We're on the road to nowhere.

Much as I would like to present my music chronologically (either forward or backward), enthusiasm does not follow the historian's cold logic.


Violent Femmes! Woo hoo! I discovered them less than an hour ago. And no, they're not from the Noughties. They're from the Eighties! I used to think the late 70s and early 80s were reserved for Disco and crappy hair metal. Not so. We must scratch a little below the surface.

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

This song may sound familiar. it did to me when I heard it in a pub the other day. I'm sure I've heard it in some teen/college movie or two. Excellent, excellent stuff.

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

Gnarls Barkley fans may have heard their cover of this song.

Violent Femmes - Jesus Walking on the Water

Clues to the origins of Neutral Milk Hotel? Debatable.


Sticking with the Eighties, here is Madness, a British Ska group. Fun fun fun. Watch their videos on youtube.

Madness - Night Boat to Cairo

And now some Eighties Talking Heads! The band that gave Radiohead it name.

Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere

Talking Heads - And She Was