nice picture dude!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBa746RVNHA quickly becoming one of my favorite motown tunes. smokey wrote it (you can tell) and even jerry garcia does a great version of it. just cant be beat

haha i got the album that was among Austin Powers' few possessions when he was unfrozen. not too shabby, though i can only handle a couple songs at a time

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I also appreciate the combination of Kurt Vile and young Tomás.

YESSS TOM IS LISTENING TO KURT VILE

I finally caved in...I miss the brunette farrah fawcett that you are.

haha great picture. that crazy motherfucker

I would but I'm completely broke, I hear they are good live though. I think they toured with Rocky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators as his backing band for a while, so that's saying something.

hey man, like what i see up here! i highly recommend ariel pink's before today and beach house's teen dream though. they're the newest by both of them but i like them alot

oh, Aretha! I'm finally getting real into her and I'm excited. My ma's got Lady Soul and Young Gifted and Black on vinyl - both are great and I've just gotten to downloading them, I'd recommended for sure. Which blues of hers had you gotten?

Well it would appear we have the same go-to's haha. Nina and Etta are my tied favorites of that kind of singer, though Dinah Washington's not far behind - she's essentially the female Ray Charles, dabbling in blues, jazz, soul, torch songs and gospel. She's commanding without being overbearing and has this cattiness to her voice that reminds me of Ronnie Spector. Like Nina and Etta, she helps remind you that whatever blues those old men had, the women had 'em two-fold. You should also check out Karen Dalton. She may not fit a 'soul singers' profile, but she's soulful, brother. She's like Billie Holiday with a folky pathos to her, and a no bullshit edge. She was Dylan's favorite singer in the Gaslight days, and like Robbie Robertson, held it down for Native Americans. But mostly, she's just otherworldly. Get "In My Own Time", it's the most inspired covers record I've yet to hear and she's got one hell of a backing band - from there every song becomes hers entirely, for me anyway.

looking at your log, it seems you had an awesome Fourth.

but moreso very very happy to hear. I'd been mulling over when id do just that, along with when i'd go back to sweden.

ultimate jealousy in my heart

LETS!! boy...cant wait to tell all my friends about my new friend i made on last.fm :D

too bad we can't listen to any of them.. or can we?

I think I have the highest compability with you

where'd you find that? i saw him do that on tv once