In the late 90s, Arkarna's debut album Fresh Meat was a dance club smash in the U.K. and made some alternative headway in the U.S., particularly with House on Fire. The followup, The Family Album, didn't get a proper release in America and it's kind of a cult collectible now. There are plenty of good songs on it but "Nomoni" just lends itself very well to a LNMC clip.

(blogged by Howie Klein) Tomorrow you can celebrate birthdays for Joan Baez, Jimmy Page, Dave Matthews, Crystal Gayle... and David Johansen. Here's a 1973 live club performance by David's band, The New York Dolls, of the greatest song David ever wrote, "Personality Crisis."

For tonight's LNMC contest there's no Dolls prize but there sure is some cool party music to help celebrate any birthday any time: a 3 CD set called THE ULTIMATE SOUL COLLECTION with great hits by The O'Jays, the Isley Brothers, the Chambers Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Manhattans, Galdys Knight & The Pips, Johnnie Taylor... And to win all you have to do is write the best paragraph explaining why The New York Dolls are important. Send your paragraph to downwithtyranny at aol.com

(guest blogged by Howie Klein. He's been really doing a dynamite job on the LNMC.)

Today Talla 2XLC is one of the biggest international djs in the world. When I first met him in a small town near Frankfurt he was running an independent industrial music label, playing music at a dance club under a runway at the Frankfurt Airport-- I once spent a New Years Eve there-- and playing in a hard core electro band called BiGod 20 these guys! Listen to the first single we released by the band and then enter the Crooks & Liars Tuesday Night Industrial Contest. Just tell us what your favorite 5 industrial songs of all times are (and why). The best list wins a 4-DVD set of PUNKY BREWSTER (SEASON THREE)-- 22 episodes. Send your entry to downwithtyranny@aol.com/

Saturday! What do you think about self described "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" Lana Del Rey?

I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand
	Artist: Black Ace Buck Turner

I love this footage of Texas bluesman Black Ace. Maybe you will too.

And Nights at the Roundtable has jazz from The Three Sounds - 1960.

Whatcha listening to this Friday night?

Tear-Stained Letter (Album Version)

I love this song no matter who's singing it, but Richard Thompson's original is my favorite. Not to mention he's a pretty fine guitar player too.

Our sister site Newstalgia has for its Nights at the Roundtable Baby Face Willette from 1964. Happy Thursday!

Tonight we go way back to the era of Gatsby and the Victrola. Do you have a favorite old-timey song?

PS. And our sister site Newstalgia has for its Mid-Week Concert, Pierre Boulez And Orchestre de Paris In Music Of Schoenberg And Bartok - Recorded Live.

It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best
	Artist: Karen Dalton

Here's a nice one from folk-blues chanteuse Karen Dalton. In his 1994 book Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan wrote that "Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played guitar like Jimmy Reed... I sang with her a couple of times". Good Enough for me.

Nine Types of Light
	Artist: TV on the Radio

TV On The Radio's Nine Types of Light was one of my favorite records of last year, and this song is a standout. Did you have a favorite in 2011?

Here's my resolution.

And in the same good time vein our sister site Newstalgia has for its Backstage Weekend The Faces with Rod Stewart Live from 1974.

What's your resolution this year?