I spent a lot of time in Chicago and have a real affinity for Chicago music
so I wanted to get the new Wilco, because that just came out.
This painting is in where they record, The Loft. I remember seeing that painting.
I actually have a band called Corporal.
and we were very, very fortunate to get to go to The Loft and record a couple of songs.
This is a band that I love called Eleventh Dream Day.
They had one of my favorite albums called El Moodio
that I was super into when it came out. I keep trying to find it every time I go to the store.
Yeah, this, it looks like it's probably a new release from them.
Just came out, so I'll give that a try.
And then this band isn't a Chicago band, Superchunk.
I'm a huge fan of Superchunk, but the bass player is a friend of mine, Jason Narducy
he's been playing with them from time to time.
It says 'Classic album from 1999,' so sounds good to me.
And then I couldn't resist some Jesus Lizard.
Yeah, I love David. David is one of my favorite performers to see live
I saw him sing at this thing in Chicago. It wasn't with the whole band, it was just him.
He did 'That's When I Reach For My Revolver,' that Mission of Burma song.
That's one of my favorite live performances I've ever seen.
They also have one of my favorite rock n' roll t-shirts.
It says 'The Jesus Lizard' and then there's a picture of a rocking chair
and then on the back it says 'Rock.' That's pretty funny.
And then this just looked fucking cool as hell.
I'm a huge Jerry Garcia fan.
Someone invited me to go to the Grateful Dead shows that they had this summer
July 4th at Soldier Field in Chicago.
They said I got you front row, you can go sit in the front row and I was like
no offense to Trey Anastasio but he's not Jerry Garcia.
The interesting thing about this album is he made it the year I was born
so I thought that was a good omen, 1974.
Says 'Featuring songs by Chuck, Smokey, and The Stones'
I'm assuming that's Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson and The Rolling Stones.
Makes it sound like they're his next door neighbors or something.
It's just such a cool cover. Yeah I'm looking forward to that.
I got an advance copy of this on CD, but I love it so much I wanted to get it on vinyl.
This is the new Yo La Tengo album, 'Stuff Like That There.'
I had the pleasure of interviewing these guys for Magnet Magazine
but I'm a little pissed off because there's some...
Magnet, they didn't do any fact-checking.
I was talking to the band, I was interviewing them
I said all this album cover reminds me of an old Horace Silver album cover
You know Horace Silver, the great jazz piano player
Georgia was like, yeah I had that... because she does the designs
and she's like, yeah I know exactly what you're talking about.
And then I read the interview in the magazine, and it has me saying
'so your album cover is reminiscent of the great Boris Silver album cover'
Boris Silver. So anyway.
As much as I love rock n' roll, I think I love jazz even more.
These are two of my favorites. Sonny Rollins, I love. I love this album cover.
I love this song 'East Broadway Run Down.' I have this on CD but I don't have it on vinyl.
If you've never heard this song 'East Broadway Run Down,' it really kinda
sums up a lot of things, for me anyway. At least about the
the anxiety of life
but it's also... it's discordant but it's not overly experimental
it's not just a wall of noise.
That's what I like about Sonny's playing, he takes a lot of risks but he's also very disciplined.
But anyway I just think this is an extraordinary album.
So this is my all-time favorite artist of any art form ever, period
is this guy, Thelonious Monk.
There's nothing I enjoy more than just hearing him sit at a piano by himself
and play these songs.
Not only his own compositions, but the way he plays standards.
I've actually never had this album, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
so I figured today was the day to get it.
But, yeah, that's what I selected with my little shopping spree here
Thank you so much.
Yeah, no problem.