Aneurysm - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit B-side - 1991

The other version of this song. Only slightly different, but worth having.

Alec Eiffel - Pixies - Trompe Le Monde - 1991

Ok, so I was in Indiana less than 12 hours when they had a 5.8 on the richeter scale earthquake...in FREAKING INDIANA...not exactly the earthquake center of the world. Sure, tornados, we get those by the sackful but there are not supposed to be earthquakes there. Clearly this is a sign that God is displeased that I visited the midwest.

One of the more solid tracks off of Trompe Le Monde. My friend Rance is a big defender of this album, I find it mostly lackluster with a couple of winning tracks (No one can deny U-Mass is a great song).

Two songs from 91 in a row...sometimes this project has funny results.

Alcoholiday - Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque - 1991

I once took an Alcholiday...well several actually, but the big one was last year. I got my 3 best friends, my brother, and one of my buddy's brothers and headed over to Dublin and Amsterdam to have a little adventure. Part of the point of the trip was to show my brother the world, but basically it was just a chance to go on an international bender. I had been to Dublin twice before, once on a solo "go see the land of your ancestors" trip, and once with a girlfriend who spent the entire trip zonked on sinus medicine and in bed. This was my chance to tear Dublin up right proper. Needless to say, we put a hurtin' on that town...but by day 5 we were definitely a bit sick of each other's company. Therefore, Alcoholiday's should be limited to 4 days...heed my words children.

As I've pointed out before, I spent my late teens/early twenties obsessed with Big Star-ish power pop bands...this obviously included Teenage Fanclub.

Acrobat - U2 - Achtung Baby - 1991

...and here we have another moody song in which acrobats are used as a metaphor for negotiating a tricky situation, but where Maximo Park mourned a dying relationship, Bono mourns a fucked up world.

What else is new.

The weakest track on U2's best album...make of that what you will.