Off his current album, Midnight at the Movies, here's Justin Townes Earle with his cover of The Replacements' "Can't Hardly Wait"
Apr 25, 2009
Apr 24, 2009
Best of 2009 So Far: Expanded Edition
I usually don't rank everything I've heard for these personal charts, but I thought I'd do so this time around... even including a mainstream country rankings after the main chart.
1. Ben Nichols - The Last Pale Light in the West
2. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies
3. The Gourds - Haymaker!
4. Phosphorescent - To Willie
5. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
6. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
7. Steve Earle - Townes
8. Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
9. The Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours
10. Scott Miller - For Crying Out Loud
11. Eric Church - Carolina
12. Strand of Oaks - Leave Ruin
13. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - s/t
14. The Last Vegas - Whatever Gets You Off
15. The Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
16. The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
17. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
18. Incredibad - The Lonely Island
19. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
20. Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass Kickin' Team - National Champions
21. Doug Burr - The Shawl
22. M.Ward - Hold Time
23. Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Ready for the Flood
24. The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
25. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
26. Bruce Springsteen - Waiting on a Dream
27. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
28. Husband and Wife - Dark Dark Woods
29. Chris Isaak - Mr. Lucky
Ranking the Mainstream:
1. Eric Church - Carolina
2. Adam Gregory - Crazy Days
3. Rodney Atkins - It's America
4. Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
5. Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable
1. Ben Nichols - The Last Pale Light in the West
2. Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Movies
3. The Gourds - Haymaker!
4. Phosphorescent - To Willie
5. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
6. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
7. Steve Earle - Townes
8. Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
9. The Deep Dark Woods - Winter Hours
10. Scott Miller - For Crying Out Loud
11. Eric Church - Carolina
12. Strand of Oaks - Leave Ruin
13. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - s/t
14. The Last Vegas - Whatever Gets You Off
15. The Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
16. The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
17. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
18. Incredibad - The Lonely Island
19. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
20. Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass Kickin' Team - National Champions
21. Doug Burr - The Shawl
22. M.Ward - Hold Time
23. Mark Olson and Gary Louris - Ready for the Flood
24. The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
25. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
26. Bruce Springsteen - Waiting on a Dream
27. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
28. Husband and Wife - Dark Dark Woods
29. Chris Isaak - Mr. Lucky
Ranking the Mainstream:
1. Eric Church - Carolina
2. Adam Gregory - Crazy Days
3. Rodney Atkins - It's America
4. Keith Urban - Defying Gravity
5. Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable
Apr 23, 2009
.99 Review - Jack Ingram
Jack Ingram - Barefoot & Crazy
The People's Take
I LIKE IT!!
What a great summer song! This is going to sound great on the CD player on those hot summer days at the beach or just cruising around. Oh yeah.....bring on the heat baby!! I could listen to music like this all day.
by Chesneyfan
(most reviews are just like this...)
My Take:
I'm not ready to throw Jack under the same "sellout" bus as Pat Green just yet, but this song isn't heartening. I don't toss the term "sellout" around lightly (except in jest and on Photocrapped album covers) but it becomes a valid edict when an artist veers so far off their original course just for the sake of commerce (obviously a subjective deduction, but whatever) that you can't hear what drew you to them in the first place. Jack's not there yet. He's still got some stones, as evidenced on his non-single album tracks, at least. I won't defend him like his buddy Todd Snider does though, and this song might even make it hard for Mr. Snider to keep having his back. "Barefoot & Crazy" is a big, dumb celebration of summer anthem. Okay with me if it didn't have the word "barefoot" in the title (my wife's mild foot phobia has uh, rubbed off on me) and if it didn't contain the "cliche-even-for-cliches" rhyme "baby" and "crazy." And if it followed even one new road, melodically or musically or lyrically. It doesn't. It's mindless entertainment for people enjoying exactly what the song describes or wishing they could. Wait, no. That's painting with too broad a brush, 'cause I wish I was experiencing what the song describes at this very moment, but if this song had to be the soundtrack, I might reconsider. Put it this way, the only parts of this song I like are the lyrics "my heart was skipping like a stone" and the reference to "Fishing in the Dark." That's it. With enough Miller Lite (yuck), you won't care though. Crank it up if you must. There are worse songs. There aren't many that are more by-the-numbers though.
Total value: .41/.99
Mama
Boots
Name Dropping
Dying Person
County Fair
Lost Love
Love
Hometown Pride
Kindly Advice
Truck
Whiskey
Beer
Life Affirmation
USA
Soldiers
Pop Sheen
Star Power
The People's Take
I LIKE IT!!
What a great summer song! This is going to sound great on the CD player on those hot summer days at the beach or just cruising around. Oh yeah.....bring on the heat baby!! I could listen to music like this all day.
by Chesneyfan
(most reviews are just like this...)
My Take:
I'm not ready to throw Jack under the same "sellout" bus as Pat Green just yet, but this song isn't heartening. I don't toss the term "sellout" around lightly (except in jest and on Photocrapped album covers) but it becomes a valid edict when an artist veers so far off their original course just for the sake of commerce (obviously a subjective deduction, but whatever) that you can't hear what drew you to them in the first place. Jack's not there yet. He's still got some stones, as evidenced on his non-single album tracks, at least. I won't defend him like his buddy Todd Snider does though, and this song might even make it hard for Mr. Snider to keep having his back. "Barefoot & Crazy" is a big, dumb celebration of summer anthem. Okay with me if it didn't have the word "barefoot" in the title (my wife's mild foot phobia has uh, rubbed off on me) and if it didn't contain the "cliche-even-for-cliches" rhyme "baby" and "crazy." And if it followed even one new road, melodically or musically or lyrically. It doesn't. It's mindless entertainment for people enjoying exactly what the song describes or wishing they could. Wait, no. That's painting with too broad a brush, 'cause I wish I was experiencing what the song describes at this very moment, but if this song had to be the soundtrack, I might reconsider. Put it this way, the only parts of this song I like are the lyrics "my heart was skipping like a stone" and the reference to "Fishing in the Dark." That's it. With enough Miller Lite (yuck), you won't care though. Crank it up if you must. There are worse songs. There aren't many that are more by-the-numbers though.
Total value: .41/.99
The Checklist
Church/God
Church/God
Mama
Boots
Name Dropping
Dying Person
County Fair
Lost Love
Love Hometown Pride
Kindly Advice
Truck Whiskey
Beer 
Life Affirmation USA
Soldiers
Pop Sheen
Star Power
Apr 22, 2009
Tim McGraw / Eddie Rabbit Parody
Prescriptions
(Parody of Tim McGraw/Eddie Rabbit's "Suspicions")
I'm so sad that I wed this lady
Was so drunk when she made me her groom
Almost went crazy when she came into view
Stopped by the doc before the honeymoon
[Chorus]
And I got these prescriptions
That's just so I know I can love my baby
Won't be feeling like some wilted clay
Ooh prescriptions
It don't help that she's just so bad lookin'
I have to take these little blue pills seven days a week
When we go out to bowl a game or two
She always turns every stomach in the room
I know she's not on any guy's mind
I fight back nausea, but it gets me sometimes
[Chorus]
Ooh, prescriptions
When I'm with her a part of me has died
Way she touches me, I want to run and hide
The way I get hives when we make love
Takes me more and more meds to keep this up
[Chorus]
Prescriptions
That's just so I know I can love my baby
Won't be feeling like some wilted clay
Ooh prescriptions
It don't help that she's just so bad lookin'
I have to take these little blue pills seven days a week
Prescriptions
Please save me, I'm dyin'
Yeah Cialis
And Viagra
Hope I can anull this thing
Pray somebody's gonna take my girl from me
(Parody of Tim McGraw/Eddie Rabbit's "Suspicions")
I'm so sad that I wed this lady
Was so drunk when she made me her groom
Almost went crazy when she came into view
Stopped by the doc before the honeymoon
[Chorus]
And I got these prescriptions
That's just so I know I can love my baby
Won't be feeling like some wilted clay
Ooh prescriptions
It don't help that she's just so bad lookin'
I have to take these little blue pills seven days a week
When we go out to bowl a game or two
She always turns every stomach in the room
I know she's not on any guy's mind
I fight back nausea, but it gets me sometimes
[Chorus]
Ooh, prescriptions
When I'm with her a part of me has died
Way she touches me, I want to run and hide
The way I get hives when we make love
Takes me more and more meds to keep this up
[Chorus]
Prescriptions
That's just so I know I can love my baby
Won't be feeling like some wilted clay
Ooh prescriptions
It don't help that she's just so bad lookin'
I have to take these little blue pills seven days a week
Prescriptions
Please save me, I'm dyin'
Yeah Cialis
And Viagra
Hope I can anull this thing
Pray somebody's gonna take my girl from me
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