http://www.selective-service.net Uncle Sam, Onkel Rudi, U.N.K.L.E. Matt and Man(del) From U.N.C.L.E. Want YOU to Listen! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:46:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a disappointment. What poor handling of a band's legacy. The more I hear about the forthcoming remaster/reissue of the Rolling Stones' seminal Exile On Main Street album, the more my enthusiasm gets tempered. On Record Store Day, I was thankfully able to score one of the limited edition 45s of ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1429 I was inspired by Sam's nuclear post to put together my own list of radioactive music. I grew up at a time of transition for the world. I was born the day before the Watergate break-in (so I have an alibi), when I was six months old the ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1422 I work in a place that's got a nuclear policy bent, and my week at work has been frenzied thanks to President Obama's nuclear security summit. In honor of the assembled leaders' pledge to corral loose nuclear material, I thought it would be fun to put together a nuclear playlist ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1415 Things around these parts have been pretty dormant for months, and I'm sorry about that. Life has a habit of getting in the way, and when you're feeling down, it's really hard to sit down & write about something as seemingly trivial as music. It's been almost six weeks since my ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1402 As I think we're all aware, it's getting harder and harder these days to find a complete album that's enjoyable to listen to al the way through. With most people downloading single tracks from iTunes or Amazon (if they pay for them at all), the very concept of an ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1367 Hello and happy holidays! It's that time of the year again, when we SS-ers take a break fom being mere purveyors of fun recommendations, and resize our music-snob-critic hats for yet another year's worth of "songs from this year that we loved but you may not have heard". ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1339 Sorry for the delay in posting this, folks. Turns out I've had to unfortunately deal with a few of my rough, tough, existential fears over the last couple of months, which is one of the reasons why it's been so quiet around these parts. Anyway, onto the list -- I'll ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1349 We all have things that scare us. C'mon -- you know as well as I do that that "thing" underneath the fridge is definitely scary. Or maybe somebody like Glen Beck or Dennis Kucinich makes you tremble in fear. Or maybe it's just green tea that makes you faint. Whatever ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1313 Sure, there are things that scare me - plenty of 'em. I'm just not sure how many have been summed up in songs that haven't already been claimed by my fellow Uncles. But there are things that scare me - death, dismemberment and loss being the big three. I ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1315 Vacations and other deadlines have conspired to make me late this month, kids -- apologies for the delay. In keeping with the theme (and in an effort to finally wrap up our September lists), I'm going to make this quick: my goal was to assemble a list of songs that ... http://www.selective-service.net/?p=1256