F***ing In Rhythm & Sorrow to Fairchild

"F***ing In Rhythm & Sorrow"  The Sugarcubes  Life's Too Good
"Facing East"  Thievery Corporation  The Richest Man In Babylon
"Faculty of Fears"  Lightspeed Champion  Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
"Fade Away and Radiate"  Blondie  Parallel Lines
"Fade Together"  Franz Ferdinand  You Could Have It So Much Better
"Faded Love"  Patsy Cline  The Legendary Patsy Cline
"Fader Rules"  Superchunk  Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation Compact Disc
"Failures"  Joy Division  Substance
"Fainting Spells"  Crystal Castles  Crystal Castles (II)
"Fairchild"  Porter Wagoner  Rubber Room: The Haunting Poetic Songs of Porter Wagoner 1966-1977


So the Super Bowl happened this past weekend.  Last year, Christina fucked up the national anthem and I spent some time discussing the performers for that song at super bowls through the ages.  My comments about the halftime show extended to "I don't know if they have ever gotten it right."  This still holds, but at least this year was largely innocuous, which might be the best you can hope for.  (Well, what I was really hoping for was for Madonna to come out in a Denver Broncos jersey and sing "Like A Virgin" before going into a Tim Tebow kneel, because that would have been awesome and offensive in a way that the FCC could not fine her for.  Instead, we got M.I.A. being offensive in a way she will get fined for, and I have to admit it probably was the best part of the bland new song she was helping Madge get through.  On the up-side this was not the nightmare shit-show that the Black-Eyed Peas gave us (It was Up With Electronic People and Will.I.Am stole Gary Oldman's hair from the Fifth Element).

I admit to being stressed that the artists of my teens are now playing the super bowl - we have moved past Stevie Wonder and the Rolling Stones and now it is Madonna and Prince.  The Sugarcubes had a reunion tour, and Disney briefly tried selling a Joy Division t-shirt - that is how hold I am now.

There is a lot of hate for Thievery Corporation among internet wonks - "inoffensive" and "bland" are tossed about.  I think that is what I like about them.  Sometimes I want to be able to put something on that is just there and doesn't stomp on my ability to talk/drink/dance with my friends.  It is sort of the opposite of Boxcutter - music I like that I can never seem to find a time to play.  I can usually find a place for this music, but largely because I don't have to concentrate on it.  I actually do mean all of that in a good way.