Random Stuff

- PJ Harvey apparently has played her last show. This is sad news - she's one of the best live performers I've seen. Her show last October was her at her peak.

- Chuck and Joel joined Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber on the Crap From The Past program Friday night. The show is up online. It was ninety minutes of talking. Very enjoyable.

- Two things made me crabby last Tuesday that I meant to rant about here ...

1) I stopped in Cheapo Uptown to do some Christmas shopping and they now have rock n roll music divided into "classic rock" and "modern rock" sections. Why do record stores need so many divisions? (Husker Du: "They divide, conquer.") If I owned a record store, it would have two sections: New and Used. Within each section would be three divisions: A) Artists A through Z, B) Various Artists/Compilations, and C) Soundtracks. Why would this system not work? Whether you're looking for Johnny Cash, Run-DMC, or Dave Brubeck; you would simply find them under the appropriate letter. Are genre subdivisions in record stores truly helpful? (Oh, and I ended up doing my shopping at The Electric Fetus because their selection is much better.)

2) On The Common Man program, he came back from a break playing the latest, greatest Denny Green quotes from Arizona. I was eagerly anticipating 20-30 minutes of some classic Denny stories. But then Dan Barrerio stopped in for a so-called "Super Show," and he started to moan about some cable TV show he saw that dared show people having sex. The rest of the show then turned into a shrill and self-righteous "has the entertainment business gone too far" diatribe. Borrrrrring! Keep Barrerio off Common Man's program - all he does is dilute Common's greatness!