Administrative note: I’ve taken down the guestbook and bulletin board. They were attracting too much spam and if I have to spend my time moderating those things my hobby would turn into a job. You can still send me email if you have any comments or questions.

And now we have a little of this and a little of that…

Rasputina “Rock And Roll” (Led Zeppelin)
A string arrangement of Led Zep sounds like a Really Bad Idea but these folks have the attitude to pull it off.

The Wedding Present “Cumberland Gap” (Traditional/Woody Guthrie)
An absolutely smoking version of the old fiddle tune.

Clumsy Lovers “Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In)” (McGuire Sisters)
This very chipper song includes the religious lyrics that Pebbles and Bamm Bamm left out when they sang it on The Flintstones.

Scissor Sisters “Take Me Out” (Franz Ferdinand)
I’ve never really gotten into Franz Ferdinand. I’ve liked the songs I’ve heard on the radio but they never made me want to run out and get more of their stuff. This version sounds like Elton John circa Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Ozzy Osbourne “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” (Traditional)
I’ve been trying to put together a post of baseball songs but couldn’t find enough decent covers. So having a second song with Take Me Out in the title is the feeble excuse I’m using to post this one now.

This was recorded when Ozzy sang the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field a couple of years ago. Listen carefully and you’ll hear him mumble “I can’t remember what I have to say.”