paul simon is wonderful. duh.

I saw him in Central Park. he's a genius. 'Me & Julio Down By The Scoolyard" is oneof the all time jams. So's "Kodachrome"

I love Paul Simon.

but I hate abba

'Me & Julio Down By The Scoolyard" is oneof the all time jams

So is "late in the evening."

And Abba is awesome.

well, now that that's settled, wht do we think of Jim croce?

I Love the mustachioed motherfucker, how about you?

Croce's OK but he's no Cat Stevens.

(of course, even Cat Stevens is no Cat Stevens anymore)

Cat Stevens? That Salman Rushdie fatwa thing wrecked it for me. Ambassador of peace, my ass.

Oh, and Paul Simon? Intermittently great songwriter, and he's married to Edie Brickell, or at least he was at one time. Also, he was on Sesame Street. That Capeman thing was a little weird, though (but not as weird as '7 O'Clock News/Silent Night').

Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam on the fatwah and Rushdie

Paul Simon is not even in question!

Paul Simon is cool and he's a mod.

Slip Sliding Away. That song brings back memories every time.

I was flat broke and left Bellingham for Ann Arbor with $15 in my pocket. Hit the road just after Halloween and got to Michigan the week before Christmas. Got mugged and then beat up by cops and thrown in the can in Chicago. I never liked Chicago after that.

On the road, broke, not knowing what was coming next and that song was always on the radio. A couple of times I didn't think I was going to make it. Worst snowstorm in recent history. Shut down the highway as I was fleeing Chicago. Camped out in a truckstop until the highway was shut down and they threw me out.

Trucker gave me a cigar 'cause he was sorry for me being tossed out with the roads shut down and they were shutting it down and he couldn't give me a ride. Smoked that cigar standing on the on ramp wondering if I was going to freeze to death.

Got picked up by some hillbillys headed to Detroit. Totally empty highway, visibility down to 20 feet at times, driving ahead of the storm.

Hit Ann Arbor at the Holiday Inn. Called my buddy. He said to get a cab and he'd pay when I got there, cause he didn't have a car and there wasn't anyway to get one with storm rolling in.

Went into the bar and that song was playing. I ordered a shot and a beer with my last $2 and asked the bartender to call me a cab. He looked at me like I was crazy. I was pretty fed up with traveling by that time and had just got out of jail, so I told him, "Call a cab or call an ambulance because I'll clean this place out." He called the cab.

Three feet of snow fell that night in less than six hours.

"..the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away."

I presume you saw the 1989 press release, too, drjimmy.

Imagine, hypothetically, that Salman Rushdie visits an Islamic theocracy. And, during his stay in said theocracy, he is taken prisoner and executed for blasphemy. If I'm reading correctly, neither the 1989 Cat Stevens nor the 2003 one would have any problem with that.

I read both press releases, yes. Interesting hypothetical- are there countries that actually execute people for blasphemy? I know KSA executes people for a lot of stuff but still...

I give the guy the benefit of the doubt since its been almost 20 years and he hasnt been quoted saying anything else remotely militant that I know of.

And anyways I was just saying I like his music. I still like Phil Spector's music, too.

Genius.

Paul Simon is a genius, but I would never admit it in public.

Paul Simon? Aces!

Paul Simon is fabulous. My friends bailed on me to go to a Tuesday eve concert during his graceland tour, so I went solo, without a ticket, even, bought one off the street. It. Was. Awesome! The whole place was on its feet when he finished up You Can Call Me Al, so he played it again, back to back! Just awesome.

This is how I knew I was no longer hip: At the record store, you always have a secret yearning that the clerk will approve of your discerning and esoteric taste in music... eg. "Good choice, this Aussie aboriginal yodeling/skate-thrash CD is awesome"

I was at the Berkeley Amoeba. I presented my pile at the register. As the clerk rang me up, he held up Rhythm of the Saints and proclaimed "Score on the Paul Simon, dude!"

/slink away...

Well, now that that's settled, what do we think of Jim Croce?

I shall never again allow a shitty TV commercial to inform my opinion of a fine, fine artist, mustache notwithstanding. And while we are 'fessing up:

My name is Triode, and I am an unapologetic C.W. McCall fan.

The file's been downloaded too many times. Care to upload it again?

I will upload tonight muppie. It's soooo worth watching.

I have, I think, 5 seasons' worth. If anyone has any other requests, I would be happy to upload some more.

The Johhny Cash episode is pretty great. As are the James Coburn, Mummenschanz, Steve Martin, Kris Kristoffernson and Rita Coolidge, Debbie Harry, and Buddy Rich episodes.

Hell, even the weird ones like Doug Henning, Liberace, and the one with the Star Wars cast are worth watching.

Here's a repost MudPuppie

Thanks much, richat!