Halloween is coming! Zombieland is in theaters! IFC just ran a 1 hour doc on movie zombies! It’s that most wonderful time of the year . . . There’s a zip file, walking among the undead below. Oh, and before you start bitching: I know I didn’t do every single letter. Deal with it. A [...]

When I was a young lad I got this groovy cassette deck. Kids, that was what dinosaurs listened to before CDs. My birthday was coming up, and all I had to play on my new piece of equipment were blank TDKs that I used to tape obscene phone calls with. One time, we called all [...]

Okay, so this is a follow up to my review of Prince’s new double-release, Lotus Flower etc., a very strong album set.  Doing an A to Z of Prince covers is like herding cats: There’s only a few I’m reallly gonna get.  There’s a whole universe of his stuff.  What I’ve tried to do here [...]

Tom Waits covers, A to Z.  Indie bands.  A zip file.  ‘Nuff said. A is for Alabama.  Down in the Hole-Blind Boys of Alabama. B is forPancho’s Lament-The Blacks. C is for Cat Power’s-Yesterday is Here.  (YSI) D is for Dirt in the Ground by The Cold War Kids.  (YSI) E is for eels’ Jesus [...]

Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. Part Four is here. Day Five is . . . Today! P is for . . . Paper Planes (M.I.A. cover)-Pale Young Gentlemen. This is an exceptional cover. Make sure you cop this one, even if you skip some of the others. And [...]

M is for . . . Crazy in Love-Magic Numbers. On this live version, the lead singer invites the audience to take the Jay-Z rap section. Good move. What’s Your Fantasy (Ludacris)-Travis Morrison And M is for Metric. Off of “Live It Out,” their original song, Poster of a Girl, has a spoken/rap break in [...]

Part One is here. Part Two is here. You’re reading part Three! H is for . . . My Humps-Alanis Morrisette. Is Fergie hip hop? No, I guess not. But she studied at the knee (on her knees?) of Wyclef Jean. I’ve never figured out why he ruined a really solid rap group by adding [...]

Part One is here. Continuing this celebration of indie rockers rapping . . D is for . . . Doo Wop (That Thing) (Lauryn Hil)-Mr. Bungle. This version is way too short. So check out this version: Doo Wop (That Thing) (Lauryn Hill)-Devendra Banhart. Wiiiiilllldd. And while we’re on the subject . . You Can [...]

Am I the biggest Fleetwood Mac fan ever? Definitely not. I’m pretty much a Rumours and Greatest Hits guy, although I can get into Tusk now and then. Still, everyone’s gotta recognize that Rumours is one of the greatest rock albums ever, and most of their hits are solid. Plus, lotsa indie folks have covered [...]

I can’t believe I haven’t done this one yet! The indie and indie-minded love to cover some Petty. He may be terrible at taxes, but he’s great at writing songs. The zip file does NOT have the direct-linked ez archive songs in it; just the savefile ones. A is for Tom’s most famous song . [...]