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Thursday’s Musical Education - Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater 

Yup, it’s another Yo La Tengo song on TME.  Nothing really to say about it…except I slipped on a sweater on this crisp fall morn.  That’s all.  Nothing else.  Enjoy.

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Thursday’s Musical Education - The Darling Buds It Makes No Difference 

In the late 1980s and early 1990s there were a lot of good bands that were fronted by female vocalists such as the Blake Babies, Belly, the Throwing Muses, and of course Transvision Vamp (okay, I’m totally kidding with the Transvision Vamp reference, but I will admit to having one of their cassettes).  Another  band from the UK that could fit into this group was the Darling Buds which is the feature of this TME.

Step back to 1990 with me and give it a listen. I think it still holds up as a good song 22 years later.

Thursday’s Muscial Education - Desaparecidos - MariKKKopa 

Well, it appears that I’ve hit the Conor Oberst trifecta on the TME.  I’m not sure if that is a good thing.  He’s back on here with his post-harcore band the Desaparecidos singing about that racist sherriff down in Arizona.

Yay for making a statement with a song.  Yay for punk rock songs.  Yay for the Desaparecidos. And yay for the blue sky out my window (totally does not relate to the song…but I like blue skies, what can I say?)

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Thursday’s Musical Education - Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade 

Has it really been 20 years since this song was released?  Wow.  I heard it the other day in the car.  The other morning I also heard Birdbrain…so I decided that Buffalo Tom would be this week’s TME.  But which song?  Well, Taillights Fade won because it may just be their best song ever.  Of course, that is debatable.  I could argue almost every Buffalo Tom song is their best song ever.  For example, Frozen Lake is a great song (did ya see what I did there?).

I saw these guys a couple times in concert and they were awesome.  I even sat and talked to Bill Janovitz for a bit before a show.  Very nice, and not a bit pretentious.

Click the links and enjoy all three songs.  I know I do.

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Thursday’s Musical Education - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Someday I Suppose 

This song came up during my run this morning.  It’s been a long time since I heard it.  Love it!  Of course, most of you will recoginze it from Clueless which I’ll give you a pass on.

So many good lines in this song, such as: 

There was a verse that I was gonna write

I haven’t yet 

But there’s still a chance I might 

I have a huge soft-spot in my heart for Third-wave ska.  Yeah, I’m that kind of guy.

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Thursday’s Musical Education - Andrew Bird - Eyeoneye 

Often, I provide commentary on the Thursday Muscial Education and sometimes, I don’t.

Today is one of those days that I’m not going to provide any commentary.  I’ll just let the song speak for itself.  Enjoy!

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Thursday’s Muscial Education - Bettie Serveert - Palomine 

Another song from a lifetime ago.  Palomine was on Lamprey which was the band’s second album.  I’ve always liked Carol van Dijk’s voice.  Lamprey is a great album, in my small opinion, and worth checking out.

Have you heard their cover of Bright Eyes Lover I Don’t Have To Love?  I almost like it better than the original. 

Thursday’s Musical Education - Gauntlet Hair - I Was Thinking

Thursday’s Muscial Education - Avalanche - Just Friends (Nicolas Jaar) 

Wait!!! You get two TME this week since I was too busy to post anything last week.  I heard this song this morning and I liked it so much I thought it was worth sharing.  Just Friends is Nicolas Jarr with Sasha Spielberg (yes, she’s one of those Spielbergs).  So first Mr. Jaar works with Scout LaRue and now he’s working with Ms. Speilberg.  I notice a trend.

Avalanche is a Leonard Cohen song that has been done a few times by other artists.  The crazier thing is how you have to get this song (notice this is a BBC rip).  It’s not an available mp3.  No, you have to buy a cube to get it.  Kind of a cool idea…

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Thursday’s Musical Education - Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

This song makes me feel very old and very young at the same time.  I heard it last night and right at that moment I thought “Yup, that is this TME”.  So let’s take a trip back to 1984 (or something like that).

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Thursday’s Musical Education - Animal Collective - Honeycomb

New Animal Collective!  I’m happy for it.  You can pre-order a 7” of it…so all you pretentious hipsters can play it on your “turntable”.   

Thursday’s Musical Education - Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De L’Amour 

I bet you did not see this one coming?  Did ya?  I sure didn’t.  You may have heard this song in the trailer for Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom or maybe you heard it somewhere else like I did.  Or, perhaps, this is the first time you have heard it.  No matter…I’m pretty sure that you’ll like it.  I know I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Thursday’s Musical Education - Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Part 1

I almost feel like it is cheating using a Neutral Milk Hotel song…because everyone loves them…right?  I mean really…no “education” is necessary when it comes to NMH.  I absolutely adore this song, it’s a scant two minutes in length but there are so many classic lines.  

Searching around for a video of this song I came across this particular video.  How it only has 183 hits is beyond me.  It’s a great video that some kid made…and gave me a smile.  I hope it does the same for you all.

Thursday’s Musical Education - Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - ‘NY Is Killing Me’ 

It’s Gil Scott-Heron remixed by Jamie from the XX.  What else could you want in a song?  Well, maybe Gil to still be alive…

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Thursday’s Muscial Education

Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built 

These guys are awesome.  I saw them a year or so ago here in lil’ ol’ Spokane.  There were less than 50 people there at the A Club that night.  They blew me away.  How often do you see two guys killing it for less than 50 people?  Not too often.

This is their new single.  I can’t wait for the full length when it is released in June.

Fuck yeah. Go Canada!!!

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