papercoversrock commented on Get Your Brag On: Name Your Best Concert Experience, at 3:39 PM on Jul 30 Good Friday 199x, Largo, sitting almost directly at Elliott Smith's feet while he played a beautiful acoustic set of old stuff and songs destined for XO. more »

papercoversrock commented on Rushing Through The Classics, at 2:02 PM on Jul 23 This is part of why I can't get into these kinds of games -- half the time it'd be easier to just play the actual song on an instrument than hit buttons on a plastic fauxtar in rhythm, etc. Also, insert "voice of Geddy Lee" joke here. more »

papercoversrock commented on NPR's "Best Albums Of 2008" Poll: All Songs Considered, Especially If You're Into Self-Reinforcing Stereotypes About "NPR Music", at 8:20 PM on Jul 10 That Nick Cave record would probably be it for me. more »

papercoversrock commented on Lou Barlow Somehow Not Embarrassed By Acoustic Demo Of "Soul And Fire", at 2:58 PM on Jun 16 Of course, "call me if you ever want to love again" was a standard lyric substitution when the band played the song live. Wistfully waiting for Lou's bullshit to be considered cool again ... more »

papercoversrock commented on George Michael Hangs Up His Microphone, at 2:12 PM on Jun 12 Thank you for all the awesome George Michael YouTubery, Maura. more »

papercoversrock commented on Open-Ish Thread, at 4:04 PM on Jun 3 I (belatedly!) bought the entire Jawbreaker catalog minus _Dear You_ (already had it) via the Amazon marketplace last Thursday. more »

papercoversrock commented on This cover of Sam Cooke's, at 8:16 PM on Feb 6 I quite dig the B. more »

papercoversrock commented on Nick Cave Goes On A Stroll To Nowhere, at 8:37 PM on Jan 9 Some of my favorite parts of this are when he flubs the lip-sync. more »

papercoversrock commented on Talk About The Blues Explosion, at 5:44 PM on Oct 30, 2007 Last thing I remember seeing Spencer's name on was the music over the closing credits of Hot Fuzz. more »

papercoversrock commented on This Just In: MP3 Blog Readers As Awful As Shock Jocks, at 8:30 PM on Aug 14, 2007 G. more »

papercoversrock commented on Kelly Clarkson Returns To Pop, Clive Davis Ascends To Divinity, at 2:28 PM on Jul 27, 2007 It would probably be safe to take Fox News' "cultural coverage" with a metric ton of salt, no? more »

papercoversrock commented on In Which I Get Kind Of Bummed Out About The Looming Flavor Flav Roast, at 3:39 PM on Jul 26, 2007 You're kind of describing the feeling that I had when Flav was arrested for crack possession lo those many years ago. more »

papercoversrock commented on Record Store Owners Finding Chosen Occupation To Be Remarkably Similar To A "Job", at 9:58 PM on Jul 2, 2007 @DanGibson: Maybe running this into the ground but: I certainly understand what you're saying. more »

papercoversrock commented on Record Store Owners Finding Chosen Occupation To Be Remarkably Similar To A "Job", at 6:22 PM on Jul 2, 2007 It's a bit surprising that the savvy, edgy Idolator commenter crew are just, like, totally amazed when a person finds the job they once loved has turned into drudgery. more »

papercoversrock commented on Record Store Owners Finding Chosen Occupation To Be Remarkably Similar To A "Job", at 4:56 PM on Jul 2, 2007 To be fair, I don't think Todd was looking for anyone's sympathy. more »