My day job is big on metrics. If you don't work in the Land of Corporate Stupid, you don't know what metrics are. Allow me to explain. Metrics are useless statistics kept in order to justify your organization's existence. Metrics are the statistics to prove your organization does whatever the hell it does faster, better, and cheaper. Managers and human resources goobs love metrics. Metrics get turned into spreadsheets and PowerPoint charts. PowerPoint charts are the sacred text of the Land of Corporate Stupid.
I have written about Guster on several occasions since hearing Ganging Up on the Sun. I wrote about them twice in my Confessions of a Fanboy series: Vol. 6 and Vol. 7. I also wrote a review of their show in Birmingham, Alabama last month. Thousands of words have been committed to page to declare my love and admiration for their music.
I have a new metric for you: $16.19 ($14.99, plus 8% Alabama sales tax).
My evangelistic fervor is so intense that I gave away the promo copy of Ganging Up on the Sun to a friend with only one condition: if he did not like it he had to promise to return it to me so I could try it on someone else.
I went and purchased — PURCHASED, I say — my own copy of Ganging Up on the Sun. I had a copy of the album which I had received for free. I had kept my part of the bargain — I wrote a review of it for the site. I ripped the songs to my iPod. I could have listened to those songs forever and it would not cost me a dime. Still, I purchased a copy of the album.
So what is the big deal? I do not have metrics to properly illustrate my inner cheapness but I do have stories to explain the DJRadiohead Hierarchy of Needs™.
The inside of the left shoe I am currently wearing is so chewed up that my heel is being buggered by plastic. There used to be fabric covering this plastic. Not anymore. It is gone and the plastic beneath this missing fabric has begun to pull away from the shoe and it stabs me intermittently throughout the day.
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1 - Connie Phillips
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2 - Michelle Bedore
I heard this song Satellite for the frst time yesterday on a popular station in Ventura country (I forgot, maybe the Beat?) I fell in love with it before it was even 1/3 done. I heard it again on Rhapsody.com and I am going out right NOW to best buy to buy the CD. I am 42 and have never heard of Guster before hearing this ONE song!! They are awesome---I am sorry I am not going to their concert tonight in Los Angeles; that's how impressed I am with them from hearing a few more of their songs online.
3 - Guster
Hello:
Wanted to send you a note about Guster and Jeff Garlin doing a podcast together. Hopefully it is something you might enjoy.
Here's is what the band had to say about it:
Here's the deal with the "collaboration" between Curb Your Enthusiasm and Guster. It's not a Season Six band cameo on the show. I wish. But it's the next best thing, a five-episode podcast of a long, winding conversation between two Guster members (the singer and the drummer) and our friend Jeff Garlin, who plays Larry's agent on the show.
If you have people in your life who like Curb Your Enthusiasm but don't know Guster, or vise versa, this is your chance to get them hooked on our.... conversational... skills? Having befriended Jeff at our Central Park show two years ago, we thought a mutual podcast would be interesting since we like his comedy and he likes our music. Around the time we were finishing up "Ganging Up on the Sun" we actually went into the studio with Jeff and recorded it. A lot of topics get covered since it's almost an hour long. This might be the deepest Guster interview to date. Don't fear the podcast.
Now for the technical stuff...
A ten-minute episode will become available, for free, every Monday in October, with the first podcast being released on October 2. If you are interested in hosting these Podcasts (which we really hope you are) you can download them each week here
Thanks for your consideration. Both Guster and Jeff would really appreciate your support on these podcasts. We can guarantee they will be a good listen!
Sincerely,
Team Guster
4 - DJRadiohead
Thanks, Team Guster. I saw this on the website the other day and I am going to download the shit out of this!
5 - Mark Ransom
Just wanted to let you know that the song is getting some exposure - I heard it last night on an alternative station, and again this morning on the Muzak at work! I've heard it before, but didn't remember that it was Guster before last night. I was trying to find out a little more about it when I ran across this site. Thanks.
6 - DJRadiohead
Mark, thanks for reporting in. That's great news. It's such a super song- it is, at present, my favorite song on the record and also my ringtone.
Do humanity a favor and ask that alternative station in your town to play it again. I live in a godforsaken town without an alternative station.
Also, do yourself a favor: give yourself the gift of Ganging Up on the Sun. Best album of 2006.