"C'est pour toi malheureuse si jolie."

If you happen to wonder why this is being posted at such an odd hour, let me spell it out for you; I have a drinking problem, but it only surfaces when the Bears play. Don't worry, I have a solution for it though, from now on it's Blackhawks games only.

Which should give me plenty of time to focus on music, and today I'd like to help you accomplish that too, by letting you in on the secret of how to get up to 3 songs, from pretty much any popular or non-popular artist out there, absolutely free and absolutely legal. And, no. It's not iTunes.

It's Amazon.com!

All you have to do is click here, sign up (if you haven't already), enter the code they give you, and you automatically get three free dollars in your account to use towards Amazon mp3's. You can purchase singles or albums with it, the songs can be added directly to your iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries, and with many of the albums only being five bucks, this is quite a fantastic deal.

So fantastic, in fact, that I've already used up my coupon and now have a list of songs you should you use your free money on.

1: Huffing the Proverbial Line Off the Proverbial Dong or The Blood and the Frog - The Falcon

With a title like that you know the song is going to be good, it's kind of a requirement for letting a song have such a kick-ass name. From the first album of Chicago punk-rock super group The Falcon, God Don't Make No Trash or Up Your Ass With Broken Glass, comes this loud, fast, loud, snotty and, it needs to be said, loud song that sounds just like lead singer Brendan Kelly's other group, the great, The Lawrence Arms.

2: Femme L'a Dit - Feufollet

What? French? No, sucka - CAJUN! Keeping the dream alive for Acadian musicians everywhere, Feufollet (Which, apparently, is the phenomenon where swamp gases create mysterious balls of light or fire) really excel in this slow building song that starts of with an air of sadness and finishes with with the sounds of a Mardi Gras parade. The track (translated to The Woman Says) is sung entirely in Cajun and its from their latest album, Cow Island Hop.

3: Eight Miles Wide - Storm Large

First heard this song on Friday, performed by a queen, in a drag show, at a gay bar - and, truthfully, it was not only the most appropriate, but the ONLY appropriate song for such a situation. It's from her new album, Crazy Enough, and it's raunchy, idealist, extravagant, facetious (God only hopes), and, most of all, fun. It's an anthem and Storm Large is definitely a performer, but to find out what exactly is eight miles wide, you're going to have to download this song.

And, finally, in live show news:

Wayne Brennan came all the way from Ireland to play in Joliet last Friday and couldn't have been been better. Friendly and talented, he was a ginormous pleasure to meet. I picked up a copy of his CD, In My Hands, and I'll post a review of it as soon as I've thoroughly dissected it.

Then there's Thanksgiving Week at Chicago St. where we should all be thankful for the line up of shows they have for it.

Wednesday - The Righteous Hillbillies/9PM
Thursday - Ed Anderson of Backyard Tire Fire (Acoustic)/9PM
Friday - Chicago Farmer/9PM

Go see some damn shows.

Drink it all up, tell us what you see.

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Now playing: Feufollet - Chère Bèbè Crèole
via FoxyTunes