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I don't know if I mentioned, a few month ago, having to go to a local radio station to pick up some stuff for my dad. He'd won one of those radio contents, you see, but was unable to make it there during station hours himself because of the job he'd just started. Included were two tickets to a premier of "Catwoman", two Klondike Days day-passes, and a CD allowing two free music downloads from Puretracks.
Dad took a friend to see "Catwoman", and, as far as I know, the friendship has survived. Nicole and I ended up taking advantage of the Klondike Days passes when we went to that on its last weekend. I neglected the Puretracks CD until now. I'd tried it once, but this was shortly after I switched over to Mozilla Firefox, and I didn't feel like running Internet Explorer just to do it, so I put it off.
I was just testing my keyboard's built-in "Internet" button, and discovered that it still brought up IE, so naturally I thought I'd try the CD download thing. It worked this time, and I browsed for a little while. There's a lot of music there, and I had little idea where to start. I thought of looking for a new Nelly Furtado or Avril Lavigne track, but I thought instead I'd look for something I'd been unable to find at the library.
Browsing through, I happened across Mike Scott, former lead singer of The Waterboys. After "This Is The Sea" the band's output had been uneven, but I'd been curious about his solo stuff anyway. So I picked the title track from his solo album, "Bring 'Em All In". It turned out to be a decent song, maybe not up to the best Waterboys stuff, but not bad at all.
Paging further, I found that they had The Shaggs' "Philosophy of The World". Now this album is almost legendarily bad--I first encountered it in my 50 Worst Rock & Roll Records of All Time book. It was the product of the three daughters of a man who took them to the studio and paid for the recording, wanting to "catch them while they were hot" despite their near-total lack of skill. However, the Spin Alternative Record Guide actually considered it an interesting album. I couldn't resist--I picked the title track from that album, too. After all, it was free, right?
I'd hesitate to say that the Shaggs song was a revelation, but it was a hoot, really.
Dad took a friend to see "Catwoman", and, as far as I know, the friendship has survived. Nicole and I ended up taking advantage of the Klondike Days passes when we went to that on its last weekend. I neglected the Puretracks CD until now. I'd tried it once, but this was shortly after I switched over to Mozilla Firefox, and I didn't feel like running Internet Explorer just to do it, so I put it off.
I was just testing my keyboard's built-in "Internet" button, and discovered that it still brought up IE, so naturally I thought I'd try the CD download thing. It worked this time, and I browsed for a little while. There's a lot of music there, and I had little idea where to start. I thought of looking for a new Nelly Furtado or Avril Lavigne track, but I thought instead I'd look for something I'd been unable to find at the library.
Browsing through, I happened across Mike Scott, former lead singer of The Waterboys. After "This Is The Sea" the band's output had been uneven, but I'd been curious about his solo stuff anyway. So I picked the title track from his solo album, "Bring 'Em All In". It turned out to be a decent song, maybe not up to the best Waterboys stuff, but not bad at all.
Paging further, I found that they had The Shaggs' "Philosophy of The World". Now this album is almost legendarily bad--I first encountered it in my 50 Worst Rock & Roll Records of All Time book. It was the product of the three daughters of a man who took them to the studio and paid for the recording, wanting to "catch them while they were hot" despite their near-total lack of skill. However, the Spin Alternative Record Guide actually considered it an interesting album. I couldn't resist--I picked the title track from that album, too. After all, it was free, right?
I'd hesitate to say that the Shaggs song was a revelation, but it was a hoot, really.
