my zune opinion and buffalo tom in chicago
i have been reading quite a bit, both good and down right nasty, about the zune today. for those that have not been paying attention it is microsofts first foray into the portable music player segment. sure they’re about 5 years too late, but really who cares? i am a techno geek but a lot of these people put me to shame in their absolute dorkiness. i mean are any of these people makin or losing money off of this thing? probably not. if the thing does its job, and that is play music then who the fuck cares what color it comes in or what it does or doesnt have? i have both a mac and a pc, and quite frankly i have no loyalty to either. both do their respective jobs, and do them quite well. who cares if scott stereogum got a free ride to washington to check out the zune first hand? shit, if i were offered that i would not think twice about it. is anyone’s life worse off because some fuckin blogger was offered something pretty fuckin cool? anyway, if microsoft wants to throw a zune my way, i will pimp the hell outta that thing. to be honest it looks pretty damn cool. sorry about the rant, but i am quite buzzed at the moment. it may be a bit nonsensical, but you may or may not get my point. by the way, me thinks that engadget is the greatest sit on the interweb. i seriously check it every ten minutes.
buffalo tom is a band that definitely doesn’t get their fair shake in terms of fainfare. maybe they get a bit more love in the northeast, but since i have never lived there i really would not know for certain. bill janovitz and crew write and perform some of the best no frills rock n roll that one could ever hope to hear. two buffalo tom records take up some space in my top 25 off all time, let me come over and big red letter day. here is a performance recorded live in my hometown, chicago back in 1993.
1. birdbrain
2. staples
3. crawl
6. darl
7. velvet roof
8. larry
9. the plank
10. enemy
11. the bus
12. bleeding heart
13. mineral
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Sorry for such the late reply. Just found this while looking for Buffalo Tom stuff. I was at that show in ‘93 with my future wife, had a great time. Did you hear they are coming out with a new CD May 18th called “Three Easy Pieces”? Can’t wait. By the way, how did you get those live recordings? I would love to have them.