The Shrubbery Staff's Favorite Music

While we write this crap we usually listen to the following:
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This Month's Featured Music List:

Jessica Brandt, Managing Editor

CDs:
Squirrel nut Zippers- Perrenial Favorites
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire- Thrills
Barenaked Ladies- Gordon
Ben Folds Five- Self Titled
Radiohead- OK Computer
Pearl Jam- Ten
The Beatles- White Album
The Beastie Boys- Hello nasty
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Devil's Night Out
Jas. Mathus and his Knockdown Society- Songs for Rosetta
Weezer- Self-Titled
Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson- VH1 Storytellers

Other Staff's Picks:

Jason Morrison, Editor-in-Chief

Gordon's Music Picks

Here's some of the stuff that often appears in my CD player on a semi-regular basis. A really kick-ass place to read and learn about music is The Big Takeover.

Nuggets: The Boxed Set
The Who - Sell Out

Here's some 60s music that you probably either never heard before...the Nuggets compilation is a rerelease (and then some!) of classic 1960's one hit wonders, garage bands, local heroes, and wanna bes. This 4 CD boxed set contains few - if any - really bad songs. Crank this puppy up!

Sell Out is the Who just before they became "serious artistes" with Tommy - this record is big, brassy, poppy, and in your face. It also contains some great melodies, one bona-fide ass kicking chart hit ("I Can See For Miles"), and some really cool playing. Buy this. Sell off your kid brother if you have to.

Kinks' Greatest Hits
Kink Kronicles - [2 CDs]

The Greatest Hits contain all the early, rockin' stuff - "You Really Got Me", "All Day and All of the Night", ad infinitum. If there were a God, he would have made damn sure that the stuff on the Kink Kronicles - including the oh-so-beautiful "Waterloo Sunset" - would be abused by classic rock stations.

Leonardo - Lustron

Ok, I went to high school with the guy...he is talented, though. Buy this record. You'll love it. Tell him I recommended it to you.

Graham Parker - Passion is No Ordinary Word [2 CDs]

This man once complained that he was the "best kept secret in the West". Prove him wrong!

Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding

Play this to Michael Bolton fans. Trust me, this man is soul music.

Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs and Stories
The Replacements - Tim

My favorite songwriters in their finest hour. These records got me through college, and saved my life. I am not kidding.

Effigies - Remains Nonviewable
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Clash - London Calling

Play these records for your Green Day/Rancid/Third Eye Blind/Matchbox 20 wannabes. If this doesn't shut them up and kick their heinies, shoot 'em on sight.

Queen - Greatest Hits 1 & 2 [2 CDs]

Finally, I dig Queen. I also see a little silohette-o of a man, scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango, blah blah blah....

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The Shrubbery Staff's Favorite Music

This Month's Featured Music List:

Jessica Brandt, Managing Editor

Other Staff's Picks:

Jason Morrison, Editor-in-Chief

Gordon's Music Picks

Dan Strohl, columnist, Angry Dan

John Hansen, columnist, Canadian Content

Wernau, contributor

Matt Chamberlain, contributor