Songs Of The Week, 2025: 7/19-7/25

Things- Joe Walsh
The Hunter- Danzig
Clever Not Beautiful- Hawksley Workman
I Dig You- The Iguanas
Caribou- Pixies
Mama Julie- Terry & Jerry
The Blue Mask- Lou Reed

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Things- Joe Walsh
("There Goes The Neighborhood" has a number of solid tracks, including the first single "A Life Of Illusion," the single's b-side, "Rockets," which has a beautiful Beach Boys chorus and this lead track. A really nice Joe album.)

The Hunter- Danzig
(Those Danzig records are a big hit in the metal community, but I have a hard time with Glenn Danzig's singing. It works better with the Misfits. That said, I like how they plow through this old blues classic.)

Clever Not Beautiful- Hawksley Workman
(Hawksley's got a lot of records and last week I was turned onto one by a friend. The oddly titled "(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves" is smart, strange and full of great music and I highly recommend it. Start here.)

I Dig You- The Iguanas
(With all that's going on in the world, I can sure use a few hours at the Circle Bar in New Orleans listening to a few sets by The Iguanas. Except, The Circle Bar ain't dere no more. The records will have to do.)

Caribou- Pixies
(There are two markets in my neighborhood. One has the worst piped in music. Always the same- Alanis Morrisette, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sugar Ray. The other always surprises me. I've heard "Sick As A Dog" by Aerosmith, a Hall & Oates' deep cut "Don't Hold Back Your Love," and while trying to find ripe nectarines this week, the Pixies' "Caribou.")

Mama Julie- Terry & Jerry
(I discovered this while searching for a copy of "So Good" by The Playboys. Don't know much about Terry & Jerry, but this track kicks ass. And so does that Playboys track, by the way.)

The Blue Mask- Lou Reed 
(Ladies & Germs, Mr. Robert Quine.)