Hey, he plays records too!

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I would also like to show my appreciation to Omar for all the great mp3s on his Recidivism site

I agree. Actually, when I first visited the recap page, I thought the mp3 links were to songs Tom had played during the show in question, but after a few surprised instances of "Tom played Baroness/Witchcraft/some other band highly unlikely to appear on The Best Show?," I realized this wasn't the case.

Good job, Omar!

Thanks, rover96 and masterofsparks! 

Yeah, until very recently I was a podcast listener and didn't know this until just now.  So I guess it was Omar and not Tom who introduced me to Kelly Clarkson and Tegan & Sara.  Thanks, Omar!

[Omar]

I would also like to show my appreciation to Omar for all the great mp3s on his Recidivism site

I agree. Actually, when I first visited the recap page, I thought the mp3 links were to songs Tom had played during the show in question, but after a few surprised instances of "Tom played Baroness/Witchcraft/some other band highly unlikely to appear on The Best Show?," I realized this wasn't the case.

Good job, Omar!

Thanks, rover96 and masterofsparks! 

Yeah, until very recently I was a podcast listener and didn't know this until just now.  So I guess it was Omar and not Tom who introduced me to Kelly Clarkson and Tegan & Sara.  Thanks, Omar!

Well, Tom did do a stunning live rendition of "Breakaway" long before I include a Clarkson track in a recap ...

[B_Buster]

Hey, what's going on around here? I'm seeing chickens everywhere!

[Omar]

I really like that soccer team album he's been playing. I was surprised though--doesn't Tom have issues with Dischord Records?

He's played a lot of stuff from Dischord this year, such as Nation of Ulysses and the Joe Lally solo album.  I think Tom often jokes around with some D.C.-area callers about Dischord (e.g., asking a caller if he was sitting around listening to The Highback Chairs!) in the same way that he asks all the Austinites about Harry Knowles sightings -- turning local fixtures into a zing.

[KickTheBobo]

Hey, what's going on around here? I'm seeing chickens everywhere!

This is what it's about, brother. You better get outta the coop!

[Susannah]

I don't know about anyone else, but I really liked that track "Just When I Thought" by the Tough and Lovely Tom played on the show last night.  Anyone know anything about them?

[masterofsparks]

They're from here in Columbus, Ohio. The main guy used to be in a band called Them Wranch, who released a couple of albums in the 90s. I think there are 2 or 3 Tough & Lovely albums. One of the women in the band is now in the Reigning Sound, I think.

[Gilly]

Going back through the archives, I've been hearing songs from this "Tetes Lourdes" compilation that have blown....me....AWAY. However, I can't find hide nor hair of this record on the internet. The FOTpedia says you can get it from 'Kim's', but I don't know what that is. Anyone got a lead?

You can still download Tetes Lourdes here, via the "alt. link" at the end of the post:
http://crotchbat.blogspot.com/2006/12/various-tetes-lourdes-francais-metal-de.html

Thanks for the link! What an album... I usually only listen to the podcast so I miss out on the music but from what's being listed here and from listening in the past few weeks live Tom plays some great records.

[Rainer]

One of Richard Harris' collaborations with Jimmy Webb -- "And The Yard Went On Forever."  Tom played "The Hive" from that album once.  It's a majestic, drunken, orchestrated wonder of a mess that sits on the same shelf as  "Histoire de Melody Nelson" by Gainsbourg or any of Glenn Campbell's Jimmy Webb penned (Al De Lory produced) hits.

"Like a watermark that's never there and never really gone."  Jimmy Webb.  Yes.

[AdamFromKansas]

I always podcast, so I never get to hear the music Tom plays, BUT I did call in one time and he told me that the best band from my home state (the great state of Kansas) was The Embarrassment.  I promptly decided to get their two disc collection "Heyday" and I must say, I can finally say that something cool sounding came out of Wichita, Kansas.  Thanks, Tom!

[JonFromMaplewood]

Tom played a track by Soccer Team a few weeks ago called "Traffic Patterns." It got lodged in my brain for a whole week (until some horrid comedian singing a parody about parenthood to William Tell Overture won out...something my mother sent me).

I love "Traffic Patterns" now, but I am not to keen on the rest of the Soccer Team album. All the earnestness of Dischord with none of the neuron-curling guitars.

Oh, and The Thermals are now a favorite of mine, thanks to Tom.

[samir]

He's played at least two songs from the latest New Pornographers rekkid 'Challengers' recently, and an A.C. Newman solo song (Town Halo?), so I daresay he likes them.