Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole

I binge-watched The Wire. It was great. Really great.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee

This might be my favorite Nick Cave performance ever.

Chilly Gonzales - Supervillain Music

One of my favorite artists. The mad genius in concert.

Measha Brueggergosman & Martin Short - Misty

Who knew Martin could sing? Measha is from Fredericton. Small world.

Postmodern Jukebox - Crazy

Haven't been that excited about the covers Mr. Bradlee has been doing in a while but P-Dubs sent me this one today and I have to admit it's pretty good. The clarinet solo by Chloe Feoranzo is a nice touch.

The original, of course, is by Gnarls Barkley. who sadly haven't released a new album in nearly a decade. Yes, this fact is as shocking to me as it is to you. Here I was thinking it had been a few years.... 2008 is now ancient history!

David Bowie - Bring Me The Disco King

I got insanely busy and didn't finish my list. I'm going to go back in time and fix that pronto. In the meantime we've lost Lemmy and Bowie in a matter of days. Both were musical titans, but the latter had the greater influence on me. He was brilliant, and managed to reinvent himself in so many ways that were genuine, not merely doing it to be different. I'm just gonna post some of his videos this week, and then probably never post one again. 

Postmodern Jukebox - Viva La Vida

By Jove, Scott Bradlee and Puddles have done it again. I much prefer this to the original.

Tom Waits - All The World Is Green

Back again. A bit (a lot) earlier today. I feel we should do some more relaxing before the weekend arrives, because that looks like it could be hectic. No reason really, but it's December which invariably means mayhem 24/7. I'm looking forward to March.

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam

From her Live in Holland show, 1965. Watch it here.

Nick Cave - Into My Arms

Never the greatest singer, but a good songwriter.

Regina Spektor - No Surprises

Might as well keep this going. How about this Radiohead cover?