The Astonishing World of Mr. Monopoly

music related shtuff (please note we haven't updated in a few months, and won't again until at least October. Real life, y'know.)

Popocalypse Music Intro: explanations, information and critically important links.
Popocalypse Music Guide: A: ABBA, Altered Images, Angelfish, Anonymous Bosch, Aqua, Tasmin Archer, Murray Attaway.
Popocalypse Music Guide: ABC
Popocalypse Music Guide: Marc Almond
Popocalypse Music Guide: Tori Amos
Popocalypse Music Guide: B: Balloon, Basia, Bauhaus, Margaret Becker, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Folds Five, Better Than Ezra, Big Star, Blake Babies, The Blow Monkeys, Blue Condition, The Blue Nile, Blur, Book of Love, Boss Hog, Boulevard, Boy George, Brave Ulysses, Jacques Brel, Leslie Briscusse & Anthony Newley, Bronski Beat, Michael Brook, Ian Brown, The Buddy O'Reilly Band, Bush, Bernard Butler.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Bananarama
Popocalypse Music Guide: The Beatles
Popocalypse Music Guide: David Bowie
Popocalypse Music Guide: Kate Bush
Popocalypse Music Guide: C: Meryn Cadell, Neko Case, Johnny Cash, Cat Power, Catatonia, Ingrid Chavez, Alex Chilton, Melanie C, Chris & Cosey, Circulatory System, Kimber Cleveland, Patsy Cline, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin, Combustible Edison, Concrete Blonde, Cowboy Junkies, Cranes, Cream, The Creatures, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Cocteau Twins
Popocalypse Music Guide: Lloyd Cole
Popocalypse Music Guide: Edwyn Collins
Popocalypse Music Guide: John Coltrane
Popocalypse Music Guide: Julian Cope
Popocalypse Music Guide: Elvis Costello
Popocalypse Music Guide: The Cure
Popocalypse Music Guide: Curve
Popocalypse Music Guide: D: Lindsay Davis, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Marcella Detroit, Dido, Ani DiFranco, Doubts Even Here, Doves, Nick Drake, Dressy Bessy, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Miles Davis
Popocalypse Music Guide: E: Earwig, Elastica, Electrafixion, Electronic, Elf Power, The Ellen James Society, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Brian Eno, Eurythmics, Everything But the Girl.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Echo & the Bunnymen
Popocalypse Music Guide: Erasure
Popocalypse Music Guide: F: Mary Fahl, Melissa Ferrick, Ella Fitzgerald, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, The Four Corners, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Gavin Friday, Fuel, Future Bible Heroes, Fuzzbox.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Marianne Faithfull
Popocalypse Music Guide: Fem 2 Fem
Popocalypse Music Guide: Bryan Ferry
Popocalypse Music Guide: Julia Fordham
Popocalypse Music Guide: G: Peter Gabriel, Serge Gainsbourg, Garbage, Marvin Gaye, General Public, The Glove, Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie, Nina Gordon, The Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Amanda Ghost
Popocalypse Music Guide: H: Kristen Hall, Toni Halliday, Geri Halliwell, PJ Harvey, Juliana Hatfield, John Hiatt, Hillbilly Frankenstein, Hole, Michael Hoppe, Pam Howe.
Popocalypse Music Guide: George Harrison
Popocalypse Music Guide: The Heart Throbs
Popocalypse Music Guide: The House of Love
Popocalypse Music Guide: I: I am the World Trade Center, The Innocence Mission, Mark Isham.
Popocalypse Music Guide: J: Joe Jackson, The Jam, James, Japancakes, Jennifer Nettles Band, Jewel, The Jody Grind, Milla Jovovich, Joy Division, Jucifer, The Judybats.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Japan
Popocalypse Music Guide: K: Patricia Kaas, Katydids.
Popocalypse Music Guide: King Crimson
Popocalypse Music Guide: Kitchens of Distinction
Popocalypse Music Guide: L: Grant Langston, Cyndi Lauper, The Lightning Seeds, Linkin Park, Little Red Rocket, Lone Justice, Luna, Shelby Lynne
Popocalypse Music Guide: k.d. lang
Popocalypse Music Guide: John Lennon
Popocalypse Music Guide: Lush
Popocalypse Music Guide: M: Kirsty MacColl, Macha, Tara MacLean, The Magnetic Fields, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Michelle Malone, Aimee Mann, Masters of the Hemisphere, Mazarin, Ian McCulloch, Maria McKee, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah McLachlan, The Mendoza Line, The Michael Guthrie Band, Kylie Minogue, Mission of Burma, Joni Mitchell, Moist, Moloko, Monaco, Jane Monheit, Thelonious Monk, Mono, Lee Morgan, Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, The Moto-Litas, Alison Moyet, Peter Murphy.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Madonna
Popocalypse Music Guide: Manic Street Preachers
Popocalypse Music Guide: Paul McCartney
Popocalypse Music Guide: N: The New Pornographers, Nico, Gary Numan.
Popocalypse Music Guide: New Order
Popocalypse Music Guide: O: Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Maura O'Connell, Sinead O'Connor, Of Montreal, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Opal Foxx Quartet, Roy Orbison, Beth Orton, Marianne Osiel, Owsley.
Popocalypse Music Guide: October Project
Popocalypse Music Guide: P: Robert Palmer, Peach Union, Pelican City, Barrington Pheloung, Sam Phillips, Courtney Pine, Joe Pisapia, Placebo, Iggy Pop, Primitive Radio Gods, The Psychedelic Furs, Pulp, The Pursuit of Happiness.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Pet Shop Boys
Popocalypse Music Guide: Liz Phair
Popocalypse Music Guide: Prince
Popocalypse Music Guide: Q & R: Paul Quinn, Rain Tree Crow, Eddi Reader, Recoil, Lou Reed, Republica, Stan Ridgway, Wallace Roney.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Rasputina
Popocalypse Music Guide: R.E.M.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Roxy Music
Popocalypse Music Guide: S: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Set on Edge, Duncan Sheik, Shriekback, The 6ths, The Smashing Pumpkins, Patti Smith, The Smiths, Sneaker Pimps, Soft Cell, Spice Girls, Sponge, Lisa Stansfield, Ringo Starr, The Stone Roses, The Swimming Pool Qs, Swing Out Sister.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Siouxsie & the Banshees
Popocalypse Music Guide: Sonique
Popocalypse Music Guide: Stereophonics
Popocalypse Music Guide: Suede
Popocalypse Music Guide: David Sylvian
Popocalypse Music Guide: T: The Teardrop Explodes, Teenage Fanclub, Third Eye Blind, This Mortal Coil, Tin Machine, Tina and the B-Sides, T'Pau, The Traveling Wilburys, T.Rex.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Texas
Popocalypse Music Guide: U & V: Ultra Vivid Scene, The Undertones, Voice of the Beehive.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Suzanne Vega
Popocalypse Music Guide: The Velvet Underground
Popocalypse Music Guide: W: Scott Walker, Wendy & Lisa, Barry White, White Town, Wild Strawberries, Victoria Williams, The Woggles, Won Ton Ton.
Popocalypse Music Guide: Paul Weller
Popocalypse Music Guide: Dar Williams
Popocalypse Music Guide: Robbie Williams
Popocalypse Music Guide: X, Y & Z: XTC, Yazoo, Trisha Yearwood, Paul Young, Frank Zappa, Hector Zazou and various artists.


My accountant says I could afford even more albums to review if I didn't spend all my money on belly dancers.
Some notes on Bootleg CDs.
POPocalypse World of Music Awards: My five favorite albums of each year since 1970!
Need a good CD store? Visit RecordStoreReview.Com, including several reviews by me of shops in Georgia.
music-related rants written some time ago:
New Shit Ninety-Nine X: They call themselves "new rock," but their commitment is questionable.
Hey DJ, I'm Too Old to be Dancing to That Music You're Playing: No comparisons between Britney and Lolita.
Lars Ulrich Has No Penis, the Poor Dear: Home downloading is killing music! And the sky's fallin', too!
Why Do We Still Love Them, Yeah Yeah Yeah?: More pompous crap about art vs. commerce.
other sorts of shtuff

My Livejournal: Read at your own risk, management assumes no responsibility.
Georgia Barbecue: Don't even think of trying that pork before reading this guide to state restaurants.
A Few of My Favorite Things: The ever-popular -- we're not sure why -- rundown of life's greatest treasures.
CD-R Trading: no dummies allowed.
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