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Guy Clark – "L.A. Freeway" Live in Austin Version

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Guy Clark is the type of musician that doesn’t having many casual fans. He has people that don’t miss him when he comes to town because the music is great and best appreciated amongst friends with a frosty beverage in hand.

One of my favorite songs of all time to sing along to is his “L.A. Freeway”….but it has to be the live version. If you don’t have a bootleg of your favorite show handy, the “live from Austin, TX” album version does just fine.

I imagine that some people who are raised in the country leave for the city and never want to go back but a lot of us leave for opportunity but never for good. If you fit into the later group, then this is a song for you.

So without wasting anymore of your time with my praise, here is live performance from youtube so you can check it out for yourself.

Wilco – "The Thanks I Get"

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It wouldn’t be hard to post on the greatness of a different Wilco song everyday. These guys have built up an impressive collection of great songs over the years and their music just keeps getting better and better. “The Thanks I Get” isn’t on an album but is another in a long line of classics.

Here is Jeff Tweedy performing the track live in Portland. This is taken from the “Sunken Treasures” DVD which is a must see for anyone interested in Wilco or really even music at all.

Star Wars – Return of the Nerd

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I came in tonight and decided to listen to a little music. Had a couple of things queued up and was reading come music blogs when I decided I wanted to see the MC Chris Fetts Vette video I posted last week. I gotta tell you, I love that shit. I played it for one of my friends the other night and he laughed, then about 20 seconds into the sound said, “hey, that is catchy. I gotta go find some MC Chris.” If you haven’t heard it, you should give it a listen. Especially if you grew up a Star Wars fan.

Watching it though made me think of another old favorite that was also Star Wars based. So yep, you guessed it. I headed over to Youtube and pulled up Gnarls Barkley – “Crazy” from the MTV Movie Awards. Awesome performance and an even better song.

MC Chris – Fett's Vette Music Video

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Every now and then I sit around in an altered state of consciousness and wonder if the Internet and technological advancement are good for us as a species. I mean come on don’t tell me you don’t think the machines won’t eventually take over and nuke us. You saw the damn movie.

Anyway, when my despair is at it’s greatest I come across a gem like this. This restores my faith in mankind. We will overcome!