road runnin'

As soon as I get done at work this evening I will be breaking speed limit laws to get to the Opolis. It's another night of fantastic music - this time with Jonathon Richman. I got to hear a preview of his new album, Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild, a couple of days ago and I was immediately drawn in by the rawness of the whole thing. Richman uses the sparseness of the record to bring his singing to the front of the mix and has an intensely live feeling. I guess, in retrospect, it's really not too far off of what he was doing with the Modern Lovers back in the seventies. At any rate, I'm really looking forward to tonights show - see you there.

mp3 shoebox
Modern Lovers~Roadrunner
Phranc~Gertrude Stein
David Bowie~Pablo Picasso


Richamn's album discography
The Modern Lovers
* The Modern Lovers (1976)
* The Original Modern Lovers (1981)

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
* Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (1976)
* Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers (1977)
* Modern Lovers 'Live' (1978)
* Back in Your Life (late 1978, or 1979)
* Jonathan Sings! (1983)
* Rockin' & Romance (1985)
* It's Time For (1986)
* Modern Lovers 88 (1988)

Jonathan Richman
* Beserkely Chartbusters (Compilation, 4 songs) (1975)
* Jonathan Richman (1989)
* Jonathan Goes Country (1990)
* Having a Party with Jonathan Richman (1991)
* I, Jonathan (1992)
* ¡Jonathan, Te Vas a Emocionar! (1994)
* You Must Ask the Heart (1995)
* Surrender to Jonathan (1996)
* I'm So Confused (1998)
* Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow (2001)
* Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love (2004)