Andrew Earles

That’s right!

The Fucking Champs – “Extra Man”  – Seems as though they needed to loosen the fuck up, anyway. This hook puts the entire Beach Boys discography to shame. You can throw ELO in there, too, Mr. Better-Late-Than-Never.

Mercury Rev – “Meth of a Rockettes Kick” - Age 19 or 20. About to move out of my mom’s because she keeps catching me rolling joints….while this song plays loudly. Oh, that ”age 19 or 20″ thing has a little something to do with it, too… 

Charamlabides – “Think About”  -  Wait ’til my girlfriend finds out I insist this be ”our song” ….”Come on, baby, just have a seat. I’m only asking that we listen to it, together, once in the morning, and once before bed.”

The “records for sale” page is empty. The barrage of interest was just too time-consuming. It’s hard to write in a sarcastic tone…that old Mr. Show skit was right! The record want-list has been updated to reflect an acquisition or two, and the obligatory additions.

My remembrance of Jay Lindsey/Reatard – written for Spin.com – is now nestled behind a growing amount of site content, and because I’ve received a couple of e-mails asking how to find it, I’ve created a page containing a link to the piece, plus the unedited first draft of my early-2009 Jay Reatard bio (as commissioned by Matador Records).

By placing it in his Top Ten of 2009.

He even wrote this nice blurb…

6) Earles and Jensen – Farr the Record [Matador]

“I don’t think I am giving away any insider information by telling you that the first Earles and Jensen record is one of the worst selling records for Matador in recent memory, but not because it is bad or anything; people just have no taste. The highest rated comedy on TV is Two and a Half Men, not 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm or It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. So I suppose that means the majority of people think that Charlie Sheen is one of the funniest people alive. The same thing could be said about comedy records: the first Flight of the Concords record won a Grammy while the first Earles and Jensen record is totally forgotten.

This time around Matador made the new Earles and Jensen record super limited. They’ve realized that the masses are wrong, so why not just cater to the few and the proud with good taste in comedy?”

Earles’ note: This LP’s first (and last) pressing of 324 copies is probably (I don’t want to go look) still in print, breaking some sort of record.