me Bad
Rank And File Sundown
Rank And File Long Gone Dead
Hollywood Brats s/t
The Joneses Criminal History
The Diodes Tired Of Waking Up Tired
Eddie and the Hot Rods Life On The Line
Eddie and the Hot Rods Teenage Depression
Eddie and the Hot Rods Thriller
Kevin K. Rule The Heart
Kevin K. New York, New York
Kevin K. Mr. Bones
Kevin K. Addiction
Kevin K. Perfect Sin
Radio Birdman Radios Appear
The Saints All Times Through Paradise (box set)
Stiff Little Fingers Now Then
Dom Mariani Popsided Guitar: Anthology 1984 - 2004
The Shazam Tomorrow The World
The Pyramidiacs Stuff 'n' Junk
The Someloves Something or Other
Various Artists Planet Of The Pop Boomerang Vol. 2
The Yum Yums Singles 'n' Stuff
The Dirtbombs If You Don't Already Have A Look

Condensed version of that list: jail time.

gotta go with wife

Don't 74 my thread so soon, y'bastid.

man, I'd like to say that I can appreciate that score, but I've heard of two of those, and heard zero

"Dottie? Now she is a tiger. T-I-G E-R. And she thinks you're cute. I'm not shitting you negative."

wait, who's wife??

I'm surprised and delighted to find that the latest Hanoi Rocks albums are in fact, pretty good. I'm working on a best of mix right now but its going to take a lot of work....so many side projects to include over the years that are now hard to find.

i heard one song off 12 shots on the rocks the other day that was pretty good, though it's not nearly as memorable as their earlier stuff. i haven't heard the newer album though.

i downloaded that up around the bend...the definitive collection awhile ago and it's got a pretty good mix of stuff. even some of the live tracks are worth listening to and i can't stand live albums.

You forgot to post a picture of your wife for comparison purposes.

Are we talking Mayor of Casterbridge-style wife swapping or Mike Kekich & Fritz Peterson-style wife swapping.

I should probably be clear on this concept before I run out and order a wife.

that was easy

i think there would be a cool tv show, where famous musicians exchange music collections, stereos and equipment with another musician for a week and see how they get by

I guess I'll go with CD swapping.

Off topic, but is the The 101ers album worth it for a major Clash fanatic?

Steve

tsk tsk.

What's on that DM anthology?

Also, what's your take on The Shazam? I heard "RU Receiving" and ordered everything I could off Amazon used based on the strength of that song.

I haven't heard The Diodes in ages. That's on CD now?

I always thought we should do an Obner "Trading Spaces". $200 to play, and another member spends it for you.

Billz - I've got a couple Shazam records. From what I know of yer taste, you'll at least like 'em. You may not fall in love with 'em, but you'll at least like 'em.

Rads - am I correct in my assumption that "The Sports" = late 70's power pop...or am I confusing them with someone else?

CD Swapping, def. If I had a wife, I certainly wouldn't be sharing her like so much chattle with a bunch of dirty dogs. Blech. My face goes down there!

not once you're married

Whoa!! Radcliffe.

You've just taken me back to my senior year of hgh school. I didn't realize these two ar on CD.

TRB .... what ever happened to Tom??

Cheers,
audiobill

CD swapper

"What are you tryin to say Glen?"

"I'm sayin that Dot and I are swingers! As in IN-TO Swing!"

Radcliffe, are you familiar with the words "Guantanamo Bay"?

The Dom Mariani anthology is aces. 14 songs from the DM3 albums, plus two singles and an instrumental from the Road to Rome sessions. 8 songs from the Stems, 6 from the Someloves, 1 from the Stoneage Hearts, 3 from the Majestic Kelp, 1 from the Stonefish, and 2 from the DM solo album Homespun Blues And Greens. I could quibble over some of the omissions, but I can't argue with what's included. Definitely makes a case that Mariani is one of the most unjustly ignored artists of the last 20 years.

I had the Shazam's previous album (God Speed the Shazam) and found it kinda meh. Ended up selling it. But this Tomorrow The World is quite an improvement. They still haven't hit it outta the park, but they at least show they have the potential.

And the Diodes disc is their 2 first albums in their entirety. They pretty much hit their apex with song #1 on the debut (the cover of Paul Simon's "Red Rubber Ball"), and everything else is, IMO, bordering on dreadful. For some reason, the comp doesn't include their later single "Strange Times", which was actually pretty good.

And Audiobill - that TRB album is a treat to listen to again. Hard to believe Tom Robinson caught the suck so quickly after that debut.

ATTN: YAIL BLOOR - you MUST throw the TRB song "Power In The Darkness" onto your Bingo Night playlist. Just be near an exit when it plays.


You are correct, sir. A little like Jo Jo Zep or the Kursaal Flyers - somehow a touch of R&B and reggae influences plus a whole lotta pub rock turned into power pop perfection.

That really sounds interesting. At some point in the near future you & I are gonna hafta hook something up.