Friday Random Ten, Enough with the Chewbacca Defense already! Edition

In honor of the apparent effort by the White House to move on from the Chewbacca Defense in the Rove/Plame treason case, to a more traditional Sergeant Shultz Defense (I Know Nnnnnuuthink!) we have named this week's FRT.

No auditing (NSCA); some comments.(NASC) Try to keep up, OK?

14,337 songs. 57.12 gigs.


Bad Religion - Can't Spot It. Glossy punk , but Greg Graffin is from Milwaukee. And for a bunch of old farts, they can still bang it out. Clocks in at 1 minute 9 seconds; that's punk timing.

The Police - Shadows In The Rain. Remember when this stuff was radical? I've never seen the Police, although I saw Sting on his first solo tour (one of the first acts at the new amphitheater at Summerfest) Ole Gord had the sense to surround himself with world-class musicians; cuz his voice was blown. Would have worked with the Police; didn't work with the middle age easy listening pap.

ZZTop - Heaven, Hell, Or Houston. a retro track from one of their MTV - era albums. glossy, but better than most of the stuff you heard constantly. saw them on the Deguello tour when I was in high school - regardless of the overproduction, they rock.

Styx - Young Man. don't Judge me! at least until you manage to actually find and listen to this song. Before the glossy production, before Tommy Shaw, before the sappy love ballads, there was a working man's hard rock band from Chicago named Styx... But I'm still glad I didn't coolness audit this week.

Buffalo Tom - Under Milkwood. Buffalo Tom started as a Dinosaur Jr style band, but stripped the noise away and morphed into a formidable alt rock band. Regrettably defunct.

Slobberbone - Springfield IL. Another band that just broke up. I turned on to this band due to a reference in a Stephen King novel (to the song Gimme Back My Dog) and I've seen them a few times in a couple little bars. another amazing live band. Rock and Roll lives in the bars. Stop listening to the radio and get out to see some live music.

Dropkick Murphys - Time to Go. Irish Punk. Shouted choruses. It's all good.

Monty Python - The Story of The Film So Far. The Holy grail. album. great spoken interlude.

The Mekons - Chopper Squad. old school, before they wanted to even learn how to play instruments. Seems like we can't do a FRT without some Mekes; that's a good thing.

Joe Jackson - Baby Stick Around. Too late to stay at home and sit around.


That's ten. Nothing extra, cuz you've been bad children. Especially you Karl. Go sit in the corner.