Before their seemingly never-ending and good-spirited reunion tour, the legend of the Pixies had had more than a decade to grow and expand into a myth befitting, perhaps, a Pixies song. Only five albums, but still name-dropped by anyone and everyone that wanted to offer up that “River Euphrates”/”Gouge Away” referential chestnut that made Nirvana [...]

Here are the great things about this clip (source):
“Trompe le Monde” (wmv)

Letterman holds up the old-timey and blindingly unnecessary long box CD for promo purposes.
Anton Fig drums while David Lovering plays maracas, and Paul Shaffer and the other guy from Letterman’s band play keys and electric guitar, respectively, and a guy that looks like the [...]

Since I’m a godless heathen, I’m going with a distinctly anti-FOX “holiday” theme. I’ll be back on Monday and Tuesday with 4 podcasts of my favorite music from 2005. Thanks for reading, and have a great whatever-it-is-you-do.
Old 97s “Lonely Holiday“
Television Personalities “Psychedelic Holiday“
The Pixies “The Holiday Song” (live WERS studios 1987)
Frank Black and [...]

(This is the fourth installment of marathonpacks’ Top 50 of the 90s list. To see #50-41, click here. To see #40-31, click here. To see #30-21, click here. The fifth and final installment will be posted Thursday.)

20. Mos Def-Black on Both Sides (Rawkus, 1999)
The last two installments of this list will draw heavily [...]