Well, okay, Tony Parker in New Zealand is shipping me that new Neil Finn album. Yeah, sure, Jim Cox turned me on to Shuggie and then sent me that cool disc of Sonics songs and some Minus 5 stuff. Oh, all right. The former is a song about being kidnapped by pirates at 18 and ultimately joining their pillaging ranks. It's also, as one interpretation of the title might imply, one big, rubbery, insistent hook.
Affirmation is always nice to receive.
They Might Be Giants, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. When you have your own Philharmonic, there's very little room for modesty. But the guys are clearly in their element when in power-pop mode. And as the Vandalias will tell you, the whole comic book packaging thing is a great look. The Creature Comforts from Lawrence, KS, show up on Teaching Little Fingers To Play .