While lazing at the beach last week (yeah, tough life, huh?) I took the
opportunity to catch up on some CDs I've had lying around un-listened.  One
that really caught my ear was Brian Wilson's "I Just Wasn't Made For These
Times", which I picked up some months ago in the used bins for a few bucks.
I really enjoyed it, and listened to it 3 or 4 times over the course of the
week.  Of course, I was very familiar with most of the material -- it's a
collection of 10 or so B Wilson classics, rerecorded in a studio around '95,
BEFORE the Brian comeback/tours of recent years.  Does anyone have any info
on this disc?  I've never heard of it before.

Another oldie but goodie that I really enjoyed was an anthology of Frankie
Valli and the Four Seasons songs.  What fun stuff!  You may love or you may
hate Frankie's falsetto (I almost choked on my crab cake when I heard him
sing Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright") -- but there's no denying
that the act had a ton of well crafted, supremely catchy "in your face"
hits.  Reminded me of the classic Motown era.  And I thought, now HERE'S a
band that deserves a power pop tribute CD.  The songs are great, but
wouldn't it be nice to hear them done in new arrangements, rocked up a bit,
by current artists/different vocalists?  That would be one fab slab, I
think...