God, That Big Apple

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Listening to local alt-country group Lucero before work today:

I'm just another Southern boy/ who dreams of nights in NYC. / Still I sing along ... sing along.

My tears don't matter much, / Don't matter much.Maybe it's the spare punk drive under this, along with the rasp-twisted vocals, and the rootsiness, but I linger over this line

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Yeah: It's economically very difficult to get out, I think, but then I'm not sure what other factors there might be -- family responsibilities. This worries me a little as I've started looking for my own way out of the South for a bit, but I am sure I want to give it a real whirl.

Well, I would imagine it would be the job of NY reviewers to be harder on everyone and I wasn't surprised to find the crowds liked them right good.

Just made me wonder; What kind of music do ,i>you listen to?

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OK: I am quite positive I could sit in a room with you and swivel-chair an afternoon of music away. When I was just starting to listen to music (around 12, I think), my fundamentalist aunt went into a record store in Montgomery, AL, and asked the clerk to recommend something for her nephew for Xmas.

I'm not sure whether he was being mischievous or not, but what I got that year was a double tape -- Talking Heads '77 and More Songs about Buildings and Food.

Personally get into the proto-punk, grrl punk, new wave, country, big band, and bluegrass ... well, let's say I've returned to developing these truncated tastes.

Don't know the Magnetic Fields at all, though I do remember your writing about them before.

Now: You should likely guide me to some good hiphop. An ex of mine used to listen to Talib Kweli and Mos Def a lot, but only mixed into this bunch of house music I could barely tolerate. I am needing more hiphop in my space.

Cash singing "Your Own Personal Jesus" will send you rolling from your seat!

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Thanks, M! I'm going to work my way through some of these, if slowly. I think I'll start with the Wu-Tang; what I've heard of them has always zinged my interest. Time to follow through a little.

Have heard Speakerboxxx; Beth loaned it to me. I got sort of used to that being the background music on sunny afternoons in the apartment. Hehe: She really needed it back.

Man, I have always loved Biggie's voice. I need to pilfer through old stuff to find what I had of his.

Hope you're enjoying the weekend!