This Week's RoasterBoy Playlist

• YouTube - Garland Jeffreys - Hail Hail Rock 'N Roll ( Tuesday, Jan 15, 08 at 09:25 AM GMT)

  YouTube - Garland Jeffreys - Hail Hail Rock 'N Roll

• YouTube - The Rolling Stones - Love In Vain ( Tuesday, Jan 15, 08 at 08:39 AM GMT)

  YouTube - The Rolling Stones - Love In Vain Listening to the Stones naturally leads to other artists, such as Chuck Berry and the Temptations. On this Chuck Berry clip , however, you'll need some ear bleach; the Bee Gees join in the chorus. Better to find something like this medley of Promised…

• YouTube - The Velvet Underground - Heroin ( Monday, Jan 14, 08 at 01:22 PM GMT)

  Friend Ken, tall and lanky, looking like Cookie Monster, died a junkie's death in a burned-out van a number of years ago. Each time I hear this song , I remember him. Even on the underground radio stations in the late 60s into the 70s, this song was banned because it told the story too well.

• YouTube - The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Live) ( Monday, Jan 14, 08 at 01:07 PM GMT)

  PBS has been teasing its Jane Austen series with the Cowboy Junkies refrain of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane (Live with The Velvet Underground) .

• MilkandCookies - Animaniacs: Yakko's Universe Song ( Monday, Jan 14, 08 at 10:06 AM GMT)

  It's a great big universe and we're all real puny. We're just tiny, little specks, about the size of Mickey Rooney.

• MilkandCookies - Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Live ( Monday, Jan 14, 08 at 09:58 AM GMT)

  MilkandCookies - Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Live . More , from Wikipedia.

• James Brown - It's A Man's World ( Thursday, Jan 10, 08 at 01:11 PM GMT)

  I'm never sure what to think or say about this song . From one side, it's arrogant, sexist, and demeaning to women. From another, its ache is like no other. Add to Luciano Pavarotti and, well, I don't know what you get. On that theme, though, of why men do what they do, here's Al…

• Old folkies ( Wednesday, Jan 09, 08 at 02:49 PM GMT)

  Today's Boston Globe has a review of a show at Passim's this past Sunday. The show included lots of performers from the Boston folk music scene of decades past. These people were an essential part of our sound track. It's not only impressive that these musicians are still performing, but…

• FARK.com: Fark YouTube Player (3315843) Bob Dylan shows Donovan a thing or two..."Love Minus Zero/No Limit" ( Wednesday, Jan 09, 08 at 11:40 AM GMT)

  FARK.com: Fark YouTube Player (3315843) Bob Dylan shows Donovan a thing or two..."Love Minus Zero/No Limit" From "No Direction Home"

• YouTube - The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star ( Tuesday, Jan 08, 08 at 10:27 PM GMT)

  From Charles Laquidara's blog : YouTube - The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star