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A long time ago I took photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures. I feel no explanation is needed as to why I would take photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures… they are Spinal Tap Action Figures. Nonetheless, I uploaded a triptych of the “portraits” and so far two people have posted their favorite Spinal Tap lyrics as comments to the photos.

This has spawned a new dream for me in which many people post their favorite Spinal Tap lyrics to that particular Flickr page.

Yesterday was live-music day here in Carrboro. After a brief spot of work at Carrboro’s own “Open Eye Cafe” and a quick lunch at Carrboro’s own “Akai Hana” sushi restaurant, it was time to hear some tunes. First up was the Obama Early Voting Rally (I only vote on election day thankyou, I like ceremony) featuring Chapel Hill stalwarts Superchunk opening for Arcade Fire. The show was outside at the Carrboro’s own “Carrboro Town Commons” and was packed with people. The weather was beautiful and everyone had a great time. A bunch of us headed to my main man Fred’s (Carrboro’s own) house for grillin’ and chillin’ afterwards.

We left that a bit early to take care of the dog, sit for a moment, and then head out to watch The Pressure Boys play a show at Carrboro’s own “Cat’s Cradle”. The Pressure Boys owned Chapel Hill long before Superchunk ever did and were an integral part of my rock-n-roll education as I used to devour their shows in high-school and college. They were playing this reunion show to raise money for CF research too. It was a great show and once again, everyone had a great time.

However, all this “great time’in” in Carrboro has done wore me out. Crap, I’m actually sore from all that.

Above I share with you a shot from the Superchunk portion of the day – That’s Laura Balance on bass. If you’d like to see some more shots from the rally, look here.

Update: Fred makes the following note in his twitter: “Carrboro should do that every friday.” – Agreed.

What I know is that veteran songwriters Gerry Goffin & Carole King wrote The Porpoise Song for the Monkees.

The Monkees actually played the instruments on the song and recorded it for the soundtrack for their film Head (which is an acerbic and trippy criticism of themselves – the movie was written by the Monkees and Jack Nicholson).

I have been obsessed with The Porpoise Song for many years and have collected recorded versions of it. Oddly, the first version I ever heard (and perhaps my favorite) was Bongwater’s cover of it which is on their double LP Double Bummer.

Now you can enjoy the original and all the cover versions of The Porpoise Song too thanks to:

http://porpoisesong.muxtape.com/Update: No you can’t – ’cause the man took muxtape down

If anyone knows of other versions please pass along the information.

I took some photos the other night of a friend’s band – for them to use if they like. I think some of them came out quite well. It was a difficult place to shoot but I think I’ve coaxed out some atmosphere.

Enjoy them.