There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. I don't want any of this lovers lament crap I want something peppy something happy something up temple I want something snappy. Before he was a famous comedian, Fred Armissen was a punk rocker.

And now on Saturday Night Live in Portlandia, he combines these two sensibilities. I'm Greg Cotta the Chicago Tribune.

And I'm Jim Duregotis from W.B.E. Z. and Columbia College.

We talk to comedian and musician Fred Armison about Portland, Gaddafi, and avant-garde drumming.

And we review the latest from The Boss.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

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Buts its rings and I rise,

Wipe the sleep out of my eyes

my shaven raises cold and it stings

cheer of sleep Cheer of sleepy gee,

what can it mean to a daydream

to a day dream believer with Davey Jones on lead vocals. One of the few

tracks that Jones actually had the lead vocals on in the monkey's history.

Jones died February 29th at the age of 66 in Florida of a heart attack. The only British

born member of the original Monkeys Quartet, a child actor who appeared on the

Ed Sullivan show as part of the Broadway cast of Oliver

the same night that the Beatles did.

So interesting how the monkey's early career pre-career paralleled that of the Beatles a group to whom they were much

compared in terms of sort of the way they used the television medium to explore and expand

their career in a lot of ways Jim I think we're talking about the first

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