The Current Music Blog: January 11, 2007 Archive

Four on the floor at The Buffering Stream, 1/11

Posted at 7:22 AM on January 11, 2007 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Album art! Does it matter anymore?

Posted at 2:30 PM on January 11, 2007 by Hans Eisenbeis (5 Comments)

The MSP Music Expo record convention opens its doors at the Four Points Sheraton in Minneapolis this Sunday. Ross has a nice pick-o-the-litter for you: Nick DiFonzo's Ugliest Album Art Ever collection.

Which begs the obvious, locally oriented question: What's the ugliest local album in memory? And what about the prettiest?

Take your best shot in the comments, and we'll try to track down the photos for your edification.

Photo: Nick DiFonzo's BizarreRecords.com

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Blissed out on Badfinger

Posted at 4:33 PM on January 11, 2007 by Christina Schmitt (33 Comments)

I said a silent "yes!" when The Current added The Very Best of Badfinger to its back catalog last week.

Badfinger songs make me feel "blissed out" - a dangerously happy emotion. It's like driving to the West Coast with your dream boyfriend, and the Wyoming dead zone starts to look beautiful. Badfinger’s "Baby Blue" can make you admire Boyfriend – who is a bit of a self-righteous vegan – as he resorts to eating things with eggs and milk in them because the vegetables at the roadside diners look sickly.

By the way, dreamy boyfriend would be really irritated at being identified with Badfinger. He would rather be camped with Fugazi, even though he’s an emo-musician with a touch of AC/DC inside. Note: dreamy boyfriend would really, really hate to be considered an emo-musician. Also note dreamy boyfriend is now an ex (which has more to do with the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" than Badfinger or AC/DC).

What music makes you feel blissed out? Does that music clash with reality and is that causing problems for you?

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