Slow Day At The Office

My Facebook memories tell me that on this Columbus Day in 2009, Joe Piscopo and Maria Bartiromo closed out the parade with a duet of "New York, New York."

Proud to be Italian.

 

 

Songs Of The Week, 2026: 10/3-10/9

 

 

Faster- George Harrison
Mexican Candy- The Iguanas
Keep It Dark- Genesis
Man Of Peace- Bob Dylan
Candy's Going Bad- Golden Earring
Love Untold- Paul Westerberg
Hey Diddle Diddle- Marvin Gaye

It's HERE
 

BW's Saturday #90

 

The Rifles Are Coming! The Rifles Are Coming!

 

 

Next month will bring us a 20th anniversary, first time vinyl reissue of The Rifles' debut album "No Love Lost." If you are unfamiliar with "No Love Lost," let me say this, it is the best album The Jam never made. This is an all killer, no filler collection of mod rockers which you can now own on vinyl for under $30. I for one, am thrilled.

Or, if owning the record isn't your thing, you can stream it right now.

 

 

Meet The Speedways

 

So after suggesting Cyanide Pills, the band, my friend Mike suggested another band he thought would be in my wheelhouse. Also from England, please meet The Speedways. 

These guys knocked me out. 

 

 

The band sounds like your favorite skinny tie/power pop band from the 70's, occasionally fronted by Tommy Keene. I listened to "Triple Platinum" first, a 2025 collection of songs compiled from their first five releases, with a few being rerecorded in 2023. Not a bad song to be found. Mike's favorite is their 2022 album "Talk Of The Town," which I will get to once I've had enough of "Triple Platinum."

 

 

Do You Dare?

 

 

A month or two ago, Wet Leg released a special edition of their most recent record "moisturizer" with additional tracks that include live versions, demos and remixes. I'm not usually crazy about remixes, but now and then, one hits. And the "Dare Remix" of "mangetout," my favorite track from the album, is pretty great.

Check it out. See if you dig it. Though, if you don't like Wet Leg, I'm quite sure, you won't like the remix either. 

 

Soundtrack To The New Cold War

 

 

 

I spent 8 hours yesterday working the Vinyl Revolution Record Show, my favorite record show of all. The room has a great vibe, the best dealers, and some of the best records at the best prices. This show is far better than your average record store/vaping room/coffee shop/vegan clothier places that have been popping up in all of Brooklyn's most annoying neighborhoods, run by investment bankers who decided on a hobby and who refer to their inventory as "vinyls." 

But I digress. 

I only managed a few minutes of shopping for myself, as I was being paid to work for Slipped Disc and we were busy the entire time. My friend Mike, who runs the show with his daughter Amanda, turned me on to a band from England...I think... called Cyanide Pills. Around since 2010, their most recent, 2023's "Soundtrack To The New Cold War" is a kickass collection of rock and punk that will surely scratch your Buzzcocks itch. 

Check'em out.