Nevsky, musical journey, etc.

What's playing on my personal Launchcast(TM) station right now, you ask?

The Pretenders, "My City Was Gone" (rating: 50)

Yeah, I know, it's the goddamn Rush Limbaugh song. Actually, this takes me back to my adolescent days in NJ; for some reason K-ROCK played this song ad infinitum, and of course, it was years before I learned the name of the song wasn't "Ohio"...

Interpol, "A Time To Be So Small" (unrated)

Hmmm, not much to say about this one, I'm afraid. I don't hate the song, but I always thought it was a bit of an underwhelming closer for Antics...

The Streets, "When You Wasn't Famous" (rating: 50)

A Grand Don't Come For Free was on heavy rotation in our last year's summer soundtrack. Mike's new one is slightly less brilliant, although it's also hilarious ("War of the Sexes"). Apparently everyone in Britain was talking about who the subject of the song could possibly be, but I have trouble keeping up with pop culture here...

Cocteau Twins, "Violaine" (unrated)

...because I insist on listening to bands like Cocteau Twins long after they've shed the tiniest bit of relevance to the music scene. If you're like me, and have trouble keeping Cocteau Twins song titles straight, this was track 1 off Milk and Kisses, their last album and one I find to be very underrated. This was the only album that brought back the edge from Head Over Heels and drifted a bit from the super-polish of Treasure, Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas, etc., etc., etc...

Echo and The Bunnymen, "Seven Seas" (rating: 50)

Motherfucker still owes me for walking off of last year's HFStival, so go here and laugh at their lame video.

Nice dancing, Ian...

Public Image Ltd., "Seattle" (rating: 60)

I liked Happy? a lot more than I probably should have (chalk it up to youth), this is really the only good song on the whole damn album. It's more interesting now to view it as Mr. Lydon's attempt to go from wonderfully annoying noise to the sarcastic pop of 9...then he made That What Is Not and That Was It...

OK, ride's over, souvenir photos available for purchase on your left...