The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow

One of my friends went to see Ace Frelhey, who covered 2000 Man, which led to me to listen to the original, and then this from the same album:



That's one of my favorite songs by The Rolling Stones.

Covers: Out of Time by Chris Farlowe

Until about 5 minutes ago, I had no idea this existed. But then I saw Chris Farlowe is an upcoming guest on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine on 91.1 WFMU, and so I took a look:




I still like the Stones original better, but man, what a cool cover. So is this cover by The Ramones, from the outstanding Acid Eaters.

Walk Before They Make Me Run

I was looking back on my fantasy gaming blog for something and found this heading:

"Walk Before They Make You Run"

That's one of my favorite Stones songs. It's got a classic guitar riff, good refrain, line like:

"Gotta find my way to heaven, cause I've done my time in hell" and "I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well."

Not Music: Hunter S. Thompson

I recently re-heard a great broadcast of "Selected Shorts" doing bits of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson. I won't go into HST and how I got into him here (the first thing I read was Gonzo Papers II, actually) but suffice it to say he's one of my favorites.

This hour-long program has some good reads of his work, and an old colleague doing a spot-on impersonation of Hunter's snappy speaking style.

Selected Shorts: Hunter S. Thompson

The only music I can put with this, is, of course, Sympathy For the Devil. I'd get it on maximum volume on an endless loop if I could.