DJ's Required Listening: Random Randomness

Well, we made it. 12:01, June 12th, 2009 was predicted to be The End Of Times. Television switched from analog to digital, and the world kept on spinning. $2.25 billion was invested by our government, billions more were squandered by TV stations that had to keep both signals on the air for 4 more months...but by God we're here. Thousands of calls were made when the elderly tried to tune in Regis & Kelly the next morning I'm sure. Rednecks from the sticks might have had to do without Springer for a day or two...but you all were warned !!! I was fearing a scene from a George Romero movie, with people coming out of the hills, trudging up my driveway, led by that beacon of blue-light coming from my living room window. But they never came. I was all stocked up on shotgun shells, Budweiser, & Twinkies too. Dammit. This could have been a perfect ruse to "thin the herd" if you will, but the government didn't take advantage of it. As every dumbass who didn't buy a converter box, sign up for cable or satellite, called a special hotline for their "free" box...the CIA (Cooter Intelligence Agency) could have made a "special delivery." Oh well...missed opportunities.

Anyway...I've been too busy to coherently put together a decent blog. I'm in full "fixer'up" mode around the house, single-handedly stimulating the economy each weekend at a time. Washing, staining, painting, mulching, mowing, trimming, buying, buying, buying. The only thing I've not improved on around the house is my golf game, which while never much above mediocre at best has found new levels of sucktitude. You gotta play to get better...right? Right? Kiss my ass...I know I suck.

OK...last time we talked about Eric Clapton and The Supergroup. I've got a few more supergroups here to to share...some you know, some you may not. But they're definitely worth checking out.

1. Chickenfoot - the world's newest supergoup. Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony give Van Halen & Assoc. a big, double-fisted middle finger here. "What about drums," you ask? How 'bout Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "OK, fair nuff...what can you do to top Eddie Van Halen on guitar?" Uh, ....try Joe Satriani, bitch. "Oh, snap!" BTW...are they just like borrowing Ryan Adams & The Cardinals logo since they're like, not using right now or what? You decide.

2. The Gutter Twins. Ever wonder what happened to former Screaming Trees & Queens Of The Stone Age lead singer Mark Lanegan, and/or Greg Dulli from Cincinnati's own Afghan Wigs? Sure you have. Well they are The Gutter Twins now, and sound nothing like anything else...which is what makes this collaboration cool as hell. Lanegan is a frickin' awesome vocalist...

3. Golden Smog. Hard to pin down a consistent lineup on these guys, but if you like Wilco (Jeff Tweedy), The Jayhawks (Gary Louris), or Soul Asylum (Dan Murphy) you'll dig these guys. I discovered it on Pandora...which JMLifeandTimes. has educated everyone on I hope. Can't listen at work now though, since our server is now located in Canada...which sucks...a lot.