Friday Random Ten, JD can bite my hairy ass edition.

Title reference that only I get. But it's my blog, so that's the way it is.

Yes it's late. Had a punchlist this morning and a Sprecher for lunch.



1. My Man Friday- Monkey Business. Instrumental ska from a Third Wave comp. Hey! Hey! Hey! 7.5.

2. The Mekons - Road to Florida. Yes! A mekes track second out of the gate. This is from 'So Good It Hurts', where they add alt-rock and reggae to the country stew they perfected on the previous albums. 8.

3. Nine Inch Nails - Eraser. Noisy. 6/10

4. Talking Heads - Love For Sale. Leaving the funk behind, going for a straighter guitar sound. They hadn't yet finished completely being transformed into David Byrne's backing band. 4.5/10

5. Colin Hay - Looking For Jack. solo outing from Men At Work frontman. Saw him at Summerfest last year, he was pretty good, and good-humored about a brief bit of fame. 6/10.

7. Eels - Selective Memory. Being depressed never sounded so good. 8/10.

8. Neil Young - Mr. Soul. One of my favorite neil young songs. And Neil is perennially cool. 7/10

9. Luna- Astronaut. Sadly defunct band, formed after Galaxie 500 broke up. 7/10.

10. REM - Sad Professor (live). One of the things I love about iTunes music store is that they can carry all the re-releases, compilations, EPs, and oddball tracks by an artist. REM has been putting a lot of live recordings of songs as alternate tracks on their single releases, and I've been able to put together thirty or so live tracks. Later work from a uniquely American original. 6/10.

And, here's the average, just for you, my loyal throngs and the teeming Millions: an even 6.0; good, but not as cool as Norbizness or even Frankie Yankovic.