List 41- Picks of 2011

Battles - Gloss Drop
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
DJ Shadow - The Less You Know, The Better
Ik Ben - Ocean Wayfare
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow
Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All The Time
Wilco - The Whole Love
Evidence - Cats and Dogs
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Black Keys - El Camino

List 40 - Best Debut Albums

Plasticland - Plasticland

Fugazi - Repeater

Three O' Clock - Sixteen Tambourines

Clash - Clash

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Slint - Tweez

Hasil Adkins - Out To Hunch

Tanner - Ill Gotten Gains

Germs - GI

Pretenders - Pretenders

Van Halen - Van Halen

Rocket From The Crypt - Paint As A Fragrance

Damned - Damned Damned Damned

Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted

Tom Waits - Closing Time

Yawning Man - Rock Formations

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Ramones - Ramones

LIST 39 - The Cheers Band

Sam Malone - Vocals, Hair
Carla Tortelli - Guitar, Taunting
Ernie Pantusso - Accordion, Coaching
Norm Peterson - Stand-Up Bass, Beer
Woody Boyd - Knife and Spoon, Chalice
Cliff Clavin - Drums, Lost Mail
Frasier Crane - Piano, Pretentious Lyrics
Diane Chambers - Flute, Loops
Rebecca Howe - Vocals, Hair


Set List


Everybody Knows Your Name
Wreck of The Mayday
Nick The Quick Tortelli
Bad Booze and Giving Up The Home Run Blues
Gary's Silent Wrath
Longshot Woody
One For The Coach
8 Is Definitely Enough
Diane the Dummy
Cliffy and Normie Storm The Castle

LIST 38 - The King of Queens Band

Doug Heffernan - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Chicken Wing
Deacon Palmer - Bass, Back-Up Vocals
Spence Olchin -Guitar, Skinflute
Danny Heffernan - Drums
Carrie Heffernan - Back-Up Vocals
Arthur Spooner - Keyboards
Holly Shumpert - Back-up Vocals


Set List
King of Queens Theme
Doug and Carrie
Spence is A Loser
Deacon Blues
The Lawn Guy
Demented Old Circus Monkey
The Ohny Ohny Ohny Guy
Fatty Mc Butterpants
King Of Queens Reprise

List 37 - Psychedelic Summertime

Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Fabulon Triptometer - S/T
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon
Beatles - Revolver
Jimi Hendrix - Axis : Bold As Love
Blues Magoos - Basic Blues Magoos
Bardo Pond - Amanita
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
Soft Machine - Volume 2
Plasticland - Wonder Wonderful Wonderland
Tame Impala - Inner Speaker
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Ten East - Extraterrestrial Highway

List 36 - Grooving TV Themes

The White Shadow
Different Strokes
Good Times
Land of the Lost
Partridge Family
Barney Miller
Northern Exposure
Three's Company
Jeffersons
The Odd Couple
People's Court
Baretta
Hawaii Five-O
Makin' It
The Munsters
Rockford Files
WKRP In Cincinnati

List 35 - Dream Duos

Here is a list of dream duos and not necessarily drums and guitar.......

Steve McDonald(bass) and Bob Lee(drums)
John Zorn(sax) and Yoshida Tatsuya(drums)
Tom Waits (piano) and Patty Waters (vocals)
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez(guitar) and Nels Cline(guitar)
Jack Black(guitar) and Jack White(drums)
Andrew Scott(drums) and Mike Scott(guitar)
John Medeski(keyboards) and DJ Shadow(beats,etc)
Billy Martin(drums) and John Herndon(drums)
Tom Petty(guitar) and Mike Watt(bass)
Rob Halford(vocals) and Leonard Cohen(vocals)
Flea(bass) and Bootsy Collins(bass)
Brendan Canty(drums) and James Taylor (guitar)
Mario Lalli(guitar) and Tony Iommi (guitar)

List 34 - Flavors of Rock and Roll

I am only including the flavors I prefer.....no Red Hot Chili Peppers here!

Lemon Jelly
Chocolate Watchband
Mudhoney
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Vanilla Fudge
Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Strawberry Switchblade
Peppermint Trolley Company
Lollipop Shoppe
Sugar Hill Gang
Cream
Apples In Stereo
Hot Chocolate
Sea and Cake
Fresh Cream

List 33 - Summertime Albums(Part One)

Ok. It is a subjective thing but certain albums can remind one of certain seasons. With the coming of summer, it is time for a summertime album list.

Brian Eno - Another Green World
Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Todd Rundgren - Runt
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs
Van Halen - Diver Down
His Name is Alive - Stars on ESP
The Jam - In The City
Lucy Show - Mania
Clash - Black Market Clash
Beach Boys -Friends
Nobukazu Takemura - Child's View
Damned - Black Album
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Church - Heyday
DJ Shadow - Outsider
Love - Forever Changes
Black Sabbath - Volume 4
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Redd Kross - Born Innocent
Soft Pack - S/T
Who - A Quick One
Braid - Frame and Canvas
High Llamas - Hawaii

List 32 - Reasons Why "Let It Be" stinks

1. Phil Spector was obviously drinking too much.
2. Paul's head barely fit in the practice room. 
3. Billy Preston was considered to replace George.
4. The movie crew had shitty drugs.
5. Ringo was ready to walk out but could not get up off his drum stool.
6. The title song
7. Throwaways like "Maggie Mae"
8. The most expensive and time consuming project for the band
9. The flick must have inspired that Metallica movie, trauma drama.
10. They should have stuck with the Get Back theme.
11. John and Yoko prancing and dancing........

List 31 - Albums I Bought New On Vinyl In The Past Year

Soft Machine - Volume Two(1968)
Off - Box Set (2010)
Sun Ra - What Planet Is This? (1976)
Ik Ben - Ocean Wayfare (2011)
Ornette Coleman - The Art Of The Improvisers (1970)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Heavy Days (2009)
Yawning Man - Nomadic Pursuits (2010)
Illy Be Eats - Box Set (2006)
Double Dagger -More (2008)
Pit Er Pat - High Time (2008)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1961)
Fucked Up - David's Town (2011)

List 30 - Rock and Roll Assholes(who knows what they are really like)

Paul Stanley
GG Allin
Johnny Ramone
Axl Rose
Ted Nugent
Lee Ving
Keith Morris
David Lee Roth
Jerry Lee Lewis
Billy Idol
The guy from Simple Minds
Darius Kasperitus
Scott Russo
Glenn Danzig
Collin Melloy
Greg Ginn

List 29 - 10 Reasons Why SMILE should be released

1. The original version of "Surf's Up" is worth the price of admission alone
2. Have we heard all the out-takes already?
3. Mixes supervised by Mr. Wilson himself.
4. Now, we will know who actually played on what.
5. The back-up vocals will really be heard now.
6. "Cabin Essence" needs new fans.
7. The tapes for "Mrs. O'Learys Cow" have been located.
8. Ghosts of the original session were properly exorcised.
9. Sand was excavated from old recording console and masters.
10. One of the best unreleased rock albums of all-time. 

List 28 - Soundtrack to 2010

Apples In Stereo "Dream About The Future"
Sun Ra "Daddy Gonna Tell You No Lies"
Lemon Jelly "Tune For Jack"
Teenage Fanclub "Sometimes I Don't Need To Believe In Anything"
Fatso Jetson "Monoxide Dreams"
Double Dagger "No Lies/No Truth"
DJ Shadow "This Time(I'm Gonna Do It My Way)"
Soft Pack "C'Mon"
Tame Impala "It Is Not Meant To Be"
Aloha "Building A Fire"
Can "Pinch"

List 27 - Greno's Picks for 2010

Aloha - Home Acres
Tame Impala - Inner Speaker
Soft Pack - Self Titled
Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
Four Tet- There Is Love In You
Gold Panda - Shiner
Yawning Man - Nomadic Pursuits
Beach House - Teen Dream
Medications - Completely Remove
Teenage Fanclub - Shadows
Wavves - King Of The Beach

List 26 - Left Handed Rockers(besides Jimi, Kurt, Paul, etc)

Joey Ramone

Ian Paice

Robert Plant

John Lydon

Glen Campbell

David Byrne

Phil Collins

Tony Iommi

Issac Hayes

Paul Simon

Lenny White