"Driver 8"- R.E.M.

My favorite song from their IRS years, and the look on Peter Buck's face to Mike Mills at 2:12 after he finishes his guitar riff is a classic "I didn't fuck it up!" moment.

Just beautiful:

"The Guys Get Shirts!"- Paul Anka (NSFW)

And if I'm going to post some classic Buddy Rich screaming, I have to post this all-time classic Paul Anka meltdown imploring to some poor bastard that "The guys get shirts! That's Just The fuckin' way it is!"

"The Guys Get Shirts!"- Paul Anka

"You Think I'm The Only One That's Gonna Work Up There?"- Buddy Rich

Absolutely classic (and blistering) Buddy Rich reaming of his band after a show (NSFW):

Pictures From The War Child Benefit, Edmonton 11-21-09

A great time was had by all, and great cause was helped. Janet Dyrbye's excellent pictures from the benefit last Saturday night capture the fun had both the performers and crowd.

"Feeling Gravity's Pull"- R.E.M.

Fables Of The Reconstruction was R.E.M.'s "difficult" album while in their original run on IRS Records, and if it didn't have the pure joy of Lifes Rich Pagent or the timelessness of Murmur, it had it's own classic songs and moments of brilliance like "Feeling Gravity's Pull".

From the metallic power-pop riff that opens the song to the truly beathtaking chorus, FGP is on the the most underrated songs of R.E.M.'s career:

Website Is Back Up

The webby is back up; I apologize for the downtime and no, it's not because I was drinking...

A couple things: "HWY 61 w/ Elmer Gibbons" debuts tonight at 11pm ET/8pm PT in North America and for fans of early blues, bluegrass, and country it's right up your alley.

The War Child Benefit at The Avenue Theatre is happening in Edmonton tonight (presented by Sunshine Treeshade social conscious artists group), and yours truly will be there towards the end of the night so please come by and supports some great local bands and a great cause.

See you there!

Radio Enigma Website Down

Sorry folks, our web host is resetting IP's on it's server and it's taking longer thanusual to get the website back up. They've told us it will be back up no later than 3am PT, and if it's back up while I'm doing my show I'll give you all a heads-up over the air...

1967 Grey Cup (Hamilton Tiger-Cats-Saskatchewan Roughriders)

Close to another Grey Cup up here North Of 90, here's an absolutely priceless (and rare) copy of the entire 1967 Grey Cup w/ commercials!

Even though my Saskatchewan Roughriders lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, this was still a helluva game. Pure Canadiana:



You can find the rest of the parts here

"Second Choice"- Any Trouble

Any Trouble's "Second Choice" is a reggae new-wave pure pop charm:

"The Bottom Line"- Big Audio Dynamite

Yes: