Inspired by last night's jazz performance, I vow to learn to play the key-tar. Good call on the resto, Marc and, um, nice legs. Music at the Rivoli was fantastic as usual....some followup notes:

The song I was trying to identify and incorrectly pegged as a Goo Goo Dolls song is 'Shimmer' by Fuel ("She calls me from the cold/ Just when I was low/feeling short of stable....chorus: too far away for me to hold/too far away"). Also, for those who give a crap, the band whose name I recalled as having the word 'Poppies' in it was actually 'The Lilac Time', who were around in the late 80s, early 90s and fronted by Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy who had a bigger solo hit in the mid-80s with 'Kiss Me' ("...with your mouth/your love is better than wine..."). Oh, and they never did a version of 'Love Vigilantes' by New Order. The correct answer there was: Radiogram.

The compilation series I was thinking of was titled, Indie Top 20, an example of which can be seen here. The discs I had are listed here and here but there are sadly no photos of the covers, which were cool.

the 'new deluxe' editions are great for people who give a shit about these types of things, which i believe represents a very small percentage of music consumers. all i really care about is the music; the prospect of being able to watch a tiny music video in a windows media player on my computer holds no appeal at all. i'm guessing that most artists are out of the loop on this extra pitch by the record labels, so i wouldn't take it out on them. in the case of the remixes, 90% of which are either complete crap or are designed soley for the dancefloor and don't make for great listening when one is not shaking one's booty, most are still available for download somewhere so again, no great incentive to shell out for a disc that contains them. needless to say, i avoid these like i'd avoid a deluxe edition of, say, the bible.

now if disc had higher-quality file formats....okay, i'll spare you this discussion, of which i'm not particularly all that fond either.

will probably just meet you all at the rex at 8:30 but will email you, stu, if my plans change and i can make it for a pre-jazz meal fix.

now for a more interesting discussion thread, an avclub list of cover songs that are better than the original. to this list, i'd have to add Travis' live version of Britney's 'One More Time' and perhaps the Pixies cover of Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Head On'. Any other glaring examples that i'm overlooking or problems with the onion's list?