Well, I just checked the schedule, and out here in L.A., on the Direct TV satellite system, the Bio channel is 266. The schedule is as follows(all times PST): 5:00PM Pink Floyd biography 6:00PM Led Zeppelin biography from 2004 7:00PM Dazed and Confused: Led Zeppelin bio from 2011 8:00PM repeat of Dazed and Confused I set the tivo up to record so I can fast forward thru the commercials later when I watch them.

I started watching Breaking Bad as soon as it aired, having seen the ads while watching Mad Men, of which I am a huge fan. I liked the show the first couple of seasons, but by the third season, it just got loopier and too far-fetched to my liking. Which, when I think about it, is EXACTLY what happened to "Weeds", another show about a nice ordinary personn that, due to circumstances, turns to dealing drugs to support the family. Both those shows "jumped the shark", however, when the drug-story lines got more outlandish and over-the-top and overwhelmed the family aspect. By now, my interest in Breaking Bad and Weeds is nil. I've stopped watching both, and it really annoys me when Showtime only seems to care about promoting Mary Louise Parker's milf-ness, than bringing any quality back to the show. And to hell with "The Sopranos", too...while good, and sometimes great(in the early days), it wasn't the greatest show of the last 10 years. That would be "The Wire". Cannot wait for Mad Men to come back next year. At least Curb Your Enthusiasm is back this summer.

Umm...less than I wanted, more than I care to admit. Brad, BigDan is just winding you up...think about it: Live at Leeds came out THREE YEARS after Zeppelin's formation, so how could that have figured into the band's name? Peter Grant dropping the "A" in Led was one of the greatest decisions in music history.

Well, I'll give them both a look...but reading the blurb for the new bio, I don't know how DEFINITIVE it could be if it's only one hour. Actually, that's misleading...with all the commercial breaks the Bio channel has, the real length of the doc will be more like 40 minutes.

ABBA.

That's the great Merry Clayton haunting you, TypeO...they mis-spelled her name on the original "Let It Bleed" album release. An absolutely crackin' tune..."Gimmie Shelter" is easily in my Top 5 Stones songs of all time. Oh, and I don't think you have to worry about GZ. I haven't seen her around since her boyfriend spidersandsnakes got the boot.

What...no bickering Bickersons allowed? Gotta add my hosannas to Steve and Melanie's: NICE JOB Nicey! Keep up the good work...you got me looking forward to what each day's theme will be.

"Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you" Yep...corny as it is, it's still more interesting than talking 'bout Howard Stern these days.

You want to laugh? Okay, I'll post some of my favourite bits from the late Mitch Hedberg, who along with Monty Python, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Patton Oswalt, Larry David and Lewis Black, are my comedy gods. All the following quotes are from Mitch Hedberg...but you should get his cds, or see his clips on youtube, because his delivery is half the fun. My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, I said "No, but I want a regular banana later, so, Yeah." The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall. I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that. I got my hair highlighted, because I felt some strands were more important than others. ...and then at the end of the letter I like to write "P.S. - this is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated. I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill... I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwhiches? All-encompassingly... I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. There's a large out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go. On a banana, it's just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, where'd you get that banana? I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential. You know they call corn-on-the-cob, "corn-on-the-cob", but that's how it comes out of the ground. They should just call it corn, and every other type of corn, corn-off-the-cob. It's not like if someone cut off my arm they would call it "Mitch", and then re-attached it, and call it "Mitch-all-together". A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap. My lucky number is 4 billion, that doesn't come in real handy when your gambling. I'm gonna need some more dice, 4 billion divided by 6, at least. The next time I move I hope I get a real easy phone number, something like 2222222. People will ask, "Mitch, how do I get a hold of you?" I'll say, "Just press two for a while, when I answer, you'll know that you've pressed two enough." I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong. ...Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top. I had a bag of fritos, they were texas grilled fritos. These fritos had grill marks on them. They remind me of something, when we used to fire up the barbeque and throw down some fritos. I can still see my dad with the apron on, better flip that frito, dad, you know how I like mine. Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. Mr. Pibb is bullshit. Dude didn't even get his degree. A lot of people want to be on the front of a Wheaties box, but I want to be on a Rice Crispies box. Snap, Crackle, Mitch, and Pop. In Hollywood, it's all about who you know, and I know Crackle. ~ Mitch Hedberg

GG Allin is the Beatles compared to the Mentors. Or Radio Werewolf.

#1116 Nostalgia...I know I've been guilty of this from time to time. Hey, don't argue with 'em. Somehow the logic works, and when it doesn't, you get whacked with the cane.

Man, I hope the tapes are rolling and the cameras clicking tonight when Jones plays with Supersilent.

I'll end the night with three more good ones from Zero 7... Sia does her magic with "Distractions" from "Simple Things": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6rAdmR2WGw&feature=youtube_gdata_player The silky smooth Mozez gives us "Warm Sound" from "When it Falls": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm2pTKi9Me4&feature=youtube_gdata_player Last but certainly not least, all 3 ladies...Sia, Sophie and Tina...serenade you with this live @ Glastonbury performance of "Destiny", again from the first album, "Simple Things": Good night...

Back on point...here's some Zero 7 clips that focus on the other singers besides Sia...Sophie, Mozez and Tina. Sophie Barker singing "Passing By" from "When it Falls": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9lSzDlN9iE&feature=youtube_gdata_player Mozez singing "This World" from the debut "Simple Things": Tina Dico doing "The Space Between" from "When It Falls":

^^^ ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!!! I'm with The Dude on this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVaiRLDM628&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Awww man, no Head Down, which may be my fave Soundgarden song. And Wolfie, can you tell me what the Mars Volta lineup is like these days? It's been a few years since I've last seen them...is Jon Theodore and Ikey still with them?

I like the High Llamas...but I have a hunch more people are familiar with the High Llamas' Sean O'Hagen's work with Stereolab, another band similar to the High Llamas, and excellent in their own right. But yeah, Missy, like Jahfin says, feel free to post about any band, no matter how obscure you may think they may be. I personally prefer the more obscure band threads...it helps break up the dull monotony of having 3 or 4 Deep Purple/Blackmore threads going simultaneously. I mean, what's left to be said about the Doors and the Stones at this point? I'm all talked out about those bands. That's why I find the Garage rock, Wilco or this thread more interesting to follow and offer my contributions.

And now a sample of songs from "Colour the Small One"...I guess I should have posted this first before the "We Are Born" post...oh yeah, it's because the freaking evil bastards at EMI have just about blocked anything from "Colour the Small One" from youtube. "Sunday": "Sea Shells": "Rewrite" - Live @ KCRW: http://youtu.be/QGQ4Ur8SEq4

To give you a taste of what "We Are Born" is like, here's some songs from the album: "I'm In Here": "Clap Your Hands": "Cloud":

ABSOLUTELY! Start with her first, "Colour the Small One". I wanted to post "The Church of What's Happening Now" from that album, but EMI has blocked it from being on youtube. This also has the "Six Feet Under" song, "Breathe Me", which just about every woman I meet loves. The next album "We Are Born" is merely good compared to the other two. There's a live album called "Lady Croissant", recorded at a Bowery Ballroom, NY show...she does Zero 7 songs as well as some from her solo album. Only 9 songs, but it's good and can be bought pretty cheap. Actually, her "FIRST" solo record was one she did way back in 2002, called "Healing Is Difficult"...but it apparently didn't get much of a release over here. The only edition I have is an import Australian edition, and now it's out of print, so it may be hard and expensive to find. Plus, it's a lot different from her Zero 7 and current solo stuff, so you may not dig it anyway.

Hoky Smokes! It's ninelives...I haven't seen you in ages! How've you been? Well, hopefully these Sia clips I'm about to post is from the solo album you have. They are all songs from her second solo album, "Some People Have Real Problems", which is my favourite out of the three albums she's done so far. First up is Sia's "Beautiful Calm Driving": http://youtu.be/1Xp5w-CcUws Another one from "Some People...", this is a live performance of "You Have Been Loved" that she did at KCRW: http://youtu.be/4YiJKJL8QDM Finally, it's the lovely "Lullaby":

Well, whaddyaknow...there IS a Zero 7 thread here on the board! Sorry I missed this, Missy, when you first posted it...I wasn't on the board very much during January. Otherwise, I would have been all over this, as I LOVED Zero 7 when they came on the scene, which coincidentally was when Portishead was just starting to go on their haitus before they came back a few years ago. Unfortunately for you, Missy, and any other latecomers, Zero 7 is not the band they used to be. For one thing, most, if not ALL the singers from the first two crucial albums are gone; Sia Furler being the most conspicious and well-known singer to go solo on her own(it was her "Breathe Me" that was used in the last episode of "Six Feet Under"). Mozez, Sia Furler, Sophie Barker, and Tina Dico(who joined them for "When It Falls") are no longer with them. It was 2001 when I first heard Zero 7's first album "Simple Things", when Nic Harcourt played it on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show. I fell in love with the chilled-out soulful soundscapes immediately. Later that year Zero 7 played the El Rey Theatre, and I went....I think it was their first LA show. Now, I had only heard the record, and had not seen any photos of the band yet, so given the soulful nature of the singing, I had assumed that all the singers were African-American, or black. Therefore, I was in for a surprise when, aside from the male vocalist Mozez, all the female vocalists were white as can be. Sia was even from Australia fer chrissakes. That show, and "Simple Things" were great, but the second record, 2004's "When It Falls", is a chill-out classic, and the concert they did that tour at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood is one of my favourite concert memories from the past decade. During "Somersault", Sia, Sophie and Tina did this simple little dance that was like a farmer's daughter or milkmaid doing a peasant dance...and it was sexier than anything Beyonce, Britney, Christina Aguilara, Rhianna, Miley and all the rest of the pop tarts have ever done! No stripper pole, no trashy lingerie, no boobs or ass falling out...just pure talent and knowing that being sexy doesn't have to entail disrobing. By 2006's "The Garden", only Sia was left of the original vocalists...and she was soon gone too. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted. I'm glad I got to see them twice at least. I've since seen Sia on her own a few times and she is great and has put out some amazing records, too But I wish all the Zero 7 gang would get back together...it was blissful magic they created. I feel sorry for those that missed out. So, Missy, and others...here's a few clips from the prime era of Zero 7: 2001-2004. First up is Sia and Tina doing their milkmaid dance...it's "Somersault" from Zero 7's appearance at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival: http://youtu.be/ipg_V375JEU Next it is Sophie Barker's turn to shine in a performance of "In the Waiting Line" from "Later with Jools Holland" TV show: http://youtu.be/O6ntfISHTbY Finally, Mozez gets his turn with this amazing song from the "When It Falls" album, "Morning Song"...I couldn't find a decent live clip, but I did find this amazing fan-made video: http://youtu.be/tJiQ3tevDQM I'll be back with some Sia Furler solo clips...and some more Zero 7.