Christmas Roundup
After listening to garbage muzak in so many stores for the past couple weeks I’m glad to say I was blessed with some good music on Christmas to partially make up for it.
Got some gifts from Mish and my family, including: Rolling Stone Cover to Cover (every page of every magazine – all 40 years – searchable on DVD… very nice), Turbonegro: The Movie (saving that for a special evening with the old lady), a Billy Childish doc and season 2 of Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels (my guilty but not revealing in any way pleasure). And on a recent trek to Nepal my mother-in-law picked up some Nepali rock for me – a band called “1974 A.D”. Haven’t listened to it yet but I’m assuming it sounds a lot like Bob Seger’s “Kathmandu”.
Also got a couple albums at the local record store yesterday: Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Bros live in ’69 and the new BellRays. Both are superb.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thee Shams, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, U2, AC/DC, MGMT, Rocket from the Crypt, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, KISS, The Super Friendz, The White Stripes, The Kinks, The Beatles 
i can usually count on at least 1 beatles/stones book from the folks, but not this year… however, santa did bring me the new c’mon cd. (thanks). i got it bad for Katie’s song.