The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Matt Skiba, "In Your Wake" from Mailorder for the Masses (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Matt Skiba is one-third of the Alkaline Trio, or as my erstwhile pal The Plate used to say, in a clever play on the band's connections to the Motor City, the "Al Kaline Trio."

Hell's bells, when was the State Theatre renamed "The Fillmore"? How sad. In the musical sphere, San Fran should ape Detroit, never the other way around. I'm only mildly irked by this travesty, as the State has never been as high in my affection as Saint Andrew's Hall or the Majestic Theatre. (Differences in scale render meaningless any comparisons to the Magic Stick, The Shelter, or Alvin's.)

Montag, 17 November
Jonathan Winters, "In Harm's Way" from Crank Calls (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "I suggest you make the call. Otherwise, you're in harm's way. In harm's way. H-A-R-M-apostrophe, harm's way. Get it? Uh huh huh." Begin John Wayne impression. "You'll get it, or else. The Duke'll crush ya."

Sonntag, 16 November
Tally Hall, "The Whole World and You" from Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "No one's better than you."